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Chain Mail

By hannes-rahm, adamcyounis and Red Omen

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1694.01254
Fun5233.50253
Innovation3783.58253
Theme6883.81253
Graphics304.65253
Audio344.36247
Humor5373.17229
Mood2034.00252

Comments

jcmonkey 2023-05-02 01:31

so one of the things that was wierd, i was able to recruit members to the party, but i couldnt put them on some missions, like this one mission has zero character slots to choose from, and it was 2 star. i think with a bit more time to polish the balancing with the days, and having more 1 star quests along the way for the 1 star new recruits would be fun.

the-neon-shark 2023-05-02 02:14

Adam strikes again with another stunning piece. The graphics, narrative, and audio are out of this world for the duration of the jam (and also in general haha). Aside one bug I saw where I couldn't elect members for a mission, everything seemed pretty smooth. My one issue with the game is I wasn't building an intuition for the character traits and their ability to make a mission succeed. Instead, I would just shuffle things around until the "Outlook" meter said I had a good chance.

flashviper 2023-05-02 02:41

My lord, on the matter of the 'Out of Flock' mission; it appears as if this mission has no character slots and disallowed me from completing it.

Otherwise, I loved the game. Great art, great music, cool concept. I wasn't able to finish it (see above), but I had fun anyway :)

franke 2023-05-02 02:48

this is literally fun to play. my teammate found this game and sent it to the rest of us, and we are all playing it!!

sephowepho 2023-05-02 03:14

Hooray, I enjoyed that, man! I didn't manage to beat it, but I really enjoyed what I got through! Ended up making it to the final day, but I never got anyone above 2 stars, so my chances on the final mission were always pessimistic. I love the portraits, the card combos, the little hits of humor in the mission descriptions, really nice job. I always love adaptive audio (in this case the music), clicking back and forth between the different sections of the game and hearing the music change in pitch and intensity was fantastic. I'm not always a fan of these games, but I can rate this one solidly at least! Great job, each of you, keep it up! :3

hiroprotag 2023-05-02 03:55

I loved the artwork and ux interactions. The gameplay was great as well! While I didn't immediately understand some of the concepts (leveling up the units/their affinity for certain types of terrain) I was able to pick up on it as the game progressed due to the hints and just messing around with the ui. Truly stunning work all around!

jaco-van-hemert 2023-05-02 08:03

Unsurprisingly, lovely graphics. I also enjoyed the music a lot. The writing was good, with a light-hearted tone that brought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance to mind (maybe only because I know that was part of the inspiration for this). (Particularly loved the apple mission's warning not to eat any of the apples.)

The gameplay loop is surprisingly fun for how passive it might seem. Though I'll note that towards the end of the 14 days, I was sometimes in situations where I was just waiting for time to pass, first because there were no missions my available heroes could succeed at, and later because there were no missions left! I managed to get a favourable outcome with my guys for the last mission, but I did wonder what would happen if I hadn't, since there were no more missions left.

There were some UX things that I would have liked to see. One is in the mission select screen, where it would have been nice to see which of my heroes are available for missions, so I know if I can end the day without having to go into a mission to test. And speaking of the mission screen, I don't know if I'm just blind or something, but I couldn't tell which of my heroes were available to be selected, which means I often had to just click through to see if they were available.

While my heroes leveled up, it wasn't clear how many completed missions would result in a level up; it's not necessarily necessary, but some indication of progress towards the next level might have been nice? Also, a message that says that they leveled up, maybe at the end of the mission report?

