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Zealot

By fasterthanlime

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall344.13110
Fun604.00110
Innovation683.96110
Theme2303.87109
Graphics1494.23111
Audio783.97108
Mood1073.94107

Comments

2017-12-05 10:11

Quite addictive :)

dunin 2017-12-05 13:03

Pleasant game and quite addictive! Nice graphics and mood. Maybe some cards must be limited (it's really easy if you have many steal cards)

(in small screen(like mine) you can't see the play button (I have to go full screen to see it), and I can't change difficulty (regardless of what I choose, it stay at "pleasant" and console say "Saved settings: Object { musicEnabled: true, level: 4 }")...

fasterthanlime 2017-12-05 13:23

@dunin Sorry about small screens! As a workaround, you should be able to zoom out, which will make everything smaller. The difficulty level setting seems like a bug, which browser are you using?

dunin 2017-12-05 13:56

firefox quantum 57.0.1 (win 64)

thomas-lean 2017-12-05 14:21

god this is awesome :o (but the AI is too strong for me :'( )

fasterthanlime 2017-12-05 14:31

@thomas-lean Try the "Little baby" AI level ;)

elendow 2017-12-05 15:21

Woah, really loved this one. It's like the card games of some JRPG like Final Fantasy. I'll keep playing, this AI needs to know its place lol.

jynspielt 2017-12-05 15:26

ahh the zooming out helped. Great game.

pavel-smejkal 2017-12-05 15:26

The mechanics sure need some getting used to but after five losses I finally got the grasp of it and defeated the AI :D

I can see myself playing this game, really great job! :clap:

reizoukin 2017-12-05 15:31

Incredible, this is a really cool game! Once I figured out the mechanics, it got really addicting and I would love to see this with more cards!

taldius 2017-12-05 15:32

Nice game, the design is nice and effective. However I would have liked a tutorial, because I had some hard time understanding the rules.

Good job! :)

xahell 2017-12-05 15:37

Very good game, works well, hard to understand at first, but it's very addictive.

Great job!

mess110 2017-12-05 15:41

I built card games in the past, amazing what you did in the limited time available. Overlapping cards also works flawlessly, good job

hacksawunit 2017-12-05 15:41

Wow, what a great game! Quite impressive. It took some time to understand but I really like it!

andreb 2017-12-05 15:41

Quite cool, initially i had some trouble to get a hang of all the cards, and the drag area for the cards could/should encompass all of it and not just the top 50%.

Otherwise great job.

xarras 2017-12-05 15:41

Ok, so when you start to get it, it gets very good! A tablet version is in order... and a full length tutorial too :D

zarkonnen 2017-12-05 15:41

I'm sorry. This is beautiful, but I find it completely incomprehensible how cards are triggered.

andreadbx 2017-12-05 15:42

Great game! The only problem i had with it was with browser scaling and ui, i had to rescale my browser zoom to 90% to play it, otherwise very great entry!

simokelo 2017-12-05 15:43

Takes a little time to understand the rules, but feels really good when you get them! Love the mood!

2017-12-05 15:44

Cool concept. Makes me think of Final Fantasy Card Games :) Keep it up!

djeycreations 2017-12-05 15:44

Almost a 5 on 5 rating. Simple but effective. The AI does its job. The music is great. I had fun playing a few games. Well done, for real.

zblah 2017-12-05 15:44

Extremly well done game, loved the theme linked card game concept. A better tutorial would be nice to fully understand the game without losing 5 times, which is a bit frustrating.

Besides that, it's nearly perfect !

timco 2017-12-05 15:45

Really nice game but when your browser is to small you can't see the play button ;)

ludipe 2017-12-05 15:51

I had seen gifs on twitter and decided to give it a try. Really liked the game, it's super fun, good work! :-)

Some notes on it:

- As others said, you need to zoom out to choose difficulty on smaller screens.

- I like that each player gets different cards, but it's too hard to balance a game like that. The priest is the best card (cause destroying cards or stealing an already-placed priest isn't as effective), so having more priests than the other is already a great leverage, maybe at least both players should have the same amount of priests.

- AI works great and the customization is highly appreaciated.

- Would love to play this on local multiplayer (if this is already available I missed it). AI is great but, once you find a working strategy, it's usually easy to repeat it; something that wouldn't happen as often with another human player.

- Really cool card design that fits the game.

