dodechotomy 2015-08-25 02:34
Fantastic game! Lots of cat slappers apparently. No idea if it's winnable, but I ran out of food after about ten seasons.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD33 → The Sacrifice
By foxboard
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 15 | 4.27 | ||
| Graphics | 2 | 4.88 | ||
| Audio | 4 | 4.54 | ||
| Mood | 3 | 4.63 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 57 | ||
| Innovation | 48 | 3.94 | ||
| Theme | 115 | 4.01 | ||
| Fun | 196 | 3.53 | ||
| Humor | 609 | 2.65 |
Fantastic game! Lots of cat slappers apparently. No idea if it's winnable, but I ran out of food after about ten seasons.
Hard. Very hard, but I enjoyed it as hell.
Nice work! Would defo pick up an expanded mobile version.
Very very cool. Really well done, great job!
Really awesome game! I really liked the how the graphics and audio conveyed the mood. The gameplay was really interesting too, especially with all the cool writing. Good work!!
This is probably one of the best game developed during this LD33.
I love the art style! It's GREAT!
And the gameplay is frustrating and enjoyable!
This whole product reminds me of Darkest Dungeon!
Well done guys! Great Job!
W O W! You guys have love our artist. Very very well done! We love setting, graphics, music...
It's hard but inmersive and invites you to replay.
Very nice work guys! Congrats!
Wow, thanks for making me feel like a monster. Ugh. Great game, great tie-in to theme. Wow.
Visual style is amazing, it fits very well to the game. It becomes a little bit repetitive and feedback is not that readable but still, awesome entry. Dat mood. I had a revolt by the way :)
The graphism are amazing! Congratulation!
Excellent music, graphics, and narrative style! Though I don't get how choices correspond to consequences by their description. Also +1 for Slavic god name :-)
Amazing art and mood ! The game is a bit frustrating but there is a lot of contents, that really nice ! Congratulations!
The art is amazing! and I also loved the idea. Great work!
Very great work here. The graphics and style were amazing - reminded me of a dark Lovecraftian graphic novel. The gameplay and survival were pretty difficult. Might be nice to have some more information about the towns strengths / weaknesses - forageability, building score, etc. Loved the procedural character design (names, avatars, personalities, etc)
Cool city (town) builder with a dark theme. I would love to play it with a bit more variation from season to season. Great job!
Fantastic game! Art loking really lovely ^_^ The mood is great and game really fit the theme! Enjoyed this one!
What an interesting one.
First, Art and Audio is superb, really really got me into the mood. The gameplay is different and I enjoyed it.
After some "seasons" the game turns repetitive. And I didn't understand if I was playing "bad" or it's just impossible to win.
Also, there is no way to close the game, I think :-/
Overall, very good experience. :D
This was awesome!
The graphics are literally ridiculously good. I love how you convey so much detail in such a limited palette.
Wow. Beautiful and cruel. Absolutely loved it.
I felt in love with the graphics as soon as I saw the screenshots. The intro music really helps setting the mood of the game and overall the gameplay is solid, although it is not clear if this is an endless survival game or if there is a way to win.
Everything about this game is perfect. I'll be showing this to my friends at our next tabletop evening!
The atmosphere is amazing. Sometimes felt like the numbers weren't adding up after each season, but maybe I'm missing something. Really cool game.
Liked the idea. Both art and sounds are nice. Everything keeps you in mood.
1. I would like to have greater control on what is happenening (as I feel I lost out of the blue)
2. I would like to speed up animation on click during sacrifices
3. Accept button sometimes overlays text.
PS. Any inspiration by wicker man?
Overall: Strong points are graphics, innovation and mood
Awesome game, makes me wonder if there is a way to beat it though. I kept on losing despite my actions.
fantastic visuals for a jam game, and a great concept too :D
Tricky, it was difficult to make decisions! I felt as though I didn't have much impact on the eventual outcome, but I suppose that was the point. Incredible visuals and audio, so full marks for those and mood!
The graphical style is impressive, it is very polished for a jam game. I really dig it. Maybe after a while, the two color graphics start to hurt the eyes a little though. The mood is out of this world, I really like the world. The game is very punishing though, it is very hard to balance one's resources. Also i feel it is a little repetitive. But those are minor annoyances, cause I think the game is very very good.
This was made in 3 days??? Oh my god, this is a great game!
Fantastic! Has a nice Darkest Dungeon vibe.
This game's mood is amazing. Nice job!
Beautifully executed! Everything is just phenomenal.
Really nice polished graphics and gameplay! I loved the concept too.
Fantastic game. I didn't win, but I kept coming back for more
One of the best game of this LD for me! Nice writing and characters generation.
Oh my god this is the most beautiful game I've seen so far...
