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Terraform Mars by TK07

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made by TK07 for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Terraform a planet! You control a rocket and collect materials floating in space in order to terraform a planet. But watch out and don't run out fuel. Collect dilithium crystals and then land on the landing pad in order to refuel.

Controls:

Upward/downward thrust: W/S or up/down arrow keys

Left/right rotation: A/D or left/right arrow keys

Extend/retract asteroid grabber: Space or E

Download Windows: https://bit.ly/2XUIjrn

Asteroid types:

Biomatter.png Biomatter Collect 5 of these in order to win! Fuel.png Dilithium crystals Collect this in order to fill the planets fuel tank, then land on the landing pad and refuel your ship. Asteroid.png Asteroids Give you absolutely nothing.

Tips:

  • Hitting anything with you rocket depletes your fuel (hitting with asteroid grabber doesn't count).
  • Asteroids disappear on impact with planet. Fuel and Biomatter only at higher velocity.
  • Planets fuel tank can store up to 3 times as much fuel as your ship.
  • You can land sideways on the landing pad.
  • Use planets gravity to your advantage when dropping stuff in the funnel.
  • One dilithium crystal is equal to a 130% of ships fuel tank.

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Youtube https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RjRiAcUzF2Aou8Gtms_EouiDV36rj6-4/view?usp=sharing
Youtube https://tk07.itch.io/terraform-mars
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/terraform

Ratings

Overall 946th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 407th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 697th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1970th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1126th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1594th 2.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1060th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

adjo
20. Apr 2020 · 17:45 UTC
This game is great, but the ZIP isn't working. The data folder has the wrong name, updated that and then I played it just fine. Fun game! :)
Schwarcraft
20. Apr 2020 · 17:47 UTC
Heads up, when I extract the folder and click "TerraformMars.exe" I get "Data folder not found" error. I had to rename a folder in there to launch.

Once played though, I like it! Visually was very appealing and gameplay was simply, but good!

I did spend an embarrassing amount of time trying to grab the tutorial images at the start haha... Probably my fault!
SimonBeats
20. Apr 2020 · 17:57 UTC
You need to fix the folders name in the zip file. Apart from that, i like your game. It's hard sometimes because rocks get stuck below the input-thing. Has a great atmosphere though and mechanics feel smooth.
rrsmtz
20. Apr 2020 · 18:33 UTC
I found this really hard, but I managed to beat it on the 4th try.

Notes:
* Art and gameplay had good levels of polish.
* Planet gravity mechanic was a good idea.
* Music and sfx were nice.
* I felt like there was a learning curve, in a good way. I got a lot better at controlling the ship and conserving fuel over time.
* Blue and green dots are hard to tell apart on the mini-map.
* There's a fine line between fun and tedious difficulty, and I feel this game toes that line. The rocket ship controls are tough at first, and fuel is scarce (a good round-trip for fuel takes me around half a tank, and it only fills a full tank). If I was feeling impatient, I probably would have quit before beating the game. My suggestion is to make dilithium crystal fuel 1.5x ship fuel capacity.
Rendow
20. Apr 2020 · 18:43 UTC
Grabbing asteroids and bringing them back makes for a great game loop. The spaceship feels good to control as well, good job! :smiley:
Drunk Wizard
20. Apr 2020 · 19:07 UTC
zip file problems are fixed now, the game should be playable without any edits, thanks for the heads up :)
onnofal
20. Apr 2020 · 21:00 UTC
Very good experience controlling the ship around, it really feels the way I'd imagine real thrusters behavior. Died on orientational first try, successfully finished on second - well balanced. Was rewarded with fun terraforming visuals I cannot share not to spoil :) Looks good, works nice but the character control itself really stands out.
Crochar
23. Apr 2020 · 11:19 UTC
Very nice art and effects. Loved the setting and mechanics.
AndideBob
03. May 2020 · 17:21 UTC
A really cool game with solid controls, but I think that the players fuel is depleting a little too fast. Like you need to take 2 crystals with you on one trip for the biomass to be able to refuel properly. The game is pretty skill reliant I feel, since you can just chuck minerals towards the middle before taking what you want. I tried a few times but never got more than 2 biomass to the planet without dying. A really solid jam entry though!
GreenDinoGames
04. May 2020 · 13:36 UTC
Nice game! Looks very polished. Good job!
ndrw
07. May 2020 · 04:20 UTC
Was pretty fun and I ran out of fuel quite a bit! I really liked the mechanics, it added to the challenge of the game.
testlab
07. May 2020 · 06:20 UTC
Cool game, had great fun playing it. I don't have much feedback, only minor thing i'd have liked to see is gliding without drag to have a way to better be able to maximize the fuel. But i can totally see that it would have made the game a bit too hard.
Just a small thing, but as a Linux user, a Linux build would have been great!
Congrats to your game!
DecrementedPalindrome
11. May 2020 · 22:44 UTC
Great game! I really like the graphics and audio and the gameplay isn't bad either, though it got repetitive after a while.
The description is nicely formatted and is supplemented by an informative but unobtrusive in-game tutorial both of which I like but are often missed in jam games.