Solar System Clicker - Browser game by lanz611

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made by lanz611 for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Has only been tested with Chrome!

Click to add matter and watch what happens. When you have collected enough matter it will come together to form planets. When you have formed enough planets, your star will suck them all in and upgrade. Upgraded stars will support more planets.

I worked on this with my two kids, ages eight and seven, who helped with brainstorming and did all of the art.

Tip: the more matter that goes into a planet the bigger it will be.

Next immediate steps would have been to enable zooming in and out, as well as giving the asteroids more erratic orbits. I would also have liked to add buttons so that you could be more in control of whats happening, like a typical clicker.

The kids were hoping the biggest star would implode into a black hole, and then you could start forming whole galaxies! Maybe someday haha.

Ratings

Overall 824th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1056th 2.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 471th 3.292⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 113th 4.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 714th 3.25⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 961th 2.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

Porocyonak
08. Oct 2019 · 03:38 UTC
not entirely sure how the game works, but it looks cool!
Chaosicx
08. Oct 2019 · 03:42 UTC
Great riff on the theme!
James Beninger
08. Oct 2019 · 03:43 UTC
It's fun to watch. I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but it feels like there's nothing to do other than click to keep adding stars. This might be a nice screensaver if you just added stars at a regular pace.
ColeSlaughter
08. Oct 2019 · 03:47 UTC
A neat idea! I think some in-game direction/feedback would make a world of difference. I wasn't quite sure how to control the game itself, but the mass of orbiting particles was certainly a neat effect.

Super cool you made this with your kids. :) Must have been a fun weekend!
BoltactionToaster
08. Oct 2019 · 03:49 UTC
After just setting an autoclicker on it for a while, it was great to watch everything form.
dob
08. Oct 2019 · 03:50 UTC
Very cool, and I love that you involved your kids. Back when mine were small, I got them to help me test my games, and it was a lot of fun. Cool visuals and neat idea. I wish there were a little more apparent connection between what I was doing (clicking at random) and what I was seeing - I didn't feel too much control. But very neat.
ZuhairGhias
08. Oct 2019 · 03:52 UTC
Really Interesting entry. Cool that you can save pictures.
Roque
08. Oct 2019 · 04:01 UTC
Really liked that you made the game with your kids (I'm looking foward to do this with my nephews too) and enjoyed the art of the game but as a game it lacks a bit in options and things to do. As others said, the only thing you can do is click and watch, there's no progression or change. Also the resolution of your build is a little strange in both Chrome and Mozilla.
Hadi Danial
08. Oct 2019 · 15:29 UTC
Looks good! I like the way the particles act
revx
08. Oct 2019 · 20:12 UTC
I'm running it in Chrome on a MacbookPro and when I click play all I get is a black screen.... (But I love that your kids made the art!)
Raomer
08. Oct 2019 · 20:33 UTC
Cool concept and idea. Fits the theme. I just love watching the mass floating around the screen, also without clicking.
Nisovin
08. Oct 2019 · 20:39 UTC
It's a cool idea, although it seemed there wasn't much to do besides spam click and watch bits fly by. Watching the way things moved around was kinda nice though.
Guardaro
08. Oct 2019 · 21:20 UTC
Interesting physics. Also, are the planets emitting particles over time? If so, what effect does that have?
mmason
09. Oct 2019 · 00:39 UTC
I'll be honest, it wasn't fun, but this is a cool take on the theme, and I honestly spent around 10 minutes just clicking to see what would form and watch the orbits. I'm going to let it run and see what it turns into.
Daviscartes
09. Oct 2019 · 02:57 UTC
A quite cool game and a decent engine at the first glance, but a bit boring afterwards. Anyway, quite good experience playing your game!
Mikeorma
09. Oct 2019 · 15:58 UTC
Nice take on the theme. Some shapes and orbits can get really beatiful but there is not much more to see.
AmigoPadilha
09. Oct 2019 · 16:47 UTC
Great job, very chill I guess =)
Andreas Roschal
09. Oct 2019 · 23:50 UTC
I'm not entirely sure what I just played, but it was definitely very interesting to look at.
PurpoAppo
10. Oct 2019 · 20:58 UTC
Kind of weird but it looks cool.
mgoadric
17. Oct 2019 · 14:07 UTC
Could only see 1/4 of the screen on my MacOS in Chrome. Nice work on the physics simulator!