Spayce
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Spayce!

You are a floating eyeball dude. move around with the arrow keys. When you meet a person, the 'new planet' counter decreases. When it hits 0, you can use your mouse to place a new planet. You can travel between planets if they connect together. The more planets on the field, the greater chance more people (and other beings) will inhabit the universe.
People will also heal you if you meet on a tile with 1 or more people, and give you XP if you meet on a tile with 2 or more people. XP gives you damage and max health when it reaches its limit.
Occasionally as well, devil monsters will be brought upon the universe. these monsters kill everything in their path, and if they are left alone for too long, they will destroy worlds. The further in the game you have played, the more difficult they will become. Killing them, however, will cause them to gain power slower, or actually make them easier if you kill enough of them.

Your goal is to get all 4 chests.
Opening the first chest will give you a fireball power. Use Z to damage everything (even people) in a 'plus' shape around you, at the cost of some health.
Opening the second chest will give you an iceball power. Use X to freeze all enemies and people for 8 turns, at the cost of some health (more than the fireball use).
Opening the third chest will give you a blood powerup. this doubles your damage.
Opening the fourth chests means you win!

Controls

Arrow keys - movement
Z - fire
X - freeze

This was my fourth Ludum Dare game. The theme for this competition was "Connected Worlds," and I scored 781st out of 2538 in the 'overall' category, and 301st in the 'graphics' category.
You can see the rest of the results here: Ludum Dare Page