Colonization by Ellian

made by Ellian for LD30 (COMPO)

Welcome to Colonization, a game in which you colonize space.

[SPACE] Pause/Unpause time
[WASD] Move camera
[MOUSE] Click planets and buttons

There is (sadly) no goal.

Make sure your planets don't starve, manage your population, create tools from planet's minerals, and build spaceships to make more colonies!

Building costs:
- Spaceships: 20 food, 20 tools, 20 population
- Space Station: 50 tools, 100 minerals
- Factory: 50 tools
- Fleet: 50 tools, 20 population, 20 minerals
- Farm: 50 tools

Web	http://thisisellian.com/COLONIZATION/
Windows	http://thisisellian.com/COLONIZATION/Colonization.exe
Source	http://thisisellian.com/COLONIZATION/Colonization-Sources.rar
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=7701

Ratings

Coolness	45%	1426
Overall	3.27	496

Audio	3.17	297
Fun	2.83	749
Graphics	3.77	184
Humor	2.38	519
Innovation	3.03	663
Mood	3.33	272
Theme	3.30	527

Feedback

MaesK

25. Aug 2014 · 21:02 UTC

Great retro font, I liked the visuals, specially planets and controls. Music helps the mood, but it repeats somewhat often. A goal might have improved the game, but it is good enough as it is (remember, Minecraft had no goal :P). Nice work!

TautNerve

25. Aug 2014 · 22:00 UTC

I'm really bad in this kind of games but
it was fun to play nonetheless! I always thought
about how complex it might be to create these kind
of games so seeing one done in 48 hours is astonishing.
Awesome work!

awesomeusername

25. Aug 2014 · 22:59 UTC

This is a very good-looking game, and the sound is nice, too. I spent longer on this game than I expected to.

JNyknn

26. Aug 2014 · 12:04 UTC

Finally something else than decent action games! It is simply amazing how a game like this could have been done in 48 hours.

martindilling

26. Aug 2014 · 12:33 UTC

I really don't get it O.o
Am i missing something or is this kinda impossible? eventually a planet that can gather food, uses more food than it gatherers, and there is no way to get food from one planet to another? and planets without food, how can i use them if I cant send food to that planet?
:/

Zolmeister

27. Aug 2014 · 07:41 UTC

Super complicated, but interesting

ivanhlb

27. Aug 2014 · 07:59 UTC

This is really awesome! could do with more shortcuts or clearer HUD.

It's quite hard to process so many numbers at the same time.

hellochar

27. Aug 2014 · 08:31 UTC

Really fun! Looks like the beginning of a fun sim game

Navarckyx

27. Aug 2014 · 10:41 UTC

Simple but good music, looks really good and is an interesting resource management / expansion game. There were times when things went wrong and my colony started starving ... :( I think it switches to "None" when it's finished building a ship etc. It should probably automatically switch to food, it seems to be the safest of the options.

pjimmy

27. Aug 2014 · 16:49 UTC

nice game, but it takes a while to learn all comands

mrexcessive

27. Aug 2014 · 17:41 UTC

Hi there. Interesting looking resource management/strategy setup. I couldn't work out how to operate it properly though... a short tutorial or easy first couple of planets would have been very helpful... I know these things take time though. I liked the sounds and look&feel.

Loren

27. Aug 2014 · 18:40 UTC

very fun, curious if you'll do something with it post-compo :)

SkyWolf

27. Aug 2014 · 18:43 UTC

It's a solid prototype for a jam, but players should receive more feedback, like how much resources are needed for something and so on. Very nice pixel art. Annoying music.

Cireon

27. Aug 2014 · 19:59 UTC

Wow. Such a cool interface in so little time. I just love how the game looks and feels. Sadly, I find it difficult to understand the game and the management doesn't work in such a way that you can just leave a planet running.

KunoNoOni

28. Aug 2014 · 03:31 UTC

Really liked it and would like to see you expand it more. Agree with SkyWolf that there should be feedback in game about how many resources are needed to build. Also you should add trading between planets but other than that you got yourself a really nice planet management game here.

🎤 Ellian

28. Aug 2014 · 10:29 UTC

Thanks everyone!
The lack of feedback is actually a bug that appeared in the last 30mn before submission (and that I didn't see in time, of course -__-); as for trading, it was planned (this is what Space Stations were for) but... well, 48h is a short time.
But thanks everyone! :D