Tiny Trader by divillysausages

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made by divillysausages for LD23 (COMPO)
Mouse-down to move around. Pick up cargo and deliver it. Longer routes = more money. Perfect dropoffs/pickups = bonus! Avoid pirates

Ratings

Coolness 46% 688
Overall 3.25 265
Audio 3.11 178
Fun 3.00 325
Graphics 3.25 265
Humor 2.17 460
Innovation 3.29 266
Mood 3.04 242
Theme 2.86 521

Feedback

馃帳 divillysausages
23. Apr 2012 路 00:05 UTC
Can't seem to find a way to edit this post, but the source can be found here: http://divillysausages.com/files/tinyTrader/TinyTrader_src.zip
SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 路 06:03 UTC
I enjoyed the flow and controls of this game!
devwil
24. Apr 2012 路 21:22 UTC
i think what's already here is really well-made and it's a neat, minimalistic space trading game... but i found it really easy to stop playing. didn't see much reason to continue.
matthias_zarzecki
24. Apr 2012 路 21:37 UTC
Zooming around is fun, and the music is quite fitting.

That being said, I had no idea what actually happened. Feedback was somewhat difficult to understand.
azurenimbus
24. Apr 2012 路 21:39 UTC
VERY nice controls, quite smooth and relaxing. Liked the music and general mood too.
piterlouis
24. Apr 2012 路 21:43 UTC
The game controls are genial, and gameplay is funny. Good work
Nocturne
24. Apr 2012 路 21:52 UTC
Neat little game, and well made... Fairly tight controls and the gameplay was fun for a while, but it lacked depth.
馃帳 divillysausages
24. Apr 2012 路 22:18 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback! I agree the main problems are feedback and depth - I was trying to keep it minimalist and simple, to just play with flow, but it definitely could do with more time spent on polish :)
HeuGamer
26. Apr 2012 路 03:04 UTC
I love the concept and the controls were very well.
free_napalm
26. Apr 2012 路 19:32 UTC
Smooth gameplay, nice atmosphere with fitting music. I can not really think of one thing I would add to it without changing the concept.
The way it is, it's a good game with a great concept. Well done!
P.S.: Redheads as cargo? This is quite dystopian lol
castor
26. Apr 2012 路 19:33 UTC
I like it. I like it a lot. The other ships are so damn annoying - I want to shoot them all down.
desmarkie
26. Apr 2012 路 20:09 UTC
nice little game. Nice graphics and the motion feels solid too. Upgrades would be aces! :)
dx0ne
27. Apr 2012 路 11:23 UTC
Definitely add some way to defend.
OrangeeZ
28. Apr 2012 路 18:35 UTC
all ingenious is simple, that's definitely about that game. the concept is simple and solid, similar to Space Rangers, i love that. music is great, and so is everything.
believe me or not, i had a dream where i enter some page, read the description of this game and then play it :D
nihilocrat
30. Apr 2012 路 17:35 UTC
Pretty neat! The 'clean pickup/dropoff' bonus makes it pretty challenging at times. Some kinda gameover when you reach 0 credits would be nice, but I got the point pretty quickly anyways.
netmute
01. May 2012 路 20:03 UTC
Absolutely enjoyed this! You may have abused my soft spot for space traders, I long for them :)
Amazingly polished gameplay. One of the few gems I will play long after LD23 :)

(This would be great on an iPad, *hint* *hint*, pleaaase!)
Raptor85
11. May 2012 路 22:22 UTC
interesting but agreed to most others, good music, good controls, good base for a game...but didn't really seem to be much to do or a point to doing it.
JustinMullin
12. May 2012 路 15:18 UTC
Neat! Very very fresh and original take on the space trader...love it! I agree with the common opinion here that there's not much drive to continue playing, but the core gameplay is well thought out and creative. Nicely done!