It's A Small System by notiiivan

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made by notiiivan for LD 38 (COMPO)

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Play or Download at: https://notiiivan.itch.io/a-small-system

(source code also on that page)

It's A Small System, a short and sweet lil' game about the planets personified! Use WASD to move, and click to interact.

My first ever "Real" game with Unity, and my first ever Ludum Dare entry!

(...I hope it's not too buggy...)

Ratings

Overall 314th 3.216⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 414th 2.75⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 139th 3.5⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 191th 3.611⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 273th 3.25⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 2.944⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 232th 3.206⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Jupiter_Hadley
24. Apr 2017 · 15:57 UTC
Lovely concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation [video series](https://youtu.be/5I8aoDLW98E), if you’d like to take a look :)
🎤 notiiivan
24. Apr 2017 · 23:23 UTC
Thanks!
...sorry you fell over, heh. That kinda breaks the game. Physics are hard, so I decided to slap a reset button on there. Idk if patches are allowed though even though judging hasn't started yet, so I'm going to keep the original on itch, too.
marek77
01. May 2017 · 07:00 UTC
I like the idea. Took a while to figure out what I had to do, but the game was pretty fun.
Jamesy012
02. May 2017 · 12:52 UTC
Very cool.

I found at the planets near the end of the solar system were passing each other much quicker than near earth and the passing was a little annoying if you're standing near the top or bottom of the planet and want to talk to someone, you find yourself on the next planet.

I did like the interactions between the planets, thorght that was pretty cool
DiegoCTorguet
03. May 2017 · 13:35 UTC
Congratulations for your first game! It's cute and the art is neat. I've found travelling from a planet to another too hard though. Keep on it!
Banana Man
04. May 2017 · 01:53 UTC
Yeah congrats on your first entry! Nice little something here, not quite sure what to do in game but looks cool!
krunoslav
04. May 2017 · 12:09 UTC
Original way to move and funny story.
I hope you keep doind games for Ludum Dare or yourself! :)
doomshmuck
05. May 2017 · 04:40 UTC
This is a fun little game. The planet transitions were really well done, and I liked the puzzle mechanic. It did feel a little tedious to traverse the whole system though. I forget which planet it was, but one of em was moving so fast that I actually swapped planets a couple of times before I got out of the trigger fast enough. Minor things though, overall it was really good.
Geared Games
05. May 2017 · 08:04 UTC
What a cute little game! I really liked the graphics, they matched the mood perfectly :)

I did find it needlessly difficult to travel to other planets though. They flew by so quickly I hardly had any time to click on them! My only solution was to spam the click button on the edge of the screen and wait for a planet to fly by, but I really felt like that should not be neccessary.

Other than that the game worked fine for the most part. Of course sometimes you fall down, but I actually found that it added to the cuteness and humor of the game :)
makiki99
05. May 2017 · 10:42 UTC
Interesting concept and nice story.
fpwong
05. May 2017 · 11:06 UTC
Very interesting concept, wish there was more to do though. I think the speed at which the planets come and go is good IF you could do something while you were on the planet. Even something small like jumping. But I can definitely see this being awesome with some sort of small mini game you could do on each planet. 10/10 for concept!
FailedStarfish
05. May 2017 · 11:42 UTC
Good job on your first LD entry. Really enjoyed the game, nice concept and fun to play.
those-30-ninjas
05. May 2017 · 17:04 UTC
Moving from planet to planet was a bit awkward and I wish the people stood on the sides of the planet because sometimes I was trying to talk to a person and ended up on another planet. Concept fit the theme well. Not bad for your first game in unity by yourself, well done.
vladik-plays
05. May 2017 · 18:23 UTC
I like the game. It's only weird that when I jump to other planets I somehow just fall over, which I think is a bug that needs fixing. But still, a very entertaining game :)
Here is my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/fixville
conrad123
06. May 2017 · 20:28 UTC
Brilliant. Reminds me of the Little Prince. One thing that I would change would be to clear up the movement between planets. There's no directions on that.
Skosnowich
07. May 2017 · 06:24 UTC
This is a cute little game. I like the gameplay idea. The graphics are simple, but I like them very much and they work well throughout the game. Sounds and music would be a nice addition to the game and I also think that switching between planets should be sort of an active action, like holding a button to switch when a planet is nearby. I couldn't find any bugs. :) Good job!
feips
07. May 2017 · 13:17 UTC
I like the game. My only problem with it is, that it is a little bit short, I think you should develop it further
chris-delta
08. May 2017 · 19:37 UTC
Very cute! The puzzles weren't exactly puzzles, there was a lot of backtracking, and it honestly didn't look very good, but it left me with a good feeling, and that's what matters
mwcz
10. May 2017 · 01:08 UTC
I loved cheering up Venus! Very innovative design! I like the planet hopping mechanic. The only suggestion I have is that when I was about to give the flower to venus I got picked up by mercury and had to go back. maybe put the characters a little bit out of range of the pickup zone.
ToonTeamJ
13. May 2017 · 19:40 UTC
I liked it, although the constant backtracking made it a little tedious. Maybe travel could be shortened by warping, or some other method of travel so there's no need to sit in one place waiting for the next planet to zoom by?
iamteekay
15. May 2017 · 13:13 UTC
It is pretty well made, considering your first entry. keep up the work.