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Nobody's Journey

By phyro, drkdavis and RodNasca

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2443.7834
Fun4763.3734
Innovation2403.6234
Theme3133.6734
Graphics134.5934
Humor4882.8731

Comments

brallex 2019-10-08 05:23

Seems like I didn't get to the android version, they are both linked to the same site. When I get home I'll try to play it through the browser on my laptop:)

despdair 2019-10-08 05:30

Hi, I was waiting this game during ludum dare. I think you got a descend idea and gameplay and its pretty robust. But I think there needs to be more engaging elements to make it fun. I did not even know what I am doing but I won the game. Graphics are super cool and cute, game idea is inovative too I did not expect that

phyro 2019-10-08 05:39

Thanks for the feedback @despdair, we think that too, about the more engaging elements, but some little things and ideas we just couldn'd make it in time. Very glad about the inovation too, much appreciated! @brallex very sorry for that, the Android download was hidden in the itch.io, but now it's there on the end of the page. Thanks for the heads up :)

phyro 2019-10-08 05:41

@despdair Actually we just noticed the build on the time you player had a bug with the victory verification, that's why it was weird. If you care to try once more, that would be nice too ;)

james-vagabond 2019-10-08 06:54

I'm fond of the way you use cards to represent not just what the player has/can do, but also the general state of the world and other entities, be they enemies or NPCs. Neat game and a solid fit for Android.

despdair 2019-10-08 07:41

@phyro that was quite exciting this time. I think at first time instead of leveling up it triggered victory state. The card variation and objectives are enough and impresive when I think about limit of time. I think you need to improve this game, it can be very good.

ausstein 2019-10-08 07:45

Hmm I used the Android version and my game crashed shortly before I won. Frustrating... Generally I like the gameplay and the artstyle. One thing I think you can improve on is to make the choices tougher. Way too often the best choice is very clear.

brallex 2019-10-08 10:26

I was soo close to win on my third attempt x) You did a fantastic job on this game, the visuals are clean and prof, and the music is such a mood lifter!

In my eyes: you nailed it!

One thing I could mention: I was having some issues with taping on the cards, sometimes it took me around 10 taps for the game to actually do something^^

All and all, very well done my friends!:)

emma-b 2019-10-08 11:00

I LOVE this game ! It's very simple to understand. And the graphism are nice and cute. I would definitely buy a longer version! Card game are my favorite. great job :)

phyro 2019-10-08 16:33

@james-vagabond thank you for the feedback on the game's "lore", it was a neat idea from our game designer and it worked very well. @despdair We created the card mechanic in a way that it's very easy for anyone on the team to build new cards, that's how we managed to do it in time. I will post about it later. @ausstein sorry to hear that, the crashing was in some kind of "freeze" or it really closed the game? Do you remember what were you doing at the time? @brallex We will polish it after this month and input is clearly something to work on. Thank you very much! @emma-b We did it in a way that it's very easy to implement DLCs or Adventure packs, or something along this way. It's added on our board :) Thanks for the compliments!

ausstein 2019-10-08 16:43

@phyro it froze. I think i clicked a card, it still played the animations and did the gameplay stuff but then nothing happend anymore. No new cards etc. But i'm not 100% sure if it still played the animations

phyro 2019-10-08 16:56

@ausstein Thanks, I think we've tracked the bug earlier, might be the same one

negator2vc 2019-10-08 17:12

Nice card game! I really liked use of the exploration deck which for some reason remind me of the Desolate Card Game (which I really like)! Excellent graphics, simple, to the point, with no unnecessarily long animations! A very nice jam game!

cg-fred 2019-10-09 20:10

Nice game, I liked the variation in the deck and was impressed how much you managed to get done in the game. Awesome!

mattwagar 2019-10-09 20:17

Super neat game. Familiar aesthetic, but innovative mechanics. It was a little hard to follow at times, but I think I got the hang of it. I won on my first play-through.

phyro 2019-10-09 23:03

@negator2vc Never heard of Desolate, will try it whenever I can. We tried to keep animations simple and as informative as we could! @cg-fred Many thanks! I will post about how me managed to create this amount of content in our mini-post-mortem, later today. @mattwagar Thank you! We tried to keep it visually simple so it could be easier to understand, since we knews it would become a little had to follow without an appropriate onboarding/tutorial.

phyro 2019-10-09 23:03

Somehow I duplicated my comment, oops :x:

kushimoto 2019-10-10 04:00

I love a good card game and this is a fresh take. The only real critique I can give is it would be nice to see the cards or some amount of explanation associated with each quest. Or maybe that's there and I just missed it :) Great game either way!

justcamh 2019-10-10 04:40

I loved the game a lot, and was going great, but the game didn't transition out of a message properly and is stuck... I was talking to a knight, who was offering me their services. I really enjoyed the game, but unfortunately don't have the time to get back my progress =O

pestodesign 2019-10-10 09:04

@justcamh I ran into the exact same bug!

brokenmirrormedia 2019-10-10 17:55

This was a really fun game! I love deckbuilding games in general so this was right up my alley, but it was done quite well, the graphics were perfect and the gameplay was interesting. I do think there could have been more challenges or such, but such is a game jam. I would love to see this expanded upon in the future!

guilb 2019-10-10 18:55

Great game, solid entry, great graphics and really easy to play. Good Job!

phyro 2019-10-10 22:17

@kushimoto We plan to add some kind of visual feedback characteristic of the quest, or more info if touched in some way. Thanks for the idea and feedback! @justcamh @pestodesign We're looking for the bug and possibly we'll upload a fix today, thanks for the warning! @brokenmirrormedia @guilb Thanks for the compliments! We have other kinds of game modes on the future, such as complete X number of quests to win, or a better narrative along with the quests too. Thank you and we do love deckbuildings as well! :)

notapixelstudio 2019-10-11 15:30

Very nice deckbuilder, I love the idea of starting with nothing and building the deck in-game. I also like the level up mechanic, very nicely done!

ancient-pixel 2019-10-15 18:25

I am not sure if i understood the game, but i liked it. On the second playthtough i tried to be clever and never ever click on an enemy. I could hold out for quite some time until i lost that way - as well as not using my cards and only picking one of the two top cards. A little bit of a clearer tutorialisation would be nice, other than then the game looks, feels and sounds coherent!

matt-rix 2019-10-15 19:46

Fun game, a little confusing but seems like it has potential.

rebtf 2019-10-17 06:34

I had a great time with the game. I loved the concept of adding cards to your deck being your health but also being another option.

I wasn't quite sure about the reveal and depart effects, sometimes they didn't seem to go off so there must have been some rule I missed.

Beautiful graphics, very juicy, I would put a lot of time into a full mobile release of this.

rodrigo-denubila 2019-10-19 19:48

The graphics are stunning! The game seems very polished and very well done. Good job!

yazara 2019-10-21 13:11

Really polished entry! This could definetely become a full game with some more work :)

I think you can simplify the game quite a bit without losing its appeal. Just see how much variety you can achieve with one stat and only add more stats when it's really necessary.

Also I didn't quite understand what the monster marker means :thinking:

m-dam 2019-10-26 15:31

Very impressed with this! Amazing level of polish, I enjoyed playing it and stayed until the end.