Expanding Horizons (Ludum Dare 59)

My goal for this jam was: How much junk can you put behind the curtain and call it theatre play? So yeah i tried to make an incremental game about colonizing a fictional star system. You start with a base planet and have to build factories to make resources and relays to increase the signal strength. After reaching specific signal strength the player unlocks more planets to colonize and then build more factories, relays etc. For example the moon of the first planet needs 10 relays. But be aware the planets are moving constantly so you don’t always reach the planets. After reaching a planet with signal you will get an alert anyway. Controls Camera movement: WASD Camera zoom: Scrollwheel Left click on planets to interact with them Right click on planets to focus and follow them Escape to stop focus on the planet What’s in the game Incremental resource collecting and using Signal system (crappy as hell) Tech Tree with upgrades Game speed can be changed to 1x, 10x, 100x to progress faster No ending Ultra Mega Bad UI Gameplay loop You build more factories You build more relays If planet is in relay range then click on it, discover it and you can then continute from the 1. Tips & useful info If you upgrade the relays to a specific point where you can discover new planets it does not mean they will be always in the signal range. If you want constant connection then build Orbital Data Center on the discovered planet Use the 10x and 100x time speed then you can just jump from planet to planet Prepare your finger for clicking (i forgot to add buy multiple button so you can only buy only 1 per click)

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