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A jam submission

AstrobizView game page

Build a galactic transportation empire! Route ships, bid for slots, and outmaneuver your rivals.
Submitted by upta — 12 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1064.1614.161
Overall#1803.4843.484
Music#1833.2903.290
Mechanics#1923.3553.355
Aesthetics#2043.5483.548
Fun#2263.2263.226
Sound#2453.0323.032
Story#2512.4522.452

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
https://kenney.nl/assets/ui-audio https://opengameart.org/content/upbeat-chiptune-theme, https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Space+Grotesk

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Submitted(+1)

Wow this was quite complex, impressive that you managed to create it as a solo developer! Nice work!

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+1)

im really bad at this type of game haha, but this is really well done and well polished! great job!!!

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+1)

I had a lot of fun playing this game!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Really cool idea for a game matching the connections theme, and well executed! I could see this being a good candidate to continue working on as a larger project.

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, I love it! I had some dificulties to understanding how every round was affecting my finances and how to compare with the rivals, but I really enjoyed  it. Great submission!

Submitted(+1)

Great strategy-management game! Love the space theme of it all.

Definitely gonna come back for this one for another playthrough 

Submitted(+1)

This game is insanely good 😄 I genuinely had a great time playing it — the strategic gameplay feels deep and engaging, and it’s one of those games where you constantly want to optimize and improve your decisions.

Definitely one of the strongest jam entries I’ve played so far. Highly recommended!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the high praise!  Much appreciated 🙂

Submitted(+1)

All that is currently in the game is well polished. Firstly I enjoyed how easy it was to start and UI was very informative and results of every move felt predictable (what is good). But... game quickly became repetitive and unrewarding. Yeah there is a goal "become best in 30 turns" but in the turn result screens it was hard to tell who is currently ahead of everyone, player needs to remember the numbers of all rivals and compare them with yours what is annoying and frustrating. Easiest fix - make a table view or chart of all companies comparison or what is even better - turn off the 30 turn limit and make end goal - something like "Exclusive transport license" that would cost some amount of money and company that achieves it first - wins. Writing this review and thinking about it - a new cool (IMO) mechanics come to the mind, as: bribe police to stop one of the opponent routes, pay pirates to rob the rivals ship and split the profit with them, buy article in "newspaper" about how bad are the other companies ships for the people transportation, etc, etc, etc. It would bring a risk - reward mechanic as well as a bit of fun and joy about sticking the sticks into the opponents wheels!

In current state - game is very polished and hold huge potential for further developing. 

Developer

Thanks for the detailed thoughts!

Submitted(+1)

Come on and slam, if you wanna space jam in your game jam. And I'm a fan! Wasn't expecting to see something this complex and didn't end up beating it yet because I want to try other submissions but I'll come back when I get the time and see if I can get to the end. Very impressive stuff, love what you're up to here!

Submitted(+1)

The game is fun when learning. Controls are easy to understand. Need a lot more time to explore this game further. What can improve is some graphics. giving the ships some sprites for example. I’ll play more in future.

Submitted(+1)

Really nice work on the controls — the buttons respond instantly and make the gameplay feel smooth and polished. It feels satisfying to interact with everything :)

Submitted(+1)

Muarharhar, I am a space tychoon :D

I liked it, at first I was panicked, but then I had the best routes of all time and made a loooooot of money :)

Submitted(+1)

Wow, quite an interesting space simulation game! It reminded me the like of the X series where you have to set up your own fleet and conduct business. I like the bidding mechanics as well, it added depth to the economy, quite impressive! A tutorial would be nice, since the game is a bit compelx to starts with.

Submitted(+1)

This was really interesting! If I had more time, I would have liked to do a 2nd run after getting to grips with the game. Really great use of the theme. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

Wow this game was intense for a game jam game -- super impressive. Thank you for the detailed instructions as I love a good tutorial to help out with game play. Great job!

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+1)

Well done! I liked the variety of ships (distance, space). The random events on various planets was nice as well. This is the type of game I would continue to play.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

What a great game, it already feels like a complete little game. Wow! I really liked the introduction. Yes, it was a lot of information at once, but anyone who plays this type of genre should be used to that and willing to take it in :)

Feel free to check out my game as well! Due to the short time frame, it unfortunately didn't reach the same level of depth, but my vision was heading in the exact same direction as yours!

I'm truly impressed, hats off to you!

P.S. It would be awesome if you could provide a downloadable version! Playing it in the browser was a bit clunky, and I'd definitely love to play it again.

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the simple transparency of the routes and how profitable they were and if they could benefit from more ships ect. A lot of big budget games with a similar gameplay loop do a lot worse. Perhaps 30 turns was a bit long considering if you buy slots and ships early at the end you just roll through the last X turns making lots of money.

Submitted(+1)

Really liked the game! I'll definitely come back to this one after the jam. The only thing I would change is the 'tutorial'—right now, all the information is given as a block of text at the beginning. If you added a step-by-step guide during the initial gameplay, this would be awesome!

Developer

100% agree about the tutorial, I hated doing the "wall of text" but ran out of time and knew I had to have SOMETHING.  Thanks for the kind words :)

Submitted (1 edit)

Player Corp Sol monopoly : )

Love how intricate this game is.


Developer(+1)

Haha, well done!  One of my friends did that, too, after I submitted.  Hadn't even thought of that strategy during dev, good thinking!

Submitted

Supply chains <3

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