Bitosphere

Cute little micro-game. Has some nice graphics and (one) little comfy music loop, but is otherwise a bit lacking both in gameplay depth and replayability. Also has several bugs. There is no pause button or options menu. The “How to Play” menu has a small visual bug, with the music-alien not having the white outline around it, making it look weird compared to the other astronauts. The game has some minor translation issues, made or translated by someone with English as a second language, causing only very minor confusion. The game has a view over four planets in a line, with a spaceship that flies across the top or bottom of the screen. The spaceship then drops one member of each of the four alien races, each corresponding to one planet, which you must click and drag to the planet to rescue them before they succumb to the vacuum of space. Saving an astronaut grants you one OMR, where as if one dies (or if an alien invader spaceship hits a planet), you lose 1 OMR. This is where the first issue comes up- as each turret costs 20 OMR and you only gain 4 for perfect play. It takes five rocket trips, or about 30 seconds or so, to get enough OMR to build even one turret. As the only upgra…