loren 2012-12-17 18:31
Nice art! I like the clean style
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD25 → Crime in the City
By volute
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 91 | ||
| Theme | 27 | 4.10 | ||
| Overall | 76 | 3.61 | ||
| Innovation | 149 | 3.37 | ||
| Graphics | 152 | 3.57 | ||
| Audio | 188 | 2.96 | ||
| Mood | 196 | 3.12 | ||
| Fun | 206 | 3.17 | ||
| Humor | 228 | 2.95 |
Nice art! I like the clean style
I like it! Very clean, nice music, took some getting used to the system but once I got the hang of it I was hooked.
My only complaint was that the UI sounds were a bit too clicky, and I disabled them.
I really like the boardgamey/card gamey aspect of this. I'm unsure how to beat encounters though--even boosting my strength or negating encounters with abilities doesn't seem to work.
Thanks for the comments :)
@ Porpentine : The idea is to remove the effects of the encounters before you face them. The characters can use their "Cancel" spells if they have a strength superior or equal to the strength of the encounter. Select a "Cancel" spell, then click on the button on the left of the effect you want to remove.
Quite a bit of fun, I didn't realise at first that I hit to the X to negate abilities. So maybe a bit more direction on your first mission (maybe a tutorial mission would be helpful?)
Pretty sweet, this is gorgeous. My main issue was the UI could be confusing at times, especially with negating effects. I would suggest making some of the effects be a random chance or something, because I ended up only beating 1 raid after 30 nights, but I had a crew of 6 guys that could negate everything. :P
very cool, VERY fun. It can be a gread game
Very good, I think this entry can be something even nice !
Looks like a very fun game, but sadly it appears your webpage won't load :/ I'll try again later :3
Love the card battle thing. I had a lot of trouble winning even easy fights, but kept at it until the Investigation level finally got me
Wow, this is so polished, especially those sweet vector graphics! The only thing I would say was missing would be a tutorial, since the mechanics are fairly abstruse. Once I understood them, though, it was pretty fun to strategize!
@ MaximSchoemaker : Sorry, the web hosting was down earlier :/ The issue seems to be resolved now.
@ Cosmologicon : I agree, a tutorial would be great ! The game is way too complex to be picked up easily without one and I'm very surprised and happy so many people gave the game a chance anyway !
Thanks all for the nice comments :)
As usual, I had a lot of fun playing your game. This is a very good management game, and at first, I was totally in love with it. I played and I played and then I started to be more critical. The problem is that the game isn't veru well balanced : after 2 or 3 tries I aborted just as soon as I got the mechanics, I played as the Lunatic and the Assassin Tower and won on Day 10. I didn't lose any fight because I used the Lunatic power every time, and I didn't even try medium or hard encounters, only easy. Still, every turn, I had enough money to fire the guys who had already played and hire some more to go on mission.
In the end, it was quite frustrating to win without even trying medium or hard cases.
So, my recommandations would be :
- Lower the power of the lunatic (for exemple : he can see the type of encounter, but not the strenght)
- Don't allow to fire people who have already played this turn
- At a time, don't spawn easy crimes any more, then no more medium crime.
Of course, I know this game was made in 48h, and this is already FREAKING awesome but I really would like to see a bigger version so this is why I give "hard" feedback. This entry is one of my favorite.
Hey nice art style and i really like the music and the gameplay, the flow is really good
Interesting concept. I found it hard to get a grasp on what would be good tactics. Mainly because encounters and people to hire were random it's hard to find the good guys for the job, so to speak.
I really like the graphical style you went for and the whole game feels very complete presentation wise :3
Art is great. Music is good. Kept loosing battles before investigation caught me. Would be great to see a little more direction while in game.
Had a bit of trouble understanding the mechanics but otherwise really nicely done.
A really complex game for so little time. Never really got the hang of it though. Audio was getting a little annoying after a while (but that's why we have the mute button right?) Maybe I'll try again in a couple of days when I have a little more time. Although the graphics are basic, they work really well and the characters look funny.
Loved this game! Feels super polished and finished. Its innovative and I loved how each of my hire had a random name, made me feel attached to them like in the old x com. Searching for stronger hireling until you et a cheap 1dollar +2 strength was fun. I made my little team of specialized badies and won the game by taking the local organized crime hard mission. I only regret i never met any super hero !
Very clean and well thought interface and all.
Congratz !
Nice game :) have a nice style and lots of details :)
My god, the amount of menus and buttons and options were overwhelming. A very deep and comprehensive undertaking for the compo, my hat is off to you sir.
Very addictive game. Seriously: Keep working on it, come with a nice visual style and this game is perfect.
Wow, lots of nice comments again. Thank you all :)
@ Pierrec : Thanks for pointing out the balancing issues. I knew the game wasn't well balanced, but not in that sense. Losing the game very frequently, I was very far from imagining that it could be too easy !!
Great entry! All around one of the best I've played.
This game has a tremendous amount of polish and the interface is very well done. The gameplay doesn't grab me at all, though. There isn't a great way to tell what kind of obstacles you'll face which makes it feel kind of arbitrary. I wish there was some kind of scouting mechanic. The variety of characters is great though.
This is a really well made game. Great job for 48 hours.