Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → M.A.D - Maintain A Dictatorship
By xparker, lea251, math1369, Wolfhead, Rentem and pentaworks
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 678 | 3.54 | 62 | |
| Fun | 590 | 3.46 | 61 | |
| Innovation | 284 | 3.70 | 62 | |
| Theme | 395 | 3.90 | 62 | |
| Graphics | 1129 | 2.94 | 61 | |
| Audio | 710 | 3.10 | 59 | |
| Humor | 436 | 3.39 | 60 | |
| Mood | 768 | 3.41 | 61 |
I like the oppressive soundscape and the contrast just after you start the game Captura de Tela 2022-04-05 às 04.55.23.png I think this one killed me ... they all seem to be screaming "it says not trap" lol awesome interpretation of the theme here
The game is quite engaging, congratulations!
@velvetlobster The have about 7 different spawn sounds, ranging from "It's a trap" to "The earth is a cube".
@miguel-fernandez-tormos Thanks for playing
I will be sure to play yours as well.
Instakill was great fun! Darting out to the first visible rioter quickly becomes too much of a risk so you have to be patient and plan a sweep. It reminded me of the dash and melee mechanics from RUINER.
This is great!
I love the student protestors chanting "No more school!", haha... that's awesome. The difficulty felt like it scaled well. You also did a good job of making some relatively complex interactions clear in terms of the effects that they were having. The only issue I really had was that selecting different troops felt a bit awkward and unintuitive. To be fair, I think a 230 second career as a dictator is about all I deserve anyway.
Good job!
@krunk Thanks for playing :slight_smile: I don't see a game when I look at your profile, is that correct?
@human-writes-code Thanks a lot, will try out yours just now.
Selection is also possible with [Tab] to loop through the available troops.. I forgot to mention it in the description :laughing:
Great game!! I tried all of the modes and loved them all, "Defend Fort Riot" is probably my favorite
hahaha It really stressed me out (in a good way)! I played the doomsday mode and the defend for riot, but I must say the Doomsday is super fun! Congratulations because the idea is cool and it's an intelligent way to use this LD topic!
Good game with an impressive amount of game modes for a jam game. I do wish there was more information in game about how to play rather than the large amount of text on the game page. Very impressive overall
Cool game, took me 3 tries to figure out units heal at their home base, that made it quite a bit less hard :D might be good to mention that somewhere!
Nice strategy game "Earth is a Cube"!!! Nice Graphics and sweet demonstrants with reasonable demands!
"It's a trap" is going to be stuck in my head now thanks to you villains. I like the take on inevitable, the mood is very oppressive but the overall message there is that dictatorships cannot last. Nice.
Interesting game, the controls are really awkward though. RTS style controls would probably work best here.
Great job, the game is easy to control and well addictive
Really like the concept!
Game is fun and addictive (in a good way) really like what you created here Good Job on submitting
I had a lot of fun. Interesting idea executed well. Difficulty might need adjusting as I felt that once I had a soldier I wasn't really going to lose. I didn't try the other modes though (kudos for adding several ways to play!).
Audio might need some balancing though as shouting mobs gets overwhelming very quickly :D
Super fun, but I think I had a bug? I couldn't send my men back to the center after I put the barricades up.
one of rhe wery interesting game on the james rali cool
ahahah very funny concept, i love it, good job !
I played it a LOT more than I thought. The timer was showing over 20 minutes when I looked at it. Very addictive, well done!
Was a cool game, Really enjoyed it actually which I wasnt entirely expecting. Great Jam Entry.
@daniel-username @phillip-scott @sega23333 @narffy @adamjn @greenradiation @ryan-wine
Thanks a lot for playing.
@otterfaelure
You're very welcome :smirk_cat:
@alexio-games
Barricades can only be moved once. There might be an issue that prevents you from sending a unit to the same position though.. I will look into this. There is always the possibility to use [Q] to send troops back to their home base.
