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Controls

In game:

• left-key: rotate the ship counter-clockwise
• right-key: rotate the ship clockwise
• space: go! boosts the ship
• up-/down-leys: go through menu options
• enter: select menu option (buy / sell)

Link

Original submission page.

Synopsis

Trade. In Space!

Fly your little space-ship between small worlds, buying and selling trade items for ENERGON*, the universal resource / shield / future-money-replacement.

Well, until your luck runs out and the orange warning lights start blaring at least...

Fuel is automatically 'bought' from your ENERGON reserves (5 ENERGON to get a full tank) when you run out, but it's Game-Over when the ENERGON itself runs out!

*) I didn't realize this is an unintentional reference to a certain popular cartoon show until somebody pointed it out to me... sorry to get your hopes up!

Scoring

• Credz are earned everytime ENERGON is maxxed out at 100, but you still sell items.
• You've made a Trip when you've landed (or crashed) on a planet that wasn't the same as the last planet you've landed on.

You've only got 2 cargo-holds, so use them wisely!

Oh, and watch out for the green 'farce-field' :wink:

Notes

• Content Note: Oblique reference to alcohol.
• Bug: Score-screen (on game over) may show score of the game *before* the one that just ended. :sweatdrop:
• Workaround for bug: When game-over, go back to main, then select the 'continue' option (as opposed to start). It will now show the score for last time.
• The help-screen may be a lot more confusing than the description here, sorry!
• Font: Quirk Medium.
• Made with: \ code: C++ & SDL2 (& some cleaned-up base code from last 2 times), \ images: The GIMP2, \ music: BeepBox.co, \ sounds-fx: Bfxr
• The game(-files) itself (and source) is still identical to the one I uploaded before the end of the compo, but I have overhauled both this *description-page* and the *description* on itch.io completely!