A Story of the Universe
A universe simulation using cards. Play around, have fun, construct your universe. But remember, nothing lasts forever. And entropy is always increasing.
50+ unique entities to play around with.
Note: Recommended that you download the game. The browser can do strange things. Also, sometimes you can get stuck in a position where you can't play anything because you only have personal items and nowhere to play them. In this case, you'll have to restart. Sorry about that, I didn't have time to balance it a hundred percent correctly. It should hopefully be rare.
How to play:
There is a limited amount of time. Use it wisely.
Every cosmic card can be played onto the field. Personal cards are played onto cosmic cards. But cosmic cards can only have a number of personal cards equal to their population.
Click on a card, then click where you want to place it. You must click continue before you can play again.
When you click on a Personal card, there will be an indication of where it can be played.
Life can only be played in habitable environments.
Objects will interact with each other.
Every object has an entropy cost, and a cost they produce per turn. The game ends when the entropy hits the limit.
Every card has an age. They will die when their age runs out. The age is a number of "turns." A turn is simply when you, the player, places a card. To continue onto the next turn, click continue.
Some cards will also advance the tech of your universe. This will unlock new cards for you to play, such as life, or rockets.
Use the scroll wheel or Q (zoom in) and E (zoom out) to zoom. The scroll wheel can be finicky in browser.
Use WASD to move the camera around.
Credits:
Ross Kilpatrick - Design, Writing, Programming, Art
August Muller - Art
Song - Fragile Data by Blear Moon, licensed under Creative Commons
Link to song: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/expanding-lands-2020/fragile-data-...
Sound Effects - Scribble by Tomoyo Ichijouji and Chalkboard eraser by Mernenagel
Link to sound effect: https://freesound.org/people/Tomoyo%20Ichijouji/sounds/211247/
https://freesound.org/people/Marnenagel/sounds/408501/
Made using Godot 3.2.1
Download
Install instructions
Unzip and run the exe or relevant file called index.
Comments
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This is so good. The music adds something amazing to the game that I can't describe. The atmosphere you've created is immaculate and the writing is especially moving. This was a super interesting and engaging game. The summary of the story at the end -- impeccable! Great work!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the game.
Wow! Amazing and deep story. Really love the story and concept. Great song to accompany with it too. Really great
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. That song was definitely a find.