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Northlonde

By martins

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Mood673.79
Graphics1103.97
Overall3793.38
Audio5282.75
Fun6232.97
Innovation6343.06
Humor8861.76
Theme10832.25

Comments

orukinawa 2014-08-24 15:47

Nice job. Business sim games are really rare specially in game jams. ;)
Just my opinion: I think pt and click control would make it easier to play

martins 2014-08-24 15:55

Thanks.
You can play with mouse, forgot to explain:
a) clicking in upper half of screen -selects-slot-
b) in lower right quadrant there are:
b1) if factory is not selected: -build- links
b2) if factory is selected: -upgrade- and -demolish- links

Links do not have hover effect.

forrests49 2014-08-24 18:07

Love the game!
Is there another effect from the smog besides the graying background?

2014-08-24 18:44

this is amazing great job

bloodjohn 2014-08-24 20:13

Beatiful design. Love business sim. :)

gardenhead 2014-08-25 12:02

It is really beautiful! Love the mood.

tiff 2014-08-25 17:04

Very nice!

hyoga-3d 2014-08-25 17:44

Good game, graphics are simple but work very well, congrats!

priorblue 2014-08-25 17:47

A little bit to much information at first, but it's a nice sim. The art style is very great.

springpowered 2014-08-25 17:55

Beautiful

towelking 2014-08-25 17:57

great visuals and fun gameplay. It took me a second to realize how things worked, but it was great to see the build up of my factory empire after i got the hang of it.

kavehes 2014-08-25 18:00

Very good, the graphics and the music works really well together.

techblogogy 2014-08-25 18:03

This is pretty nice simulation game, with interesting graphics.

androniq 2014-08-25 18:14

The upgrade and demolish commands (keyboard or mouse) aren't working for me at all (I'm playing the web version in Firefox)
I really like the visuals and music. Very bleak and urban.

kuchalu 2014-08-25 18:41

Loved it!

kyyrma 2014-08-25 18:41

Took me a while to get my head around how the game works. The graphical style is fantastic and most of all consistent, evokes the industrial era perfectly. Absolutely great job there.

onlyslightly 2014-08-25 18:42

Loved the artwork, animation and general aesthetic

kedume 2014-08-25 18:47

I like the graphics and the concept. I miss some help messages when tryng to build factories without money or else. I don't see the relation with the competition theme.

fre 2014-08-25 18:49

Looks nice! Upgrade/Demolish are not working for me either (web on chrome).

nylonica 2014-08-26 15:52

Fun fun fun!

blindfox 2014-08-26 15:56

So uncommon to see a business sim in this short of a time period. Very impressed, and it looks great as well.

majko 2014-08-26 15:58

I'm not sure how it connects to the theme.

agecaf 2014-08-26 16:03

Quite interesting, and the music was well chosen to fit the game!

nichii 2014-08-26 16:38

Hmm, this game has that old feeling to it (and I like it!), the music (as repetitive as it is), kind of gave me a very weird but calming feeling. However, I felt like this game is just "get fund, upgrade, get fund, buy" kind of game, unless you are going for the time wasting kind of game. Overall, this game has made me played for a while now, thank you for such a good game :)

wan 2014-08-26 18:06

Hey that's funny, the game we did is also a factory building simulation!

The graphics and UI are really nice, I really like the way buildings are built, it's clean, innovative, and quite satisfying.

Like Nichii said the down side is that there's not much strategy in play here. What might make the game really awesome is to simply make the buy/selling prices vary with time: build too much of the same thing and your goods will lose their value in favor of other products. The goal would be then to find the perfect balance for maximum and stable profit.

Overall it's a nice and well polished entry, congrats!

cooliron 2014-08-26 18:14

Great game :) Interesting and fun!

mr-chelnoque 2014-08-26 18:16

Definitely a nice style and interesting minimalistic mechanic to maintain a balance

fumiko 2014-08-26 18:18

I like your game. Especially in gamejams most games are a little harder than it's fair - but in northlonde even if i was weary if i was doing the right thing the game didn't immediatly bit my arse. It may be due to the lack of sleep but something about the relaxed pace of this game really appealed to me. However now I have succesfully cluttered the screen with factories and are closing in on 2oo k profits. Well - when I read the description again I guess that makes me the loser then, right? Nice graphics and mood too!

nerd-burglars 2014-08-26 18:28

I really liked the old-timey business graphics + feel. You managed to present the tried-and-true business simulation genre in a fresh and interesting way. Very well done! Only complaint is that the music was a bit repetitive.

capsizedmoose 2014-08-26 18:36

i don't really get how it fit's the theme but it was okay I guess. nothing really influences what happens so it's just "click button, wait, click button, wait" but i guess some people like that :) not my cup of tea but good job :D

designernap 2014-08-26 18:41

very original style and approach. I really liked it :)
I actually left this running and switched between the other entries I am playing and keep coming back to it. good work

maniulo 2014-08-26 22:56

Art/design is amazing.

compostface 2014-08-27 06:45

Got stuck playing this for a while. Would live to try a more involved version. Wonderful aesthetic.

rnlf 2014-08-28 12:20

The game was a bit easy, but I think maybe that's part of the message you're trying to convey. How easy it is to pollute the air.

Cool looking for such a simple interface. Also the sad music fits the message perfectly.

Just not sure how it fits the theme...

otrorainteractivo 2014-08-29 17:05

Love simulation entries. This one is particulary good

hadesfury 2014-08-30 09:49

Great game. I love the mechanic

mechabit 2014-08-30 11:53

visually brilliant and very atmospheric, not sure about the theme, is it the disconnect between profit and environment? I like the sounds as well except the warning sound which is much louder than the other ones and quite jarring.

jukimv1986 2014-08-31 05:15

I particularly love playing business sim games, so finding yours was a rare treat. However, I must say the audio gets annoying very quickly and there should be a way of speeding up the time. Overall though a good game. Great effort!

mechanicmoon 2014-09-02 00:14

I love those blocks factory .. the graphic is awesome as it builds up

artamus 2014-09-02 17:35

Very nice game, congrats!

ninjascript 2014-09-04 00:08

I love the art style. I'd love to see under the hood a little bit more, but I really like what you've done here.

hbocao 2014-09-05 00:21

Very polished entry. Good job! My only complaint is that I found it kinda slow right at beginning.

h1s2 2014-09-08 19:01

very cool graphics! i like the style. A bit more possibilities would be great as well.

snicklodocus 2014-09-09 21:02

Nice sim game! It's a little slow paced, but easy to understand. I love the art and design! great job.