Humorous strategy game with some Star Wars memes. Funny at least!
Fun concept, but some sounds are too loud compared to others and together they sound horrible when there's a lots of protesters
@mibehu Thanks for playing. There is also a Monty Python reference in there. did you spot it?
@spaint Thanks for playing. We noted that some sounds are unaffected / ignore the sound settings. Will check.
@xparker Actually I didn't! What a shame. Also thumbs up for multiple scenarios!
Well made game! I like the concept and execution overall. My biggest criticism is around knowing which police force is currently selected. Once I had multiple police, I was getting hung up on how to quickly select and move them -- I had the idea, but not the right support from the UI to execute.
Some potential additions that would've improved my experience: 1. Make the currently-selected police unit highlighted. 2. Make selection hotkeys (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4) for selecting the police troop instead of only click or drag. 3. Give some animations to juice things up. The "combat" of simply standing on top of each other was lackluster.
Overall, great work on this, I enjoyed it :)
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Nice spin on the tower defense genre. Impressive how many modes you managed to get into this!
@the-neon-shark Thanks for playing :blush:
1. The currently selected unit has a slightly different color. it's barely noticable, but there. Ran out of time to actually balance it properly. 2. you can select using either [Tab] (in order of purchase, Shift + Tab for reverse) or [1-0]. "Control groups" (Ctrl + # to set, # to select) 3. ran out of time to do the animations :frowning:
@denhette wow... not bad
Pretty great!!! Played it for awhile, interesting tactics. Saving up for the palace guard is a no brainer! The use of blockades was the best part. I tried out the other modes, they're good for a laugh hahaha. Overall, great work!
Really enjoyed this game! Impressive RTS for such a short time frame! The protester's audio quickly gets out of hand with them overlayed each other but I found it kinda funny even though I ended up lower the volume. Overal really enjoyed this submission!
@mrevilguy @lvl99chicken Thanks a lot for playing. I'll give yours a go later on.
Nice interpretation of the theme. Great entry!
clever games - well done to add so much content into a jam - good job
Love it, one of the ideas i wanted to make was a real time strategy game and this is probably one of the best executions possible for a LDjam, very good work on the gameplay loop i quite enjoyed thinking about where to place units and using barricades to funnel protestors into my police troops, and the fact it gets unmanageable very quickly is a plus very thematic, i would love to see this sort of thing expanded as it was quite addictive
Pretty cool take on the theme. I especially like the elevator music in the shop while all the protestors are outside waiting to tear everything down =D
The amount of gamemode is really impressive! putting barricades was a bit difficult, but I really liked the Instant Kill mode! "ITS A TRAP"! Good job!
It was fun! My only issue was how repetitive the audio felt towards the end. Fun and creative concept though! Well done!
Really nice game! I noticed some bugs when assign palace gards to a shortcuts but really fun! Love the audio from every characters, it really suits the ambiance.
Unique take on the theme! I bet if you had more time you totally could make this some super epic strategic tower defense game! It would be nice if you had some sort of algorithm that would target groups of people, instead of you having to attack them by hand, however it added a sense of urgency having to control them all. I enjoyed your concept and the gameplay was really fun! Well Done!
@frosty @marc-antoine-girard @flyingkaida Thanks for playing
@kastaff Thanks. If you dont mind, please list them, so that we can fix them.
@moddingmachine Thanks a lot for the input.
Overall a fun game! I made it just over 400 seconds. I found it kind of hard to save up and actually get anyone other than police, but I think I was too proactive in taking down rebels as soon as they appeared instead of preparing for the future. I was able to get a unit on the edge of the capitol once where it was fighting but still healing faster than it was being damaged, which I enjoyed but might not be intended behavior. I found the audio a bit overwhelming with overlapping voice clips, but I like the idea of it. I also didn't realize where the military base was for ages, so I think it should be a bit more obvious.
Nice entry! I enjoy it, the graphics, sounds, the use of theme, the bombers are funny, no more school!