Solaris - Dying Sun by AlteredGalaxy

made by AlteredGalaxy for LD 39 (COMPO)

Solaris is a game about surviving a solar apocalypse.

As the sun dies and releases less and less energy, humanity must find a new way to survive: Offworld

Build parts to complete your rocket using energy harvested from the sun, while defending your city against aliens, who, for some inexplicable reason, are attacking you.

Gameplay

Look around the world with the A and D keys
Select buildings to place them
Launch your rocket before time runs out!

Tools Used

Unity Game Engine
Photoshop, Blender and Substance Designer for graphics
Audacity for audio

This is my first time using unity ever, so some bugs are present and I wasn't able to add as many features as I would have liked. Still, I hope this is enjoyable.

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Windows	https://mega.nz/#!XdUgkSIK!k1OkjF18J5sB-4Ob3z8fJt6JvbGKW0l8a6P0aty0Yj0
Source code	https://mega.nz/#!2FcUHAyL!8HGz6de3HImGtlyl83ryLo3QIGPR6XOKbtqyHEaQURM
Linux	https://mega.nz/#!LIcwHThT!9M29tDITG8w6opyIkz5mj50jmOdYFoMcIKdOuLONPq4
Linux
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/solaris-dying-sun

Ratings

Overall	524^th	2.947⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Fun	528^th	2.737⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	321^th	3.105⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	439^th	3.316⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	515^th	2.684⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Audio	381^th	2.632⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	469^th	2.611⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Humor	402^th	2⭐	16🧑‍⚖️
Given		16🗳️	0🗨️

Feedback

PlexusDuMenton

01. Aug 2017 · 02:37 UTC

game is very easy and too short
But well , for a compo it's realy nicely done :)

Cornelia Xaos

01. Aug 2017 · 02:42 UTC

So.. first things first, you seemed to have messed up your Linux export slightly. The folder names for the Solaris_Data are wrong. The one that is called "Solaris.x86_64_Data" is actually the x86 data. I had to delete the other folder "Solaris_Data" as it was the x86_64 version and there was no x86_64 executable. Then I renamed the first folder to just "Solaris_Data" and I could run the game!

As to the game, I really liked the planet rotating idea. It seemed very interesting and fun to do.. though I didn't find much of a reason to rotate as I could place things down on top of each other.. When I realized this I started spamming solar panels in one spot and a few defense guns to keep the aliens at bay. It was rather easy at that point.

But, I still liked the rotating planet mechanic and found it really innovative.

🎤 AlteredGalaxy

01. Aug 2017 · 03:03 UTC

Linus export has been fixed. Thanks for the feedback!

hoogmin

01. Aug 2017 · 03:21 UTC

This game at first confused me but when I gave it another chance I actually understood what I had to do. When I did the game was quite enjoyable. I am not gonna bash you for having a short game because my submission was quite short as well. Hope you enjoyed this LD.

Shaolin Dave

01. Aug 2017 · 05:43 UTC

Made with Unity, why not build for WebGL so Mac users can play too?

rigdonware

01. Aug 2017 · 06:18 UTC

This was a very interesting and a pretty fun game. After you get a couple solar panels up you can just spam them and get the game over with very soon. Pretty fun though good job!

johnnwfs

03. Aug 2017 · 11:37 UTC

Nice game. If expanding, I agree with rigdonware that at a certain point you can span the solar panels. Some balancing out of costs, maybe increasing over time, might make game play a bit longer. I did get irritated at the aliens blasting my panels until I realized if I kept two at a spot I wouldn't have panels destroyed. Cool mechanic in the planet rotation.

DeathStorm

21. Aug 2017 · 19:50 UTC

Nice Game, pretty good work.

Awesome for that time. Nice Job

Gulyasarni66

22. Aug 2017 · 12:42 UTC

Great game! It was really short and easy, but definitely worth my time. Keep it up!