Ursa Miner by drstik
Ursa Miner is a brutally difficult 2D asteroid mining "simulator".
Pilot your ship through the asteroid field, locate ore within the asteroids with your scanner, and extract it with your mining beam.
Built using Unity 4.3, Photoshop and Audacity.
Pilot your ship through the asteroid field, locate ore within the asteroids with your scanner, and extract it with your mining beam.
Built using Unity 4.3, Photoshop and Audacity.
Ratings
| Coolness | 71% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.33 | 398 |
| Audio | 2.53 | 680 |
| Fun | 3.00 | 558 |
| Graphics | 3.46 | 364 |
| Humor | 2.38 | 595 |
| Innovation | 3.33 | 375 |
| Mood | 2.82 | 717 |
| Theme | 3.21 | 607 |
It would probably have been easier if the ore collector came out the top for me.
The ship was difficult to control.
I like that there is a little person in there, I didn't see it at first :P.
Well done with the use of the theme.
Could stand to have some nice ambient music in the background, perhaps!
I felt really alone and floatin' in space playing this. Perhaps the disorientation from the controls helps that. I think easier-to-get gems woulda helped folks ease into it a bit; putting more valuable gems deeper in the asteroids would make it worthwhile for people to actually get good at it still.
Great atmosphere and cool controls!
I think the controls were too challenging. If the aim was to go for realism, then why is there no momentum? What frictional force is slowing them down? I do like the fact that forward and backward reverse the direction that the player needs to change the direction they turn to go in the direction they want. I think if the acceleration was tied directly to the state of the keys it would be a lot more fun but that's just my two cents.
Awesome concept and really nice polish on this one :)