That's about it. Looks really good, and it's a nice gameplay loop.

jasonsumm1 2023-05-02 09:03

Very impressive for a Jam! Obviously some solid people involved ;). The graphics and UI were incredible, the transitions felt a bit slow after a couple of rounds. Not my kind of game, but very well polished and executed in the timeframe :). Congrats guys!

runicpixels 2023-05-02 09:20

The UI felt really responsive, and the art & music were solid! Great experience overall!

bartalomew 2023-05-02 10:22

the scope of this game is super impressive for a jam entry. the music and art is next level as well. the gameplay gets a bit repetitive after a while but all the little details make it fun to play and manage the squad. nice job!

ido 2023-05-02 10:23

looks impressive and polished, loved the art!

mkraw 2023-05-02 11:34

Beautiful art and music

cowgummiboy 2023-05-02 11:57

This feels so well put together, and there is an insane amount of polishing, the change in music when the screen changes, the background that moves with the mouse in the character selection^, the fun little mission intros and i could go on. Now i have to say the gameplay isn't really my cup of tea, but i still enjoyed it very much, i would have liked it to be a bit more challenging though but that may just be personal prefrence.

reo-silmetal 2023-05-02 11:57

This might be my favorite game so far. The art and audio is amazing, the quests are amusing to read, the gameplay is simple but effective. It really reminded me of Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced.

I ran into an issue where I was managed to skip the end of day and recruitment by clicking too fast on a quest after clicking end of day, but other than that it ran perfectly.

Well done !

enver-arco 2023-05-02 12:45

Nice entry. Graphics and music were great. Amazed you got so much done in a game jam

calicobubbletea 2023-05-02 12:48

The art & music & overall quality is incredible! While the gameplay may not be exactly my style, I still found myself thoroughly enjoying the experience.

thesmellofoxygen 2023-05-02 13:00

The art is wonderful of course! The music kept things lively despite the fact that you're mostly looking at still screens. Nice interface- things clicked that should, highlighted and moved, and the help button is always appreciated. Finished it with 2 days left.

Really liked the hex map. Fun touch with the waves.

danknstein 2023-05-02 13:14

Had fun playing this one, managed to save the kingdom with 3 days remaining. Could see this working really well if expanded upon, cos I was already enjoying the strategy and planning even with relatively few variables to consider. Lots of potential - and great sound and art!

allax 2023-05-02 13:26

The art and music are amazing. Top marks. Very solid work for a jam.

morepixels 2023-05-02 13:26

Incredible! I loved this. No clue what i was doing at the start, but i figured it out and it was amazing! I would love to see this turned into more of a game one day.

hoeleboele 2023-05-02 13:33

Very nice concept and very nice art wow amazing what you guys achieved in so little time

sjpixels 2023-05-02 13:44

Really great submission and was lots of fun to watch you work on your game on stream as I worked on my own submission.

The music by Ryan was just awesome and gave the game so much atmosphere. The only sad thing is since there isn't much actual hands on gameplay, you end up cutting off the awesome music so often by going to the next screen! The art was perfect for what the game is and it was a super smart choice to leave the backgrounds untextured and focus on the character art since that is what the player is meant to connect with.

Nice amount of content and I really felt connected to a few of my characters and didn't want them to die.

In terms of difficulty, I think it was a little too easy. I never failed a quest and finished all quests with 3 days remaining. It seemed like synergy was weighted too heavily as I could put in characters that didn't match the quest's terrain at all but if their synergy was right my success was assured anyways.

Also one little gripe is that when a character was out on a mission, their portrait was not greyed out near enough so it always looked like I had all my characters available.

Overall, I'm blown away that you accomplished this in three days. I never expect more than a minute of solid gameplay from these things and this game gave me 5+ minutes of polished, enjoyable content.

Great job Adam and team!

fiinrii 2023-05-02 13:54

Very fun, loved the concept and gameplay. Music and art were really nice and fitting of the idea. Extremely impressive how much you managed to do in the short time frame.

danmerey 2023-05-02 13:57

Nice little game, enjoyed it a lot :)

blublu 2023-05-02 14:06

Wow, impressive ! So much quality content in 72 hours. The art is great and the music is totally insane. The game is fun to play.

tanis 2023-05-02 14:07

The game is well polished and it's easy to grasp. I believe the main drawback at the moment is the lack of missions to send your adventurers on as days progress by. I was left with 3 days and nothing to do apart from the final mission. And of course it didn't go well ... but there was no other way to train my adventurers at that point in time. It would have been nice to have other options along the way.

