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OmniCorp by tigerbyte

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made by tigerbyte for LD30 (COMPO)
OmniCorp! Your leading intergalactic shipping corporation!

As the new shipping coordinator at OmniCorp, it is your duty to keep all of the planets supplied and our customers happy!
Keep our supplies up as well, by trading with our customers!

Fail to keep customers happy? You're fired!
Mismanage our inventory? You're fired!

~ the Boss.
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The HTML version was not as thoroughly tested as the Windows version. I know there was some oddities with draw_text.
As far as I'm aware, the HTML version is still fully functional, just with uglier text :)

This is my first Ludum Dare and one of my first completed games. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get to Audio, and I'm sure the gameplay needs tweaked, but it was a fun time nonetheless.
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Additional Notes from Comments:
1. I realize now that I missed this in the "how to play" screen, but you don't just earn gold. Whatever the planet makes is what you will get when you trade with them. It's important to keep all resources high. You get scored on resources when the game ends.

2. It's been reported that the planet stats window is colored differently in Firefox. When I played in Firefox the colors were normal for me, but maybe it's my version of Firefox? I don't use it regularly so I don't update it regularly.
Web http://andrewperrin.com/ld/30/html5/
Windows http://andrewperrin.com/ld/30/runonce/OmniCorp.exe
Source http://andrewperrin.com/ld/30/source/OmniCorp.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=39187

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall 2.77 970
Fun 2.61 927
Graphics 2.65 844
Humor 2.05 758
Innovation 2.68 903
Mood 2.68 823
Theme 3.55 334

Feedback

jomomomo
25. Aug 2014 路 03:31 UTC
Interesting, seems like this concept would work pretty well as a mobile/tablet game.
Tanner
25. Aug 2014 路 05:27 UTC
Nice trading game.
anserran
25. Aug 2014 路 11:35 UTC
Congrats for your first LD! HTML5 version worked fine in Chrome (Ubuntu), but in Firefox had some weird color in the planet stats board.
exoticorn
25. Aug 2014 路 11:42 UTC
I like the idea an interface. It would be cool to be able to click on a thought-bubble to send a ship with that resource.
I found it strange to be sending out gold when that's the currency I'm earning.
馃帳 tigerbyte
25. Aug 2014 路 12:04 UTC
Oh! You're not just earning gold. Whenever you trade, you don't always get gold. You get whatever the planet produces. Sorry, I should make that more clear.

In the end screen you get scored for resources, not just gold. It's important to keep all of them as high as possible.
cobracommander
25. Aug 2014 路 12:29 UTC
This is fun little rts. I like how you can try to preempt issues by sending things before they are needed.
mess110
25. Aug 2014 路 12:58 UTC
cool calming game. nice one
gardenhead
25. Aug 2014 路 13:01 UTC
I really like it! There are lots of trading games in the competiton, but this one is one of my favourites so far.
sP0CkEr2
25. Aug 2014 路 13:56 UTC
Really nice job on your very first LD! I like the concept (of course). Nice use of the theme.
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Aug 2014 路 22:29 UTC
Nice job! I included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/LbmZDYffwi8
Jupiter_Hadley
27. Aug 2014 路 01:14 UTC
Part 9 take two - Now with sound - http://youtu.be/lmQkJ525PNo
ShadowStryker
27. Aug 2014 路 01:23 UTC
One of the few games with a trading system in it, I like it.
Leginar
27. Aug 2014 路 01:41 UTC
I like the idea, interesting twist on a classic concept. Seems tailor made for mobile gaming.
ripter
27. Aug 2014 路 02:08 UTC
when Tapper meets Sins of A Solar Empire...it is a little difficult to know what any planet needs until they ask for it, and by then it seems like it's too little too late to keep them happy.
ZYXer
27. Aug 2014 路 02:20 UTC
That was quite stressful! :P

Well done for you first Ludum Dare! This is a hard, but also fun game!
Wertle
27. Aug 2014 路 04:04 UTC
Congrats on your first LD! I think there are a lot of little polishy things you could do to clean up this game but one thing I struggled with was knowing overall if I was doing well or doing poorly. Once I got a lot of speech balloons demanding stuff I couldn't figure out if it was because I was doing something wrong or if that's just the expected game state. Having the planets orbit might be a fun way of messing with people trying to keep track of which planets needed what. Nice job!
Nisshoku
27. Aug 2014 路 11:36 UTC
very addicting management game. simple but solid first entry
ramoncb
28. Aug 2014 路 00:51 UTC
my god, those people eat too much ! xD

very solid entry, for you first LD (and even for the compo) the game already has a nicely complex concept! congratulations! =)

and sorry my bad english ^^'
Rage Paint
13. Sep 2014 路 18:33 UTC
Gosh, these planets are so needy!