Systeme by Terrabyte

made by Terrabyte for LD30 (JAM)

A small game about making a musical planet and then exploring other planets. All the planets are stored on a online database (thanks Michcioperz!) which allows you to explore every planet that has ever been created. You can also create your own planet by arranging items from your small inventory on your planet! Each item also has a sound, so you can construct your soundtrack as you go! Enjoy! :D

Credits:
> Finnbar Keating: Code, music, tree art.
> Kenney & Jimp: Other art assets.
> Michal Sidor: Online code.
> Tim Bumpus: The original idea, base code.

EDIT (25/8/2014, 8:15pm GMT+1(BST)) The bug is fixed - please redownload the non-StackMachine version above. Sorry that there is no Mac build - for some reason the one we created was not launching so we left it out for now. Please download the .love file instead!

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zv3k5h1sgvciyh/SystemeWin.zip?dl=0
Linux/Mac OSX (.love)	https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0odhfg6wo0byhj/Systeme.love?dl=0
Source (Github)	https://github.com/Fimichi/LD30
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=12543

Feedback

psydack

25. Aug 2014 · 16:34 UTC

can not run on Mac Os. =/
networking.lua1: module 'moon' not found. no file 'moon.lua' in LOVE game dir.

deadpixelsociety

25. Aug 2014 · 16:44 UTC

Sorry mate cannot run it. networking.lua:1:module 'moon' not found as psydack said. Looks like it's looking for and missing a lot of files in the lua\ and \moon folders as well. Packaging problem?

uprightpath

25. Aug 2014 · 16:50 UTC

Couldn't execute on Win8, engine's crashing.

🎤 Terrabyte

25. Aug 2014 · 17:08 UTC

Sorry everyone for the bug! I'm currently uploading a fix, hopefully it'll be up soon!

Tim Bumpus

25. Aug 2014 · 17:33 UTC

DEAR EVERYONE ATTEMPTING TO PLAY THIS GAME:
Check back later. We know it's broken.

🎤 Terrabyte

25. Aug 2014 · 19:15 UTC

To completely contradict the above comment, it is now fixed and should work! Sorry for the inconvenience.

okmmjyygv

27. Aug 2014 · 20:02 UTC

wow, cool idea and nice using of theme.

invader

05. Sep 2014 · 20:35 UTC

Nice game - really sets up the explorational mood :)

BTW, worked perfectly on MacOS X, despite the fact, that I have previous version of LOVE (0.9)

Kojan

06. Sep 2014 · 11:46 UTC

Interesting game, really liked the music and the concept.

AtkinsSJ

06. Sep 2014 · 11:49 UTC

Cool idea! I'm not that sure which thing makes which sound, but it was cool exploring the other worlds, and they did all sound different. One suggestion I'd make is to make the random-planet-choosing pay attention to the worlds you've already visited and make them less likely - I visited the planet Banana 3 times in a row!

Midnight Creators

06. Sep 2014 · 18:33 UTC

Nice entry! I liked the exploration of the theme, very well done.I liked the sounds too! (although some are very creepy O-O)

frogcheese

06. Sep 2014 · 19:34 UTC

Helmet firmly clasped on, I set out from the glorious world of Waffletron to explore the wondrous universe around me. Trusting my ship to take me wherever its navigation systems decided, I visited many places; peculiar planets like "place" and "potato"; astounding areas such as "apple", "a" and "AdequateIV"; and as my travels took me further and further out into our grandiose solar system, I finally came to a conclusion.

Yes, I'd probably give this entry 5 stars for Theme. (here you go)

StMatn

07. Sep 2014 · 23:07 UTC

Very interesting concept!
For some reason I couldn't ust the ship sometimes and hab to restart.
Maybe some explanation on planetcreation would have helped. The selection of items also hindered personalization. I think it would be nice, if you could somewhat "identify" with your own planet.
Besides that, the exploration aspect was great.
Nice work!

SnoringFrog

11. Sep 2014 · 04:05 UTC

Would've been cool to be able to do...something other than just show up on random other planets, but otherwise it was interesting.