The art and music are super nice and they definitely fit with the actual gameplay.

andrground 2023-05-02 14:55

wow, very unusual kind of game! i really liked the whole aesthetic, the gameplay felt very original, it was a nice experience overall!

weefairyfabi 2023-05-02 14:58

This is such an amazing game how in the magical world did you manage to create something so gorgeous and fun in such a short timespan. I adore the graphics of the game ​​(I have a fatal weakness for the subtle BG Parallax) and it was so fun to recruit and dispatch new characters

ixil-miniussi 2023-05-02 15:14

Super unusual, I almost skipped it completely cus text based games aren't my thing but seeing the reviews I gave it a shot. Lot of polish, the music and graphics especially and the storyline. Personally I didn't have any issues at any point, the game may have been too easy but better than too hard and the lack playtesting is always the hardest part of a game jam

hermanlejter 2023-05-02 16:08

Great game, very good visuals! Had a few UI bugs but was able to get through the whole game.

squimmy 2023-05-02 17:19

The art and music are very impressive. Some parts of the interface were a little confusing, and it was a bit boring just clicking through the day when all your guys were out on missions, but otherwise this was a fun little game.

joscco 2023-05-02 17:24

Very appealing visual design! That's an awesome job on its own for such a short amount of time. Well done!

But being not too much of a strategy player, I struggled a bit with understanding the mechanics.

trezark 2023-05-02 17:35

One of the best games i tried for this jam so far. Release it on steam, i buy it :D

tofucat 2023-05-02 18:35

We were watching you on Twitch for a little while! REALLY beautiful game. The artwork and music is really polished. I was a day late but I finally finished the game after I got the hang of the objective. I had a lot of fun with this and it was a very welcomed, fresh concept. Up there with my favourite games of the jam!

gabriel-cassimiro 2023-05-02 19:23

Nice game! very interesting, well applied mechanics, very beautiful visual, well-applied theme and fun!

pixelstuff 2023-05-02 20:01

Great discovery! The game has a very pleasant atmosphere, and the graphics are top-notch. The change in music intensity based on the scenes is a great idea, as well as the interpretation of the theme. Kudos on the work

rawb 2023-05-02 20:01

Awesome game! I really loved the art and the writing, they really gave the game a lot of character. The gameplay was also interesting. I couldn't read the tool tip text in the Recruit screen though so it was hard to tell what the benefits of the characters were before recruiting them. Great job!

mallansandan 2023-05-02 20:08

Beautiful game! Lovely work! Funny storytelling!

leyamez 2023-05-02 21:20

Absolutely loved the artwork for this game! Music was phenomenal aswell. Watched most the stream of the making of this one, and it was a fun journey! The final product is a great game too!

bonzochuff 2023-05-02 21:42

I really liked this game! Reminded me of the dispatch missions from Final Fantasy Tactics. Loved the music, art and the style of dialogue in the game.

aplovestudio 2023-05-02 22:36

this was amazing!! definitely could see it being released as a full game! loved the music and the artstyle!!

callbackthefunction 2023-05-03 01:52

This is so polished! I love the visual so much and it's such a joyful experience. Great work!

bokonon 2023-05-03 02:39

Wow! this art is so well done. I loved all the details that were put into the character designs and mission texts. Really created a palpable vibe!

alttabber 2023-05-03 04:32

I love tycoons like this. Simple, but tasteful. Very cool graphics and addictive gameplay that can grow to a full game without any problem

sheol 2023-05-03 04:32

Loved the music and visuals!! I sort of ran out of missions to dispatch and couldn't beat the game but I think overall it's a really good entry!

bo-dangles 2023-05-03 06:08

Art and music were amazing, i really liked how there was 2 different versions of the main song playing and it swapped between them at seamlessly during different menus. The pixel art was also great. The difficulty seemed really good as well for a game jam game. I was able to beat it on my first play though with out understanding the synergies perfectly.

smeljey 2023-05-03 08:08

Visuals are amazing! I wish there would be less transitions between the days, but otherwise than that it is very solid and fun to play!

saviqq 2023-05-03 09:07

What a nice gaming experience, thank you for it :) I really liked the art and music of the game. There were few things that were bugging me, but overall polished game done in such a short jam time. Applause!

