Thanks! Yeah, the ideal tutorial, and explanations are not in there yet, and it is a very complicated game. Controls should be natural to anyone native of either genre, though. 

Oh you are so kind! I loved your game too, I really hope you continue to expand it.

Yeah I mean, I feel like this game has so many moving parts that work together, that I had to fit it all together to give the particular atmosphere and ‘vibe’ that I felt it needed. Things like the intro animation, was kind of done alongside the other work, I like to compartmentalise aspects of design to seperate instances of the game, there were so many worktrees it felt a bit clumsy, but the approach seemed to work. 

I was honestly halfway through the jam, and considered giving up because it didn’t feel like it worked, and I basically evaluate based on folders and compilations of different visual choices to evaluate eachother. I was essentially AI vibe maxxing, but in a specific way where I was still in control, but I was open to shaking it like a magic 8 ball and see what comes out. Anything the AI could not understand, would be where I start opening up the files and trying to edit them. I consider all the art placeholder, but the art direction 80% complete. 

Sound design and UI are probably where most of my strict effort went, I wanted to solve the almost impossible-seeming cohesive HUD, I went through as many font and spacing and padding specificities that the AI was hopeless at natively. I decided that a considered eclecticism is the most intelligent way to solve this problem. It’s still not there, but I am most proud of how I tried to make the game as accessible as possible, but with also the potential for the skill ceiling to be high.  

I basically use the same approach to creative problem solving with all media, but this is just me applying it to AI. 

Ah you are too kind. I appreciate it a lot as I really love your game. I will give this a few passes after the jam and hopefully I can make something that actually is more like what I want, I just ran out of time! 

Thanks bro, really enjoyed playing your game. Strong sense of atmosphere which I adore 

Thanks!

Yes, I love low poly because it’s so performative, easy to edit, and all the work is done in textures, it feels a bit more painterly as the lack of detail evokes the player to fill in the gaps, and evoking a players imagination I think is a stronger visual effect than actually showing them something conventionally beautiful.

as for tone of the game, it is mixed. I wanted to respect the origin genre by having it restrained, but a more guns blazing mode but it’s full of unfinished jank at the end, because I figured if anyone plays to the point where they have even got that far, I must have been doing something right so it’s less of a priority, it was more to demonstrate how the formula could be expanded upon. 

I like colour, at the end of the day, so the middle level with trippy colours, was the world I want to expand most upon. I’m not sure how violent I want this game, but demons and old buildings feel like fair game. Stuff those guys 

Thank you so much!

Thanks so much <3 

hahaha its too tempting to shoot people, but i didnt want it to be violent in that way, just more cartoony. Those are your passengers, after all! But I also let you shoot a couple and get away with it, if you are a good enough driver. The company will let a few mishaps slide.

Thank you! I did spent copious amounts of effort on tiny little things. I cant help but spend ages on building elaborate splash pages for my jam games haha. And I love that i have not let a civil engineer down 

ah thanks so much! im shattered haha but can't wait to play everyone else's games!

'I spent like three hours doing the shading on the upper lip'

Thankks!!

Thanks! looking forward to checking yours out, I love factorio.