The Vast by Unravel Games

made by Unravel Games for LD30 (JAM)

Game Developers:

Tristan Angeles
Kahlil Angeles

Unravel Games: https://www.facebook.com/unravelgames

Music by Kevin MaclLeod

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200094

Game Description:

In the far future,Earth's resources have been depleted and the only chance for humanity to survive is to find new planets to colonize. Lead Earth's survivors across the vastness of the universe as they try to find a new home. You must manage your resources well and upgrade your ship if you are to survive.

Game Instructions:

Goal: The goal of the game is colonize 3 planets.

The player will encounter the following choices throughout the game:

Launch-Leave the current planet

Explore-Get supplies but there is a chance of settlers dying.

Upgrade Engine-Increase the ship's speed.

Upgrade Weapons-Makes ship much more effective in combat.

Buy Energy- Buy energy for use with hyperdrive.

Scouts-Makes explore much more effective.

Hyperdrive-Boosts speed.

Settle-Colonize a planet if you meet the required number of settlers.

Other notes:

-Population increases while travelling.

-Supply consumption increases as population increases

Enjoy!

Web	http://gamejolt.com/games/strategy-sim/the-vast/33201/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=41091

Ratings

Coolness	22%	1948
Overall(Jam)	3.44	217

Audio(Jam)	3.53	159
Fun(Jam)	3.22	274
Graphics(Jam)	4.06	130
Innovation(Jam)	2.94	441
Mood(Jam)	3.63	131
Theme(Jam)	3.61	167

Feedback

Pinqu

26. Aug 2014 · 08:10 UTC

Nice game, great music, but no sound effects?

🎤 Unravel Games

26. Aug 2014 · 09:33 UTC

Thanks for playing! and yeah we're thinking of doing a post Ludum Dare game polishing, hopefully we get to add some sound effects.

The Lag Pack

26. Aug 2014 · 09:50 UTC

Very cool game, reminds me a lot of FTL. The only problem I had was that on some occasions I wasn't ablt to read the text because I arived at the planet and it was cut off.

The music really set the mood, great job! :D

Raphy

26. Aug 2014 · 09:58 UTC

Really liked the concept of "mixing" survival and management. Combat felt kindda monotonic though, I'd love to be able to do some actions during combat :)

But overall I think it's good !

Also, I'm not sure how you do to upgrade the ship ?

Fumiko

26. Aug 2014 · 09:59 UTC

The game is rather selfplaying - I miss a little more Interaction/Control about what's happening.
The Narrationszenes were nice though - although I think I shot myself in the leg by reading them and not simply activating hyperdrive while I had this many settlers with me.

ivanhlb

26. Aug 2014 · 10:04 UTC

I liked the art style, the graphics and the music. I thought on an aesthetic level, the game was rather pleasing. It really could use a bit more player involvement though, more options to manage your ship and stuff. Not a bad entry overall.

sephyka

26. Aug 2014 · 10:37 UTC

Interesting! Graphics and music are good. It's not very easy: I hadn't any commerce ship at my first play.

bob_fish

26. Aug 2014 · 10:47 UTC

Nice music! reminds me of FTL which is good. Needs Sound Effects. Great game though!

xrm0

26. Aug 2014 · 12:33 UTC

I like the game. The combat would be better if I could do something about it and not only watch it.
When travelling the text fades too fast (for me) to comfortably read it.

🎤 Unravel Games

27. Aug 2014 · 02:43 UTC

@Raphy Thanks! more features could have been added to the game, but we might run out of time so we left some of it out.

Thanks for playing guys! We're also going to check out your games and rate it.

AtomicVikings

28. Aug 2014 · 15:05 UTC

Awesome game! A bit difficult, but I guess finding a new home is :)

Unfortunately you weren't on the stream while we played this. You can find a video of this game on our twitch channel.

udo

28. Aug 2014 · 15:08 UTC

Very cool graphics, nice atmosphere. I'm never sure what to rate the audio where people didn't make their own, but you certainly chose well.

🎤 Unravel Games

28. Aug 2014 · 16:21 UTC

@AtomicVikings We really felt bad about last time, our internet connection was acting up. We'll check your channel again for the video.

@udo thanks for playing bro! a bit of typo for the name of the composer 'Kevin MacLeod' check out his website:
http://incompetech.com/

We still have a line up of your games to play...hope this connection gets better.

BradSmallPlanet

31. Aug 2014 · 22:37 UTC

This game was great, I'd love to play a version with more variety of encounters. As a fan of 'Cosmos', I also thought the Carl Sagan-esque text below the ship during travel was the highlight of the experience.