Pros - visuals - clever quest descriptions and story-telling - tutorial in form of question marks were nice addition

Cons - recruitment process felt redundant after a while, maybe in later days you can acquire stars to existing characters instead - some parts of UI were mildly annoying, after picking a character to recruit, if I want to pick another I need to deselect first and then click on a new one ... also nice quality of life would be terrain icons in heroes list, there was their "behavior" (or how to call it :D), so I guess technology is there

gerolmed 2023-05-03 09:10

Was quite nice. It had a very cool aesthetic and audio. Regarding the gameplay I experienced a lot of bugs. And it wasn't very clear what effects would cause what results. I had an antagonistic synergy + unfavorable terrain, but that gave me optimistic outcome for some reason. Not sure if its even possible to loose But for 72 hours pretty cool!

naixgames 2023-05-03 09:11

I really like this game. The main loop is incredibly fun, even though you are not doing "much yourself". The graphics are amazing and the audio is really good. The ambience is also really good, and the dialogue always made me smile.

I would have like for the game to be a bit harder. I never lost any mission, and I don't think I was trying that hard. It felt more like a visual novel in that regard.

Also, I would have like to fit the theme a bit better. It feels a bit the game was made before and then retrofitted to the theme somehow.

stellarr2 2023-05-03 13:11

Great game, I loved how the game wasn't too complicated when you had to be strategic about who to bring to certain missions, but it wasn't braindead simple. I would've liked for there to be more interactive parts of gameplay, because I was really just clicking buttons a lot and not watching too much, but even as it is with more content it would already be a marketable game. The art and character design was really nice too, I was watching Adam's stream in the background while I was working on my game and I was really impressed with the art he was drawing for the characters. Music was also really good, got me immersed and it sounded nice, had a good medieval theme to it. The game fit the theme really well, delivery, delivering a message and all that. Overall great game, only criticism is that I would've loved more gameplay than the same loop of sending specific heroes out on mission to level them up for the final mission.

jdeedubs 2023-05-03 15:12

Really incredible music. I certainly wasn't expecting strings and brass when I loaded the game! Engaging gameplay, beautiful art. I found myself quickly getting attached to the characters; forming groups based on their personalities lends itself well to that. Very nice. I would have liked some more missions near the end of the game, as most of my couriers were waiting in the barracks, and the characters I sent on the final mission were woefully underleveled.

Once again, fantastic game. Really wowed by the music.

tvorojok 2023-05-03 16:00

I would like to be given a little more information during the game, but I still figured it out as I went through, thanks for playing. very cool stylized and nice to play.

badpiggy 2023-05-03 16:01

Really great game. Presentation as a whole is fantastic. Both audio and visual wise. Loved the dynamic music during some of the cutscenes. It's probably only cus I'm bad at this sort of game but I didn't completely understand at times what exactly was happening and what the icons next to the characters meant ( i.e the one's at the top left of their posters ). I managed to get this far though. Good game even if I'm bad at it lol

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oddballdave 2023-05-03 16:17

__Kingdom saved with 2 days remaining!__ This is brilliant. It's almost a complete game already, let alone a jam game. I was a little confused at first, but then I got what was going on pretty quickly. All the info is there and it's easy to understand. Graphics are amazing, and the sound was good too. It had a nice story, and fun mechanics. This is a great entry.

Good stuff :8ball:

peachtreemcgee 2023-05-03 17:54

Incredible how it feels like a finished game already. A great game for such a short timespan

thunderchief 2023-05-03 17:59

Nailed it !

obe-dot 2023-05-03 20:59

Really well polished! Looks good.

weston-goggins 2023-05-03 21:36

Excellent game! I loved the little bits of flavor with the quest descriptions and results text.

nuin 2023-05-03 22:34

Interesting idea, really nice graphics. Good game

collopi 2023-05-03 22:36

This is really well put together. The polish is sublime.

weirdbitgames 2023-05-03 22:45

This game is so well produced! There's so much polish! The spritework is amazing, the gameplay is addicting and the music is epic, it really is! I can see this winning the jam honestly. I hope this places high!

