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A medieval story... in 10 seconds.

By markavian

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness354
Theme1413.68
Innovation2253.47
Graphics2423.47
Humor2512.85
Overall4353.17
Fun5162.97
Mood5532.73

Comments

markavian 2013-08-26 00:48

I think I'm about to have a heart attack. That was way too close.

moochoomon 2013-08-26 01:12

This is a pretty good game! I enjoyed it, and loved the split second decisions you had to make.

markavian 2013-08-26 01:45

Cheers! Glad you liked it :)

omar_q8 2013-08-26 02:49

nice idea, felt like the decisions you would take on a game like oregon trail, but 10 seconds is too short! :p

thebluerage 2013-08-26 02:56

Cool idea! I like it.

matthias_zarzecki 2013-08-26 06:23

This is neat. Nice work!

dalep 2013-08-26 06:40

Great idea, maybe a little too rushed but it was fun to see how the split-second decisions turned out. Minor nitpick: the story at the end started in third person but then switched to second person which made it sound a little awkward.

markavian 2013-08-26 07:15

My bad writing, sorry about that DaleP :)

@Omar_q8 - not heard of that game before, but sounds interesting. I'm happy with how the game turned out, I think I'd be happy making a longer version where the player had longer to make their decisions and there was more to play for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

avh4 2013-08-26 07:53

I guess I'm a slow reader--I didn't have enough time :)

I'd like to see something like more visual feedback about what happened after each choice. Nice job working within the theme, though. And great graphics! Plus I really liked the distribution of the 10 character choices.

markavian 2013-08-26 08:21

@avh4 - agreed lack of feedback is a flaw. Two ideas I had was to have icons that flash up showing + or - Land/Gold/Followers, or to have a popup at the end of each turn explaining the result. Because I was short on time I went for the minimum-complete path and dumped all the story at the end. That means you have to make all your options before you find out what actually happened, which is a big disconnect. Cheers for the comments :)

crowbeak 2013-08-26 09:28

Interesting concept, and good art, but... I feel like it was too much to cram into 10 seconds. I like the stories at the end.

randomm00 2013-08-26 09:29

The idea is good and the art works well, but it went too fast for me to figure out what just happened!

jammy12789 2013-08-26 13:53

Wow that is hard. Good game though on the whole! I really enjoying playing it, but I also agree that 10 seconds is too short for this type of game! -James

pbdiode 2013-08-26 16:12

Very interesting concept!

It was very hard for me to parse the action I wanted to take quickly, though.

Great graphics! Only wish there was a little audio to go with it, even if it were just sounds on button clicks and the timer ending!

Overall, really good job!

thetheodor98 2013-08-26 16:20

Nice game! I loved the graphic, really nice art! I also thinks that 10 seconds it to short, you should have made it that you get 10 seconds per choice. Always a great ending after each game. Great variation to be able to choose between many different characters, which makes the game re playable.

blizzil 2013-08-27 19:35

Cool idea with a hard time limit. Because of the different characters i played it several times and of course i wanted to read their ending stories (which are a nice idea).

Liked playing it!

naufr4g0 2013-08-28 09:49

The idea to create a story based on your choices is really good, but 10 seconds is too little time. Anyway game is really well-done! :)

randomelginguy 2013-08-28 18:49

At first I was frustrated how short a time I had to make decisions, but I quite like how it was the story at the end that really lets you know what happened, and hints for the future if you want to get more followers or gold. Too intense for me though :)

crowbeak 2013-08-29 12:25

I was streaming when I played your game: http://www.twitch.tv/crowbeak/c/2837135

markavian 2013-08-29 18:08

@Crowbeak, oh cool, cheers for the review. Was fun watching you play, thanks! :)

vaalen 2013-08-30 18:19

It's an interesting concept but the time limit is too short. You have only an half-second to take a decision. Maybe you could improve a bit the game. It could become something really good.

shard123 2013-08-31 17:20

Really liked the idea! Great work!