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Orbits by Week of the agents

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made by Week of the agents for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

I want to congratulate you on an anniversary of the launch of the first Sputnik. And my game is all about space and satellites.

You are an dispatcher in a local space control centre and your job is to control several satellites. You need to support their orbit or clear it for purpose. When one sat falls another one gets its place.

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Gameplay is simple - tune your recivier with control lever to one of a five sat's frequencies. Than you can check some parameters and send commands.

The game has no actual goal - just relax and listen to cosmic sounds.

Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/74670tf2c7bh86g/Orbits-source-LD47.zip?dl=1
Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/5omnjaopo6uzhrl/Orbits-LD47.zip?dl=1
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/orbits

Ratings

Overall 522th 2.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 603th 2.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 453th 2.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 507th 3.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 192th 3.667⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 226th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 202th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 195th 3.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

qfeys
05. Oct 2020 · 09:43 UTC
What you had was nicely polished, although I wasent sure what the point was in what I was doing. Once I knew what I was doing, there wasen't really anything left to do.
NamidaSai
05. Oct 2020 · 09:48 UTC
I like the concept of managing satellites and the SFX were nice and cozy! I wish there was more gameplay to it though... Curious to see what this could become if there was more focus on the game mechanics?
🎤 Week of the agents
05. Oct 2020 · 10:07 UTC
@qfeys , @namidasai this is the core of my game - satellites stuck on their orbits, you stuck on your job, just relax and listent to space.
clemonades
05. Oct 2020 · 14:08 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, you're just kinda stuck so chill out and enjoy the vibes. I like it, simple and calming, good job!
testuser
05. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
Cool menu UI. It was pretty chill sitting around and reading interesting things for the different satellites as they sprang up and fell out of orbit. I felt like I was playing the launching part of Kerbal Space Program.
zimennik
08. Oct 2020 · 18:22 UTC
Relaxing experience, but there is no much game, as I can say =) But pretty athmospheric tho. Well done!
KOHCEPBA
10. Oct 2020 · 05:08 UTC
UI design is great. Everything works smooth.

Not much to do, more like a meditation experience. And this is ok, space must be slow.
Hanna_Knop
10. Oct 2020 · 16:53 UTC
this is so different from most of the games I tried! Pretty unique idea, but I like it! The mood is reeeaaaaly nice, good job! :)
sop the turtle
10. Oct 2020 · 20:59 UTC
Very interesting idea for a game and I like that the satellites say funny things. This is kind of like just a game where you chill out and let the game take its course. The graphics were pretty well done too. Lots of cool satellite designs. Good job!
commanderstitch
11. Oct 2020 · 20:36 UTC
Everything is nice, sound, visuals, user experience, except it didn't have a game mechanic. I was trying to sabotage my space satellites to only have ones that would destroy earth and have free internet. :-)
RGilPT
12. Oct 2020 · 09:59 UTC
Nice 3D graphics for a Compo game! I know that an orbit is a loop but how the game is, seams a little bit far fetched. Maybe an orbit representation would do the trick. The concept is interesting giving the vision how satellites are difficult to manage when the fuel is limited :)
🎤 Week of the agents
12. Oct 2020 · 12:01 UTC
@rgilpt This time I didn't want to develop an entertainment action game. Just chilling and looking into endless depth.
Justin Klinchuch
13. Oct 2020 · 12:27 UTC
Love the satellite art and the Star Trek-ey UI.
ColeSlaughter
18. Oct 2020 · 21:26 UTC
[This was a nice little entry to round off the stream with.](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/772739699?t=05h02m40s) :slight_smile:

I like little experiential games like this. It was nice and simple, but you managed to inject a lot of personality into it as well. Very very cool stuff here!