I sucked real bad and all of my heroes were dead by like day 4 or 5 :P. I feel like I'm gonna be playing this one a lot!

pedrohpf 2023-05-03 22:52

Incredible submission, it almost feels like a fully fleshed game! Incredible audio, beautiful art, very interesting gameplay mechanics fused into the delivery theme, just really amazing.

The things I guess I had trouble with would be:

-Selecting a hero once and then selecting another does not switch to the other which feels bad.

-I think you can see the day outcome in a split second when you end the day by looking at the map expanding.

-The text felt hard to read for me and I reached a point where I stopped reading it.

-I think it bugged for me at the end since I had no missions left and nothing happened until I lost due to days passing.

But those are honestly easily fixable things, this is really nice...

tyler-m 2023-05-03 23:21

Very nice pixel art!

weirdbitgames 2023-05-03 23:25

I did it!!

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Shush, ignore the number of days I had left hehe!

ruslana 2023-05-03 23:35

Music and art are great in this game.. But for some reason my favorite part is.. fonts. They perfectly fit this atmosphere and add to it. The map looks great too. Good job!

cameron-paxton 2023-05-03 23:59

I knew it was an Adam Younis game as soon as I saw the thumbnail :)

This was massively ambitious for a jam game! You were definitely smart to avoid doing animations and stuff, seems like focusing on the systems was the best bet.

I enjoyed the concept more than the execution though, and I think that was mostly down to UI issues. For instance, on the recruiting screen, if you click a character, you have to first unclick them before selecting another. There were a few instances like that where I felt some friction. I think a more detailed overview screen of your characters and their synergies would've been welcome too (although, obviously, difficult to implement in such a short time.)

Overall this is really impressive. Enjoyed the adaptive, epic soundtrack, and of course the art was beautiful. Well done, and good luck!

conradoclark 2023-05-04 01:36

Super polished game! I managed to see some bits here and there of development on Twitch, really amazing entry for the time alloted. The way the songs blend in and change depending on the situation really helps setting up the mood, and the flavor text is great.

I managed to win with 3 days remaining and exactly 0 losses. I really enjoyed strategizing around the sinergies and terrain, and I guess it paid off hehe. I can say I left craving for more. Great job!

ironcutter 2023-05-04 01:56

Honestly a little to easy to keep me engaged, but it has incredible graphics, writing, audio and lots of UI programming in there. This really is a great jam game!

jake-g 2023-05-04 02:23

I was impressed with the amount of pixel art that was done in such short notice. Also liked the simple and polished flow of the game. For some reason, I did all the missions and the list was empty with 3 days left, then once it got to the end it said time was up. I think it’s because I did the last high-star mission early on, and it succeeded. Was I supposed to save that for last?

eclair 2023-05-04 02:32

nice pixel art!

caeonosphere 2023-05-04 03:46

Cool approach to the music, and selecting heroes for missing is a nice idea — reminds me of Final Fantasy Tactics. (I'm seeing now that many people have drawn the same comparison.) Even a little Darkest Dungeon in there with the interpersonal mechanics. A less mechanical approach — getting to know your characters rather than matching up defined traits — would get close to a game I've been dreaming about for a long time.

hulien22 2023-05-04 03:48

Super well polished and complete game! Really liked all the mission descriptions and all of the pixel art :)

I did run into the bug others had mentioned where I finished all the missions but it still said I ran out of time - I think what happened is that at one point I was able to send the same people on two different missions, then the game constantly thought that one of those missions had not completed?