- Overall amazing game, played 4-5 rounds and I'll be coming back to it later.

chuchugeralt 2017-12-05 15:52

After understanding the mechanism of the monk and the archers, it became quite addictive! Loved the artwork!

jandourek 2017-12-05 15:53

Everything about this game is awesome! The mood, graphics, music, gameplay, EVERYTHING! Great job!

rob-white 2017-12-05 15:54

A very well polished game. The music was very peaceful and was likely the reason why I didn't rage at the AI. The rules did take a little bit of time to get used to but I eventually schooled the AI! I would prefer to be able to grab/inspect the card by mousing over any part of it (rather than just the top half).

sorlok 2017-12-05 15:56

Fun game, and great mood! Play flowed well, but I feel like I never really got a full 100% understanding of the mechanics (a visual tutorial might be helpful, although I'm not one to talk given my game's mechanics).

grahamliphts 2017-12-05 15:58

Very addictive ! Nice Job !

harusame 2017-12-05 15:58

Nice game, addictive ! Take me few time to undestand some cards ^^.

I like graphics, sound and mechanics. Very polish entry, great job !

grahamliphts 2017-12-05 16:03

Nice game ! I really like the graphics and the sound ! I took some time to understand what I had to do, and I still have a little trouble with the cards but I will persevere!

Nice Work !

sir-syko 2017-12-05 16:05

Congrats on the awesome game! It's really entertaining and challenging!

rankaquion 2017-12-05 16:13

a little bit confusing, but once i lost a couple times i saw how complex and interesting the game is, also it's really addictive

secondthread 2017-12-05 16:17

Great game! I loved it.

leafo 2017-12-05 16:19

Great work, very smooth. I'm not very good though so I'll play some more to figure out some strategy.

profan 2017-12-05 16:36

The music is just terrific, the mood of the game and the graphics is flawless.

However mechanically it definitely takes some time to figure out what card actually does what, admittedly I'm rather poor at card games.. :D (+1 local multiplayer for something like this would be ace)

Will be playing a few more rounds to get some insight into the rules!

diego-santos-leao 2017-12-05 16:36

I’ve been playing for 25 minutes XD The art is great, the sound design really suits the game, and more importantly it is very fun. A little frustrating as I didn’t understand a few core concepts, and kept losing by a move the AI did, that I thought was illegal. Very very fun, congratulations ;D

hbocao 2017-12-05 16:37

Awesome job, guys! Everything is great in this entry, the art, the music and how polished the card mechanics was. I loved playing it! The randomness sometimes got on my nerves, but overall it was amazingly fun to play. Try to tweak it a little bit more, work on presentation and ship to the mobile market. I would love to play this on my phone. It is so good that and sent it to my friends (non devs).

elzach 2017-12-05 16:42

Nice art and theme - but really good work on comming up with the game mechanics.

The game really is quite clever, but this game missing local multiplayer seems like an really obvious oversight?

Also 32 second AI turns are a slog!

fskr 2017-12-05 17:06

damn, i am not smart enough to play this game. couldn't figure out what the marksman was supposed to do when he/she didn't do what i thought it would do... until i watched a video where the priest is put onto the marksman to recolour the whole row.. oh my god. i am so dumb.. wow.

definitely great look, plays well, card sounds are cool and music fits, too.

inkystache 2017-12-05 17:12

Jeez. this one is incredible. I love the card designs, they're clean and easily communicate the functions, along with being beautifully executed. The gameplay is fun and quick and very addictive. Awesome job. I'd love to see this as a physical card game, it'd probably be a hit. Really fits well with the theme too. Great job!

akusan 2017-12-05 17:45

That's pretty impressive that you guys made a card game for the jam especially because card games require a lot of balancing. It runs pretty smoothly too and looks well polished. But like all card games, there's a learning curve. Aside from that, great job!

blubberquark 2017-12-05 18:19

This can totally work as a real tabletop card game!

tymus 2017-12-05 18:29

Okay, this rules, the music's lovely, would love to have a local multiplayer mode :D

soldierbear 2017-12-05 18:43

Really enjoyed it. Could totally be developed into a full project. Had some issues running it on the latest version of Firefox. Works great in chrome though.

josefnpat 2017-12-05 21:15

Interesting game - I wish the cards were a little more clear, but it's still a nice entry! Good job.

thomas-higgins 2017-12-05 21:59

after i got the general idea i could not stop playing, quick and fun

twinghosts 2017-12-05 22:39

Awesome game, nice visuals, had trouble at first though

reality-blind 2017-12-05 23:21

Nice game, good job ! And great graphics too ! :D

sonofsofaman 2017-12-06 00:28

The UI is nicely implemented with appropriate visual cues, the background music is fitting and the gameplay challenging and rewarding. All around a well executed game! If only I could play against a human instead of this infernal AI ...

asellio 2017-12-06 01:33

Pleasant game and quite addictive

chao 2017-12-06 02:14

Really neat idea for a strategy game. A way to vs other people would be nice, but the AI was actually really good, especially considering that it was made in 72 hours. Other than that, the visuals were fantastic and the music fit perfectly. Great job!

srakowski 2017-12-06 02:44

I was excited to play this when I saw your post on Twitter. It did not disappoint. The gameplay is fantastic. I love the aesthetic and mood. Well done!

foolmoron 2017-12-06 05:50

Took a while to figure out how to "activate" cards like Marksman. Reallyyyy awesome design once I got a handle on that, lots of strategies started popping up in my head. Impressive for how few card types there are. Controls and animations and sound was all great too.

cremagames 2017-12-06 09:24

Very interesting game. It would be greatly improved with a bit of tutorial at the beginning because it's a bit confusing but the aesthetics, music and mechanics are really nice.

tuism 2017-12-06 11:04

A really polished game, well put together, well oiled.

