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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | To the other side | compo | 443 | 3.17 | 3.13 | 2.39 | 3.00 | 3.37 | 2.80 | 2.40 | 2.95 |
This turns really crazy really fast! Maybe the controls display could be changed to make it easier to read - I stopped trying to read it really quickly, and just pressed keys until I found the reverse gear or a turning key.
The green and red killing thingies make a sound that is too loud. I've read here in the comments that with unipedalism you are supposed to either look at the animation or listen to the steps; well, listening to the steps is out of the question since I had to turn the volume waaaaay down. I think the idea is good, and the game is very polished with the number of players who got farther, etc. but I got too frustrated with the disabilities. I had to skip vertigo, and unipedalism got me to stop playing after a few levels with it.
Only tried it controlling both players myself, but I love the effects (especially the mode 7 like thing)
Very nice concept! The physics feel pretty nice at the start because it feels like the sword is heavy, but later it's kinda weird. Also, this can happen: https://imgur.com/a/23FqV
The victory screen is kinda sudden, because you don't see the boss die. You can stand still next to an enemy, and after the first hit you won't take more damage at all. This coupled with the long health bar make it very hard to lose.
It's waaaay too easy. Just run around with under 100 ammo and shoot zombies when you get bored. They are slow and pose no threat.
Those low poly models are so pretty! Shooting is quite hard though, and the bullets seem to go through enemies without any feedback (except sometimes they die)
SO STRESSFUL! The hardest part is kicking balls back to the playing area, and it's not a very fun mechanic. Seeing the day number would be a nice addition. I didn't find any way of exiting the game other than alt f4.
It feels very easy, the zombies run much slower than you and are easily killed.
I played it again just now, and it's not that they are slow, it's that they usually don't move. It's like they are stuck between the graves. But now when I hit them they teleport to my side, hit me once, and die. It's very weird.
The walk animation can sometimes bug out, and I think it would be more fun if you could pick up more coins than the required, even though it would be harder to reach the flag depending on the level design.
My main criticism of the game is that the enemies can go very far away from you, and chasing them down can be a chore or downright impossible. My first game, the last enemy was so far it didn't even render, and he wasn't on the map either, so I couldn't find him. I think enemies should stay close to you, in an area relative to the number of alive enemies.
Sound would be a great addition too.
The death animation needs a bit of work, I think. Very interesting concept overall. Hope you can get those white line glitches fixed!
Moving units around is quite cumbersome, since you have to click Move, then the first cell, then Move again, then the 2nd cell. Even adding a keybind like m to move would make it so much better.
If the window were wider (like modern screens) it wouldn't need the scroll. The victory screen is pretty unreadable. The number of turns it took is a nice touch.
Understanding how to play took me a while. The move button should be grayed out when the current unit has already used all its moves.
It has a bug where you can place a bug under you and end up inside it. Even so, it is so good! The level design is very well done, I liked it a lot. If I were to change something, I'd add a per-level score showing the extra blocks you brought with you (yes, I'm greedy), or the time it took to beat it.
First time I opened the game, I clicked some buttons and it told me I won because the AI had run out of money. I have since noticed that the land count goes down when you buy a farm. But I don't know how many farms I have. Or the resources of my opponent. Or why would I need to interact with the market - things just go down to 0 price eventually, except land.
Those factions you list are nowhere to be seen.
If you start the game and spam the end turn button, your grain goes into negative numbers but you don't lose. I haven't managed to lose.
This game desperately needs a manual. I don't understand anything :(
Nice game! Maybe there should be a longer cooldown period between shots. Right now the main flaws of the game are that it is very short and not very hard.
I didn't quite understand the cleanse mechanic, and the sound needs work. I liked the text explaining what was going on a lot.
I didn't quite understand the game. There doesn't seem to be a difference between doing actions to one neighbor or another, and if you raise your sociability and wait, the calmness box goes down to 0 and then starts "underflowing" https://imgur.com/a/7V3rj , but you don't lose. Is there a win condition? (EDIT: yes there is, found it)
The pixel art is very pretty.
Did a very small patch today where some wall tiles in a room would appear above the player. In the web version, you'll need to clear the browser cache (or do a forced refresh) if you played the earlier version.
@zirconcode happy you like it, it's what I'm most proud of!
@dodormeur this is the most common complaint I've received. But if the player ran faster:
* He would be able to escape from enemies, which would remove all difficulty from the game * The time window between an enemy entering the screen and bumping into it would be too small, which would make it frustrating
So it isn't a trivial matter. Moving the camera towards the direction the player is facing could help, but was out of scope for the game.
Happy you like the animations, it was my first time making any!
@conrad123 Thanks for the feedback! I've added a warning here on the game page regarding the audio.
You should publish some minimum system requirements, it was unplayable on my laptop. Runs fine on a beefier system though. The game itself is *great*! A bit short (as expected of a jam game) but really enjoyable. Please export to more platforms if you can.
So cute! It feels a bit too slow though, once you know the solution to a puzzle it still takes a long time to spin the wheel and actually do it.