Gaia by Keelan
Gaia is a game about collecting things, and dodging others. You play as a young planet trying to become life supporting. Growing from a small asteroid into a planet.
Controls:
Left mouse button - Control Radial Movement
Right Mouse Button - Control Orbital Movement.
Position mouse where you want to go.
This is my first Ludum Dare. Incredibly happy to have participated and actually finished something.
-------- EDIT ---------
This wasn't properly indicated in the game, but once you gain 3500 mass you have a next stage, collecting water.
Stage 1 Goal: Get to 3500 Mass
Stage 2 Goal: Get to 100% water needed
Stage 3 Goal: Get home and let life begin.
Apologies for not having this in-game :)
Controls:
Left mouse button - Control Radial Movement
Right Mouse Button - Control Orbital Movement.
Position mouse where you want to go.
This is my first Ludum Dare. Incredibly happy to have participated and actually finished something.
-------- EDIT ---------
This wasn't properly indicated in the game, but once you gain 3500 mass you have a next stage, collecting water.
Stage 1 Goal: Get to 3500 Mass
Stage 2 Goal: Get to 100% water needed
Stage 3 Goal: Get home and let life begin.
Apologies for not having this in-game :)
| Web | http://discoursegames.itch.io/gaia |
| Source | https://www.dropbox.com/s/802hxz0zlb3vw8s/GaiaSource_LD34.rar?dl=0 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=60615 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 49% | 1391 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.52 | 325 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.32 | 346 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.44 | 295 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.48 | 505 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.06 | 293 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.12 | 532 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.75 | 150 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.32 | 38 |
Planens and Sun are safe for visiting)
Really close to both theme and fun to play !
Please add a mute button next time :D Because I want to play this game for a long time but maybe put my own music on in the back. :)
Congrats!
as a question, did anyone get passed the first part of the game? I think I should have signified that there is a next step after you gain mass.
Nice game overall :)
- the risk-reward of trying to eat a piece which is about the same size as me, not knowing if I'll double my size or crash (thankfully it was usually the former)
- the fact that avoiding the obstacles automatically became harder as I gained mass
- how you managed to create a second game mode which felt quite different just by disabling whether we gained or lost mass
- the fact that the different planets had different personalities (cheer up, Mars!)
- the science! I never imagined that accretion would be this much fun.
- the ending! I didn't realize what I would become until after the water phase.
The music was quite repetitive and not very space-like though.