The game however is really hard to wrap your head around - I play a lot of tabletop games, and I like the mechanics and ideas in here, but it's difficult to understand. The "aoe" cards require "activation", but it's not clear how activation works. Like, only "blow up" works with activation? Or does stealing do that? Killing? I'm not quite sure. I think I got it but it's hard to parse.

Don't really like that the two sides can have different cards, sometimes the setup makes for a bad game, but sometimes with the same cards it gets boring. I'm not sure how to mitigate the luck thing without pre-designed setups.

I feel like the last turn has a massive advantage. Not sure how to mitigate that.

Overall great game! I'd love to see it physically, but I guess it gets too fiddly :)

neowedge 2017-12-06 11:51

Smart game and beautiful art. At the beginning it's difficult to understand, but 2 o 3 matches later it's very funny :)

bonelazy 2017-12-06 15:55

Very unique and cool mechanics, but it could have been better explained. Overall very nice game though. Good job

fasterthanlime 2017-12-06 17:31

If you've played the game before and had issues on Firefox or Edge, please try it again! I fixed some compatibility and performance issues (without changing the gameplay at all).

Thanks all for the feedback so far, it's very much appreciated :)

angelonias 2017-12-06 17:53

I played the game on Firefox and works fine. Nice entry!

lunardust 2017-12-06 18:01

really cool game. it' difficult to beat the AI

dunin 2017-12-06 18:05

Works!

I'm proud ta have beaten the necromancer on the first try,

but playing against him remind me "the chess player" by Zweig...

look at this last move: 32s to choose, really?

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cocapasteque 2017-12-06 18:07

Man.. That AI is fabulous, and the game itself is genius ! Music is cool and fits the game pretty well. I'm not a fan of card games but I had to beat the AI only once ! I figured out that one of the best way to win is to steal the priests and try to keep them until the end :) Nice work !

spierek 2017-12-06 19:20

This is pretty nice :)

swarrly 2017-12-06 19:45

Way cool. It definitely took a little while to get the hang of it.

yellowboy 2017-12-06 20:04

I will bookmark this and play it forever.

sharon-anquetil 2017-12-06 20:12

Well done ! I want to play against a friend with real cards ! :smile:

fasterthanlime 2017-12-06 23:14

I've just fixed a glitch that made the AI 100x dumber than it used to be (in an attempt to make the UI smoother). So if you thought it was too easy well, I have good news and bad news...

lhouyez 2017-12-07 02:12

Such a concept , made a card's game with this theme it's really brilliant.

tmpxyz 2017-12-07 02:36

It's a great job to invent and implement a new card game in such short span!

arya 2017-12-07 03:17

Incredible game, love everything about it. Just a little too hard for me even at the "peasant" difficulty :sweat_smile:

nono 2017-12-07 12:32

This concept is way cleverer than I am as a person, which is why I got destroyed by the peasant AI. Beautiful atmosphere, simple and elegant, a great entry !

ibrahimshersha 2017-12-07 15:36

I tried 3 times to get the idea of the game. nicely done!

breathless 2017-12-10 20:37

Awesome game! Really liked it. :D

naminuz 2017-12-10 21:59

Very nice and solid entry :thumbsup:

elmeri 2017-12-17 10:34

Great job on the game! The difficulty made it addictive to play again until I won at least ones.

d-studios 2017-12-23 00:41

Unfortunately, I didn't understand how to play the game as it was too complex for me and the tutorial was too hard for me. I wish the learning curve of the game wasn't so difficult. The aesthetic of the graphics of the game was decent. The music of the game was decent as it was alright and it was not too repetitive like other Ludum Dare games. I did like the sound effects and I also liked the mood that the audio and aesthetics of graphics provided. Finally, I enjoyed the polish of the game. I liked the way the cards moved onto the table and off the table. I also liked the UI and thought it was fancy.

2018-07-31 22:01

Where I can buy these cards? If you don't plan to make real cards please give some info how many of which cards is in deck, I would like to play this game with some friends. Although it would be nice if you make some real cards for sell, so that people can buy them and give some support. Best regards.

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