Spacella by Dandala88
Have you ever thought to yourself, what is the one major need for all of the galaxy. Say it at the same time as me... 1. 2. 3... "Parcel delivery!!!" Glad we are on the same page.
Welcome to Spacella, a semi-idle strategy game where you run the galaxy's largest shipping company. Plan routes for your modest fleet of 1 truck, then as you gain more money you can buy even more trucks until you have a fleet big enough to rival the empire!
Instructions:
Left Click the center space station to start a delivery route. Click planets along the path to plan the route for your selected truck. The route must connect back to the space station in some way. You can include the same planet in a route more than once. When the route is finished find a path back to the space station and click the space station to start the truck route.
WASD - Move the Camera View
Middle Wheel - Zoom In/Out
Right Click a yellow selected planet to deselect that planet from the end of a route during planning.
Right Click the space station during planning to erase the plan and stop planning.
The amount that a delivery is worth is labeled on each planet. The longer a planet goes without a delivery the higher they will pay for one.
There are two trucks. The base truck is cheaper but costs less. The S truck goes faster but is more expensive.
When a truck is on a route it will cost money to run and will be deducted while the truck is on route. Balance this with the profit from delivery.
And go ahead, send out your fleet, put the game tab in the background, go play some other LD games, come back whenever, and see all the profits you've made while idle.
Tutorial Included
Plan Your Routes
Expand your Fleet
Thanks for checking our game out, hope you enjoy.
| icth.io | https://dandala.itch.io/wonge |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/spacella |
Ratings
| Given | 3🗳️ | 4🗨️ |
Great work!!!!!! 👍👏
First up, the pacing was kind of a turn off. I get that it's supposed to be slow, but it's so slow that it almost felt unfun at the start. Echoing @thefisherbird's comment on controls here: they feel a bit wonky, and I had to reread the instructions a few times to understand what to do.
It might also be worth noting that there's a limit to how much a planets payout rate can go to, without knowing that it can feel like you're only ever going to lose money past a certain point.
Also, a small bug: You can sell an infinite number of trucks you don't have for free money.
First up, the pacing was kind of a turn off. I get that it's supposed to be slow, but it's so slow that it almost felt unfun at the start. Echoing @thefisherbird's comment on controls here: they feel a bit wonky, and I had to reread the instructions a few times to understand what to do.
It might also be worth noting that there's a limit to how much a planets payout rate can go to, without knowing that it can feel like you're only ever going to lose money past a certain point.
Also, a small bug: You can sell an infinite number of trucks you don't have for free money.
However I like the Ambient of the game. Especially the sound track fits very well.
The graphics match also perfectly in the game.
And I don't think its too slow, however some more upgrade possibilities would be nice.
I just didn't understand why I couldn't get the planets that did not have a direct route. I got it to work a couple of times, but most of the time I just could not get the route to work.
How do I do that?
By the way the graphics were exceptional, the music phenomenal, the game play was very very good