Cosmic Ray

Hard to explain, but I enjoy the game. The core conceit is that it takes five minutes to play, unless you die earlier. This makes it a rather niche game I suspect, but it works for me. The core concept is that you are humanities last hope, and trying to terraform planets to save the human race. The game mechanics are very simply, you fly around looking for solar systems, which oddly enough consists of a bunch planets in he same orbit around a star, and look for planets worth using your limited supply of terraforming gas on. The information you get is limited, the population potential, and the percentage change of success. Completing the terraforming consists solely of holding down the left mouse button, nothing more. While on the planet however, it is worthwhile zipping around exploring it, as you can find repair nodules (red dots) and schematics for upgrades (boxes with question marks on them) or alient artifacts. There are times when you will drop down on to a planet you don't wa...

Cute little game. It is enjoyable for a while but I wish the time limit was not so severe. Exploration under duress.

Boring. Arcadish. Repetitive. Didn't like it at all.

Reminds me of a simplified and casual Star Control 2 Fun little inde game

D A M N I T_Toke me 3 hours to finish travelling outer space