Joined In Space

Stick ships together in this top  down Space Game to save humanity! 

Write up

 

So I think my interpretation of the theme is fairly self explanatory mechanically with the ships literally joining together. Narratively I was inspired but the episode of futurama where hermies controls a small armada perfectly in sync to destroy gold death stars blockading earth.

 

I tried having the thrusters on the other ships fire the way they were pointing when they attached but it was not fun , hence the thrust and mass system I have now. I went though a similar process with the weapons.

 

I think I have been reading too many TWABs about destiny because I got quite invested in the idea of a power fantasy built on controlling a massive multi gunned ship destroying all in your path.

 

If I had time I would have made the spawns random but with a time limit it is easier to make sure the spawns are balanced by doing it manually rather then setting up a series of rules for the randomization

 

I’m not an artist or programmer so the game is fairly rough around the edges but I hope the core concept is fun enough for people to have a good time with it.