So I spent a few hours musing “Tiny World” and could not come up with anything I felt confident of doing with my near-complete lack of artistic ability. Since this is my first game jam, I didn’t want to waste any more time trying to think of the perfect idea. Instead, I decided to go with the obvious setting that comes to mind instantly when one considers tiny worlds – outer space!

Since then I’ve been getting familiar with the basics of Lua and LOVE2D and laying down some groundwork. This screenshot isn’t much to look at, but the red spaceship is controllable and also orbiting the object in the center, trapped in an inescapable gravity well.

So will there be anything “Tiny World” about this at all? The answer, I hope, is yes. In time spaceships will rebound off the force field surrounding this little arena, and if they don’t correct their orbit, plunge into the sun and be incinerated. It’s a tiny world in a figurative sense compared to the vastness of space.

That will have to be good enough!

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