jupiter_hadley 2016-08-30 17:16
Simple but nicely made! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/hC8B45eG0n0
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD36 → Egyptians Vs Aliens
By charzendat
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Simple but nicely made! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/hC8B45eG0n0
Not bad, it's really hard! I managed to reach Sunday, but I was out of resources so it was a massacre. I guess I was overspending on upgrades, but I got too bored of the game to play more than 5 times or so.
There's a few things that are wrong with the game, which I'd like to point out. The first is that you should introduce the aliens and the slaves more slowly, because starting out with 5 kinds of slaves makes it harder to get acquainted with each of them.
Most of the issues are related to the interface:
- Slaves' stats aren't shown in the game's HUD (except for the cost) which is quite frustrating because it means you need to memorize them.
- The slaves' portraits don't change when you can't afford them.
- It's unclear what the relationship is between the number of hearts a slave has in the Upgrade menu and the health bar that appears over them when you're playing, which makes it pretty much impossible to figure out how much an upgrade is worth without a lot of tedious experimenting.
- How much one "power" is worth is also a bit hard to understand. The aliens could have healthbars as well, but it would make the game easier, of course.
- "Slave + heart" is kind of a strange equation, it looks like you're getting an extra slave?
- It's unclear what it means for an archer to lose speed (since he already has 0)
It's a fun little game! The graphics and sound effects are very nice. I'd probably make more of an effort to beat it if I could figure out how much 1 heart is actually worth. In my opinion, it would be better if healthbars were scraped in favor of heart icons and if you could somehow see how much health the aliens have.
Simple but fun. Sunday was very hard as I ran out of money.