The Little Scientist 4K

Contests 4K Game Competition - 2012
#21

you could insert some validation-code generator on the screen, so you can check for fakes :wink:

#22

You’re right, but it’s all about the ratio faking effort/worth of faking it ^^

EDIT:

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Totally doing that for my next entries.

Now here is the author’s score:

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/706/authorscore.png

#23

:emo:

#24

I’ve tried it many times, but it’s always something around 150. This is the best I’ve got:
Old Highscore (147s)
I guess I have to change my strategy^^ But I have absolutely no idea, how you can get close to 116…

#25

There is a hack, press Alt+F4 to build a rocket instantly :wink:

Not sure how I did exactly… But what I can tell you is that I quickly made several laboratories!

#26

[quote]There is a hack, press Alt+F4 to build a rocket instantly
[/quote]
Oh, you got me with that one 8)

#27

134 seconds :slight_smile: Now I’m satisfied^^
Old Highscore (134)
What I was wondering though: Is there always the same amount of wood on the planet right at the beginning? Because it seems to me as if some times there would be a bit more than other times.

#28

249 points! I could have gotten much lower if I weren’t so resource hungry, LOOK AT ALL MY RESOURCES!

#29

It’s randomly generated, but it should always be more or less the same.

#30

OK, I think this is the best I can get: 131

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3162/littlescientist4.png

It’s quite surprising how challenging this game can be, even without any other challenge beside the timer :slight_smile:

#31

I just noticed this, what is that [a] at the top right of the game? Clicking it makes it disappear and reclicking makes it re-appear? What is its function?

#32

anti aliasing

#33

Ah thanks.

Btw, 239 points now :slight_smile:

#34

I don’t know how to finish it. I keep creating space ships, fly to another planet but it just keeps returning to the same planet I’ve been to before.

~Shazer2 :slight_smile:

#35

The place from where you launch matters :wink:

#36

Ah, got it. :slight_smile:

http://screensnapr.com/e/g0lPOC.png

~Shazer2 :slight_smile:

#37

Hmm it looks like everyone gets confused by this…
I just added ra4king’s hint to the game instructions ;D

#38

I think my record is around 170s. I’ll re-do it and screenshot it.

~Shazer2 :slight_smile:

#39

I just made a new version of the game, by removing a few not-so-good ideas and making the game a bit more fun.

Removed

  • The rocket direction being important when changing planets (now you always land on the next one)
  • The planet names
  • The antialiasing trigger (it didn’t change anything performance-wise on my netbook actually)

Added

  • Some diversity in the planets (rocks & uranium pillars)

I now have like 80 bytes left, not sure yet what I should do with these ;D

#40

Wow, that’s a really cool game you’ve got there. Great work, I love it :slight_smile: