Growing Earth by TrolledWoods

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made by TrolledWoods for LD 40 (COMPO)

You are earth, in space. You are too small, you have to get bigger. Eat smaller planets, or get eaten by bigger ones.

Ratings

Overall 257th 3.525⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 166th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 478th 2.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 272th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 377th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 194th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 351th 2.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 290th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

Kolbjorn
04. Dec 2017 · 16:18 UTC
The controls were a bit hard at first, but became easier the bigger i got, until a point where i got so big it got a bit harder again :D Pretty fun game, i really liked the graphics and the music. Good job!

My high score: 2560
meursault
04. Dec 2017 · 16:34 UTC
nice and fun game. i had some problems with the controls. and i really like the music.
nizlow
04. Dec 2017 · 16:40 UTC
Highscore 15717

What an easy but freaking cool game! At the beginning I thought it was quite fast and easy to dodge some of the bigger planets so you don't get eaten, but after reaching ~8000 you begin to feel really the mass of the planet and dodging becomes really hard. When a planet infront of me got bigger then me I just shouted "no nonon ononoon" haha. Sounds more dramatic then it actually was probably but it was fun anyways!

I think to further expand on the gameplay you could introduce objects like blackholes or suns which maybe transport you to a different location or change the type of planet/star you are. Still very good entry, I enjoyed it! (The music was actually kinda good, even though it blew my headphones away at the beginning)

If you don't mind check also out my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/just-another-space-game
sgadrat
04. Dec 2017 · 16:45 UTC
Iteresting, the difficulty is weird in a way that we want to retry to get it right. Basically, as a player I suspect that going the fastest possible (holding W) makes it for the other plannets to not grow as much as ours.
🎤 TrolledWoods
04. Dec 2017 · 18:00 UTC
Thank you for the great responses! I didn't have a lot of time(6 hours) so the game is pretty unpolished, wich may be a good thing, because I didn't add useless features like a gun or something. Btw, high score 237k
Ham and Swiss
04. Dec 2017 · 18:29 UTC
Nice relaxing game, though the movement is strange.
AMastryukov
04. Dec 2017 · 18:35 UTC
**Pros:** Challenging gameplay. Nice graphics.

**Cons:** Music doesn't match very well with the 'feel' of the game.

Stars in the background would have been a nice touch. Colour shifting based on the consumed planets' colours would be cool as well. Good work, considering you made it in 6 hours.
gwolf86
05. Dec 2017 · 08:40 UTC
Great work for the amount of time you had. I'd love to see where you take it with more time.
Johnny Turbo
06. Dec 2017 · 18:42 UTC
I thoroughly enjoyed your game! I actually had a lot of fun! I really liked how you worked the theme into the game, I think it fits very well. A short narrative or tutorial screen would have been nice to have but I was able to figure it out pretty quickly without it. Solid graphics, addicting gameplay. Congratulations on making a game in only 6 hours!
Marius
26. Dec 2017 · 21:30 UTC
I played this game some time, and i like it, is very fun to play! I think the gameplay will be better if you can eat/be eaten by players with at least 10%(or something like this) less/more. Nice job!
vfabien21
27. Dec 2017 · 10:24 UTC
Fun game, with mecanism which has already been used a lot. However, that fact that the game fells much slower as we get bigger is a nice twist. It has been a nice and relaxing experience.
colozz
27. Dec 2017 · 12:38 UTC
# I liked:
- The gameplay
- The music
- Its addictiveness (I played a dozen times)

Good work :)
Shivur
27. Dec 2017 · 15:13 UTC
Very good game.