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squarespace by berkano

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made by berkano for LD26 (COMPO)
** CHECK OUT THE PLAY GUIDE (PDF) ABOVE - LOADSA INFO!! :-) **

You start off as a captain in charge of a small spaceship. Over time you are able to upgrade the ship (adding new
components) if you gather the necessary resources. You'll also be given missions to carry out by mission control.
You will encounter a number of hazards along the way and be set various challenges, finalizing in a major
mission that will test your piloting, mining and construction skills to the max.

** Notes about PostCompo version **
- game content is the same as original compo version.
- major performance improvement
- major collision detection improvement (it's harder as a result!)
- in-game help system improved
- can now pause the game :-)
- various other bits of tweak and polish

Please submit your ratings based on the original compo version!

Cross Platform (Java) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21611/ld26/final/berkano-ld26-squarespace.zip
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21611/ld26/final/game.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21611/ld26/final/berkano-ld26-squarespace-source.zip
Play Guide (PDF) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21611/ld26/final/play_guide.pdf
PostCompo Version https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21611/ld26/postcompo/berkano-ld26-squarespace-v1.1.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11027

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall 3.71 127
Audio 3.03 357
Fun 3.39 224
Graphics 3.07 521
Humor 2.24 543
Innovation 3.56 231
Mood 3.20 300
Theme 3.05 994

Feedback

ThirteenWB
29. Apr 2013 路 18:18 UTC
Wow this is a lot of content for just 48 hours.
It would help if the tutorial was a little bit more detailed and had the ability to pause so you could take time to read the console, but on the whole a nice fun game, good job :)
Shigor
29. Apr 2013 路 18:34 UTC
Fantastic piece, I'm glad to finally see an attempt to make a game with a bit more of depth.

And kudos for the first ever (that I've seen) LD game with PDF manual :D
FloatingGhost
29. Apr 2013 路 19:07 UTC
Deep space nein- yes. The hit detection appears to be a little buggy, but maybe I'm doing it wrong.
馃帳 berkano
29. Apr 2013 路 19:08 UTC
@FloatingGhost, it's not you :-)
dualtagh
29. Apr 2013 路 19:32 UTC
Cool!
Xaychru04
29. Apr 2013 路 20:25 UTC
I really enjoyed this game because it has a lot of content. Collecting minerals and making your own ship is very funny, and I played it for a while :D
PixelIndigo
30. Apr 2013 路 11:46 UTC
It's awesome. I can play in it forever ^-^
ovenchips
30. Apr 2013 路 12:03 UTC
What an achievement. This game's right up my street. My only complaint was that I found it hard to tell if something was a pickup or an enemy. Lots of trial and error, but really rewarding. Lots of depth. Please continue working on this. :)
Martin_Monosys
01. May 2013 路 20:59 UTC
Strange, beep, drrr, pling, enter a number, beep beep, ufo lasers, gems, asteroids, green square, beep... Wait, what ?
-> I didn't get it... Sorry ! :)
Martin_Monosys
01. May 2013 路 21:00 UTC
And I'm not reading a manual tonight, sorry again ! XD
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
02. May 2013 路 17:11 UTC
Great game
voidstar69
03. May 2013 路 19:59 UTC
Looks like quite a deep game. I played it for a few minutes, but got confused about which sprites I needed to shoot, and which I needed to collect.
A manual for your game - nice! :-)
badlydrawnrod
03. May 2013 路 20:48 UTC
Crikey! Nice touch that you provided a manual.
thedaian
06. May 2013 路 08:35 UTC
Seems like a cool game with a lot of content potential, but it all seems to move too fast, and having to type in codes to move to the next level and do stuff, as well as no apparent way to see a full log of the console makes it hard to learn how to play the game.
Jorjon
07. May 2013 路 11:01 UTC
The best space exploration game in the competition. Make something more polished and don't use Java.
馃帳 berkano
12. May 2013 路 18:21 UTC
Hi everyone, I really appreciate your feedback. I got around to creating a "post-compo" version which you can find from the link above, and takes some of your suggestions into account - others I will remember for next compo! :-) Enjoy!
lasergans
12. May 2013 路 19:22 UTC
Cool game :) Impressed by your documentation.
ethankennerly
12. May 2013 路 21:41 UTC
Collecting resources and dodging aliens interested me. If you continue to develop this, I was imagining you're intending to expand this into managing resources somewhat like parts of the ship in Galaxy Trucker and colonizing a planet.
Spelchan
15. May 2013 路 17:43 UTC
Very impressive for 48 hours. I think there are some ways you could have simplified the game a bit more. I also hope that you continue working on this game.
AlexFili
17. May 2013 路 11:27 UTC
Fantastic, there is a lot to see here and it's clearly a game that rewards the player for investing with time. Brilliant job with this, can't wait to see more!
sP0CkEr2
18. May 2013 路 00:18 UTC
it was good -- but not my type of game -- great job
deathray
19. May 2013 路 18:17 UTC
The intro is very confusing, but the gameplay is very satisfying.