Regardless, great job!

diego-teran 2023-05-04 05:09

Incredible art and super polished

senso 2023-05-04 05:40

Wouw wouw wouw. I loved your game. Clean super fun and so beautiful. Great sound effects and music

mreliptik 2023-05-04 08:35

Lovely game with really polished art and audio, but not surprising coming from you! Congrats for the entry

sergilazaro 2023-05-04 11:22

Some of the best pixel art i've ever seen, so good!

georgy 2023-05-04 11:32

I like it!

amango 2023-05-04 17:06

Really impressive amount of well-polished work, especially for a jam! Finished with three days left :)

michael-harris 2023-05-04 18:39

Wow, this was a lot of fun! What a very well built management RPG. I beat it with 3 days left but I made some mistakes and probably could have managed it better. The art and music were great, especially the extra sound effects for successful missions, and the suspenseful music while you wait for the result. Well done!

japes 2023-05-04 18:42

As others have said, graphics/music/ui/polish is super good, as good as anything I've ever seen on ludum dare.

Loved the general tone of it, the way information is conveyed by means of official reports, and the lighthearted mission descriptions (I loved the last one, actually had a chuckle)

Mechanics wise it was solid. A little easy (beat it on the first try, only failed 1 mission, it was "doomed" but I tried it anyway), and I thought the personality type synergy could've been a bit deeper. I basically just hired pragmatics, and so I often had good synergy. Perhaps thats an RNG thing, maybe you could weigh it so that it doesn't offer loads of guys with the same trait. Perhaps there could be a more complicated rock-paper-scissors thing instead of just likes/hates.

The other mechanics are great though, the terrain types are intuitive, the "push your luck" element where you could try a dodgy mission with your last few remaining guys, or wait a day to create a better team.

Well done!

konfekt 2023-05-04 21:23

this one actually got me hooked in an obsessive "i could play this for hours" kind of way. maybe just slightly too easy; i made a bunch of mistakes in the beginning while i was getting the hang of it but still beat it on my first try with three days to spare. i would have been completely fine with replaying a few times for a bigger sense of accomplishment. altogether a really solid game, i had a lot of fun!

saltysa 2023-05-04 22:01

Kingdom saved with 3 days remaining! I guess I played it safe, but I didn't loose a single person. I kinda wished I didn't have to recruit everyday, especially as it made my recruits feel less unique. I really enjoyed the graphics! It's really pretty

atlasflame 2023-05-04 23:55

Graphics, music, and ui are all amazing! The gameplay is also some good fun. Although my strategy of throwing one person at a time at that 8 star mission has yet to bear fruit, I am still hopeful.

alanxoc3 2023-05-05 05:19

I can't believe you could get all that done within a game jam! Graphics, music, and gameplay are all great (especially the graphics).

zelirman 2023-05-05 10:19

Great game all round! The synergizing mechanic and terrain preference really added depth to gameplay. Art is gorgeous, music is fantastic and the text flavour was silly enough while remaining in the chosen theme!

rongo-matane 2023-05-05 10:25

I really enjoyed the characters, the sounds that actually sounded like adventure and "kingdomness" and that there was a summary screen. As improvements, right now it seems character is random and they only have a synergy with the same character. I think it would be more interesting if some things for the people were locked on place, like terrain or character. Otherwise i can't build an understanding of what a visual means (because it means nothing). Then it would be cool if a character synergizes with another character, not with the same - so you actually get an incentive to mix. Right now, if i didn't miss anything, my best strategy is to pick one character and only choose that in the future. Great effort, very cool game :)

digital-bacon 2023-05-05 11:55

Interesting game, loved the graphics, sound and gameplay. Only issue I had was the recruitment screen, with it being difficult to gauge the synergy between characters without having to memorise what each one had. Perhaps some kind of indicator, when you mouse over a character's traits, showing how all the other characters feel about that character.

