Milky way
What is Milky Way?
Milky Way is a space simulator where you create and grow special planets to expand your solar system. There are 40 unique planets, each with their own perks and needs. Discover them all to fill the sticker book!
Every planet carries its own score and the more exotic and nurtures planets you can hold in your orbit, the more points you will earn. Keep growing your collection for a greater high score.
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Below is a fairly outdated trailer for the game:
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The planets
Each planet had its own temperature needs and perks. The player would have to align all their planets to avoid collisions because planets can permanently die.
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Perks for planets would include eating one another to earn points, freezing incoming asteroids and putting other planets to sleep.
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Planets are made in a variety of ways, you can merge planets together, trade, hatch eggs and even grow a planet from a moon!
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In addition, every planet was procedurally generated to have rare forms such as 'giant albino forms' which made collecting planets very fun.
What this project taught me
This game taught me a lot about planning a game to be appealing to a large audience. Is has also taught me how to use progression and gameplay loops to keep the player hooked.
A personal success
This is my third mobile game and currently has over 2500 downloads. I updated Milky Way with 3 updates that featured new planets and quests.
By the end of development I felt enlightened because this project helped me escape coping with lockdown and I received lots of loving reviews and emails regarding the game. As a creator, this game helped me reach game dev enlightenment and it was wonderful.
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