Alone on Mars by Konio Softworks

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made by Konio Softworks for LD 39 (JAM)

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An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to survive as much time as he can until his team will come to rescue.

Game play

You have to build as much protection as you can during the day, because during the night time the enemies will come to attack you. If enemies destroy your database, you will lose the game.

To make the droids work for you, you have to "feed" them with power capsules.

The capsules have to be extracted from ground, by player or farmer droids.

You can also build walls, and upgrade them for more protection.

Entities

Main Player - astro.png

Farmer Droid (gathers the power capsules) - droid farmer.png

Hunter Droid (kills the enemies) - droid hunter.png

Wall (for protection - upgradable) - fence3.png

Controlls:

Left/Right Arrow - for movement Down Arrow - Extract capsules from ground, Upgrade Items, Buy droids

Screenshots:

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Team of 5 members :

Nicu Maxian

Schidu Luca

Bunescu Mihai

Stefan Semionov

Schidu Vasile

"Music: INSTINCT - Bensound.com"

Ratings

Overall 393th 3.407⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 503th 3⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 442th 3.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 438th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 18th 4.679⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 245th 3.417⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 537th 2.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 133th 3.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

vipbasil
31. Jul 2017 · 22:30 UTC
Perfect aesthetics and mood, i'm waiting for the release ^)
Rudenko
01. Aug 2017 · 09:12 UTC
Nice graphics, also reverse paralax is funny :D Anyway, really great mood!
Dene
01. Aug 2017 · 11:44 UTC
Greate mood of the game and graphics :) Love your pixel art style, guys.
Dene
01. Aug 2017 · 11:44 UTC
double-post =\
catbutt
02. Aug 2017 · 11:29 UTC
Great look. feedback on each item would be great addition
Thuvareyn
02. Aug 2017 · 11:32 UTC
Love the mood and the graphics. I wish there will be a linux version :)
Daniel Kartafla
02. Aug 2017 · 11:39 UTC
That's the entry with the best graphics I've seen so far. Besides the animation of the main character (which look a little bit too wobbly for my taste) this looks and sounds amazing. The gameplay is also a nice idea. If you have invested a little bit more time on a tutorial (which is totally understandable something to neglect in a jam), explanations for items, and a bit more depth, go release it on Steam or somewhere!
fusionnist
02. Aug 2017 · 12:10 UTC
Gameplay is easy to understand and quite fun, and the atmosphere is very well built! Apart from the fact that most AIs will freak out when reaching their objective (they seem to invert at every frame), there's no breaking the mood! Good job guys! Solid entry!
Recorded some gameplay, is it okay if I upload it?
Coauctor
02. Aug 2017 · 12:29 UTC
Got the idea quickly and started to upgrade defenses and activate drones.Nice!
What was unclear:

1. So the enemies attack only the base, not you?
2. There are two types of drones it seems? Those which ride left and those which ride right?
FailedStarfish
02. Aug 2017 · 12:55 UTC
Graphics and style are amazing, main characters walk cycle was a bit odd though. Good use of the theme and interesting game mechanics.
Anglain
02. Aug 2017 · 15:07 UTC
This game is easy to play, and the art is just amazing - these are defintely cons. The sounds, i think, were not so good and didn't fit nice enough, also i lacked some of them - like the sound of enemies breaking or hitting the wall. Also, player walking animation looked really weird, and i'd like him to be faster, or the game overall to be slower, because i simply wasn't fast enough to do all the things in my base before the night starts :( . But still, good job on your game!
Descrout
02. Aug 2017 · 15:10 UTC
The mood was great , graphics and sound effects feels so nice.But some interactions felt glitchy.When the droids encounter the enemy they behave weird. Great job though :)
Taira Domini
02. Aug 2017 · 15:14 UTC
I like this graphics, artist do really good job. Game is interesting, but I agree with @coauctor, it look really strange when enemies attack only base.
I enjoyed this game, great job!
ronan13
02. Aug 2017 · 15:24 UTC
Nice game! Simple concept but efficient. Had a hard time understanding what I was supposed to do, but afterwards all went smoothly! The atmosphere is pretty neat. Would need a few upgrades to make the fun lasting, and the walk animation is wonky (looks like an octupus :) ). Pretty cool overall.
Brandon Diaz
02. Aug 2017 · 15:31 UTC
Really cool art style and atmosphere. Gameplay was simple to understand, but I think having some tooltips or similar to indicate what things "are" would go a long way. I wasn't really sure what someone would be once I powered it up from the scrap heap.
TheFlyingKeyboard
02. Aug 2017 · 15:38 UTC
Really nice graphics and interesting concept on gameplay, but as @taira-domini said it is strange that enemies only attack base.
KungKras
02. Aug 2017 · 21:12 UTC
Really great graphics and mood. I would have liked to see some attack animations though.
victorcrafty
03. Aug 2017 · 08:51 UTC
So cool!Very good graphics!Good job!
earthexe
04. Aug 2017 · 22:32 UTC
This is a really good concept, and I could see myself having more fun if I had more immediate feedback on my actions. As it is, I can't really tell if I'm winning or losing or even if my base has health. It definitely looks like something that can be perfected with more time, though
hawke
09. Aug 2017 · 10:45 UTC
Great art, reminds me of KINGDOM: New Lands. Too little feedback about base health or defence destruction. Night/Day cicle a bit too short.