About This Game
Low Mem Sky: L A S T
You awake to find yourself on an alien planet, with the desire to achieve one thing... reach the centre of the galaxy!
Made in
PICO-8
for
#DemakeJam
2018, where the original build came
3rd Place
.
FEATURES:
Around 180,383,121,450 unique star systems...
(I think!)
Each system with...
Up to 8 procedurally-generated planets
(NEW)
Space Station for trading resources, components and ship upgrades (all at system-varying prices)
Each planet with unique...
Continuous procedural terrain generation
Climate-specific resources and collectables
(NEW)
Seven base alien species (land, water and air-based) + Sentinels
(NEW)
Five different ship classes - all with different specs (speed, capacity, warp range)
(NEW)
Auto-save & Restore of progress
...all within a single PICO-8 cart!
Planned Features
:
NONE
(No more room!)
CONTROLS:
On Foot:
ARROWS
= Walk around
Z
= Run (Hold)
X
= Collect Item / Take-off
(when close enough)
ENTER
= Quick Menu, with options to
"Call Ship" to current location
(Also an option to delete save/progress -
use with caution
!)
Space Flight:
LEFT / RIGHT
= Rotate
UP
= <Unmapped>
DOWN
= Open Galactic Map
Z
= Engage Pulse Engine boost (Hold)
X
= Land / Dock
(when close to planet / station)
CREDITS & THANKS:
Code , Art:
Paul Nicholas
(
@Liquidream
)
https://www.liquidream.co.uk/
Music:
Chris Donnelly
(
@Gruber_Music
)
http://www.grubermusic.com/
Additional code snippets that I used/adapted:
PICO-8 port of Open Simplex
by
Felice Enellen
Rotate Sprite snippet
+ Marching Squares by
Frederic Souchu
Pico World
by
Gamax92
RELEASE HISTORY:
v1.2: " Low Mem Sky: L A S T " update
ADD:
Can now dock with space stations
ADD:
Trading resources, components, ships at space stations
(with system-varying prices)
ADD:
Ship paint jobs
ADD:
Five different ship classes - all with different specs
(speed, capacity, warp range)
ADD:
Realistic* wake (and depth) when walking through water
ADD:
Water ripple effect
ADD:
Auto-save & Restore of progress, inventory, etc.
ADD:
