Dyson

[pro kossu]

"Dyson is an ambient real-time strategy game with abstract visuals.

Remotely command semi-autonomous self-replicating mining machines to take over an entire asteroid belt."

Pretty fun actually. You grow trees on asteroids and conquer more with the creatures which grow in the trees. There's also a defense tree that bombards the enemy critters. It could use a bit more work but I managed to waste a good chunk of time with this.


Screens:

http://www.dyson-game.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/dyson-2008-11/Dyson%202008-11-04%2014-41-25-82.jpg

http://www.dyson-game.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/dyson-2008-11/Dyson%202008-11-04%2014-47-20-02.jpg

http://www.dyson-game.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/dyson-2008-11/Dyson%202008-11-04%2014-52-55-20.jpg

Download Dyson (http://www.dyson-game.com/blog/?page_id=8)

[PopeDragunov]

fuck yeah downloading now.

[CheeseSteakJim]

http://onproductmanagement.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/dyson.jpg

[Mr. Fiend]

Dyson? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Bennett_Dyson)

[ScAvenger001]

Dyson. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere)

[PopeDragunov]

I was like Fuck yeah this game kicks ass

Then I got to lvl 2.

I was like cmon little guys lets go explore!!11 and sent all 9 of them or whatever at the nearest asteroid. Which was crawling with 40+ enemies.

No little guys nooo! I sent my last 2 to a further asteroid, with 30 enemies. Raped.

I guess out of all 3 asteroids you can reach, that littlest one is the one I can colonize. D:

[Cloneboy]

I played it for a bit, and it's pretty nifty. Multiplayer would be interesting.

[ScAvenger001]

It would be nice if there was a "rally" button for new seedlings. It's kind of a nuisance having to manually move new seedlings up from the rear.

[Cloneboy]

It would be nice if there was a "rally" button for new seedlings. It's kind of a nuisance having to manually move new seedlings up from the rear.
QFE, but more like a rally flags with different weights, so that you could have rally points on multiple ovaries.

I'm also surprised that no one has pointed out the "sperm and ovaries" look of the game, especially since the "seedlings" have to impregnate the asteroids. I mean, just about every Marine that's seen me playing this game has asked me if I was watching a documentary on the reproductive system.

-EDIT-
NVM, I see what you mean. Like rally points in WC3 or something. That would work, too, but you'd still have to adjust rally points on each ovaroid as you take others over.

[Friggin]

Wow, i didn´t even noticed that until now.

[ScAvenger001]

QFE, but more like a rally flags with different weights, so that you could have rally points on multiple ovaries.

I'm also surprised that no one has pointed out the "sperm and ovaries" look of the game, especially since the "seedlings" have to impregnate the asteroids. I mean, just about every Marine that's seen me playing this game has asked me if I was watching a documentary on the reproductive system.

-EDIT-
NVM, I see what you mean. Like rally points in WC3 or something. That would work, too, but you'd still have to adjust rally points on each ovaroid as you take others over. Doing it WC3 style would require a lot of adjustment, but at least you only have to adjust them as you advance. As it stands, each batch of new seedlings needs to be manually moved within its movement range, and then manually moved again, and then again until it's at the front, so even adjusting 26 asteroids every time you capture a new one is palatable by comparison.

That said, what I'd had in mind would be something like where I can set a couple of numbered rally flags on top of various roids and then set each roid to automatically rally at a particular flag. Then I just need to move the flag as I advance and the rally point for all the rear-line roids changes automatically.

[Cloneboy]

Yeah, I was thinking rally flags like in Startopia.

[SWATJester_os]

Dyson? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Bennett_Dyson)


Gary?

[Moe_Rahn]

GAAAAAAAAAARY

[Friggin]

Level 5 was a bit disappointing, it took me only about 15 minutes to win.

[Modest Genius]

fun enough, though the lack of rally points and variety limit the appeal. nice idea though, and yes multiplayer could be fun