Mars Colony Alpha by Falzock

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made by Falzock for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Screenshot 2021-10-04 203050.png

You were hired as a Chief Life-Support Manager (CLSM) to help the Mars Colony Alpha Cooperation.
Unfortunately you weren't a hundred percent honest in your resumee and now you are sitting in front of a lot of buttons, sliders and blinking lights and have no idea what they are doing.
Good luck - the rocket with the first inhabitants is arriving soon!

Controls: - Mouse

Have fun playing!

Ratings

Overall 479th 3.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 557th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 547th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 616th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 866th 3.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 851th 2.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 752th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 574th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 61🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

d3w
04. Oct 2021 · 21:00 UTC
I love the concept and aesthetic!
LDJam user 202408
05. Oct 2021 · 19:12 UTC
really smart idea, I love the whole design of it, the idea of a console displaying info is much better in my opinion than lot of UI elements everywhere for different infos. good job!
Nebrazif
05. Oct 2021 · 19:16 UTC
Good entry, good graphics, and i really enjoy taking care of my little colony
fawnblue
05. Oct 2021 · 19:21 UTC
classic concept and good execution! i do wish it was a bit easier to visualize status of each of the different nodes as well as health of the humans. sometimes i was caught off-guard (but maybe that's part of the difficulty :) ) - anyway great job!
foxxy
05. Oct 2021 · 19:23 UTC
Great game. Looks like a real industrial control panel. Nice touch with the dynamic the audio.
Shaggy
05. Oct 2021 · 19:30 UTC
Really neat. I'm at day 10 now. Can it go on for forever?
thedude3600
05. Oct 2021 · 19:44 UTC
This kind of game is dangerous for me, I could easily myself losing some serious time playing this. That is, if I dont kill everyone in the colony ;-). I think a little bit of a hint on what to do at the start would be helpful. I sat there for about 5 minutes before I realized no one was actually in the colony yet. and another few minutes fiddling with the dials until I realized they were all turned off and I needed to turn on the water first before the others would turn on. But overall, its a good game!
Bastienre4
05. Oct 2021 · 20:03 UTC
One of my favorite entry so far. Overwhelming at first glance but it really "clicks" after few seconds/minutes.
It's a simple yet effective gameplay.

Good job!
🎤 Falzock
05. Oct 2021 · 21:39 UTC
@shaggy At day 12 the last new human is added. In testing day 13 was the maximum. But you can try to be better then that. :D
TheGamerASD
07. Oct 2021 · 13:19 UTC
Nice game, I really like the idea!
LDJam user 263763
08. Oct 2021 · 10:13 UTC
I like it! love space environment games, only i little hard to control lol, the theme match perfectly, i think more stable will be great and more development, i love the idea, great work!
LTyrosine
09. Oct 2021 · 15:14 UTC
It takes some time to understand it but after that is a really cool game. I was asking my self "hmmm but where is them usage here?" then the dials start to go like cray and I "yeah there it is :smile:". Got 4 humans and then they are dead by a lack of energy. I'm playing it again.
MakimoPL
11. Oct 2021 · 10:08 UTC
Good job! I have a lot of fun playing this game!
DaSpikeyBoss
16. Oct 2021 · 04:58 UTC
Nice! This is a very interesting game. It took me a bit to work out what to do but I guess that is part of the "weren't a hundred percent honest in your resumee". I think it should have gotten harder faster because I barely had any trouble as long as I made sure the reactor didn't go into red. I think you probably should do some balancing of the different options if you do a post jam version because the main thing to watch is just the reactor.

Regardless, this is still a really good game even without changing that. Good Job!
M2tias
18. Oct 2021 · 18:57 UTC
Haha, fun game :D
It was easy while keeping my attention very well. Good combo for a jam game! Graphics were mostly alright, but felt really rushed. The screen with the effect was cool though!
VarunDevs
20. Oct 2021 · 04:15 UTC
Nice I can't Believe it this game is still under danger zone :(
cppchriscpp
20. Oct 2021 · 05:17 UTC
Dang, that was kinda stressful! I managed to get to day 15, though barely. I wasn't sure if there was an end at all. Definitely a cool idea, and I liked how the difficulty escalated. An endgame would have been kind of neat and rewarding, but otherwise you managed something really cool here. Thanks for a fun game.

![2021-10-20 01_19_15-Mars Colony Alpha by Max Schmoecker, Falzock.png](///raw/e58/2/z/4845c.png)
coolestdoggie
20. Oct 2021 · 14:44 UTC
Great work! I love it! I think it's a good game for "Keep it alive" theme, but for "Unstable" is okay too. Congrats!