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Ecotopia

By ksadov, Tjaden Hess, zookatron, lunafutures, GrahamP, frank55373, santaredux and WillK

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7213.5424
Fun9903.2024
Innovation8103.2524
Theme4893.8124
Graphics6383.7224
Audio2613.7823
Humor6623.0723
Mood9453.2224

Comments

zsharpfire 2021-10-04 17:37

There isn't much of a challenge, they just kinda do their own thing

Bombing the sheeps is super fun btw

Sound design and art style is lovely

100th-coin 2021-10-04 18:10

Ha! I love the sound effects. The "rawr" of the tigers is hilarious and adorable. I didn't use it, but I like how the game features a mute button for the music. The artwork all around is charming, I love the crayon white outlines. It makes it look like it was cut out of paper or something, and given the cardboard look to the HUD, I'd assume that's what you were going for.

I had a bit of framerate issues in the HTML5 build, but the game doesn't really require high-reflexes where every frame counts, so it's hardly an issue. Great game!

lucas-thomaz 2021-10-04 19:58

i liked your idea, i was with pity of the sheeps so i let tigers gone extinct hahaha

professir 2021-10-04 22:05

I love games like this - nice work! Graphics are on point and the map is HUGE!

It would be helpful to have a count of the species you are responsible for -- to know when you need to act fast and add more tigers :smile:

Great work overall though

ricardobusta 2021-10-04 23:11

Really like games like this, and the sprites are super cute! Very nice! The music is getting a bit annoying fast, but that's the only downside I see.

3lstmsinatrenchcoat 2021-10-05 05:55

I like the concept, and the range of abilities is enough to meaningfully tip the balance without making things complicated. Games that involve watching a bunch of autonomous agents doing stuff with only indirect interference from the player are a lot of fun.

My one suggestion is that maybe stars should generate a bit faster. I kept running out and feeling helpless near the end.

denhette 2021-10-05 08:36

Love the simple yet chaotic kalimba music! The 'ba-ba-baa's and 'rawr's were also adorable.

After a while I had my sheep penned within some trees so I seemed to have stabilized my little world.

loig 2021-10-06 22:33

The sound is nice, the game idea as well. And it is fun to see the species act by themselves. However, I did not feel in control of the game at all. The explosion is very powerful but the other actions seem too weak to really make a difference.

kernon 2021-10-08 15:14

Fun little simulation title. Has a nice Conway's Game of Life feel to it. I named each one of my sheep.

lisek-gagatek 2021-10-08 22:45

Reminds me of the Game of Life. It's fun, but personally I feel it happens too fast for me to grasp. It would also help, if you gave out the hidden rules of the game - what each animal does, when they breed, etc. Right now it's quite chaotic.

megalukes 2021-10-10 16:21

Nice game. I had a great time playing it. This reminded me of an old SNES game called Sim Earth. Good job!

mrarc 2021-10-10 16:29

All the animals died, but the game didn't end, even though I thought I was supposed to have lost. Maybe I didn't grok the concept.

sagan-rayner 2021-10-10 16:37

Neat game. The audio and graphics are fantastic and give the game a fun atmosphere. It does feel like there's a lot of downtime while the system works OK.

timon 2021-10-11 20:23

Very cute little game! All seemed nice and tranquil on my first try until I overreacted to too much grass with too many cheap, then went for too many tigers to get the numbers down and finally just nuked and lost :)

m1nus 2021-10-11 21:29

That's such a lovely game, and nice concept! The art, soundtrack and sound effects are all cute. It's nice to play and try to achieve a balance between all life forms!

willoxs 2021-10-14 13:04

Thats definitely a new take on the theme. But even though the idea is great it imo lacks satisfying gameplay.

The map is a bit too big for my taste and it is not necessary to use the whole of it. I came pretty far by just focusing on a tiny corner and making sure everything there lives in balance. The graphics are obviously super cute which is another reason why zooming out to much hurts a bit.

I wish there was more variety to the gameplay itself (but i dont know how to make it better).

Anyway i like that you went in for the big concept.

thecritterscove 2021-10-16 15:46

Neat little game! The graphics are really cute and I like the music.

I do think the game could use some more feedback for the player. It's hard to really know how many tigers or sheep are left with such a limited camera view. It's also difficult to figure out how much each living thing is breeding as it goes so fast.

It's a nice concept though. With a bit more work it could be even more fun.