Anyway, this is some excellent work, well done!

mia-143 2023-05-05 16:08

The pixel art was great - overall balanced and fun to play!

asieke 2023-05-05 16:14

The art and music are absolutely amazing here, especially given it's a game jam game. Would really like to see this with a bit more strategy and decision making required during the course of play. In it's current state I was able to kind of just send units on missions where they match the terrain and breeze through it, but with some balancing I feel there could be some really interesting decisions required during a run.

jordan-p20 2023-05-05 16:45

very nice game. Little light on the mechanics for me, but I could see how more management centric people could really get into this, especially with further development. Nice are and music.

rjdrag 2023-05-05 16:51

Wow, what a polished submission. It's basically a finished game. I personally would like to have seen a little more action (maybe an auto-battle type thing for the encounters), but I know that's not really the point of the game.

firellon 2023-05-05 21:57

Amazing graphics and music! The puzzle-ish gameplay lacks a bit, decision making could use some sensible options for the player.

fuzzy-lobster 2023-05-06 02:14

Very good use of color

panpukin 2023-05-06 11:38

What an absolutely fantastic entry. The art was obviously incredible, the storytelling so rich and full of heart and humor.... The audio was genuinely fantastic. Especially the sound design for the results of the expeditions was subtle, yet incredibly effective - The stages of grim and hopeful music as you pass through each textbox made me feel exactly how the game wanted to make me feel. What a clever and fantastic use of music.

The game feels incredibly polished. On the last few days I ran out of things to do and couldn't train my favorite heroes anymore unfortunately, but that's a nitpick. Incredible entry as always. Honored to be participating in LD for the first time and be able to rate this game personally. :)

hyper-ion 2023-05-06 12:05

Absolute gem, impeccable game. Can't believe you were able to make this in just 72 hours! I saved the kingdom with 3 days left, but man I could play this game for dozens of hours. Want this to become a full-scale game so badly. Excellent work, amazing entry!

antonin-browne 2023-05-06 13:12

Love the art and the music!

unfinished632 2023-05-06 13:46

Good game! It has amazing art and music but it felt like it lacked game design. I also didn't find the story very intresting since i just had to read through it. I understand that the art and music took a lot of time for this game but i feel like the story could've been told in a better way. But still for a game made in 72 hours the art and music is incredible, great job!

reed-molbak 2023-05-06 15:56

This was a really polished game, but I agree with the earlier comments about the decision-making. I didn't really feel a sense of stakes or being forced to think through decisions. I think having harder missions early on that would fail without the right combinations could help emphasize the importance -- as is, I was able to succeed without really putting much thought into who I was recruiting.

tyrannas 2023-05-06 16:41

Well played, this game is amazing, the graphics are probably the best that I've seen during this jam, the music is great too. Only down side for me, sometimes the UX to unselect some characters is not really intuitive! But again, well played! And also, gentle reminder to rate other people games !

rookrules 2023-05-07 01:16

I found out too late that you can "speedrun" by ending with extra days available 4/5 this game was pretty cool

dgspitzer 2023-05-07 03:12

Won the game with 1 remaining day left! Fantastic music and very interesting story lol

co5monaut 2023-05-07 11:26

Very pleased with the graphics, as well as the gameplay once I got involved I could not stop :)

Missed a bit of information (maybe I missed it) about the quest on the main screen so I didn't have to click on the niches every time to see which heroes were best for the quest, and the list of heroes on the main screen as well.

roroto-sic 2023-05-07 12:31

Fun game, maybe a little too easy but I fully understand taht balancing is difficult during a jam. The music and visuals are breathtaking! Gameplay loop is entertaining !

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joe-cowman 2023-05-07 22:15

This game is incredible! I love the concept of managing a courier guild and having to deliver packages in treacherous fantasy situations. It's a lot of fun to play (although a bit easy, but totally understandable for a jam entry)! The music, art, and writing are all fantastic. Great work!

x16 2023-05-08 02:15

I love strategic games! Awesome soundtrack and sound effects and enjoyable art. I've picked up the mechanics very fast and completed the game in one go. I did not notice any bugs, works like a charm! Very well done.

francis 2023-05-08 06:37

Fun game! I liked the variety of different heroes, and needing to balance their three stats in deployment. Having the personality conflicts was also interesting.

maximbegunov 2023-05-08 14:40

Loved the dynamic music and character design!

