Moon Base 99


I have started a new project. I'm calling it Moon Base 99 for now. It started as a pixel art piece I had made. I then animated the earth, then added little astronauts, and so on until it's actually fun to micro manage. 

You send the rover out to collect "moon rocks" and use these to fuel the rocket. Send extra moon rocks back to earth for more crew. Study the alien artifact to generate science for end game things. Astronauts have a fatigue stat that if high enough, they have a chance to get space madness and wonder off. So you need to keep cycling your crew. Send the insane ones back to earth and get new crew. Astronauts will automatically refill their oxygen, but not if they have space madness. You can have crew enter the base to stop consuming oxygen and will slowly lower their fatigue stat. 

There is a lot to this game all ready, now that I've typed it all out. One thing I want to add is solar storms. You would get a warning and have to get everyone inside the base for like 30 seconds while the solar storm happens. It could make the computer terminals not work and have to be repaired. Maybe meteor showers could damage the base and require repairs.

I also want to add ghosts. Astronauts can die if left unattended. I want the ability to take the dead bodies to the rocket and send them back to earth. If you don't send them back after a while ghosts of the astronauts will show up and cause havoc. 

I am working with some one on the music. @retro_asobi on twitter. I was thinking I would do the music my self, but the right music could make this game rad as hell, and I don't know if I have the chops. 

Incase any one is interested here is a secret url to the game if you want to try it before it's done. It's pretty easy, but it's fun to put on the FTL soundtrack and min max it. 

https://jhyde.itch.io/moon-base-99?secret=nMWN4LuNlmgP4TAEUWhzeDoKsw

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May 24, 2023

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