LD45 - Start with nothing

miu 2019-10-07 22:24

The sound effects are just awesome

florian-oster 2019-10-07 22:31

Nice work but the game is too fast, you don't have the time to ask what does this thing const that you already can build it. Cool game.

tednesday 2019-10-07 22:32

Would have been cool to visually see how much resources are required to build something. I take it the goal is to build the gold statue? I accidentally quit and lost my progress :(

zoarfy 2019-10-07 22:33

Hi I just played your game.

I really liked it - incremental/clicker games are something I really enjoy.

A couple small bits of feedback:

It would be great if you could place multiple of the same building without having to re-click the buttons at the bottom. (I want to spam houses haha)

I wasn't sure how to get the iron mine at first. It felt like I had to place a storage before I could build one? I did end up building it it just took some trial and error.

I then got stuck at the tools - I couldn't figure out how to get any.

Congrats on submitting!

itsbamboo 2019-10-07 22:36

I think it would be helpful to show a preview of the selected building before placing it so you have an idea exactly where it will end up. Nice work!

onat-sayg 2019-10-07 23:15

The sound effets are amusing. I had some trouble with placing buildings. A grid or preview would make it much easier to place buildings. In the first couple moments of playing I wasn't sure what commodity does what I figured it was tiered just a little bit later. Not knowing how much of a resource is required to proceed to the next tier was frustrating. Managed to build a gold statue oHNQApWJgcPr8vAI9CxO1MMonUgLJxwi.PNG

joeshanahan 2019-10-08 18:49

I love idle games, and this has the beginnings of something really cool! It does need a bit more work to make it really fun though, there's a few things that came to mind when I was playing.

First off, it's SUPER intimidating to have everything available at once. Cookie clicker has the thing where buildings aren't available until the first time you have enough resources to buy it. Not only would this make it easier to get started, because the options are more obvious, but it adds a hook to the game, in that you want to know what else you can unlock. As it currently stands, there are no surprises.

Something this game has over something like Cookie Clicker is that you have the arrangement aspect, you've got to work out how to fit everything. This could be really awesome if you had a grid system, and different shaped buildings too. Then it could become almost tetris-like in trying to efficiently lay out buildings. I'm a big fan of Anno 2070, and there's something super satisfying in that game about managing to slot all these obscurely shaped buildings into neat and efficient patterns.

It'd also be cool to have some kind of upgrade system for the buildings, so you can then make the choice over whether it's more efficient to build new buildings, or upgrade the existing ones.

The final thing could be awesome is some kind of completion state. I saw a city builder today where the goal was to build a rocket and escape. That was great, especially for a GameJam game, because it gives people a jumping off point. If you don't have that, people just play until they get bored. And if they can see the goal is just a few minutes away, they might be more likely to play those extra few minutes.

Hope this was helpful! ^_^

navrcl 2019-10-11 07:40

Nicely made idle game. Cool art and sounds. Good job!

jk5000 2019-10-13 09:09

The idea for this game is okay, but there is not much challenge. Overall is this a okay little jam game.

nathaniel-jensen 2019-10-14 15:06

Good little game. Could really use some in-game explanation on the cost of the items.