PRAISE CHERNOBOG! Please don't sacrifice me on his altar..
Great art works!
Though I really cannot figure out how to win, every stat drops fast even if I made them go up.
Exceptionally polished game! The art is amazing, the music is good, the gameplay is original and engaging... Really solid work here, good job guys!
Excellent visual style - check
Clear gameplay - check
Moody music - check
Chernobog - check
Impossible to win - check
You found a recipie of winning on LD :o)
Very solid game! The art style, the music, pretty much every aspect of this game is amazing. You made a great Ludum Dare gem, well done! :)
My people became unhappy and revolted, so the elder god woke up and killed us all. 10/10
Very well designed and fantastic to look at, I really quite like this entry. I'm not too fond of resource management games on the whole, but I like that you use the framework to show that this type of society is unsustainable. Great work, keep it up!
There is no winning when you have to sacrifice that much :o
Really cool game!
Very impressive graphics, music and mood. Gameplay-wise, it could certainly use more variety and options, but of course, limited time and all that; I'm sure you're aware of that point.
It seems impossible to do well, but that was probably intentional. The game seems to be "cheating" though, in that the bars that fill up to show your progress between seasons don't seem to be nearly as full when you get back to the main game screen. Case in point, in my last attempt I failed due to "running out" of houses even though the shelter bar had only decreased a little that turn, and it was not empty. Maybe the game is just made to make you lose after 5 seasons... though someone mentioned playing for 10 seasons? No idea how they would have managed that.
ANYWAY, excellent effort overall. :)
Simply amazing, I like the idea when you get food and shelter to people, no one investigate about missing people...
Excellent game, and looks amazing!
The art style simply blew me away. Gameplay is solid and understandable, but I felt that my shelter and food disappear for unknown reasons. As in, I produced 24, ate 14 and the bar still lower. The sacrifice/popularity/usefulness mechanics are great :)
Hum, I'm not sure if I get it.
I mean, it is a game to hold as long you can, right? Then the twist is that you have to kill someone of the community each round, each having different drawbacks.
But you normally don't have much idea of what those drawbacks will be, maybe intentionally.
I've found "kick my kitty" very funny lol, the art is great, well chosen colors, the music is fitting and the animations are very smooth, I want to call it a fantastic game, but I can't. I'm really not sure of what I was suppose to do, but I liked what I did. So...just great game I guess?
Beautiful graphics.
It might be nice if it was possible to win...
As others have noted, the bars seem to stealthily fall by a certain extra amount each season... it was a bit of an anticlimax to see the game end abruptly due to this. I didn't feel like I had enough control over the game. However, it probably would've become too repetitive if it lasted much longer.
Overall very impressive for a 3 day project.
A fabulous art-style, although some elements could stand out a bit more (like the icons below the houses when you assign a job). It's very hard to balance the requirements, a bit of a slower introduction into the game play would have helped. It's a really interesting concept, and the audio is great too! Great work!
Very unique style and really cool concept. It was hard to tell how different sacrifices affected gameplay. But this could turn into something very cool with more post-LD work!
Is it even possible to survive?
Great atmosphere.
The city sim management is quite simple, but the sacrifice selection moment is magific.
Congrats because the game idea is one of the most original I've seen around.
Finally I found a strategy game! It's really well-made, here's how I played http://youtu.be/S-puJwH9Sq0
Your game is at 13:15
I dont know if i can win this game, it feels repetitive but the graphics and music are great.
Wow, really nice. Loved the writing, and art style. Everything was top quality, and a really neat concept.
Art style is amazing! Really strong entry, congrats! ;)
Great concept with very nice aesthetics, but I felt that the feedback could be greatly improved. I kept producing more food than apparently was eaten, but it still declined and I finally lost. Choosing who to sacrifice didn't seem to matter. I got a different message once (rumours have been quelled), but saw no effect.
Holy crap! That was beautiful and amazing! Sound design was really great, minimalist and effective. I feel like you might have taken a page from Red Hook in terms of the overall feel. I really liked the procedural personalities of the potential sacrifices. This is one of my favorites overall.
Really well-crafted and polished game. The graphics and audio forms altogether a really unique atmosphere. Felt like there was no win condition, but Kudos for making such a nice game!
It's gorgeous!
I don't really know why i failed though
Lovely graphics, fun game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/VOSoNttI06o
I also included your game in an article of my favorites from this jam! :) Sadly, I could not add a Ludum Dare 33 trophy to your profile because you have not posted anything on the Ludum Dare website, so your profile is privated. If you do post something, please email me with the subject Ludum Dare 33 trophy at Jupi@Jupiterhadley.com so I can give you the trophy you deserve!! http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-33-part-2-jbncejqm