taxol 2023-01-08 21:01
itch: https://taxol.itch.io/kick
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → KICK
By taxol
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 321 | 2.80 | 25 | |
| Fun | 316 | 2.58 | 25 | |
| Innovation | 151 | 3.37 | 25 | |
| Theme | 229 | 3.37 | 25 | |
| Graphics | 333 | 1.84 | 24 | |
| Humor | 264 | 1.92 | 22 | |
| Mood | 313 | 2.38 | 23 |
itch: https://taxol.itch.io/kick
Starved to death at Year 34. At least my neighborhood prevailed! Nice little game with very interesting mechanics
Actual effective gameloop and soaked me in for a while. The "守己爱民" additional task list is a nice touch, adding a more realistic yet personal mood to the game. However you can complete the 守己爱民 tasks much faster by not being 守己爱民, how ironic. Great job and congrats on finishing the game.
"I'm 80 years old, I'm retired" - Why are all games just dreams that millennials can't achieve :sob:
In all seriousness this was an interesting game, not terribly difficult and I'm still not 100% sure I've got a good understanding of all the mechanics, but it was chill and fun! I think a little flavor text as the years go by or maybe a description of the year's events would go a long way.
to play the game with the all the background and oepration process in mind is ok. However, the game itself is unpolished, a bit art/ anim/ feedback will help a lot. Having said that, at least you finished the core mechanism completely which is good!
@tpunisher33 Thanks for your advice. Maybe you should read my game explanation? Hope you like it.
@eggshelldog Yes, I think so. Thank you for playing my game.
It's a good epitome of the feudal society and full of humor. There are still a few bugs like if you submit the grain before the KICK calculation is done, the current grain will still be submitted and cause the failure. Overall, I enjoy the game and the idea of it!
Got arrested since I didn't compensate enough even though I had like 60 food myself. Took me a while to figure out the mechanics but after that the years flew by.
An interesting theme and setting, and a good bit of potential for a solid puzzle. I was a bit confused that kicking always seems to provide the same amount of grain no matter how long it's held down, it seems like you should be able to do big and little kicks.
Holding and releasing kick at any point of the red bar ends up with the same amount, yields always the needed amount, nothing less nothing more? Am I doing something wrong?
Playing the 48 hr version the game seemed incredibly easy.
Around year 100 I had 200+ grain and all the farmers had 100+ grain.
A very interesting idea however
@gr3yps Yeah, you are right. I didn't have time to adjust the value in 48h version so I only made the core mechanism.
@hulya The kind of phenomenon is normal. When you kick the farmer, the grain will spill, so the farmer has to take extra food to make up for the levy.
@fizzbark Yes, you are right. Of course you could do big and little kicks. But it's reflected in the grain your home get. The reason for the same amount of grain is because every year the farmer should pay so much, even if you kicked, the levy will not change. The farmer has to take extra food to make up for the levy. I hope you get it. Have fun!
@pikkufighter I'm sorry for that, it shouldn't be like this. Maybe you should try my completed version and there is no bug(I hope so).
Took me a while to get the hang of the mechanics (even after reading the game explanation) and I'm still not sure I got the hang of it. Maybe I will next time :)
@boaz4 Maybe next time I will try to add some graphics and audios making you guys understand it more quickly. Any way, thanks for the comment. Have a good day!
Could i just KICK EVERYONE??
@asfdfdfd Of course you can.
Very interesting gameplay loop, but it is quite hard to understand what the math is doing. Other than that, it is also interesting how it shows the time. Great game overall.
Nice game and interesting mechanisms. The math is a little bit confusing, for example, my home does not get any food during kick but there is an animation.
@youjing Yeah, it should work like this. My intention is to help you realize that this kick is meaningless, if this makes you more confused, I have to say sorry and obviously it backfired.
I learned so much! It took me 3 tries but I finally sorted out exactly what I was doing and how things worked. The explanation section really helped with getting myself oriented! Although it might be really hard, an undo would be great! I appreciated the math animations, but it was always a little too fast for me to really understand them. Thanks for making this!
A difficult, cerebral game that has a strange appeal. Sadly I got only to Year 24 before starving to death. I like the minimalistic graphics and the unusual mechanics. Just wish I had more clear instructions. Even so, it makes for an interesting puzzle game with a unique feel. A solid entry.
Congratulations on submitting your first game. Well done. The idea is interesting, and content is educational, but either lacks mechanics or balancing to be challenging.
For example: the official had pay/eat more (family) sometimes, and would be more motivated to kick somebody. Or the kicked farmer would get some kind of debuf for next round.
There are several UI/UX issues that would increase clarity a lot if resolved: 1. I would argue that `click` name is not clear enough on what it does. Maybe better call it **collect levy** or **apply taxes**; 2. Order buttons visually in sequence, you want or expect players to press: for example top to down (renamed **click** -> **compensate** -> **submit**; 3. Make **compensate** visually clickable only if it does something; 4. The math expression even though helping are rather hard to read. Especially since they are animated with rather short animations. I think would be better animate them by iteratively substracting **1** from upper grain hold, and at the same adding same **1** to the _levy_ field. Even better if there is a floating number **1** from one field to another. This way the user would not need to simultaneously parse 7 addition/subtraction equations (not everybody loves math); - Second argument for this approach is players easier notice the changing elements. So even better version would be to calculate each house in sequence this way. And at the same time add to _total_ field (aldo by iteratively adding **1**); 5. Term **kick** is rather confusing in todays online community context. I highly recommend putting **game explanation** section above the **background**. As well as including it as a separate popup at the start of the game - higher change more players will read it and not get as confused; 6. A confirmation after pressing **submit** with `Ar you sure, you are missing {x} grains to submit` would be really helpful. Especially for new players. 7. If there is a end-game goal, it would great to see it on the screen as well. e.g.: 16 years left until retirement.
That being said, great job submitting **COMPO** entry :thumbsup: . Let's see how it goes next time.
P.S. `Application.Quit()` is not valid code in webgl builds. You should hide the button with: ``` void Start() { #ifdef UNITY_WEBGL gameobject.SetActive(false) #endif } ```
@bloodycoin Very helpful suggestions and guidance. Your comment means a lot to me. Thank you very much!