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Waste of Space by souperstrawer

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made by souperstrawer for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Keep your friendly AI alive on her quest to cruise through space at high velocities.
Unfortunately, there seems to be an increasingly dense asteroid field coming up ahead.
Fortunately, there also seem to be an awful lot of space station modules lying around with lasers, energy shields, and engines!
Use these modules to build defenses to brave the incoming asteroid field. See how far you can get before being overwhelmed.

Alternatively, take it easy in Free Build Mode and build the station of your dreams with nary an asteroid in sight.

Controls:
LMB - Place module
RMB - Discard module
R - Destroy module under cursor
Scroll wheel, Q, E - Rotate module
W, A, S, D - Camera movement
Shift, Ctrl - Zoom camera
Esc - Pause menu

Ott Adermann - Programming, Menus
Joosep Jääger - Graphics, Audio

Tools used:
Unity
LMMS (music and sound effects)
Krita
Blender

Youtube https://the-torn.itch.io/waste-of-space
Youtube https://the-torn.itch.io/waste-of-space
Youtube https://soupstraw.itch.io/waste-of-space
Youtube https://github.com/TornOne/Waste-of-Space
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/waste-of-space

Ratings

Overall 113th 4.133⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 36th 4.217⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 110th 4.033⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 332th 4.1⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 521th 4.1⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 458th 3.7⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 528th 3.774⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

pandanymous
21. Apr 2020 · 11:01 UTC
That was neat ! It was one of the most fun games i've seen this far ! The only thing that bugged me was the shields, i did not quite understood what they cover, maybe adding some kind of tell, like for the lasers would help that . Great game overall :D
Brenan
21. Apr 2020 · 11:07 UTC
Wow ! This game is really impressive.
I really enjoyed making my spaceship, until I got stuck because of my bad management haha
It is an astonishing game for the game jam, good job !
GibsS
21. Apr 2020 · 11:08 UTC
Great game, maybe the penalty for not using a segment should be a bit higher than a couple of seconds lost, otherwise you can too easily cycle through options. Otherwise it's really fun and it looks absolutely great.
dvd
21. Apr 2020 · 15:53 UTC
Nice game
The Sin Preacher
21. Apr 2020 · 16:10 UTC
Wow ! I enjoyed this game ! I've built a really messy spacestation and that was fun !!
Destin715
21. Apr 2020 · 16:54 UTC
You should keep developing this. Its a great starting point!!
bobost2
21. Apr 2020 · 16:56 UTC
I didn't expected a building game in this jam. I love it :D
mrpossoms
21. Apr 2020 · 17:13 UTC
Pretty dang polished! Especially for a LD game. Good job!
imod
21. Apr 2020 · 17:21 UTC
Game is really cool! I very like this game mechanic, it pretty well balanced and plays well. And i very like graphics, it looks very good.
blackquiltro
21. Apr 2020 · 18:14 UTC
Very good game, Nice graphics and audio. Very fun. I only wish a few more seconds of calm before the asteroids start hitting me jeje
Wolfier
21. Apr 2020 · 20:00 UTC
Great game I loved everything about it, but I only wish the frame rate was better.
AMastryukov
21. Apr 2020 · 23:06 UTC
This is so far the most fun entry I've played. I wish there was better indication of the health of each piece before it randomly falls off but other than that it's very polished and very fun to play. This has a lot of potential for a commercial release. I haven't experienced any issues with framerate (I played the WebGL version). Oh, and one last thing - please reduce the opacity of the grid to about ~10-15%. It gets in the way of the asteroids and breaks immersion. Other than that, it's a lot of fun.

Edit: Also, you absolutely have to add the ability to screenshot and share ship configuration captures.[This was my best one](https://i.imgur.com/5s66MjQ.png).
munmungames
22. Apr 2020 · 12:48 UTC
Great game ! It feels a bit like playing a tower defense game but with slightly different rules. The graphics are clean and it has potential to grow into a full game in my opinion ! Congrats :slight_smile:
Play-Pause-Games
22. Apr 2020 · 12:57 UTC
overall great game! my only problem is a sense of progression, it would be nice to be able to by upgrades overtime, but its still a fun game!
linluk
22. Apr 2020 · 12:59 UTC
Awesome game! I love it! Great concept, great setting, great sound, great graphics, great gameplay. One of my favorites so far!
fornaree
22. Apr 2020 · 13:33 UTC
I don't know if was the social aspect(talking to a friend while playing), but when I played this project seeing my ship get blown away was pretty fun. The amount of times that I blocked myself from building more stuff was pretty stellar, and weirdly I liked every one of them. Great entry!
Wolfier
22. Apr 2020 · 15:01 UTC
Coming back to it every changing settings and fixing the framerate (don't think it was anything on your end) Making a building game for this Ludum Dare was incredibly unique and the game is really well done. I think if i had one criticism it would be that i wish i had more autonomy over the pieces that spawn.
Bohrmaschine2000
22. Apr 2020 · 20:55 UTC
This is so good!!!!!
WhiteFox
22. Apr 2020 · 21:22 UTC
One of the best games I played so far, good job. I liked the graphics and the gameplay. It might be interesting to allow the player to select between 2-3 modules instead of giving one module each time.
windfall890
22. Apr 2020 · 21:58 UTC
This was awesome!
I liked how clean the UI was and the nice isometric viewpoint.

Assembling the station was a blast.
linluk
23. Apr 2020 · 12:25 UTC
@tom, @souperstrawer check out my blog post ... I featured your game,... hope someone will read it and play and rate your game :-)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/signal-fire-on-mystery-island/my-first-ludum-dare-and-i-really-enjoy-playing-all-those-awesome-games
🎤 souperstrawer
23. Apr 2020 · 17:49 UTC
@linluk Hey, that's awesome! It means a lot to us.
WanS24
26. Apr 2020 · 10:24 UTC
This game is very cool. Like the graphics and gameplay. Good concept for endless game. Included your game in my list https://wans24.itch.io/he-needs-healing/devlog/140983/what-ludum-dare-46-did-to-me
LaZZyDev72
29. Apr 2020 · 15:10 UTC
Good Gameplay Love the idea.
LCStark
12. May 2020 · 05:09 UTC
A really interesting idea! It's kinda like a combination of a strategy, puzzle and action games all in one package. The gameplay loop is very engaging, making you want to play more. The audiovisual side is good. My only problem with the game, which probably stems from not fully understanding the mechanics yet, is that sometimes it's difficult to know what your shields or lasers will protect. Sometimes I felt like despite having multiple lasers in the area a lot of rocks still got through. Oh, and I also think it would be a good idea to add some sort of damage indicator to the sections - right now it's impossible to know which sections need to be protected first before your base breaks apart. Overall, it's a great jam entry, I enjoyed playing it. ;)