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Milkyway Tycoon by jackyjjc

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made by jackyjjc for LD30 (JAM)
"Not only humans like to travel to other planets, other races in the galaxies like travelling too!"

Therefore, You job is to run a space shuttle company and connect the galaxy!

============ How to Play =============

There is in game instructions on how to play :)

Enjoy!


Created by @Jackyjjc in 53 hours.
http://twitter.com/Jackyjjc
http://www.jackyjjc.com

Programming: Java, Libgdx, Intellij IDE
Graphics: Gimp2
Graphics/Music Resource from:
http://ocd1c-stock.deviantart.com/art/planetrenderspack-52955407
http://ocd1c-stock.deviantart.com/art/planetrenderspack-2-53423399
http://opengameart.org/content/cuddle-puzzle-music-futuristic-pop
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8s09utbax3vttt/milkyway_tycoon.zip?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8s09utbax3vttt/milkyway_tycoon.zip?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8s09utbax3vttt/milkyway_tycoon.zip?dl=0
Source https://github.com/Jackyjjc/LD30
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=21428

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.26 360
Audio(Jam) 3.00 401
Fun(Jam) 2.84 492
Graphics(Jam) 3.50 334
Humor(Jam) 2.58 307
Innovation(Jam) 2.97 423
Mood(Jam) 2.96 450
Theme(Jam) 3.81 81

Feedback

DeathPidgeon
25. Aug 2014 路 08:08 UTC
I can see you took a very literal interpretation of the theme. The graphics and the music are of very high quality. The game is sufficiently complex to make it interesting, however there is a learning curve, it took me several minutes to figure it out enough to start playing. There are some good humorous parts in the game, the description of the UNS Guugle: "A space ship that collect its passengers personal information but UNS says it is there to improve passenger experience" is a clever jab at Google and Facebook. The game does seem buggy, I had the game crash twice while creating a new route between planets.
馃帳 jackyjjc
25. Aug 2014 路 08:26 UTC
Hi @DeathPidgeon, thanks for playing my game :) I will play yours later. I wonder in what circumstances your game crashed? I never had a crash on mine. However, with that said I haven't done much play testing though. Again, thanks for the feedback!
馃帳 jackyjjc
25. Aug 2014 路 08:34 UTC
@DeathPidgeon Thanks I think I have found the bug. I didn't do null checks for some of the GUI elements and I will upload a fixed version soon
馃帳 jackyjjc
25. Aug 2014 路 09:00 UTC
*new version updated*
iSamurai
25. Aug 2014 路 14:20 UTC
I agree with DeathPidgeon that this type of game is very complex to make it right. However, the game is still interesting to play. Good job!
JM-DG
26. Aug 2014 路 00:40 UTC
Very impressive amount of work.
Nice game, a bit complex at the beginning but worth the effort.
vulpineblazeyt
26. Aug 2014 路 05:04 UTC
Beautifully crafted. Given more content, I would also pay for this (I technically have with Space Rangers). I tried making my game more about exploration, but I can see the benefit to a well crafted universe.
Jaloko
26. Aug 2014 路 05:21 UTC
Was very hard to understand what to do at the start but the amount of content you have put it is great.
Windmill Games
26. Aug 2014 路 15:06 UTC
Nice graphics, in-depth game play with some meat to the bones and an overall fun experience. It took me a fair amount of time to figure out what was going on and what I was supposed to do though.
rustybroomhandle
26. Aug 2014 路 15:09 UTC
You've put a lot of work into this - love the descriptions of the planets and races. Nicely done.
holgk
26. Aug 2014 路 15:10 UTC
I made a tyvoon game, too. But mine is in real time not turn based game. Nice entry.
馃帳 jackyjjc
26. Aug 2014 路 15:25 UTC
Thanks for the great feedbacks guys!! I think I need to make a better tutorial for the game considering it confuses everyone :)
runvs
26. Aug 2014 路 15:49 UTC
Complex game. :)

The graphics were nice but a bit static. You could have improved the game's atmosphere a bit by adding some "juice" like moving nebulas in the background etc.

Nice entry!
MechanicMoon
26. Aug 2014 路 18:55 UTC
The tutorial always is a problem xDDD. Good job my friend! Another tycoon game :-)
nerd burglars
27. Aug 2014 路 01:52 UTC
I enjoyed the complexity of this game. It's obvious you put in A LOT of effort into your graphics, because they are beautiful. Good luck to you!
Chikun Dev Team
27. Aug 2014 路 01:56 UTC
This type of game can be difficult to balance, but I think you did a good job.
~funkeh
MrSylar59
27. Aug 2014 路 10:01 UTC
It's a good strategy game, very funny !
arzi
27. Aug 2014 路 11:34 UTC
I have to applaud for making such a complex game, great job! The learning curve is a bit steep and it's not very clear where the routes yield the best returns (and at which prices), but that's probably also because I didn't have that much time to play the game. I hope you develop this further, there's a lot of potential!
2HitMatt
28. Aug 2014 路 03:46 UTC
I started earning negative dollars and didn't know how to reverse it haha. I should have read who was on what planet, but I thought my first crack I'd just start laying down routes and see what happens. Pretty cool to see a complex game like this emerge from the jam, well done.
kirbytails7
28. Aug 2014 路 06:27 UTC
Sorry, but I have to rate this down for the interface. I simply don't understand the game, but it seems like it would be very fun with a more intuitive and understandable UI. (I didn't even notice the End Turn button for a few minutes.)
The music is nice.
Shivur
28. Aug 2014 路 20:59 UTC
Good developped background story.
hbocao
30. Aug 2014 路 12:49 UTC
Solid entry, man. It's a complex game for just 72h. Good job!
馃帳 jackyjjc
31. Aug 2014 路 12:01 UTC
Thanks again for everyone's feedback! I will try to improve the UI and tutorial for the post ludum dare edition :)
liquidminduk
02. Sep 2014 路 12:03 UTC
gorgeous visuals that were very clear, was a little tough at the beginning though.

Great work!
Dry Tree
04. Sep 2014 路 20:13 UTC
Good work! A bit too complicated and numbers-heavy - it took a long time to get into it. I played for about an hour and got 14 routes and 拢300,000 but I couldn't get enough passengers so I dropped all my prices a bit and then I was just haemorrhaging money and eventually lost it all. I never did understand how all the different stats and numbers relate or how to 'game' those figures, it felt more like I was just clicking on stuff blindly. I think some colours, graphs or other visual cues would really help a lot for learning how to play and where the demand for travel is. Good game overall though and good fit for the theme.
jprogman
11. Sep 2014 路 02:57 UTC
I gave this game about 10 minutes of play. Pretty solid entry! Very casual, but it does require some learning.
jcsirron
14. Sep 2014 路 00:21 UTC
I thoroughly enjoyed this game! I particularly liked the introduction, which made the game more approachable.