Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → Spin Quest
By andrewjadams
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 893 | 3.12 | 22 | |
| Fun | 1036 | 2.72 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 871 | 3.00 | 22 | |
| Theme | 591 | 3.60 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 464 | 3.65 | 22 | |
| Audio | 684 | 2.65 | 21 | |
| Humor | 915 | 2.21 | 18 | |
| Mood | 957 | 2.77 | 20 |
Interesting idea, well developed and styled, my complaint is that the tediousness (because when playing I felt that more than any feeling of luck or bad luck) isn't worth the reward. If things were happening more often, I would appreciate it more. Also pls make those coins rain down faster, not a single row that keeps going for minutes :P
This is wonderful. A slot machine for a match 3 game is a fun and weird idea and your execution is spot-on with loads of polish and a great design all around. The graphics are clean, the mechanics are intuitive and strategically rewarding. I'd say the game's a bit on the easy side, but that's honestly to its benefit; I can only imagine the frustration of having a difficult game be this random.
If I'm being super nitpicky I could point out that when you get a reward the animation for getting all the coins plays out a bit long. On the one hand I know you're trying to emulate the drawn-out reward of getting a jackpot, but I think you've overdone it just a bit. And maybe skipping the quests should carry some sort of cost with it.
But that's all I can really fault the game for. Great work, and keep it up.
P.S. - after writing this comment I came across a bug where after a match was made the pieces wouldn't fall and I'd be left with 3 empty spaces that would move around with the board. This resolved itself when I made my next match. I think it had something to do with de-focusing the game tab.
Good job! I was a bit confused what to do at first, I eventually got it. Could definitely use some clarity on what certain things do. Also you should speed up the gold collecting a little bit. Other than that this is a good game, I really enjoyed it!
I am not a big gambler and have never been, so it did not ring any bells. And I did not hear any music in HTML version, which is pretty sad( When I completed row of 3 swords or shileds I did not receive as much gold as the banner on the top says. Is it intended? Overall, I think there could be great improvement into the RPG field by adding some new abilities/ powers. I think the genre mix is fun and it has a lot of potential. Keep upthe good work!
Nice game. I was thinking i would not play it because it's like casino and it has no strategy but i took time to find out if some patterns were readable and no :D. The end screen with scores showed 0 at every tile but i got rid of a lot of tiles during the game so i guess it's not working correctly. I don't get why you added the word RPG in game description.
This is really cool! I'd never thought a match 3 game and a slot machine would work so well! The sound effects are good, the sprites are cute, and the quests give you some extra challenge to keep things fresh for a little more time! This is a good game! Good job!
Looks nice, but had no luck.
It's hard to understand the game in first play, can you add a more explicit on your ludum page, I didn't understand if I have control on something or is just luck and what the difference between Life and shield
It's a interesting mixed theme, and a cool idea, just add more feedback on your mechanics
Slot machine idea was interesting, though it took a while for me to even figure out that it was a slot machine. The graphics are not very intricate, but the cleanliness of the graphics actually turned that considerably for your advantage. Props for that. The mechanics are incredibly intricate and THANK YOU for fitting the theme well. Animations are great as well. Good Job!!!!
Wow, a luck based reflexion game... Could this be less for me? No. But it's well made, and it deserve a correct notation. So yeah, if we except the frustrating aspect, it's pretty good.
Nice clean game. I only miss some more context - a story or some tool how to infulence the luck.. There is a funny bug and I found it because of the slow money pay out. I wanted to skip it and I pushed the skip button - if you press the skip button during rewarding, you can easily suck out all of the money :).
Really funny game, interesting theme implementation. Good work!
Simple and nice, Great potential to be a full stand alone (mobile) game, hell its already worthy.
Not sure if I was just lucky, but once I understood the game (I did without reading the instructions... but thats a good thing in a way) Losing seemed a bit far fetched unless things get much harder(seems like they did a bit). You can spin "smartly" to maximize your odds. Spins are a bit long as is reward obtention, especially due to the repeat nature of the game. Spins also clearly don't cost enough.
This might seem like a lot of criticism, but thats only because I see a **great game**. Throw in better progression and extra balancing and youv'e got a winner!
Keep it up!
Very fun game! My only negative feedback would be the shuffling/rotation sometimes taking quite a while, but everything else is perfect :D
There is smthing, that can be polished to a real mobile game