codeman1010 2024-10-08 08:14
Such a cool concept, so much potential to see this project grow.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD56 → Grablin Battle Festival
By lgg, haayaargh, SparklingSushi, M.Kusy and hexstart
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 72 | 4.14 | 47 | |
| Fun | 114 | 3.97 | 47 | |
| Innovation | 83 | 3.97 | 47 | |
| Theme | 143 | 4.16 | 47 | |
| Graphics | 120 | 4.37 | 47 | |
| Humor | 148 | 3.79 | 46 | |
| Mood | 117 | 4.09 | 47 |
Such a cool concept, so much potential to see this project grow.
The AI were a little scared and wanted to flank but I enjoyed manipulating the soldiers and cheesing the archers by lifting them up. Overall Solid Polished Entry, Thanks for Sharing.
This was such a sick game - it's a 5/5 from me - loved it. I would pay for an extended version of this!
I wish I had the soup ; _ ; maybe next year...
That said, fun game! I wish that the units were easier to spot!!
This game needs more people to play it! It's a really fun gem and I enjoyed playing it on stream a lot!
Extremely cute graphics, chaos and violence, what else would we need?
The visual difference between each unit type (sword, pike, archer) was sometimes hard for me to see in the chaos, as suggested, I would assign on time of hat per class to make it clearer.
But that's didn't stop me to play the whole game and have a lot of fnn!
Very nice entry! I love that even when the goblins battle by themselves, you still play an active part in positioning, dodjing, etc. There are strategic *and* microcontrol aspects of skill here. The gameplay is so fun. And the goblins themselves are very cute!
Very nice game! It opens for a lot of variation and additions to this gameplay! it felt the best when you manage small groups of units, also lovely art! :D
I like sound design(because i did same in my game).
Got to wave 6 on my second try. It seems like there is a lot of skill expression in this. It is very polished, great animation, great sound design, all around impressive.
I'll throw out one suggestions, camera zoom in and zoom out should be centered on the mouse. My game has that problem too! I couldn't figure out the math in time, lol.
Great game y'all.
The theme is there, visually the game looks cute and simple, you did a great job, bravo
A lot of interesting ideas! A neat mix of RTS and god game.
The graphics are simply amazing, and I also really enjoyed “leading” my army, developing different strategies during battles
This is probably one of the best games of the jam. The use of the theme is great, the audio fit well, the art is nice, the mechanics are simple yet still have depth, and there is actual skill needed to beat the game! A fantastic entry for sure. Though to show some fairness, I did have an issue with telling the units apart due to the random nature of their cosmetics. While the variations were a welcome touch and all looked great, perhaps reigning them in so certain units pick from a couple of looks rather than all of them? I couldn't tell who was who past the archers. But, small nitpick aside, this is a favorite of mine from this jam and I think more people need to give it a shot.
wow, the game is awesome honestly, the menu is beautiful, it was obviously made by people with experience, the gameplay is not stressful and easy, the first time I lost on the 8th wave, but it was so fast that I played again and everything is just as cool, the game itself is very beautiful, the music, the sounds, the characters, everything is done very well, great job
Gives Dungeon Keeper vibes :)
Fun take on a quick and dirty RTS, also great fun to throw goblins around. Good job!
Small exploit with the archer to grab it, let it loose to shoot once, then grab it again repeat. Enemies cant do a thing :-)
It looks beautiful, sometimes had a feeling that it was better to just nothing, but maybe I just suck.
Love the throwing, art, music, sound and even concept. Just wish I could group throw. Great work on this.
Really good entry, love the whole vibe of the game! Polished, easy to understand, and fun to play.
@slay-a-stone if we had achievements, one of them would be to micro 10th level just with one archer 😎
I love to grabl a grablin! Some clearer representations on what your units are trying to do might have made the strategic options a bit more cohesive feeling i.e. "Is this flank actually gonna work?"
Really fun game! I love tossing the Grablins in strategic positions and watching them duke it out. Great work!
awesome game! I enjoyed playing this one! mechanics is easy to understand, the gameplay is a fun battle/strategy/fantasy feel to it. I like the units develop as they survive and become veteran units, this has good replay value, congratulations! keep it up!
Great work!
It took me a lot of tries to beat round 8! Great game, so many possible tactics to use. Cool gobl...grablin units!
Fun game, really liked to throw the goblins around xD and not as easy as it loooked at the beginning!
This was a lot of fun! There was clearly a lot of technical achievement with the combat mechanics. It's the sort of thing that doesn't really take centerstage, because the player is mostly focused on managing troops, but I wanted to point out that I noticed and appreciated it!
I also really liked the "prestige" mechanic for goblins that survived, and it gave me yet another thing to focus on during the battle (how to preserve and best leverage them). My first playthrough, I made it to Round 5 before getting wiped out :(
Combining the micro-managing of an RTS with a battle simulator is unique! It is definitely more fast paced than a traditional RTS. I had trouble keeping track of my units, because of how much they bobbled around and how quickly combat moved. For me, that evoked more reactionary gameplay than preparation. On the second playthrough, the challenge really came down to keeping track of units. I think you could try a few things to make them more visible, like larger health bars or somehow cleaning up the battlefield so that the living ones stand out more.
Had an amazing time with this game! Thank you so much for bringing the festival to my stream :)
https://youtu.be/Eyc-pLWUA3c
Grot walkthrough will be also published after I am done with other 50 games :sweat_smile:
~XpMonster
@empyreans wow, an exclusive video! That's incredible! And thanks for playing our other games too :heart: