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Power in Numbers

By amras0000

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3283.4046
Fun3983.1946
Innovation2183.6146
Theme2833.7246
Graphics4303.0647
Audio2663.0846
Mood1733.4046

Comments

cryovr 2018-04-23 03:18

Definitely Delivered! i like your theme connection

l14-game-studio 2018-04-23 12:39

I didn't really get the game. Nice design and smooth play. Buildings really annoyed blocking view.

dirtymoonz 2018-04-23 12:58

Clever title and an interesting concept! I enjoyed having my large gang demolish buildings.

amras0000 2018-04-23 13:49

@L14-Game-Studio were you not able to rotate the camera?

bcvery1 2018-04-23 17:00

Very interesting idea, I liked the chattering noises from the people

quixatocs 2018-04-23 19:00

Really like this game and I think it'd be really good for getting folk to see the divisible patterns in certain numbers. A lot of content for a compo too so great job. Thanks for playing my game too :)

legiongames 2018-04-23 19:52

Thank you developer, now I know all of the numbers 0-100 that are divisible by 3. As a side effect I've developed an unnatural hatred towards the number 96 though. On a serious note, it's a really good game. By far the most addictive game I've played from this LD. Got stuck after destroying 16 offices until I performed a grid search of every freaking corner of the map. Considered playing the game on hard after but quickly noped out of that when I saw what numbers are allies & enemies. :D If you're going to work on it more, the main flaw I see in the game is the fact that waiting out the infamy stars is the most efficient strategy (it seems). Other than that, huge kudos for making this gem. :)

zeriver 2018-04-24 00:05

Pretty innovative game, at first kinda hard to grasp but after a while you get the mechanics and you can go around and trash the city. Game has surprisingly a lot of strategic depth, especially on hard difficulty. I like the minimalistic graphics and camera work although game could be a little framy at time. In general pretty fun game with innovative concept and good execution, pretty impressive for LD game!

lewis-quaife 2018-04-24 19:06

Love the feel of this game, but needs to start off a bit easier. Also my view kept getting obstructed.

amras0000 2018-04-24 19:30

@Lewis-Quaife I take it the camera control wasn't sufficient?

Should also be noted, you should have full control over the difficulty :). Police won't spawn unless you get a wanted level (stars in the upper right), and any black-jacket enemies will only attack you if you shout at them. I'm a little confused what the problem is. Thanks for the feedback though.

alex-ferbrache 2018-04-24 20:22

Fun game! I like the genre mash up and think the mechanics work really well. Controls are intuitive and I found myself playing a few times to try to win :smile:

I had some readability problems with window colors, sometimes it felt like lit windows appeared on outward-facing sides of the building so they weren't visible from the street. Also, it seemed impossible to lower a 5-star wanted level if you needed to regroup. Finally, I thought it was a bit unintuitive that the health bar goes up, not down.

mordokay 2018-04-24 23:31

Nice game!... On the beginning I just started walking around trying to do some math but eventually I realized that I was super powerful and started demolishing the entire city!

For everyone who is trying to figure out if a number is divisible by 3 do this trick:

Imagine you have the number 87 = 8 + 7 = 15 = 1 + 5 = 6. 6 is divisible by 3 so 87 is also divisible by 3 :P

boblova 2018-04-25 00:03

the game is fun i barely understood whats going on probably cause im not good at math but other than that i had a fun time make a huge gang

schuster 2018-04-26 20:39

Took me a bit to get what to do, but once I realized, it was kinda fun. Nice job

joe-cowman 2018-04-26 21:06

Nice work! I found it a bit difficult to figure out what to do at first, so some more clear instruction would be helpful. Fun and unique concept though!

spthiel 2018-04-27 14:35

This is what you call a brilliant concept put into a great game. I really like it.

candlesan 2018-04-29 21:30

There's some really interesting elements to this game. The music really sets the mood and the audio when people are fighting is well done as well. I like the art style and the vibe, it all fits together well.

hare-software 2018-05-01 11:49

Needs a little bit of polish, but overall it's very good!

jimbly 2018-05-01 15:56

Had a lot of difficulty with the controls, the combination of inverted mouse and not keeping focus on the window meant I kept turn the wrong way, then clicking off of the window, and getting murdered by police while trying to get focus back on the window :(. I managed to destroy 17 buildings, however at some point I just got swarmed with police (maybe around half way?) and then I just kept running for the rest of the game, which did avoid getting hit, but wasn't much fun.

When things got fast paced, I ended up just targeting odd-numbered people, which was much easier than trying to figure out if they were divisible by 3 but not 4 ^_^.

I liked the concept, and despite the control issues, this was pretty fun at the beginning.

viridiangames 2018-05-01 17:04

Got a handle on the mechanics pretty quick but was only able to destroy six buildings before I was completely overwhelmed by the police. Still fun...if you can quickly factor numbers in your head :)

chaseplays 2018-05-05 23:55

Good job! I liked the idea, and your combination of genres was fun! I think having a map of the world could have been helpful, as sometimes it got difficult to remember where I had been in the world, although that might just be a matter of preference. Otherwise, nice work!

linkwin 2018-05-06 00:58

Love the idea and interpretation of theme! I was not able to get very far, I do not understand how to deal with the police, I just kept running... Anyway, I'm interested in the other games you've made, will be checking those out!

irwatts 2018-05-06 21:18

Awesome! I really liked the feel of activating a chain reaction. The required number of buildings to destroy was a little out of my reach, but I had a lot of fun in my attempts. Everything messaged well and played great!

bernhard 2018-05-11 16:41

I played for quite a while and only saw the goal at the end. Only got a few >_< But this is pretty amazing. The moment you figure out you can beat up citizen until they have a number that matches to make them join your team is awesome! Really good entry, congrats!

euske 2018-05-12 09:22

Definitely one of the innovative games. The gameplay is a bit monotonous and the town is hard to navigate (a little minimap would be nice). Not sure if the two genres thing was successful here, but an interesting take anyway.