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Life in the Trenches

By meskaline

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3343.1730
Fun3682.9130
Innovation2143.2729
Theme2893.3530
Graphics2603.3030
Audio2433.0030
Humor2432.7528
Mood2723.0929

Comments

sadzanenyama 2018-12-03 08:44

Good game, just a lot of spelling mistakes.

triplefox 2018-12-03 08:56

The repetition and simple "choose A vs B" structure like "Reigns" makes this game effective at giving the mood of trench warfare. I enjoyed the variety of events, although I was frustrated by their randomness. (Randomness tends to act as a design placeholder, because it cuts off the player's ability to calculate further ahead)

I would be happy to see more of this game.

bj-pucci 2018-12-03 09:35

Good Game, Just check your spelling...

meskaline 2018-12-03 11:47

Thank you all for your feedback. @sadzanenyama @bj-pucci Yeah, I was really tired and didn't had the time for spellcheck. I'm frustrated now... @triplefox Thank a lot for your input. At first I wanted to add more content but I found the routine and repetitiveness of events give a nice taste of the trench werfare.

loligxp 2018-12-03 13:23

Realy nice game, it just got repetitive after a bit and the outcome was too random

flat-anchor 2018-12-03 13:38

Alex got trench foot twice and lost leg twice. Good game, really liked the sprite work. Reminds me of reigns as well. Just wish it was harder.

iluvatar 2018-12-03 13:42

Interesting idea. I really love the artstyle!

andreadbx 2018-12-04 00:13

Cute artstyle and very funny events (poor Billy :( )

derek-volker 2018-12-04 09:24

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Did my best but this is all i got. Poor Billy was shot in the head like 4 times and kept doing stuff. While i liked the concept and execution, and so the easy to understand mechanics, i found that soon the questions became repetitive. Other than that, the graphics are neat and the sound matches it in a pleasant way. Good job!

catbutt 2018-12-06 12:36

Billy's dad would approve.

merdeboi 2018-12-06 12:39

Nice variety of events, gameplay could have been a little more thrilling.

simon-parzer 2018-12-06 12:56

Love the low-fi pixel art and music. It feels like an old DOS game. Theme and setting is executed well. The gameplay feels unfinished, but it has potential! For me, playing the compo version got repetitive after a while.

nick-rafalski 2018-12-06 14:20

Cool game! I really liked the slow pace. Gave me enough time to read the questions and think about them without being overwhelmed by the oncoming enemies. The art and music were great.

blodyavenger 2018-12-06 14:22

In the whole game I only got the option selection once and then I put John to rest (not sure which one is john). It was a bit confusing just because of that, otherwise great art style and music - like @simon-parzer said, nice DOS game feel!

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nekonyo 2018-12-06 17:52

Great game and fun choces. It is one best compos with this style I have reviewed.

I got this bug while playing first time. I hope it helps you

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alina-burgert 2018-12-06 19:39

Cool idea, but there could be more choices to make it a bit more fun.

linky439 2018-12-06 21:43

Interesting idea! I like the graphics (even if a background could have made a nice addition ^^), and while I found the main mechanic easy to understand, I believe your game relies too much on random. During my first playthrough, I only got one question and sometimes it took forever for an enemy to appear.

The idea is very cool though, congrats!

awix 2018-12-07 08:47

An interesting game with a kind of mechanics.

bloodyorchiddc 2018-12-10 14:54

It seems my trenches life goes well~ The chooce with a lot a humor and interesting dialog.

jk5000 2018-12-13 11:02

This is a fun little game, perhaps a bit slow, but overall a good LD game.

artur-hawkwing 2018-12-17 17:47

Cool concept, but the game got a bit too repetitive for me, and I had trouble seeing how the in-game choices had too much of an impact. However, the music was nice and the game fit ito the theme pretty well.