Malthus and The Rocks

Have fun either dying of hunger or succumbing to space rocks! Malthus and The Rocks is a real-time engine-builder/tower-defense game where you extract resources, conduct research, and build defensive turrets in a few slots on the Earth. Comes with a tech tree and increasing difficulty.

Use UP/DOWN, LEFT/RIGHT arrows to manipulate game. LEFT/RIGHT generally rotate the Earth or change between build options. UP/DOWN toggles modes. Holding DOWN will build the selected building (provided the prerequisites are met). Holding UP on certain buildings will Harvest their resources.

Due to time limits, I couldn’t get any audio in there. Sorry.

Submitted with 30 minutes to spare for Ludum Dare 54!