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ANGRY MOUNTAIN GODS

By ted

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.4013
Fun3.3613
Innovation3.4513
Theme3.2713
Graphics3.6313
Humor3.2213
Mood3.0012

Comments

ericm 2018-12-04 01:37

Great art style, the low poly really adds to the board game feel. I had trouble beating the other gods but I got through it. (on 1, 1)

shawn-moore 2018-12-04 04:26

Nice job, and I agree with the above that comment it did have a board game feel! I also really like the way the theme was incorporated into your game, especially the Tiki heads of other gods zooming around the mountain :)

The game balance is a bit off: every action other than spawning hikers can be spammed, so it was pretty easy to win even the 4 goats 4 gods board by focusing only on the four spots above the. I did so to win without any other gods getting a hiker in. Having a cooldown for each action would make it more balanced. Also, blocking hikers only when the tree is finished, not when it's started, would stop the easy strategy I used to win.

Sound would help a lot in keeping the player informed, even if subconsciously, about what's happening on the rest of the board.

Great job!

rosypenguin 2018-12-04 18:22

Great work, I loved the board game feel and the range of actions you could do to affect opponent hikers. I initially thought the game was turn based, so I would only choose 1 action per "turn" (spawning a tree, moving a goat, etc), which made it really challenging! I agree with Shawn above that allowing the player to spam those actions made it a bit on the easy side. But overall it was very fun, loved the low poly graphics. Would love to try a multiplayer version as well.

ted 2018-12-04 19:27

Thanks everyone! A cooldown was part of the original design, but I was worried about communicating that to the user with the time I had. And in retrospect, a turn-based game would have made perfect sense, but I just didn't consider it. Those are two avenues to explore in the future, though, along with the extra effects and sounds I'm adding now. Much appreciated!

toast-toaster 2018-12-15 06:49

The board game aesthetics are honestly awesome

xjcl 2018-12-15 12:51

Great! Especially for the compo! I feel like this might be a top 10 game if it had audio

Boulders are OP (Nerf Boulder!). Just wait until a different-colored hiker makes his last jump and hit him with a boulder (and occasionally spawn your own hiker) to beat Insane mode

eli-delventhal 2018-12-23 23:35

Great art, pretty cool game. Once I figured it out, it was pretty easy (use those trees!). Solid game.

honey 2018-12-29 23:52

Hey, great concept, awesome graphics!