mach60kas 2012-08-27 23:52
The idea of modelling the evolution of religions seems absolutely great to me, and though it's not particularly fun just now I think some of the elements you wanted to include would make for a great post-compo version.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD24 → Religion Evolutionary Simulator
By jwolf
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 233 | 3.17 | ||
| Theme | 327 | 3.00 | ||
| Overall | 718 | 2.11 | ||
| Fun | 742 | 1.61 | ||
| Graphics | 750 | 1.38 | ||
| Coolness | 767 | 37 |
The idea of modelling the evolution of religions seems absolutely great to me, and though it's not particularly fun just now I think some of the elements you wanted to include would make for a great post-compo version.
Well I was expecting to see my religion on the map, and I didnt tried to click on country at my first attempt. Some fading color patch on each country would help to have a global view. The core idea is really interesting I wish you had more time to push it further.
Great idea. I would be interested in seeing this with all the features you wanted to put in.
I like the idea of evolution simulation games, and I get a kick out of stuff like Conway's Game of Life. The ideas here are neat, but it's a little difficult to read the results of the different stats. For example, I don't know if the hypothetical religion starts at a single nation and then spreads (and if so, which does it start at?), or starts at all nations. The percentage breakdown helps, but is still a little confusing. Being able to define multiple religions, or nation-wide philosophies, and see how they compete would be really neat. It would also be interesting to modify more properties of religion e.g. consequences for apostasy, effects on class structure, severity of internal rules, extent of role in government, etc. All of that's outside the scope of 48 hours though.
I guess what I'm saying is that this is cool and has a lot of potential if you mean to keep working on it! Also, your game reminds me of a Richard Dawkins essay "Viruses of the Mind," worth checking out.
Neat idea. I toyed around with it for a while, until I figured out that the most successful religion I could make seemed to be one where they never left their country, but killed everyone in their country and the neighboring ones. I would like to see more depth in it though.
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Hmm. This is interesting. I do wish that you had time to add some properties to the religion that are good... I don't believe religion is just a potential militant force. But of course, everyone has different opinions.
of course realm of happy people would be turned into ashes.
nobody like happiness, especially George bush.
liked the concept of it, be nice or be murderous.
BE MURDEROUS GARRRH!
I could see a lot of potential in this idea, but not really feeling it executed well in game.
Amazing idea. Wish the game was more detailed and there were mroe stats and player's religion highlighted in a more noticeable way. Hope for a beefier post-compo version.