Aurora - [was free] $5 or demo now

2011-01-17 14:14:06

#1

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6367|what

It's built in XNA, which means it's Windows-only, so immediate apologies to all Mac/Linux users. (EDIT: see below)

/r/gaming was a huge encouragement for me when I posted my very-amateur games in the past (1, 2). Plus, I've procrastinated so much here that I feel like I owe you something. So I figured that now that I've actually made a higher-quality game for which I plan on charging real money, first I ought to let reddit have it for free. I didn't know an elegant way of doing that, so I'm just going to put it online for free, post this, and start charging for it tomorrow.

Get the game here.

The game is an ambient RTS that tries to distill the real-time strategy genre to its essential elements. I wanted to make a slow, relaxed game. The gameplay is in the same vein as Galcon or (especially) Eufloria, if you know those.

As before, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the game, both positive and negative. If you hate the game, please tell me. If you love it, please tell everyone else!

EDIT: I built a WINE-compatible version that works on my friend's MacBook, for those who want to try. Download it here (just the game, no installer). You'll need .NET 2.0 and the XNA 3.0 Redistributable, too. Unfortunately, it won't have music, since XNA uses wmplayer.exe for that, so you should put your own 120bpm music on in the background. Or just play the game's album on loop.

EDIT 2: If you're getting a SongPlaybackFailed error, it looks like that's because XNA uses Windows Media Player for music. You'll have to reinstall WMP, or else you can use the WINE-compatible version above (with the 3.0 framework).

Source - Reddit

Looks cool and I like Eufloria. Get it while it's free! Or wait for another 20 hours and pay the guy. Slaves gotta eat!

2011-01-17 14:24:27

#2

Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6557

THanks, downloading now, will check out soon. I like Eufloria very much, but the lack of a proper save option makes playing for me hard.
How is it with Aurora?

https://www.abload.de/img/bf3-bf2ssig0250wvn.jpg

2011-01-17 14:38:40

#3

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6367|what

How do you mean lack of a proper save function?

Eufloria saves only after you complete each level but your progress is still saved.

Dunno about this game yet, I'm at work browsing the internets (as you do). But all the comments have been pretty positive of the game.

2011-01-17 14:39:36

#4

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

Free? Ta.

2011-01-17 15:00:09

#5

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6213|The Mitten

yea, it's pretty neat

EE (hats

2011-01-17 16:22:50

#6

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

Wow, very simple, very fun, very addictive.

2011-01-17 16:38:31

#7

TravisC555: Member; +118|6433|Cox Convention Center, OK

The Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 doesn't install on my computer Anyone else? Win 7 32 bit.

e:pics:

http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/28837/error1.png

http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/28837/error2.png

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2011-01-17 16:42:25

#8

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6367|what

Download manually and install

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d … 5c013c3b97

2011-01-17 16:46:07

#9

TravisC555: Member; +118|6433|Cox Convention Center, OK

Same error.

2011-01-17 21:31:55

#10

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6986|PNW

Very fun. Thank you.

2011-01-17 21:59:20

#11

Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6557

AussieReaper wrote:
How do you mean lack of a proper save function?

Eufloria saves only after you complete each level but your progress is still saved.

Dunno about this game yet, I'm at work browsing the internets (as you do). But all the comments have been pretty positive of the game.

I meant being able to save in a level. More than once, eufloria crashed or I had to leave after investing more than an hour into a level and I cba to play it again for some time then.

How do you know I´m at work?!

2011-01-17 23:06:31

#12

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6986|PNW

This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.

2011-01-17 23:47:45

#13

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6370|Vancouver | Canada

Played one level so far...Quiet a bit of fun.

I love waiting for the AI to send off his units to another AI's sun, then sending my units to take his abandoned one.

2011-01-18 01:26:02

#14

Sisco: grandmaster league revivalist; +493|6557

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.

Ah, that sounds great. Will check it out soon.

2011-01-18 02:23:37

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6367|what

DefCon-17 wrote:
Played one level so far...Quiet a bit of fun.

I love waiting for the AI to send off his units to another AI's sun, then sending my units to take his abandoned one.

Yeah or when one of your stars is getting attacked by both AI players, so you retreat, let them fight it out with each other and then move back in. lol

2011-01-18 06:53:20

#16

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.

Click 'harder'.

Boom, 6 more levels.

2011-01-18 13:56:12

#17

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6367|what

Think he also means to say this game is nowhere near as expensive as Eufloria.

Now it's set at $5, or you can play the demo for free, for those who missed out.

2011-01-18 14:36:31

#18

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6956|FUCK UBISOFT

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.

dyson was only 6 levels.

2011-01-18 15:37:44

#19

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6986|PNW

Finray wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.
Click 'harder'.

Boom, 6 more levels.

AussieReaper wrote:
Think he also means to say this game is nowhere near as expensive as Eufloria.

Now it's set at $5, or you can play the demo for free, for those who missed out.

Finray's right, but it's 15 levels: 6 easy, 6 'normal', 3 hard. I didn't even see them before.

2011-01-18 16:21:34

#20

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Finray's right

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5823329/Random/Internats/Reactions/chase.jpg

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2011-01-18 16:24:08

#21

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6956|FUCK UBISOFT

Finray wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Finray's right
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/R … w=31145e1a

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2011-01-18 16:56:02

#22

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

Opera's dropbox extension is useless.

2011-01-18 16:59:10

#23

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6956|FUCK UBISOFT

Finray wrote:
Opera's dropbox extension is useless.

what does it do? Dropbox is easy enough without a plugin.

2011-01-18 18:09:46

#24

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6002|Catherine Black

Miggle wrote:
Finray wrote:
Opera's dropbox extension is useless.
what does it do?

Nothing. Basically allows you to browse your folder from within Opera, and when you select an item to link, it doesn't let you copy the public link, or if you open it, it uses an internal link, and not the public one.

Completely useless.

Anyhoo, if you complete the three hardest levels, you get speed mode. Completely different game then.

2011-01-18 18:11:10

#25

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6986|PNW

Miggle wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
This game is nowhere near as long as Eufloria. There are six levels which you should be able to get through in at least twenty minutes, each. Save games are a non-issue.
dyson was only 6 levels.

Eufloria is long.

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