Astraeus
A downloadable game for Windows
Create starsigns to reform the planet - but beware! Constellations may form by themselves, and their effects may not necessarily be in your favour.
Channel Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to summon blazing firestorms, catastrophic earthquakes, heavy rain or biting winds to influence the planet below, for good or ill.
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• NATURE DISASTER Landslide 02
• CINEMATIC WHOOSH Howling Wind 01
• ELEMENTS FIRE Object Medium Burn 02
• ATMO NATURE Beach Waves Soft 01
• ATMO GENERIC Generic Rain Loop Soft 01
• ATMO WEATHER Thunder Single 01
• MAGIC AURA Holy Shimmer 01
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Credits :
Tom Shinton - tomshinton@googlemail.com
Dan Thompson - d.kqgqn@gmail.com
Daniel Riley - DynamiteDan2012@outlook.com
Archie Whitehead - archie-whitehead@outlook.com
Jay Malhotra - jsmalhotra84@googlemail.com
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Install instructions
Download and extract Astraeus.exe
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Really strong thematically. Graphically also very nice.
I found the star system puzzle very confusing, especially the whole camera flip using space bar. Having the stars interactable above the planet so you can tackle the minigame without removing your focus from the world might have been better for flow and feedback.
It's still a really good entry even so. Well done.
Very interesting concept and great graphics! One of the best looking games in this jam I guess. Dindn't get how exactly stars influence the planet. When I move a star I see that some massive constellation created but it is not obvious what to do with them. So I somehow got to ~1000 population and then got stuck.
What a cool idea! Love the painterly art style. I found the interaction between the sky and what was under it a bit confusing—it was hard to tell whether my changes (assembling a couple of stars until they linked up) were having any effect. In the video it looks like there’s a critical mass that makes e.g. the fireball happen, but I couldn’t tell if I was making progress in that direction or not.
Thanks for the feedback. Ahhh you actually have to press space when you created a constellation you think meets the criteria. Might be worth adding a note for that 😅.