December 13th-16th 2013 :: Theme: You Only Get One
[ Real World Gatherings | Ludum Deals | Warmup Weekend ]
The death of a planet caused by unbounded resource consumption.
This is a simple experimental/exploration game that tries to talk about the effects of population growth on an imaginary planet. You win by, at any point, having more than 50 beings alive.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 91% |
| #27 | Mood | 3.90 |
| #28 | Graphics | 4.27 |
| #46 | Innovation | 3.86 |
| #97 | Overall | 3.67 |
| #149 | Audio | 3.25 |
| #254 | Theme | 3.32 |
| #564 | Fun | 2.77 |
| #713 | Humor | 1.78 |
Comments
Really nice intro tutorial. The animations are super cool. Very nice polish. Makes me want to try out love.
Very slick looking. It would be nice, however, if it were more obvious when beings were being created / destroyed.
Excellent mood! The gameplay is simple and a little frustrating when trying to connect small beings and resources. Great graphics and game-feel.
Very good. I like the idea and the problem it describes. It's the distribution not the scarcity of resources. Nice job!
This fits the theme very well. Got a little bit tired of micro-managing, but the audio and mood make up for it.
great atmosphere, feels very polished. it was hard to make connections when the mouse wasn't in the center of the screen because of the viewport moving
Great art style. Tutorial was nice. Camera controls were a bit annoying, which made it hard to click smaller beings.
Thanks everyone. For those having problems with the camera, try zooming in more to connect the smaller beings. But yea, I agree that it's frustrating/annoying to control it. Should have just made it so that you do it by holding right mouse button...
I love these type of games. And I love these type of styles. Simple, unique and effective.
This is really a great entry!
Cool graphics and sound, neat gameplay. The scrolling was a bit tedious, though... is there any way to zoom out? (similar to your screenshots)
Very interesting. And really awesome graphics! I had a hard time managing everything, and it seemed my beings died quicker than i could breed new ones. Maybe i'm just too slow.. Great entry
Nice game and art! It's a bit difficult to connect beings when camera moves though.
Very athmospheric. I loved the sounds and the game idea. The game idea got presented in a very nice pace, with soothing sounds. I really like the camera system in your entry, it feels smooth and solid, as does the rest of the gameplay. Interesting entry!
Fantastic art direction and suitably ambient music. Great concept - to improve it, it would be great to zoom into a specific position rather than center of the screen.
Very very well done, love the visuals/theming. Would also like a better mechanic to move the camera around. Awesome work!
Very nice game, I love the font and the quiet ambience.
Very interesting game.
This has an impeccable mood and style to it, but it honestly doesn't feel too fun to play. Maybe if I had a larger view of the planet I'm managing? The way the camera moves right now is just a bit weird.
@WojWorks you can zoom out with the mouse wheel. And yea, the camera work is bad/weird.
The concept is very cool, and the mood was so awesome. Even though the camera is hard to get your hand on. Good job sir
loved the tutorial .. great art style/dynamic/mood :)
One of the most interesting looking games I've seen here so far!
Wow that is cool! Amazing game of life interpretation. super good idea for the theme. Enjoyed it to play this experiment.
Very interesting and unusual game. If you make tutorial shortly or may be separate to different parts, game will be better!
Played the prequel of this game in the last ludum dare (if I am not mistaken). loved it then loved it now. However, couldn't figure out much difference from the last time. May be I havent played it enough.
I didn't participate in the last Ludum Dare nor have I ever made/played another game like this. Maybe you're mistaken?
Excellent and very innovative game. Nice work with the simple clean graphics and sound effects.
The tutorial was also nice. The only improvement I could think of is maybe having difficulty settings as it seems I always don't have "enough beings" after some time.
Not quite my kind of game, but it's definitely very innovative and the art style fits it perfectly.
Very slick looking, great aesthetics, both audio and visual. Also a cool game idea but I had a hard time keeping enough beings alive. Extra Point for the great and slick tutorial!
Visually interesting game. Sadly I have not much fun playing it with a touchpad. Also someone mentioned audio, but for me there is non. (OSX)
Nice game. Wish i could make my simple graphics work so well in Love2d
Kinda interesting, but too simple.. i'd like some stats at the end.
Wow, what a stylistic masterpiece. Very smooth graphics. Very good tutorial which also looks nice.
Impressive what you can achieve with minimal colors and shapes.
For the game I found selecting sometimes a bit hard especially with small circles. It would have helped is I could navigate about the planet a bit quicker.
by the way: I saw other people reply about the sound, but at first I didn't hear the sound. It was very soft (but had also a nice mood).
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Awesome aesthetic! I love games like this. :)