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Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":991671,"author_name":"Subsage","author_uid":"subsage","epoch":1696298355,"text":"A very interesting take on the theme, I like it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":994280,"author_name":"kasmilus","author_uid":"kasmilus","epoch":1696322250,"text":"Cool idea, I enjoyed it in the beginning (first 10 ships or so), then I realised it's a bit too easy, it took me about 5\/6 ships of picking people completely at random to lose. So the difficulty curve probably needs some work to keep it engaging but I had fun with it :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":998907,"author_name":"TheJookerful","author_uid":"thejookerful","epoch":1696354506,"text":"@kasmilus Yes, actually, by design, the game becomes easier as the proportion of people we send becomes less and less significant. I think I approached the problem the wrong way, I should have limited the number of ships and established a score at the end based on the diversity of the colony.\n\nThank you for your feedback! :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1001889,"author_name":"LDJam user 313326","author_uid":"313326","epoch":1696374198,"text":"Nice idea, interesting mechanics! art was pretty good too","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002224,"author_name":"TrebleColby","author_uid":"treblecolby","epoch":1696379281,"text":"Definitely one of the more unique game ideas I've seen. I liked the diagetic UI being on a screen, made it very simple to make decisions. If you ever update it, I think adding a clear end-goal or maybe events that affect the population might help keep it interesting.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1011157,"author_name":"DSFAN","author_uid":"dsfan","epoch":1696525655,"text":"Interesting concept with limited seats and balancing the metrics, liked the music it's very thematic. Loved the arts of broke people, without teeth lol\n![image_2023-10-05_200625256.png](\/\/\/raw\/cf8\/95\/z\/5fc8c.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1011303,"author_name":"TTKayttis","author_uid":"ttkayttis","epoch":1696528481,"text":"I had same kind of ideas for selecting colony people, nice to see other people make it differently since my ideas in the end went to other directions. \n\nSimple mechanic but balancing gauges is still fun with good theme tied to them. I missed at start that i had to take their wealth to account too. I think it was really good choice to hide non people behind shadow so its a small memory game at the same time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1016765,"author_name":"Mastoast","author_uid":"mastoast","epoch":1696696289,"text":"I loved the art and musics, there is really a unique vibe about the game. Great entry !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1024199,"author_name":"happyglitch","author_uid":"happyglitch","epoch":1697289898,"text":"Very interesting game, wish it had more mechanics.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/02\/02499e0439f41344ad05c916645de67c9981b4f682142e05be1ba132c29ddfca.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/vlopes.itch.io\/ticket-to-mars","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/vlopes.itch.io\/ticket-to-mars","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/lopes-vincent\/TicketToMars","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"91704","g_author":"1238996","g_event":"LD54","g_eventkey":"117","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"435419","g_title":"Ticket to Mars \ud83c\udfab\ud83d\ude80","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"315","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"375455","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"375455","n_urlkey":"435419","n_parent":"371459","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/ticket-to-mars","n_slug":"ticket-to-mars","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"238996","n_created":"1695997942","n_modified":"1779525774","n_version":"1181822","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD54","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":238996,"body":"![Ticket to mars title.png](\/\/\/raw\/495\/a3\/z\/5ca6b.png)\n\nSend your settlers to your new Martian colony, but be careful to respect social and ethnic diversity as well as gender parity, otherwise your colony will not be able to thrive.\n\n[Play on itch.io](https:\/\/vlopes.itch.io\/ticket-to-mars)\n\n### Instructions\n\nSelect a person and decide if you need them for your colony. 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