Uplinked In by cptnwaffles

made by cptnwaffles for LD30 (COMPO)

Teleporting stuff isn't as easy as science fiction made it look. People are made up of a LOT of data and take a long time to download, so links between planets must be solid in order to ensure all ears, elbows, and vital organs make it to the other side in one piece.

Uses HTML5 and ImpactJS, so no plugins are necessary to play it.

Web	http://www.thed20programmer.com/Games/ld30
Source	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71Hel2uzhseYVNRZUVCNkhkdlU/edit?usp=sharing
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=42008

Ratings

Coolness	48%	1265
Overall	3.18	586

Audio	3.70	75
Fun	2.71	840
Graphics	3.32	409
Innovation	3.57	246
Mood	2.79	730
Theme	4.00	55

Feedback

DrCicero

24. Aug 2014 · 16:44 UTC

There is no link yet, lets look back later.

I head a similar idea at first! Hard-connecting planets :) But my idea was to connect them one after another until you have a big linked mess. (And any still unlinked planets could crash the whole thing.)

And then i made something completely different :)

Jellycakes

25. Aug 2014 · 15:02 UTC

Nice, the mechanics were a little hard to get the hang of, like correctly orbiting the satellites, maybe not having the downloads reset back to 0% would be a little more forgiving. Pretty fun though, nice work.

DJWizardCop

25. Aug 2014 · 15:06 UTC

Nice idea and impressive solar system construction.

nitram_cero

25. Aug 2014 · 15:26 UTC

Cool idea!

I'm super bad at playing but I get it. I like its easy to learn/hard to master style. Also straightforward and uncluttered.

It would be good on mobile.

kidanger

25. Aug 2014 · 16:28 UTC

Really nice graphics and audio! Nice game!

Hyoga-3D

25. Aug 2014 · 17:53 UTC

Could not win, but very nice concept;

zatyka

26. Aug 2014 · 03:31 UTC

This was a somewhat unique take on the theme. It could definitely use a bit more gameplay and polish. Even after playing a few times, I wasn't able to do very well. I'd suggest making the purpose of the satellites more apparent. Also, one of the round I played had 2 planets named the same.

Rozaxe

26. Aug 2014 · 17:42 UTC

Nice game !
Good use of the theme !

SeriouslyCrunchy

26. Aug 2014 · 17:44 UTC

Love the idea, does seem a but tough though.

remmy

26. Aug 2014 · 17:49 UTC

really grat, nice idea and beautifully done :)

Ramori

26. Aug 2014 · 17:50 UTC

Pretty fun, great music!

mrexcessive

27. Aug 2014 · 20:15 UTC

Hi there. Interesting idea, found it impossible to get any transfer to complete though... the reset back to zero every time another planet gets in way is pretty frustrating. Nice look.

snooze82

28. Aug 2014 · 20:15 UTC

quite hard :) nice concept :)

Scipio Xaos

30. Aug 2014 · 03:20 UTC

Pretty cool! Took me a while to realize you could use satellites for maintaining connections. It was difficult to get them to stay where you wanted to. Maybe add in an estimated orbit for the satellite during launch so you could fine tune the launch.

Pretty cool, though!

sbarrio

31. Aug 2014 · 08:18 UTC

Awesome idea and very well executed. It kept me hooked for a while. Great job!