Island Survival 1.2.0 !

I've just updated a game made for my daughter, Island Survival at version 1.2.0 !

Feedback directly from real player.. her! 

 

Play it here!

 

 

Changes

- Language selectable from the menu. Flag in the top right, one click changes language. Upon startup, the system language starts (English if not supported) and the choice is saved. All game text is translated into Italian.
- The day/night cycle no longer resets on each island. If you finish a level at night, the next one starts at night and the cycle continues.
- The night is less dark, the peak darkness drops by 25%: you can still see where you walk even in the darkest point.
- Seashells glow at night. A soft halo that lights up with the same curve as fireflies; the golden one has the light of its color.
- The crabs are alive. They walk jerkily (a few steps, then a pause),they don't immediately retrace their steps or slip into each other's squares. Before, they would remain still, vibrating in place.
- The character looks the right way even when standing still, and walks animatedly, even up and down: before, as soon as you stopped or climbed, he would look right again.
- Island number in the top right, in "3/10" format, so you always know where you are.
- Readable score in the top left, with the game font enlarged and shaded: it can be read on sand, sea, and at night. Each collection increases a golden "+X" from the point where you collected.
- Clearer menu: panels behind the text, command icons (arrows / WASD), the mode already highlighted upon opening (SPACE starts immediately), and ESC which goes back from character selection.
- Adventure mode is not included in this version: it is still a work in progress and is disabled by configuration; Traditional mode is played.

Fixes

- The day was half as long. The cycle was advanced twice per frame, so 30 seconds instead of the expected 60.

Optimizations

- Package size almost halved: from 45.5 MB to 24.9 MB (-45%)!

 

Island Survival

 

Life happens, you know ? 

So I've created this little game for my 7yo because I love here so much! And she can also understand all this path I've done here, all these years.

 

 

My passion isn't done for now!

I love games, but also family is a great part of it, so I've build in spare time this little game. Hope she love it!

 

And if you can find this words, remember, we can be together during the day and the night, near the sea! 

Plague tale: innocence

 

Not only Plague tale: innocence is a good game, has a good story and is enjoyable.

Is not perfect, is not too much innovative (even if the swarm of rats are terrifying to see on screen).

It's a good mix of all of this and centered around the relation between a sister and a brother. Something really valuable. A message so powerful can be viewed as "eternal". We are not only a family, we choosed to be a family and help each other.

No matter what.

Go and play it, worth your time!

Spirit of the north

 

I don't play too often games where there are no conflicts, no strategy, not even a clear "enemy".

But this game surprise me, and no image can explain how much good is this game, in terms of narrative, immersion and story.

Not a single word of a story that you as player has to understand: the fox is the character, but player is also part of the game, working on the backstory, understanding the story.

I've found this game easy to play, with okay graphics, but more important it's really, really relaxing and let you think while you play. It's like a friend, you can share and listen, laught and cry, yell and play.

Worth play, it will catch you!

Drox Operative 2 review

 

Galaxy out there is a dangerous place: not only for the enemy of our species, but for traps, anomalies, pirates, hunters and strange monsters.

But you are a Drox Operative, with a really powerful ship, capable of more than anyone else.

So you start exploring a star system, fight some monsters, explore anomalies and then you find a strange, alien species, doing exploration at first.. then colonization.

Humans.

They don't attack you, so you decided to help them in destroy some monsters, get credits and technology in return and start to understand their needs.

Colonize planets, send convoys, escort a ship, find a valuable set of ancient technology in another star system.

After a while you get the whole picture: galaxy is filled with other species, colonizing planets, attacking each other. You complete tasks for them and get credits, weapons, more capable engines.

 

You don't like to take a stand for one part or another, but these hive mind insects try to attack you.

 As a member of Utopian, brutal machine defined by their efficiency, you don't think.

Act.

Attack the first hive ship is easy, then you move to clean the first colony, annihilate their defense, then surface of the planet.

No survivor, like always.

But this is not illogical, you must protect the Utopian network, this was the first order, right? In the end what matters is how much  power as Drox Operative do you have.

Nothing can stop you.. to continue. Eradicate the Hive is a long process, but convince humans to help in your war spreading rumors is easy at start. Hive are powerful, right? And other races are envious...

You speed up your effort, and destroy them.

Then, the other races continue to fight each other over planets and resources in the galaxy.

But they forget about a Drox Operative... you.