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Building Keys

By boats

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3223.6623
Fun2633.6423
Innovation414.1923
Theme2383.7623
Graphics4203.7323
Mood5443.3522

Comments

matharoo 2019-10-08 11:39

Really slow for me, at 1 FPS. Running 8th gen Intel HD, graphics card is gone for repairs. But a simple game like that should not be this slow. No Windows version provided either.

webox 2019-10-08 11:40

Wow this was super original, I really liked it. It's an interesting game. Solid entry, and a great job!

theufo 2019-10-08 11:41

Well, I liked the game, but I spent about 10 minutes just to understand what to do😅 It would be great if there was a video. Good work!)

joeshanahan 2019-10-08 11:43

YEAHHHH! I beat it!

Took me a while to understand the mechanics. I didn't realise you had to sacrifice a building to power the other buildings, but once I understood that it made sense how to play. I like the keyboard control stuff, but it's awkward to play. This could work really well on a touchscreen, and you could have different shaped layouts that aren't tied to a keyboard. Different shapes would require different techniques for powering awkwardly located structures.

Great job!

boats 2019-10-08 11:52

@matharoo Sorry to hear. I'm not really sure why that's the case with your setup. Sorry for no windows version, I was having build issues with it (yet somehow not webgl).

slovnoslomo 2019-10-08 12:13

the concept is amazing. i really like the keyboard thing!

the only issue is it took me a while to figure out the controls and especially how to «activate» the buildings on the sides. the logic behind that wasn't obvious for me.

nice entry!

boats 2019-10-08 12:50

@slovnoslomo Yeah that's definitely where the game is lacking right now. It's kind of difficult to explain the concept without a short tutorial or something. Thank you for the feedback.

weiiswurst 2019-10-08 12:54

Cool game! Was hard to understand at the beginning, and also a bit slow-paced at the start, but it is fun playing it and also the graphics are great.

bluemirror 2019-10-08 14:27

The start as mentioned above is hard. I did create a forestry and then deleted it. Then I had no ressources left and had to refresh the browser. But that did not stop me from playing! It was fun to play overall. I still dont know how you created that many buildings on that many keys though. Doesnt a building on key "X" get destroyed once I type "X"? It was really cool that I had to think about where to place buildings, what keys I dont need to type the next building that I need. Really cool mechanic made me think a lot, well done!

4quet 2019-10-09 11:15

The controls are a bit weird but the idea is really cool ! Maybe it lacks a few more sound effects too ? The game looks good and polished, great work :)

zhorky 2019-10-09 11:58

I had quite a hard time picking it up, but as soon as i got it i had a great time.

aret24 2019-10-09 12:00

Idea is really cool!!! I like that your keyboard is a place , empty place where you need to feel it wisely with buildings!!! Great Work!!!

nachtwitch 2019-10-09 12:11

Wow, hope you make a full game based on this!

miu 2019-10-09 12:25

I like the tactic part where you have to be sure of the placement of your facilities

corny 2019-10-09 12:33

That's a very out-of-the-box game! I liked the tactical aspect, as well as the eccentric controls. It was a bit confusing at the beginning, but I got the hang of it in the end. My only gripe is that he end goal takes a while to get to. Overall, I loved this one!

mikeorma 2019-10-10 08:17

I tried for a while and I couldn't learn how to play. I guess it was my bad but I couldn't play at all.

pio 2019-10-10 15:06

I didn't know what to do at first, but I managed to play to the end. Very interesting concept and everything worked together very well! Good graphics and audio. I could probably spend a lot of time in this type of game if there were more things to build.

frederikh 2019-10-11 07:14

Very nice entry. A bit confusing on a different keyboard layout (the ; is on the same key as , on mine) would be great to allow for a "custom layout". Would be great if keys were still readable when blocked out :) .

Would love to play a fledged out version of this - good job!