In that panel that counts the number of things in the ship i could swear the alien one would increase and the game would turn out into a horror one, I'm glad it didn't lol. Great puzzle game!! The 3D was neat and very good
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Spaceship Startup's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #120 | 3.870 | 3.870 |
| Creativity | #121 | 3.944 | 3.944 |
| Fun | #139 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| Presentation | #190 | 3.944 | 3.944 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
The game is about a spaceship suffering from power failure and you having to get the critical systems started again.
Comments
That was a neat puzzle room! It looked like there was more planned that you just couldn't find the time to implement, and it would've been really cool to see what other brainteasers you would've included given the chance. I especially liked what little bits of world building you included in the environment details. I'm really curious what sort of bonkers amoeba creature needs xenon, argon, oxygen, radon, chlorine, uranium, and literal fire in its environmental control system.
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ToggleI'm glad you liked it!
I severely underestimated how long this would take, especially all the visuals. Originally I wanted to have 3 more puzzles plus one "boss" puzzle, which all needed to be cut due to time constraints. I might add them in future updates.
The chart should've indicated that any one of those elements would be fine but your interpretation sounds much more fun.
Agree with the other comments, the atmosphere is great - the visuals and sound design work very well together. It's definitely unique in a great way, very creative and fun.
I think the controls are fine since WASD works for most of the movement, and I found myself using the mouse for navigation as well since it does really seem to fit well. Once I got accustomed to WASD movement, it felt a bit limiting that S could not back out of inspecting things (only click), though it's a very small nitpick. Overall I think this is really cool, it's not my style of game per se but I did enjoy it for sure. Great job!
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Optimization ProtocolReally like this one, the atmosphere, the sounds and the visual effects are amazing.
I do have to say the old-school adventure controls turn me off a bit though, especially at the start my head kind of spin a bit trying to remember the map, even though it's tiny. I wonder why you didn't do a normal FPS kind of control.
Also the first bit when the power goes down gave me a bit of jump scare with the loud noise so maybe you could adjust that a little bit :)
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Dungeon Card SlingerI'm glad you liked it!
Regarding the controls: On one hand I was inspired by old puzzle games like Myst. On the other, I already dabbled around with old-school dungeon crawler movement in a previous project and thought "Why not put it into space?". I was so focused on the other parts of the game that I didn't really consider how the movement might come across.
I was originally planning to make sections of the spaceship more unique to make navigating easier but unfortunately there wasn't any time left for that.
Sorry about the jumpscare. I was worried that might be the case but it was one of the very last things I added to the game and that point it was so late that I just had to wrap things up.
And of course thanks for the feedback! Once the game jam is over I'll work on fixing those issues.
This was super fun. The puzzle were a great blend of not holding your hand, but still being reasonable for you to figure out on your own!
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Gilded WingsFun: I like the puzzle, it makes you feel like you are really fixing a ship
presentation: great, the tutorial is good, the sound effects, the visuals, the camera spin, amazing
creativity, amazing idea, using puzzles to start the ship, fits the theme well
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its starts rainingThis one is underrated, the puzzles are actually really good and the atmosphere is great, i hope more people come and try it, they are missing out
Oh yeah and if you want go and play my game, would love to hear your thoughts
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Flap_TowerAmazing atmosphere. Don't sleep on this one, it is a really good entry! I loved the puzzles, I loved the atmosphere, super reminiscent of the old adventure games. Great feedback when you fail a puzzle, and enough hints to figure stuff out without hand-holding. Thank you for this gam, I really enjoyed it! I only wish it were longer haha
This was super fun, the puzzles were difficult enough to keep me entertained without getting frustrated. The pipe puzzle and grid movement gave me so much nostalgia. Pretty cool game!
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Snack & StockI don't like adventure games, but this is quite nice. Quite immersive, but not arcane.
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Fountain of Eternal Rebootplaying this game made me feel smart. visuals are good, art is readable enough and the puzzles can be tricky but i understand it pretty well. Really good first game jam submission!
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Hungry lil' DudesWow! I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The grid movement around the ship was very cool, I don't see it all too often in jams. The atmosphere was very well put together from the props in rooms to the slight humming sounds. Great work all around!
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The Botanist of Blossom HollowI downloaded this on my laptop and it ran but barely (its an old laptop, not allowed to use my work pc for exe's)
this feels quite complicated, i struggled through for a few minutes but didnt really understand it
Well done on your first game jam!
a piece of feedback for you, make a webbrowser game for the next one you enter, will help get eyeballs on your games!
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Tinker Trains LimitedThat it's a 3D game probably doesn't play nice with lower-end machines. I'll look into performance optimizations that are doable within a game jam.
I think I'll make a walkthrough video for those who get stuck. I originally wanted to add a hint system but unfortunately didn't have enough time for it.
I definitely agree with making it a webbrowser game. I only learned last second that .NET Godot doesn't make that easy.
Thanks for the feedback!
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