It's lonely being alive | The Global Game Jam

Game Information

Short Introduction:

This game deals with the theme of extinction via excessive consumption. Inhabitants of a planet have destroyed all life on their home world. The remaining survivors travel to other planets in order to consume their resources, converting life on the planets into fuel for their life support capsules.

Platform/System:

Windows

Platform/System:

Mac OS X+

Platform/System:

Web standard (Html5, Java, JavaScript, Flash)

Platform/System:

Web browser with plugins (Unity player, Torque,...)

Platform/System:

Linux / Unix

Brief Play Description:

You control a life support capsule that requires fuel gathered by destroying life on planets.

Use the left and right arrow keys to travel anti-clockwise and clockwise around planets respectively. Use the up arrow key to launch from a planet. Provided there is some life left on a planet, more will replenish. The game is over when you run out of fuel.

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Achievements and Credits

GGJ-2011 Achievements:

Game for a Cause: The game is about a social or political issue that can be solved solely through increased awareness.

Team Image:

Contributors:

nickonetwenty

Credits:

Nick Lowe, Design/Code/Art

Downloads

Game Files:

Unzip and open index.html in your browser.

Alternative Download URL:

http://onetwenty.org/upload/extinction/

Installation Notes:

Unzip and load index.html in a compatible web-browser (requires support for the canvas element and a fast javascript interpretor; Chrome/Chromium are highly recommended).

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Great work, I really enjoyed

By Dodge at 02/02/2011 - 22:55
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Great work, I really enjoyed this game! It it beautiful and very atmospheric :o)

Thanks!

By nickonetwenty at 02/04/2011 - 05:23
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Thanks Dodge. I feel that I've accomplished what I wanted to with this game - and that's a nice feeling. :)

Music!

By nickonetwenty at 02/01/2011 - 01:25
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Update: I added music - thanks to _ghost and freemusicarchive.org. :)