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Here's a thought

By jadernak

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness361
Graphics4253.24
Innovation6832.91
Mood8412.55
Humor8422.12
Overall9582.67
Fun10442.19
Theme10642.31

Comments

strega 2015-04-20 09:24

I'm not really sure what's going on in the game... or what the icons above the buildings mean. The graphics and animations are cool to watch though.

fluidvolt 2015-04-20 09:26

Hm, I didn't really get what I was doing. But I liked how you told a story through images, and I really liked the clean, desaturated art style. I'm gonna give it another try.

kedume 2015-04-20 09:35

It's an interesting concept. A strategy game based. I like the games that tells a story. The player is awaiting the fatal ending. I don't like that it's a bit slow till that moment.

jadernak 2015-04-20 09:52

@strega I will update the description, hopefully that could help future players.

jadernak 2015-04-20 09:55

@KedumeBits Hard difficulty should be harder to manage, but I agree that it could require more input from player.

paperblurt 2015-04-20 12:58

Impressed by the simple yet addictive gameplay.

texdata 2015-04-20 18:52

nice gameplay, at first i did not know what i was doing, but it is nice a micro strategy

static-64 2015-04-20 19:05

It's very fun, but I can't get more than a general idea of what's going on. I played a few times and came very close to winning, but I don't think there's enough to do late in the game for me to keep going.

I also don't really get how it fits the theme. But, the graphics and sound were nice.

ungarischeziegenspielen 2015-04-20 19:53

This game is awesome! You did a great job! I fel sorry for every men who died during the construction. :) I watched you youtube intro too, and it was cool, without it i couldn't understand the game. The graphics are also good, they fit with the sound effects.

jadernak 2015-04-20 20:06

@ungarischeziegenspielen Oh they are not dying they just have a breakdown and need to rest a bit (or get slapped if that's your thing :D )

local-minimum 2015-04-20 21:03

I tried it and first I didn't notice anything particular happening, but that was because I didn't have enough planks. I think it would have been nice to disband a tent and get a new one after a while. I would have liked to be able to control the speed of time too. It was moving way to slow when I was happy with my composition of the work-force. It has the beginnings of a nice micro-management game though.

43iscoding 2015-04-21 14:36

Very unique concept! As usual, I didn't read the description and actually thought, that slapping just do nothing and is some kind of metaphor (they even don't get tired :D). The game is easy to understand without no tutorial, so that's a good call. The only thing that bothered me is static time of recovery of each tent. I could just cycle through all of them without thinking at all ;( Add some random deviations, and that will do nice.

jadernak 2015-04-21 18:12

@43iscoding Good to hear someone got the mechanics straight away :) I will keep randomization in my mind for the next time.

vividreality 2015-04-21 19:05

Cute!

nppro93 2015-04-21 19:12

Pretty easy to keep everyone happy, especially since they automatically come off break. Lovely visuals though!

codeblockentertainment 2015-04-21 19:27

A confusing concept, It looks nice but I can't say that I fully understood what was going on

robothobodanceparty 2015-04-23 01:19

This is pretty cool. I cant say much about the audio but the graphics were great, there were clear and I could tell what was going on. This is a really cool short game! Great work!

jupiter_hadley 2015-04-24 01:47

Love the graphics, even without instructions! I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/aLTEhRhwd8A

jadernak 2015-04-25 19:03

Thanks @Jupiter, appreciated :)

kate-kligman 2015-04-25 19:53

Aside from reading your introduction, I wasn't sure what I was building for the most part until the ramp started appearing. The items in the carts looked like they were carrying people?

I like the management aspects to this game and it's fun to sit back and watch the people build the ramp.

rudra 2015-04-25 19:57

Pretty good concept :) Loved the art :) Good one .

nikteddy92 2015-04-25 20:13

I really like the basic idea but the game is a little... passive.. You have only to wait at some point.. Btw I really like the graphic style, well done!