Lottery vs Aliens
Aliens are attacking Earth with the goal of enslaving all its inhabitants. However, instead of uniting against the invaders, the people are fighting among themselves. The last hope now lies in the newly established Space Lottery, which funds defense satellites to push back the aliens.
The Space Lottery
Guess up to 6 out of 49 balls each round and watch to see if your balls are drawn. Every ball earns points, but if you hit the right balls, your winnings skyrocket into infinity!
Help your luck along the way: Each round, you manipulate one of the balls and regularly install devices to further increase your earnings.
Draft Special Balls
Choose a special ball each round and transfer its properties to one of the 49 standard balls. This way, you can manipulate things like the drawing probability or the point value. Some balls can even freeze or slime adjacent balls, preventing them from falling into the drum.
Install Devices
With devices that you install in the drum or slots, you can further expand your strategy. Devices can, for example, enhance certain ball types or even destroy entire columns or rows of your 49-ball deck.
Alien Hacker Attack
The attacking aliens have recognized the threat posed by the lottery and are manipulating the balls and the machine themselves. As a result, you will be forced to constantly adjust your strategy.
Features
- 50+ unique balls for your deck
- 20+ different devices to create synergies
- Each game presents you with new challenges
- Build and upgrade your starting deck between games
- Unlock Steam achievements (only Steam version)
- Climb the global leaderboard (only Steam version)
Please follow Aliens vs Lottery on Steam and add it to your wishlist:
A global leaderboard will be available on Steam later!
Comments
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Feels a little bit too random, but it’s a great concept and still brings a lot of fun! Here’s my FTUX playthrough:
Wow, that’s amazing! Thanks for playing, the awesome video, and the feedback!
You clearly mentioned in your video that you’re missing objectives. The Steam version will have a global leaderboard—would that be a step in the right direction for you?
Do you have any other ideas I could add?
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Yes, a leaderboard would certainly be nice! But I was thinking about some smaller scale motivation (there are different kinds of players, I’m simply that kind that likes to acomplish set goals ;p ) I’d love steps that would keep me (the player) engaged. So for example (and to keep it true to the theme) you could add some milestones to complete: i.e. win 1000 to fund a fighter jet (achieving this could unlock a new ball type), then next one: win 5000 to fund a spaceship to fight aliens in space (again, completing the goal unlocks a new ball/slot space/smth else) and so on. This gives reason to play, and actually revards you for playing, giving you option to win even more. The shop that lets you customize the starting drum for the won money is very cool and more games should adapt this approach. However it has more sandboxy feel and requires you to play a lot to feel the difference (so the reward is quite delayed compared to rewards that could be given more frequently for achiving smaller goals). It’s just my opinion! I’m curious what others would say.
And once again, huge thanks for your excellent feedback! Maybe I’ll manage to release a more extensive update later this month :) I’ve already added small things like a filter in the deck setup phase. I’ll also focus on reducing text walls and adding more visual highlights and clarifications.
I totally agree with you that short-term, achievable, and motivating goals need to be included! Right now, I’m thinking of objectives like: slime, freeze, or ignite a certain number of balls. That could then reward extra points.
You’ve really helped me out! Cheers!