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Planet God by Doctor_N

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made by Doctor_N for LD34 (COMPO)
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UPDATE 2: POST JAM VERSION NOW AVAILABLE AT HTTP://INDUSTRIAL-GAMES.NET/

UPDATE: IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO PLAY THE GAME ON WINDOWS UPDATE JAVA.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS TRY THE .JAR FOUND HERE:

http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_windows.jar

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Using just the two left and right arrow keys, control the weather on your very own world in an attempt to create new life! Combine meteor showers with lightning and volcanic eruptions to nurture or destroy your randomly generated world as you choose... On this world, you are the god.

For more games by me visit http://industrial-games.net/
Windows http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_windows.exe
Windows (JAR) http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_windows.jar
OS/X http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_mac.jar
Linux http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_linux.jar
Source https://github.com/DoctorN/Planet-of-God
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=54382

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1857
Overall 3.59 218
Audio 2.82 393
Fun 3.18 458
Graphics 4.05 99
Innovation 3.95 67
Mood 3.50 161
Theme 4.36 40

Feedback

BoUnDtOtHeEaRtH
14. Dec 2015 · 03:20 UTC
Seems like an interesting concept, but a few hints on how to get started would be nice. Can't get any O2 or life to start forming
🎤 Doctor_N
14. Dec 2015 · 07:18 UTC
You don't need O2 for plants all you need is an ocean and some lightning and eventually it will pop out of nowhere
batmanasb
14. Dec 2015 · 08:02 UTC
Ohhhh, lightning and an ocean. But what about the temperature? I can't seem to stabilize it, also is it F, K, or C? I'll play some more tomorrow, but some more feature hints would be nice :P
🎤 Doctor_N
14. Dec 2015 · 08:23 UTC
It's in degrees celcius so life appears between 20 and 45 degrees. It should drop towards 0 constantly but you can warm the planet with the odd comet but be careful because that'll destiny your plants (when you get them)
🎤 Doctor_N
14. Dec 2015 · 08:24 UTC
Sorry in advance I ran out of time before I could add animals so once you unlock life you only have a small period before you run out of CO2! Long enough to have fun trying to stabilise your fluid and temperature though
Cruso
14. Dec 2015 · 18:54 UTC
This gets marked as a virus under Avast and Zillya.
I think a virustotal report should be required to upload to ludum dare.
"totallysaveexe.exe" ...

https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ec468fd434df4f340b0ac003cd785d9a6c0c2202a23590a2d5a4fb381286b6ae/analysis/
teeth
15. Dec 2015 · 06:26 UTC
I've never appreciated the fact that we have life on this planet so much @_@
Finestep
15. Dec 2015 · 06:44 UTC
Sounds seemed rather loud
v01pe
15. Dec 2015 · 19:45 UTC
Cn't really play on my Retina screen, it seems to not respect the display DPI seetings … if I run it I only see half of the content… it looks nice from the screens tho…
DonEngland
15. Dec 2015 · 19:51 UTC
Could not launch the windows version?
🎤 Doctor_N
15. Dec 2015 · 19:57 UTC
If you're struggling to play the windows version make sure you have Java installed and if it still isn't working try the .jar instead: http://industrial-games.net/planet/planet_windows.jar
YinYin
15. Dec 2015 · 19:59 UTC
Could not launch the windows version either.
Am on 8.1
DinnerInTheDark
15. Dec 2015 · 20:01 UTC
Very pretty and cool concept.
AzureAspect
15. Dec 2015 · 20:17 UTC
Didnt manage to get any wildlife on my planet :<
Tried hard to grow the plants but they would suck all the h20 faster then i could ever possibly produce it.
Good game concept though!
🎤 Doctor_N
15. Dec 2015 · 20:22 UTC
Yeah I ran out of time before I could add wildlife but I will be doing some patches and re-uploading to my website
zebi24
15. Dec 2015 · 20:37 UTC
It's a really special game. Loved it.
publicidadeba
15. Dec 2015 · 20:53 UTC
What a concept... Well done guys!
newbeings
15. Dec 2015 · 21:49 UTC
I loved this! Good job. Totally worth pursuing. I played for a while.

Just gonna let my mind go on this:
I'd love to see conditions other than earth like life. Or maybe you can start multiple planets and then you have control of a solar system where every planet is affecting the other. Just thinking since it seems like the progression is to be balancing more and more stuff...

Anyway, great job!

PS: I had some scaling issues on Mac - couldn't get it to fit quite right on my screen.
rnlf
20. Dec 2015 · 15:47 UTC
I like the idea of the game and it looks really cool.

It seems a bit too hard, though. I couldn't manage to stabilize the temperature. In several cycles (I think 6 or 7) I boosted the oxygen to about 30%, but I couldn't get any animals.

I think, after a while the temperature should be more stable through the greenhouse effect.
Smirnov48
24. Dec 2015 · 00:21 UTC
Great game! Game is very difficult - plants take all water :( and they die.
uvwar
29. Dec 2015 · 20:36 UTC
Hello fellow Volcano game! I had a really hard time trying to get some life going, and then I couldn't exit the program or alt-tab out OR force quit (on Mac), so I had to reboot. Otherwise really awesome!