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Nile Ale

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monetai 2016-08-28 22:03

At the first run I ended making beer with only water.. it's healthier, but I somewhat miss the point =) at second run I saw the upgrade menu and the game became more fun!! a good egyptian beer tycoon!! beer/20

simonhutchinson 2016-08-28 23:49

Oh man. I love homebrew, Pico-8, and ancient Egypt, so this is a total perfect storm.

I wish there were some hints about the ratios. It's a little daunting for me jumping right in. Any chance a "getting started" FAQ might be in the works?

blushine 2016-08-29 02:49

After a few tries, I managed to make it to year 2 month 6 before going out of business. I discovered a few of the ratios, but I experimented too much and eventually ran out of goods.

The game already gives a decent amount of feedback, but I can't help but wish for a little more, even if it was vague (or maybe written in hieroglyphics). Like, if something is waaaay off (10x too much water), a hint about that would be good. It was fun to sell 100% pure water beer, though.

Oh, and the graphics, UI, and sounds were all great.

terracottafrog 2016-08-30 03:25

Looks really cool but the controls freak out on me. When I open the menu it moves to the next level most of the time no matter what I do.

Like x is checked every frame or period of time or something.

It seems interesting, though.

colapolka 2016-08-31 05:52

This is glorious.

I'm a big tycoon nerd, so I'm a little bit biased. But this might be the coolest entry I've seen thus far. Graphics and overall style are superb. Fitting a tycoon game - including a readable and decent UI - in 128x128 pixels is a feat on its own.

The only thing I have to criticize are the controls. It seems rather unintuitive to me to hold the button for the interface instead of just opening it with a single press. Further, the controlls inside of the brewing tab are way to sensitive.

Nonetheless, this is an amazing game and I would love to see further development on this one!

qikcik 2016-08-31 12:13

Good game , good graphics and sound, fresh idea , :D but the controls freak out on me :P

jupiter_hadley 2016-08-31 14:16

Very interesting game! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/VSGUm6oLKPM

monkeybit29 2016-08-31 20:49

not really my cup of tea, perhaps it may be because i had a tough time to understand it, but it looks nice, and I feel like if you started simpler and built up to this, it would be a much stronger game, nice job!