holyblackcat 2018-04-26 17:58
I really like the graphics, and the idea is interesting too.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → Action TCG
By lazyasteroid, fanatrick and Sylex
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 38 | 4.19 | 30 | |
| Fun | 110 | 3.94 | 30 | |
| Innovation | 23 | 4.26 | 30 | |
| Theme | 24 | 4.44 | 30 | |
| Graphics | 127 | 4.30 | 30 | |
| Audio | 185 | 3.73 | 30 | |
| Mood | 222 | 3.73 | 28 |
I really like the graphics, and the idea is interesting too.
The idea is very interesting and the graphics is good. But combining the card game and action game seems make the system too complicated to understand. I give it 4.5/5.
totally agree with @milkshake, this game has big lack of tutorial and it's a little bit overhelming for a new player. But when you finally realised what's going on and find yourself on screen it starts to be a little bit easier. i don't know why but even big red arrow doesn't help to understand where are you on screen. maybe something more contrast or visually different could help here.
It took me a combat to understand how to play it, therefore I enjoyed it. There're are lot of skills and actions implemented, that's great and leads to lot of possibilities. The graphical effect for them are cool and the shadow replication is awesome. Continuing the combat using H, J or K would have been perfect instead of using Shift ;)
Congratulations for the game you did!
Great fighting game. I only lacked information which card I currently have picked ;).
Wow! My favority so far! Cool gameplay and great theme implementation, soudns and art are awesome. Just a great work!
The game is great! Apart from little annoyances that are already mentioned (no visual representation of the queue and using shift and enter keys when not necessary) it's perfect.
This is a very impressive entry, a lot of effort must have went into it! The fast combat looks pretty damn exciting with all the cool skills going off and the cards dissolving in the background.
I wasn't doing very well at first, but later on I found some success with the shadow deck, spamming orbs and avoiding confrontation until I could nuke the other guy with Nightfall. Some things worth considering:
1. There is a lot to take in at first. I really liked checking out all the cards once I've got the hang of things, but it might be a good idea to have less stuff available upfront and hide some things behind gradual unlocks, so that the player doesn't get too overwhelmed in the beginning. 2. The enemies do not pull their punches and the difficulty seems to ramp up pretty quickly - I got destroyed in the second stage. It would feel cool to get at least a couple of takedowns before getting dunked on like that. 3. Having the controls visible in the corner of the screen was helpful, but I still found myself trying to jump with space all the time. 😅
This is one of the best games I've played in this jam so far. Both the card and the in-game graphics look superb, the action is explosive and satisfying and the sound effects complement the combat very well. Great work all around, I would definitely like to see what a polished, post-jam version of this would look be like!
Mm this is pretty good! The art mechanics are especially good on this one!
Excellent idea and working mechanics. Could easily turn out to a full release with some polish(especially in the controls). Heads up you gotta rate other games if you want your game to be rated :D
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
@milkShake @hiki911 You're both spot on, there's quite a bit of depth and complexity even at the very start, and while we agree with you, we also think that's a very necessary thing in card games. The very next thing I would make if I had the time would be a proper tutorial.
@siuler-lm The controls are always an oddball in all our submissions. Will read some neat books over the summer, or will masquerade it as "our thing" :P
@oxygenium It's done that way to make remembering the cards you queued another challenge. I'm actually not too sold on it myself. In fact, I hate it now. Should definitely be reiterated.
@auxc Wow, thanks a lot! I'm glad you had fun with it and I'm sure my mates are as well! Keeping it simple at first should be the goal, but unfortunately in Jams it's always a challenge to keep the player occupied in order to try out all the cooler and more powerful cards. The controls were Space Shift and CTRL before I changed them, so I'm doing the same thing but for an entirely different reason 😅
Last thing to add. We fully invest ourselves in jams and we always end up going an extra mile. That being said, our runs are always stressful and the aftermath is never pretty. I had work the morning after, the artist had a college presentation, and due to other reasons we were half-minding skipping this jam as well. We are sort of still recovering, the info page was finally filled less than a day ago. We will rate other games as the time goes by until the last day. I might as well stream it at twitch.tv/cavecoder. But for now I'm hitting the bed :sleeping:
Damn that was fun to play... I am not good at either card games or fighting games, but i if i was, this game would be kick ass.
there are just so many cards, that it's really hard to catch the meaning of all of them, but everything else is fine!
@Cyrdach Hmm.. I don't know what you mean? Every card is explained. There are only 35 cards in total, for a tcg game I'd say that's a pretty small pool. Your deck also starts at only 5 different cards and we thought that was the right approach. I do have a feeling it gets complex pretty quickly though, it would definitely need retuning.
Nice game! Both graphics and gameplay are curated very well! It is also very fun, so good work!
Hey nice mashup! and the graphics fit well. Took me a while to figure out what to do but going back to read the itch instructions helped :D
Wow! This one really blew me away. Everything was fairly simple to learn. The game looks/sounds/feels great. Combat did not feel as fluid or as fast as I had hoped though. A long gap between attacks and low mana.
Got a bit overloaded with all the keys. Very pretty fluid fighting and fx.
i think i get it but its pretty confusing. maybe add more explanation in game
Out of the 16 games I've played so far, this is my favourite by a long way. Not the most polished, but definitely the most fun.
I got destroyed in the first few fights while I was still learning, but I found the difficulty level seemed to peak at some point, and I felt I could've kept winning indefinitely. It would've been nice (though completely unreasonable to expect for a Ludum Dare game) to have some kind of curated difficulty curve with a set ending. Especially with the different deck types giving the game lots of replay value.
I really liked the amount of content and the depth of the mechanics. The different deck architypes in particular were really interesting. Loved the music and the art. The attack animations were satisfying. I would definitely be interested to see this developed further.
I don't love card games very much but this is awesome! Amazing art and graphic effects, also good music! I admire the politeness in the AI, mechanics, movements and all animations in general.. an excellent work!
Very interesting, very fun idea that was well implemented. I think you might be onto something with this one. It might be a good idea to develop this game further. In any case, this is one of the best entries I had a pleasure of playing and reviewing this LD. Cheers!
Took me a bit to figure out how to play, but once I did it was a blast! I would love to see this concept expanded on someday. Great Job!
very cool game, but the control unresponsive on buttons fast enough.
Overall, awesome idea, magic, equipment. Good Job!
Really cool concept! Love the aesthetic and the mix between a fighting game and card game. The concept seems to have good potential and it could be better with more decks/cards. It's a bit hard to understand what's going on on the screen at first but once you pass this first wall, it's really fun. Good job! :)
Awesome, probably one of my favourites so far. Everything's so neat and tight. It's great!