Browser Game Pick: The Space Game (The Casual Collective)
The Space Game is a space-based RTS involving building up a mining base while holding back enemies.
Earlier levels see mining asteroids being the main priority, while later on surviving wave after wave of incoming attackers in the number one concern. It's simple but very polished, with a number of different modes to choose from and a variety of baddies heading your way.
Comments
This is a completely shameless rip-off of Harvest: Massive Encounter >:
Posted by: Quetz | February 16, 2009 12:53 PM
I feel proud to have someone clone our idea, it just goes to show that it's a good design. But at the same time it makes me sad to see theese guys getting so much attention so fast while we really had to work for ours, and at the same time there's no mention to harvest anywhere.
Posted by: Kinten | February 16, 2009 5:10 PM
No Harvest is set on the ground, and this is in space, so in no way similar! lol,. yeah it is a tad comperable,. however the lack of zooming in Harvest made it unplayable to me,. and the lack of full screen here is equally annoing to me,. although I do very much enjoy the game here,. the controls are great and the presentation (other than being traped in a tinny window) is great in my opinion.
peronaly I have several games lying around at various states of un-completedness,. that are also rather similar to these, perhaps one day I will get one of them finnished and post it,. .
Posted by: jph | February 16, 2009 5:24 PM
Well, I think there's 2 reasons it has got popular really quickly...
The major reason is that its free.
The other is that it has a "story mode". (At least, the story mode appeals to me)
I dont know if your game has a story mode, but there was no hint to it in the demo, and to be honest, the demo was pretty damn hard... even just playing on the easy planet. I gave up with it because there was no end in sight and I felt like it was a game of constant never-ending pressure.
Posted by: David | February 16, 2009 7:52 PM
Perhaps some day Harvest will get the attention it deserved.
I feel your pain.
Posted by: OTM | February 16, 2009 7:52 PM
Well, you are getting attention now! You should be on twitter, dig, etc saying "liked The Space Game? try Harvest!"
Use the attention vs going against it!
Posted by: Andrew Wooldridge | February 16, 2009 8:53 PM
I have buy Harvest, and I love it. This one game is also good. The guys at TD Vector make great games, like the vector turret defense.
And about this gaming having Harvest defenses. Well Dune 2 clones other games that clones other games. Features are viral. Harvest not invented the turret defense genre, and what added, already exist (resouce management? already existing on the genre). Guys, no sad face!.. courage and move forward and make more great games !! :-)
--A happy customer.
Posted by: Tei | February 16, 2009 11:35 PM
I do see how it could be considered a rip off of Harvest, but you got to understand the appeal of it being a Flash game, and not having to download it.
I know I can't download anything on school computers, so I'm forced to play any Flash game I can come across, and The Space Game will keep me busy during my four hour break between classes.
Posted by: Nihillist | February 17, 2009 2:23 PM
I think one of the main reasons the space game has had so much attention is because it is a great game. I have played both the space game and harvest and I don't think it is a rip off as it does so much more.
Also, on Kongregate and Jay is games the creator of the space game said it was inspired by harvest, so they are giving you some credit!
Isn't harvest a rip of this 20000 Light Years into Space?!
http://www.jwhitham.org.uk/20kly/instructions.html
Posted by: James | February 22, 2009 12:21 AM