oatsbarley 2022-10-02 21:41
Having trouble updating the description, so here are the links: - HTML5: https://oatsbarley.itch.io/ld51 - Source: https://github.com/craigmjohnston/ld51
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Supply Chain
By oatsbarley
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 260 | 3.37 | 22 | |
| Fun | 209 | 3.40 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 63 | 3.85 | 22 | |
| Theme | 339 | 3.32 | 22 | |
| Graphics | 112 | 3.85 | 22 | |
| Audio | 71 | 3.73 | 21 | |
| Humor | 303 | 2.25 | 16 | |
| Mood | 225 | 3.25 | 20 |
Having trouble updating the description, so here are the links: - HTML5: https://oatsbarley.itch.io/ld51 - Source: https://github.com/craigmjohnston/ld51
Just completed "Capitalism". Nice work can be expended and made into complex game or tool for "Satisfactory" factory management software.
Few Bugs: When restarting the game some yellow nodes do not give resources and you lose the game automatically. Reloading the page solved that issue. Also you can not (or I couldn't) severe connections that are connected. In addition to that I couldn't find a way to move the node I placed.
This could be a great product with more time.
This is a very visually appealing game, very clean looking. It took me like 5 minutes to figure out how to connect the nodes, even with instructions (people tend to skim large text blocks), so if you were to come back to developing this game, I'd recommend building instructions into the gameplay (eg. mouse icon dragging between two nodes or something).
Took me a while to understand what to do, but eventually got the hang of it. There's a lot going on after a few nodes have been placed, I don't know what I've added and what has the correct output into an input. It also becomes a bit of a mess after placing so many nodes, with connections going over other nodes.
Very original! Kinda difficult at the beginning, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty fun! I think i'll come back for it! The following steps are really intriguing
I tried for awhile, but I couldn't figure out how to play :(
I don't understand how to connect the nodes. They don't seem to connect they just look like they draw over top of eachother. Any tips?
Hey @kory thanks for giving it a go. Totally get it, the UX side of things didn't get as much attention as I'd hoped it would so it's not super obvious what to do.
You drag and drop the lines between the small circles that appear to the left and right of each node. Distance doesn't really matter so you can space all your nodes out. Inputs are on the left and outputs on the right.
Let me know how it goes!
@oatsbarley OHHHH I get it, now I can play and it's fun! I really like the sound effects they are quite charming. Thank you!!
@oatsbarley Thanks for posting the explanation here! I didn't realize I could click and drag lines. You might want to consider adding that description to the help section above. The synchronized sound effects and clean aesthetics are great btw.
@cafebeef thanks for playing! And good shout on the info, I've added it :thumbsup:
Very cool concept, quiet innovative, some kind of a math pazzle with time limit. I enjoyed playing it, maybe just the learning curve was a little steep)
I agree on the learning curve being steep but the game is fun. I'm sure that by polishing the UX (allowing players to move already placed nodes, easier way to connect them, etc), it could easily be a mobile game with some success. :) Well done!
Neat idea! Getting some Mini-Metro vibes =). Really like the aesthetic. Game is way too unforgiving though, I kept on doing things like dividing but then linking up the wrong output to my next node and seem unable to remove the (now harmful) connection, at least not before the super impatient consumers throw a fit ^\_^. I would have liked something a little more chill, if not satisfied in 10 seconds, the consumer goes away or score decreases or something instead, would probably have kept playing for quite a long time if I didn't keep getting a game over ^\_^. Still, was fun!
Great game, original and challenging. It looks good too. It is such a pity it's so hard to play because it is way too fast. I spent most time fiddling with line drawing, and 10 sec to connect a consumer is too short. If the game ran at half or third speed it would be much better. Also it would be much better if you could move the nodes after placing them.
Thanks for all the comments.
@corporation @m4ttu @jimbly @loveapplegames all super solid feedback, I really get what you're saying about it being unforgiving, and definitely about it being too fast.
I think a lot of games this compo/jam probably suffered by using the "10 seconds" literally for timing, so it's going to be interesting to see post-jam versions once they've had their timing tuned.
Yeah, that seems very true. I've played a lot of games which probably would have been better without the theme ^\_^, although, perhaps they would not have been thought of without the theme. 10 seconds is actually a really weird time - way too long for quick action games, way too short for anything contemplative =). On my game (a little tower-defense-ish) I quickly gave up on having my main tension/win-lose state tied to 10 seconds and instead just had that be part of the underlying pacing, balance would have been insane to try to tackle if I stuck to 10 second waves (though that was considered in my original plan ^\_^).
Very clean, like mini metro and I like the challenge. 10 sec felt like I was always rushing.
I remembered shapez game from steam while playing this, very nice minimalist graphics. I have some problems when restarting the game, I had to reload the page every time, otherwise shapes were not emitted. Other then that, nice entry.
Very cool look and I loved the sound, but it was very hard to figure out how to play