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Satellites vs Aliens TD's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Mechanics | #34 | 4.056 | 4.056 |
| Story | #113 | 3.222 | 3.222 |
| Fun | #148 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Aesthetics | #309 | 3.389 | 3.389 |
| Music | #313 | 3.056 | 3.056 |
| Theme | #392 | 3.056 | 3.056 |
| Sound | #419 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 18 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 total?
2
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
satellite images and shooting sound effect downloaded from google (legally)
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I very much liked this game, the orbit mechanic is fun.
Very interesting game concept! I am a fan of trigonometry so this game having sin/cos waves caught my attention :) Thanks for this game!
Very interesting concept. I'm a fan. I think there should be a zone around the planet where satellites can't be placed. When I place satellites near the planet, they are very likely to crash. Lots of potential here, just needs to be fleshed out a little more and tuned. Great job!
Neat concept! I'm not sure how accurate it is to real physics but it feels really good :D My only significant complaint is how you control the initial speed. I'd rather have the satellite placed with LMB and the initial speed be controlled through how long you pressed for example. Having it as a slider seems a bit off.
I appreciate the feedback 😊 Your idea for the satellite placement sounds way more intuitive, and I agree the slider seems out of place. Thanks for playing!
Interesting game! Is one of the most unique i found in this jam to be honest, in it's "semplicity" it is a lot different from the other submission (including mine lol), i did really enjoy it!
Good job!
Interesting mechanics. The orbit physics were pretty cool. Think it could use some balancing, using more than 2 satellites seemed like it didn't work well. But overall, nice work!
Great game! I found the satellite trajectory well polished. Just one thing I noticed while playing: if you find a working trajectory you don't have to move your mouse, you can just spam satellites as they all travel at the same speed (not sure if this mechanic was intended or not).
Really enjoyed playing it though. :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed playing! Spamming satellites does work, but after firing bullets the trajectories of each satellite change slightly. If you test it out, after a minute or two, you'll find some interesting collisions.
Interesting game. I don't really know if I truly got the mechanics because I mostly used just two satellites and spam clicked on them to win, but they seem really interesting. Cool concept.
Yeah, I probably need to work on some of the balancing.. thanks for playing!
This was a simple and well executed game. The concept is nice. The mechanics worked well. I think it may have been nice to make the satellites auto-fire just because I think it was a bit distracting to place then move my circle to where I could get them to fire. I think the real strength of the game is in the placing the satellites and making the orbits and timing more meaningful with the fire rate of the satellites. It is a fun game and congratz on a wonderful submission.
Auto-fire is a really cool idea! Thank you for your lovely feedback.
Liked this concept, pretty unique. Graphics and music were good. I enjoyed the gameplay. I was actually able to clear all 30 aliens! Yay! The earth is saved! Seriously though, great job!
Really amazing game! Loved the physics of it, great job!
I was thinking about this concept but you made it way better than I ever could.
😊
What a cool concept; I don't think I've ever playing anything quite like this before. It seems simple at first, but there really is quite a bit of complexity there. I think it would be cool to replay and see if I could use less satellites than I did on my first go (I placed a few right off the bat that immediately crashed into the planet, haha, so I'd hope that I'd do a little better), maybe mechanics to encourage that kind of replay-ability would be a nice addition. Either way, I may end up coming back to this one just because it was that fun.
I do think you can cheese it a little by placing satellites right on top of aliens. Might be something to look into if you have intentions of expanding on this.
But, in general, this is a super unique concept that's just executed really well all around. Also, something about the art and especially the music just really does it for me. Great work. So happy the World Defense Force boys and I got the chance to party in the end.
Thank you for the feedback! I'm definitely going to expand the game and add more tower defence mechanics. I'm happy you enjoyed it, especially the music.
Looking forward to seeing what it becomes!
I never saw anything like this. And my brain explodes just thinking about the math behind the orbits. Also: it`s hard! But its also super unique. Total stand out! There is much potential to unleash! Keep it up!
Thank you!!! Yes, the math was definitely interesting to work with 😭
What a fun game!
what a cool idea, and the graphics look great! I wasn't very good at it LOL but I liked that it kept track of everything numerically, so I could work toward improvement.