Captain on the Bridge

p0l4r 2021-04-27 17:19

Played and finished. Nice concept, at first i didn't get what i was supposed to be doing, so i just rolled again and again, but then i figured out that i needed to assign dice to the cards, and i played though it. Not much going on, as i don't think any enemies did any damage to me, but i get what you were going for nevertheless. I think it's better to have a too easy jam game than too hard anyway. I liked the colours and the rest of the graphics, they did their job well!

A couple of points of criticism though: - You need to teach people how to play the game. Maybe this is how a lot of dice-games are, i don't know, but it wasn't immediately obvious how to play (i also make this mistake a lot). - I wish there was drag/drop for the dice into the dice slots, that would have made it nicer to play i think. - put the player health-bar next to the enemy health-bar, or in a similar way, so that it's easy to tell what is going on in the fight. Right now one is dots on the top left (?), and one is represented by a fraction on the bottom of the card.

There are small things like this that confuse the player, and that makes it less approachable than it needs to be.

But all in all well done!

lancival 2021-04-27 19:10

Very interesting concept! I liked the game, but it was very short (not sure if only having 4 cards is intentional?)

okolyr 2021-04-27 19:12

I really liked the idea of the game, although a manual or explanation would drastically help the game. The UI looks slick and nice, I also enjoyed details you put into all the cards, I think the game can become something really awesome if there was a nice soundtrack(unless I missed it, then sorry!) and a longer journey, overrall really awesome!

chiyeon 2021-04-28 19:51

Whatever is here, its pretty solid! As said before, I definitely needed *something* there to tell me what to do, even if it was as simple as *click on the dice, click on the card you want to put them towards.* Other than that, and despite the short nature of the game, it was a cool concept! There was already some elements of player choice--the ability to pick one of 3 unique starter ships, story choice--and the combat was there already. I did note however it was strange I had to roll for the enemy.

Other than that, the user interface was super clean and very pleasing to look and use. This definitely has some potential. Well done!

nandelind 2021-04-29 20:28

This is pretty fun! It feels like an intro level and now I want to play the whole game! It took me a couple tries to figure out what to do; I think I was confused because the way you fight is unrelated to the way the enemies fight, which was more obvious. It could definitely use some balancing for difficulty, and also the cruiser's cards don't make much sense together (it's never worth it to use the charged laser). Am I supposed to be able to use the same card multiple times in one turn? I felt like I shouldn't, but it let me, and that also makes it a bit easier. I really like how it's a card game you could play with real cards and dice, but you also made a digital play mode.

luddegodofpain 2021-04-30 21:56

Goddammit this game was such a tease! Great job, the game design has lots of potential :)

joonamo 2021-05-01 08:59

Really cool promise here! The UI shows a lot of promise and even without any tutorial, I was able to figure out how to play. I especially liked the 2d dice rolling, it made me smile. I'd love to see this developed further!

leapyearboy 2021-05-05 21:34

Really like the dice based roll deck game, gave me some dicey dungeon vibes. Took me a minute or so to figure out what was happening, but after a turn or two it all became clear. Would be nice if the multi dice cards carried over as it was hard to roll the two required. Really like where you could take this idea, good job!

sli 2021-05-05 22:10

That was pretty cool. I'd love it was just a bit longer. Anyway great entry, Good job!

mololo 2021-05-06 16:23

Great concept, I love the dice battles, a bit short, but it has great potential and a lot can be improved. You can create something awesome from this.

Good job.

thecommonthug 2021-05-07 02:56

Wishing there was more to this. I'd probably play for hours.

onedozenbagels 2021-05-08 01:17

Was a little hard to figure out at first, but once I did it was straightforward. I would definitely play an expanded version of this.

alexio-games 2021-05-08 01:20

Great game but was a little hard to understand at the beginning. Too short though!!!