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denka 2023-05-08 16:57

pretty cool. a little linear.

devez 2023-05-08 20:30

Actually the only game this LD that I enjoyed from start to finish :clap: . That's also some damn crisp pixel art for such short time, your guy owned the palette, big props! A bit stretching with the theme but oh well :stuck_out_tongue:

anthony-katona 2023-05-09 00:21

amaaaazing music/audio. Really slaps you in the face with the mood every second. And lots of subtle little visual elements that keep a boardgame-style jam feeling actively engaging

blue-pin-studio 2023-05-09 08:54

Wow! The art and the music were very well made! I didnt manage to rescue the kindgom from the enchantress, despite finishing all the missions so i must've missed something. Overall, i think the gameplay was a bit lacking because it didnt feel like i was making meaningful decisions or being rewarded for them, not to mention the lack of any viseral gameplay like shooting or platforming. I think with a few small tweaks to the gameplay loop this could be a top notch game!

purpledartfrog 2023-05-09 11:08

Now this is actually the first entry that I played from start to finish. High quality as expected. Two microscopic nit pickings... the scrollbar once you get a big roster in the selection screen doesn't really fit in visually. And the transition takes a split too long because you see it that often. (If that was only the extend of defects in my own entry :rofl: ) But .... WOW! :thumbsup_tone1:

neobit 2023-05-09 11:18

I loved the game, if it were a full game for Steam, it would definitely be something I would buy.

thegamerasd 2023-05-10 20:36

Great game, I really liked the artstyle and music!

nyanpierre 2023-05-11 15:04

the idea and use of the theme is really nice. The graphic side is nice and the transition between the menus is super smooth! It's nice to take in hand, well done to you!

bradur 2023-05-13 08:08

It's a great foundation for a real game. Currently the strategy element is very shallow but understandably so since it's a jam game. It's very impressive for such a short development time though and the UI and audio design are top notch. I would have liked to see a little more technical details on how the different stats of the characters affect the result, like seeing the battles happen instead of just hearing the result :).

justinsix 2023-05-13 11:31

Just played and it's fantastic! The game combines puzzle and adventure elements in a unique way that keeps you engaged from start to finish. The art style and sound effects are excellent, creating an immersive experience. As a fellow Ludum Dare participant, I highly recommend giving this game a play and seeing what creative challenges you can conquer. Don't forget to also check out my entry and let me know what you think!

weirdbitgames 2023-05-13 18:44

I've played it again and literally every single thing went right! So is this the fastest you can beat the game?

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weirdbitgames 2023-05-13 18:45

Oh I see @maximbegunov did it with 4 days left?! Wow!

avi 2023-05-14 07:31

This is soooo pretty!! :D

tod-semple 2023-05-16 01:11

Amazing art and sound! Well done.

deadjolly 2023-05-16 02:44

Execution is in the details, and the amount of polish here is impressive for a weekend project. A fan of Adam's devlog and tutorials, so it's rad to be able to participate in the same jam!

The art, sound, and UI all come together to create a stylish, cohesive experience. The actual gameplay I would say, however, feels passive. Amazing job on putting it all together!

levi 2023-05-16 06:05

That was darned fun. You tackled the right level of difficulty for a LD game, but exceeded in execution. It felt daunting at first, but just a few clicks in and I was hooked. Already I can see this game being expanded, strategies and stories unwinding. Nice writing, too!

osh-studio 2023-05-17 14:01

Such a fun entry ! I was so engrossed as soon as I started playing, pixel art was incredible, and game play so thoroughly developed, I loved sending my heroes off on missions. And I love the audio! I’m humming the music now as I’m typing this. Would say it took me a little second to realise there was info on the traits and strengths/weaknesses of each character, but when I accidentally hovered over the icons it was easy to understand. I loved playing this, thanks for such a fun submission!

julienlussiez 2023-05-18 17:30

Graphics are so great, it's crazy what people can do in such little time. The game was interesting.