Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD43 → Little Kingdom
By tulipekoni, wade and PersonalPepper
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 560 | 3.38 | 20 | |
| Fun | 594 | 3.16 | 20 | |
| Innovation | 180 | 3.63 | 20 | |
| Theme | 912 | 2.72 | 20 | |
| Graphics | 176 | 4.15 | 22 | |
| Audio | 96 | 3.89 | 21 | |
| Humor | 582 | 2.71 | 18 | |
| Mood | 617 | 3.19 | 20 |
I spend some times on your game and i like it, but i found one big bug : i can buy building even i don't gave the golds for it And i don't understand if there is a goal or something like that ?
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Really pretty graphics . I had some thought: why only a few games have well prepared thumbnails like this one. I think it mostly depends on thumbnail if someone will check out your game :/
Hey, your game looks really cool, but I'm also having trouble placing islands and the quit button in the pause menu doesn't seem to work. You're allowed to make bug fixes past the deadlines according to the rules, so I'd give it another try if you did.
@greencircle You're right, that needs to be fixed. We're updating this page to include full tutorial on how to play the game, it's impossible to play without one. I recommend checking back in a few days! Glad you still liked it :)
I really like the idea of your game, and the large image above really helped me figure out what to do. My first run through I built a bunch of small islands, with no money, but wasn't making any money either. The next time, I tried to add a camp as you show in the picture, and now I'm making money? Not sure why I'm getting money. Does the little dialog bubble mean the villagers need that type of block? If I have the camp, then when I click on the main castle, it also shows the camp text overtop of the castle text... Eventually they demanded a fence which I didn't have the resources for, my gold grew exponentially, but then happiness declined at the same rate, and the game was over. I think you have the core of a fun resource building game!
took me 4 try to get the hang of it. first try was building forest cause the first menu is that.. i was like huh.. nothing happen. try again.. same thing. ooww.. you need to build campfire. ok got it. build as many but don't get its happiness to fall 0 or you fail?
Really like the graphic/iso pixelart. i also found if you press z it the king has escaped. if you press x it failed. fun game overall.
This is one of the first games that I've played so far that's felt relatively polished compared to other entries. The music is pretty nice, and the graphics are great too.
The gameplay was a little annoying for a couple reasons. My camps and towns would all repeatedly have ludicrously expensive requests one after another, and I wasn't able to keep up while maintaining a profit. I didn't completely get why a camp would drive its income rate through the roof before destroying your kingdom, but it did help in me making money. Also, I felt like I should be able to build bridges to preexisting amenities. Nothing was more annoying than a camp wanting a fence when there was a fence directly adjacent to it. There's also a bug where to buy a small town I had to click on the medium town icon.
I also thought some GUI interaction sounds would've improved the game a lot.
This is all very fixable, though. Good job on a great game!
@royur @acr515 thanks for the feedback! the gameplay is very hard to get used tho but after that the game is great :D it seems like everyone has the same problem and I know how frustrating it is.. because of that we're making a gameplay video witch shows how the game is supposed to be played. glad to hear you liked the game despite its problems :)
I like the idea, it's good management game, and the pixel art is really cute, good work! ^^
I did see the bug where I can build without paying, and sometime I click on a building to buy but get a different one to build. and some things can't be bought at all even when you have the money. I played for a while but wasn't sure when the game ends? I think maybe the shop should offer to buy a catapult for a really high price and then you win when you buy that.
also there is a way to cheat, just buy a village, let it produce money until it gets below 10% then kill it and buy a new one. continue with more villages and you never have to give them anythingm what a bad ruler I am XD but it works and you get rich.
I think the villages should give more money the more happy they are so you want to give them stuff. I think this game could be really interesting if it got developed further, I can see myself playing a game like that for very long if it's balanced right.
@cyberstarlight glad you liked it! I wasn't able to reproduce the bug you mentioned. Did you use the web version?
Also I noticed you learned how to play the game :D that's the way it should be played. get money from you people and when they get angry at you just sacrifice them for your own honor.
thanks for the feedback!
It seems a lot of effort has gone into this, it's pretty in-depth while remaining simplistic. Fun sort of resource management with a polished presentation. Hyvää työtä!
I played the web version, and ran into an odd bug that would cause my coin to drop to 0 randomly, then jump back up. After sacrificing my camp I had 22 gold, but couldn't buy a small village, despite having the money for it, and while I could buy a new camp it wouldn't let me place it anymore. When I clicked on my castle, it gave me a text blurb mixture of camp and castle. stuck.png
I really like the idea of this game, however, and the graphics are charming! I could invest a lot of time into something like this, it was fun to play!
I had the same problems as everyone. I guess a little hint of the direction of the bridge when you are about to place the little island would turn the process easier to understand.
About the game, the idea was great. I notice a solution for the dreaded "Floating Islands" theme here, and it has a brilliant implementation. The graphics and music are also on point, being very pleasant to see and hear.
If it wasnt for the complicated mechanic, it would be a solid 5 star entry.
nice game cool concept maybe needs bit polisihing here and there... but hey! its jam product so :up: All the best :) Please checkout our game if you get the time too :p
I had a lot of difficult playing the game. You really need some type of tutorial I was basically clicking random keys on the keyboard to see if something append. The graphics are great and the sound adds a lot to the game atmosphere. I really like the style you used. Congratz.
**Super Well Done** (that's what comes to my head when I'm playing your game).