Volatile Space (Working Title)
Scientists aboard the research vessel known as the Pea have been drifting into the depths of space to record data on uncharted regions of the cosmos for months. They have recently drifted into an area they call Volatile Space, for its random oceans of extremely hot and cold gasses, and relentless waves of icy and fire-y meteors.
To ensure their survival you will have to man the defensive shield, which rotates 360ยบ around the edge of the ship. If the ship is drifting through a cloud of hot gas, you will have to block fire-y meteors, and allow icy ones to hit the ship. Vice-versa when the ship is in a cloud of cold gas.
If you let the ship's temperature go beyond its maximum or minimum temperature thresholds, the hull integrity will begin to drop. If you manage to get the temperature back under control, the engineers on-board can repair the damage, slowly...
Occasionally you may also see solid asteroids which, if not blocked, will directly impact hull integrity! Be careful!
Eye-candyVIDEO (7/22/12)Video showing off gameplay concepts. Some graphical glitches are present, some envisioned features are not yet implemented, and some numbers need to be tweaked for optimal gameplay, but the core concepts are here in this video
Latest Screen: I can now control space-clouds through code. I don't think I'll sandwich them together like this ever in-game, but it certainly looks cool!
Beginning work on cold frontsBeginning work on hot frontsBlocking meteors in a neutral zoneOriginal concept sketchEDIT: I should mention, this is going to be a mobile game, targeting Android at first, and iOS at a later date if the Android version is profitable