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Gather Drone by Vimlark

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made by Vimlark for LD 44 (COMPO)

Your ship is out of fuel and running on reserve power. You must explore the planet to find energy ore to fuel it. But you run on the same power as the ship, so you must make sure to keep some for yourself or you will power down forever.

The currency in this game is the energy you need to run(life) as well as fuel the ship to escape.

Gather Drone by Vimlark - Google Chrome 4<em>28</em>2019 5<em>54</em>06 PM.png

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HTML5 (web) https://vimlark.itch.io/gather-drone
Source code https://vimlark.itch.io/gather-drone
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/gather-drone

Ratings

Given 9🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

pokenoufl
29. Apr 2019 · 04:16 UTC
Interesting game, although I'm unsure how it fits with the theme. the drone was fun to control and I liked the beam effect
🎤 Vimlark
29. Apr 2019 · 18:59 UTC
@pokenoufl The theme is supposed to be that the energy used to power you is your life and the currency is that that energy has to be used to power the ship. I agree it's not the clearest. But thanks for playing and glad you liked the beam.
randomphantom
30. Apr 2019 · 14:04 UTC
Nicely done graphics and controls. Gameplay was straightforward and fun. Needs some way to show that you run out of fuel though. Music was good but got repetitive after a while.
Kodiqi
01. May 2019 · 05:02 UTC
Cute game. The controls feel nice and I think it uses the theme fairly well. I think it was fun but it became repetitive so I didn't fuel the ship to 15,000. Not sure if anything happens when you do. Maybe just more more enemies or some traps to avoid would add some variety.
🎤 Vimlark
01. May 2019 · 05:42 UTC
@randomphantom Thanks, I agree a fuel notification could help. Music is definately my weakness, I'm glad it was at least okay at first. :)

@kodiqi There is just a quick end card when you fully fuel the ship. More enemies was the plan but that 48 hour time limit comes up quick. Thanks for checking out!
mrjoshuamclean
02. May 2019 · 02:56 UTC
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418002198?t=05h25m04s
Copito
02. May 2019 · 11:35 UTC
This was very polished for 48 hours. It reminded me a lot of rogue-lands and it would have been nice to see some of the mechanics from that game used to add more challenge (for example an enemy type that persistently chases you while no-clipping with the terrain). Fun little game though!
🎤 Vimlark
02. May 2019 · 18:46 UTC
@copito Thank you very much. I love the idea for an enemy like that. I had hoped to get more enemies in but time didn't allow.
chompdev
03. May 2019 · 00:01 UTC
Fun game, Vim! I really like the shared fuel pool idea, and being able to repair your drone while depositing fuel back at the ship is a nice touch. Well done!
🎤 Vimlark
03. May 2019 · 19:01 UTC
@chompdev Thank you very much. Glad you liked it.