Space Gate Command by Tifu
I worked solo on this, but the game was too ambitious for 48 hours, especially with having to work on Saturday, so here is my Jam Entry - Space Gate Command!
Space Gate Command is an X-Com style game based on the Stargate movie/TV show. The game takes place in two stages, first you manage your base, hire soldiers, do research, equip your troops, and secondly, you can dial through the starg- SPACE gate, and send your troops through to an alien world to retrieve alien artefacts that can make you rich. The second part takes the form of a simple turn based tactical RPG style combat.
There is no end goal, the game just goes on forever until either your commander dies, or you run out of money. The closest thing to an end goal is creating 'Power Armour' - as that is the most advanced thing you can create and requires the most research, but you'll get the gist of the game long before you unlock that. To make money, you have to acquire goods, and research them. Once sufficiently researched, you are able to sell the technology for profit.
Game uses mouse only.
There is an issue I encountered sometimes where, occasionally if the AI gets first move, it sometimes doesn't know what to do and freezes up - I wasn't able to fix this, but I did put in a patchwork fix that makes it so if the game freezes like that for more than a couple of seconds, the enemy will just forfeit their turn and should be fine next round. So if the enemy freezes, just leave it a second and it should be ok, hopefully :)
Space Gate Command is an X-Com style game based on the Stargate movie/TV show. The game takes place in two stages, first you manage your base, hire soldiers, do research, equip your troops, and secondly, you can dial through the starg- SPACE gate, and send your troops through to an alien world to retrieve alien artefacts that can make you rich. The second part takes the form of a simple turn based tactical RPG style combat.
There is no end goal, the game just goes on forever until either your commander dies, or you run out of money. The closest thing to an end goal is creating 'Power Armour' - as that is the most advanced thing you can create and requires the most research, but you'll get the gist of the game long before you unlock that. To make money, you have to acquire goods, and research them. Once sufficiently researched, you are able to sell the technology for profit.
Game uses mouse only.
There is an issue I encountered sometimes where, occasionally if the AI gets first move, it sometimes doesn't know what to do and freezes up - I wasn't able to fix this, but I did put in a patchwork fix that makes it so if the game freezes like that for more than a couple of seconds, the enemy will just forfeit their turn and should be fine next round. So if the enemy freezes, just leave it a second and it should be ok, hopefully :)
| Windows/Exe | http://www.black-moth.net/games/LD30-SpaceGateCommand.zip |
| Video | http://youtu.be/yOAQYucaCGg |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=7793 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 46% | 1364 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.08 | 478 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.23 | 272 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.85 | 594 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.93 | 197 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.92 | 454 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.87 | 507 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.31 | 318 |
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