Really digging the overall style pulled off here, and the bit of story helps.

interesting, and it's good to have some background info.

The mode of interaction I find interesting - I assume there's nothing beyond planet spotting in it right now. Pulling the narrative into things would also be something id've found interesting. AH WELL. It was nice feeling (the synth had a bit too much resonance for my ears as they are right now I think...).

Interesting concept =)

I would of given you a better score if there was actually something to do. Overall I find your graphics to be your strong point. You have a great GUI and the way you rendered the planets looks very nice. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Interesting idea, good start, looks promising.

I liked the story setup. Would be neat to see where you were going to take it. As it stands, I can only stare through a telescope looking for planets for so long. ;)

Thanks for the comments! I spent too much time learning Unity, drawing pixelated planets and messing with camera movements. I just barely got the "You found XXX" code in a few minutes before the deadline :-)

I do plan to spend some more time and develop it into more of an actual game.

I like staring at pixelated planets, reminds me of the old days (project nomad, starcontrol 2) ;)
Would be very interesting to see, where the game will develop to by just finding objects in space ...
I would like to vote for some "Hey, what's that thingy right near saturn and why is it blinking sos codes?" ;)

barigorokarl - my unrealized plans were much along the lines of your suggestion...

Nice one! Especially as first unity3d shot...!

Pity that you didn't get further.

Will try later on a computer I already have Unity on.

Nice! It starts out very promising and works well. Too bad you didn't get around to add more stuff/story in.
The control of the telescope via buttons is rather awkward (and slow), I'd preferred to use the keyboard.

Starts with a cool setup. Observatorying was pretty fun, but I wasn't very good at it, spotting only Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. Or perhaps that's all there was. Either way, I note potential.

It's a start? I'm not really sure what else to say. Sound design was well done. Atmosphere was good. Not much here to judge though.

Nice idea, I hope you develop it further as it seemed a bit ambitious for an LD48. Fun to play though even in it's current state.