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One Small Step by Tetristar-Interactive

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made by Tetristar-Interactive for LD 38 (JAM)

Your species has finally reached the point where they are able to colonize other planets. Where else to start but with the other planets in your small solar system!

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Travel the solar system, terraform planets, colonize, and harvest the planet to move on to the next planet.

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Post Jame Notes: - Various bug fixes - Changed terraforming values - Added ship takeoff speech bubbles - Added planet names - Changed GUI interface - Adjusted randomness of variables

Post Mortem http://tetristar-interactive.tumblr.com/post/160319482192/one-small-step-a-ludem-dare-postmortem

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tetristar

Jam Link: https://tetristar-interactive.itch.io/one-small-step

Post Jam Link https://www.dropbox.com/s/qkjyax0g4vpqpsy/One%20Small%20Step.exe?dl=0

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/one-small-step-1

Ratings

Overall 356th 3.423⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 485th 2.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 238th 3.423⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 522th 3.154⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 336th 3.654⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 299th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 290th 3.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 73🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

matsoj15
03. May 2017 · 07:13 UTC
Wow. Funny galactic simulator
ilikescifi
03. May 2017 · 08:22 UTC
Oh yea! I love the interface and the simplicity that comes with it. Terraform, colonize and harvest - just what I like :)
Sean M
04. May 2017 · 02:18 UTC
![Untitled.png](///raw/fcc/2/z/3d86.png)

Yes! I did it!

Nice work, the old school graphics are great. The in game tutorial is fun though I had a bit of trouble deciphering it when I first looked at it. Maybe if it was animated it would have been a bit clearer for me

Great work :)
fanatrick
04. May 2017 · 10:33 UTC
A bit plain, but I guess that's how space games tend to be in LD. I wish this was thematically something else, anything but space because it kinda defeats the purpose of the "small world" theme.
stevenjmiller
05. May 2017 · 06:08 UTC
I loved the art style and atmosphere, and the gameplay was engaging. The mechanics were pretty interesting, and I beat it on difficulty 5.
🎤 Tetristar-Interactive
05. May 2017 · 08:02 UTC
Thanks for the kind words everyone! @sean-m I loved the idea of animating that screen so much it's already a part of the post-jam version!!
Lucas Ferrantelli
05. May 2017 · 08:32 UTC
Ok, that was really, really cool dude !
The atmosphere, the gameplay, that was really nice
mde
05. May 2017 · 09:00 UTC
Nice game! Solid gameplay, although it gets a bit repetitive. I liked the music stuff you did at the beginning and I would have loved to have more of that in the actual game besides the ambient noise.

The first time I played, I had an error when my ship arrived at the planet I was currently inspecting. Didn't happen the second time...
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_terraform_but:

Variable <unknown_object>.hover(100055, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_terraform_but_Step_0
Rother Games
06. May 2017 · 15:57 UTC
At first had problems understanding what to do. After I got it, it wasn't that hard to conquer every planet, but I still don't know why I should terraform a planet. (And you could have said, that the sun destroys the ships...). Anyway, the graphics were very good looking and you had a nice concept.
🎤 Tetristar-Interactive
06. May 2017 · 19:45 UTC
@mde I was hoping no one would find that error. Thankfully in the post-jam version it's fixed.
Norseware team
09. May 2017 · 07:59 UTC
Cute art style! I also like the simplicity in the controls - the mechanics add some depth too!
Alexandr Rum
09. May 2017 · 15:30 UTC
I like the sound and authenticity of the gameplay
Wheffle
12. May 2017 · 00:01 UTC
I really like the concept, but I was super confused for a while about how to do anything and what certain actions did. Also, the text in the beginning were a bit too pixilated in full screen mode, was hard to read and follow. But once I started figuring stuff out it was fun! Like I said, I love the idea and I'm a total sucker for these kinds of games. Nice work!
mooncalf
12. May 2017 · 00:38 UTC
I really love the aesthetic. The menus, art, and sound were really well done. Once in the game it took me awhile to figure out what to do. Once I figured it out I didn't have further issues.

Well done!
sagarpatel25700
12. May 2017 · 16:50 UTC
- Graphics and sound are the best part of this game .
-It is very difficult to figure out what actually the gameplay is but hen once you figure out is is fun playing
OccultOne
13. May 2017 · 00:41 UTC
I wasn't able to stream this today due to the Fullscreen hijacking the monitor feed from OBS, and I didn't have time to spend troubleshooting. It would be helpful if you could add a Windowed option for folks.
atmospherium
13. May 2017 · 19:06 UTC
I gave it a couple attempts and couldn't quite get my species to survive. I think there's some interesting gameplay here, it was just kinda hard to figure out. I think a better explanation of the cost/benefits of each action would help out a lot. I feel like if I had a bit better understanding of the mechanics this could have been a lot of fun.
🎤 Tetristar-Interactive
14. May 2017 · 03:18 UTC
Thanks for the kind words everyone!!

@occultone I watched my games inability to stream. Working on a fix, thanks for the attempt!

@atmospherium It's funny you bring that up as the post-jam version has better cost explanations as well as an updated tutorial page that is FAR easier to read.
Stevie Bushman
14. May 2017 · 21:56 UTC
Fun idea. It took me awhile to figure out what the harvest action did, and why did you make the sun eat my ships :P