increpare 2011-05-01 22:00
hahah very cute and gave me a couple of laughs, though I had trouble getting elder points...
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD20 → The Village Elder
By rolf
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humor | 13 | 3.74 | 27 | |
| Innovation | 87 | 3.27 | 26 | |
| Fun | 69 | 3.33 | 27 | |
| Theme | 71 | 3.19 | 27 | |
| Graphics | 123 | 3.00 | 27 | |
| Audio | 270 | 1.31 | 13 | |
| Overall | 71 | 3.31 | 26 | |
| Community | 273 | 1.62 | 13 | |
| Coolness | 67 | 9 |
hahah very cute and gave me a couple of laughs, though I had trouble getting elder points...
Nice game completely expected and some parts of it were funny. Good job.
Like the way you took the theme. It gave me a few laughs - they may be lost on some people who aren't familiar with the reference material. Some more graphical and menu polish and some music would go a long way.
Good job.
An excellent take on the theme, and a good share of funny moments. Desperately needs some background music for setting the atmosphere, it was a bit of a stretch to stay focused on the game long enough to gather all required elder points, but anyway, good work.
Interesting take on the theme.
Nothing like a little fornication in the morning, especially when there's no houses and nothing to eat.
Was this too heavy for a web build?
Ah goodness, this was hilarious :) I stuck with it long enough to win! Though I never did find out who likes the devices :/ *scratches head and leaves*
Some parts were very funny, but it dragged a bit at the end when I was trying to get the last two elder points.
I really, really, really enjoyed playing this game.
The contextual availability/unavailability of certain actions had me thinking that it was unbeatable at first. But I tried again a few times and was pleasantly surprised.
The humor is plentiful and excellent. Really, the sheer amount of content is commendable (especially all the different random modifiers to events that change things here and there). I felt myself falling into this tiny village as a world.
The graphics are a nice touch, as it didn't have to have any graphics at all. The size of the village and its population are nicely represented. (Though the walking animation is pretty freaky.)
Once I understood what I had to do, it wasn't too hard to horde the necessary materials and ensure a win. Some of the events and their outcome are very predictable, and I could apply a simple strategy.
Great work!
Sorry for the elder points-system being so lackluster. I had originally planned a more complex "invite quester"-dialogue mechanic, but had to cut it due to time constraints (damn you, timezones!), and replaced it with more random events. Of course those events turned out to be somewhat difficult and obscure :p
In case anybody's really curious the four games I was thinking of were Fallout, The Lost Vikings, Zelda and The Secret of Monkey Island.
Dark Acre: The web build should've been up all the time, as far as I know.
Thanks for the comments!
Very fun game. The random events were nice and random with lots of humor. My only gripe is that you eventually knew what would happen with each, making it a bit repetitive. But even despite that it was a lot of fun to play. Good job.
I was laughing throughout the entire thing. You have a great sense of humour.
Good humour. I found the repetition of the daily tasks started to drag a bit.
Fantastic humor behind this one. This was by far one of the most enjoyable entries I have played.
That was quite funny. It could perhaps do with a bit more direction, it wasn't always clear what you were supposed to be aiming for.