Calcarus I by oller125
A visual novel involving negotiating control of a planet.

The humans and the cephalons have come to blows recently over the settlement of the Calcarus system's lone planet, designated as Calcarus I. You are the hylaxian Fenwick, chairman of the Galactic Council's committee on interplanetary relations and the mediator of peace talks between the humans and the cephalons. You would rather this not come down to a war between two council members but it seems inevitable.
Unfortunately you only have two standard days to do so.
It's a visual novel, so it just involves progressing through the story and occasionally making decisions. It's just a short story as it turns out writing a new story in 48 hours is difficult.
| Link | https://github.com/onorton/calcarus-i |
| Link | https://oller125.itch.io/calcarus-i |
| Link | https://oller125.itch.io/calcarus-i |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/calcarus-i |
Ratings
| Overall | 458th | 3.184⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 565th | 2.605⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 470th | 2.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 185th | 3.868⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 363th | 3.289⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 228th | 3.389⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 386th | 2.447⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 317th | 3.237⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 6🗨️ |
1. I'd prefer to start making choices sooner.
2. I'd _very_ much like a way to skip parts of text that I have already read on precious playthoughs. I played the game twice, and would have played more if I didn't had to wait and click so much to get to the points I was interested in.
But again, cool game overall! The concept of being the mediator of a conflict is very nice! Thanks making and sharing!
I like the idea of being a mediator in an argument, knowing that the theme was only to delay also made me think that my goal was not to be fair, but just to delay as much as possible.
I little more artwork would help with the mood and a skip button would be great for replays.
The war theme is very complex for a story too short, but overall the game was fun!