Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → maximiliangeorg
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | 👥 | The Treasures Demand | jam | 981 | 2.72 | 2.35 | 2.15 | 2.82 | 3.10 | 1.97 | 2.12 |
The game works fine and especially because of its amount of content this is already a big achievement. Unfortunately the actions I can take and their consequences are super unclear. Its too much trail and error. But on the bright side its a very nice take on the theme.
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I played quiet a while and had a lot of fun. Most things I could criticize are bugs regarding path findig or controls what would be very nick picky for a jam. Besides that there is a conflict between balancing and content: It takes to long to loose because at some point it becomes to repetitive without enough challenge or discovery. But all in all I think this is a great submission and a solid base for a bigger game.
Cool game, the nice combination of well known titles was already mentioned by others. I wasn't able to figure out how to open the door in the third or fourth level so some guidance would be nice.
Really cool game! It was super fun to be in control of a bee hive. What i disliked most is that you can easily run into a dead end if you run out of workers, drones and jelly. Then you cannot back on track but the game doesn't trigger a fail state. What would be super nice is to have a better recognizable cursor. I failed in some fights because I didn't see where my mouse was pointing. Overall a super cool idea that was very well executed.
You managed to implement a lot of mechanics that's super cool! I liked it, the quests had a nice variation and it's a finished game. The sound was hilarious :D
Besides the main story this is not much about sacrifice. I would have loved to make some decisions about which part of my ship I want to sacrifice in order to proceed.
Cool game, super polished! My only complaint: I saw no reason not to hold down the left mouse button so it would be nice if the resources flow automatically and I have only to point on the tile and cycle through them.
Wow! Great project and impressive character art. In general I enjoyed playing it but the main gameplay is a little slow and sometimes dull. The NPCs can be tricked to easily.
Ambitious plan for such a short time. I think this can be fun after a little polishing but with the current control issues (it's sometimes hard to perform attacks) and other bugs (I was not able to sacrifice because of a null reference) it's quiet clumsy. But as I said, I see where you are heading, nice game!
You can easily get stuck when you need a specific character to proceed but this character is already dead. Also it took a while until I learned what each character can do because I did not memorize everything written down on the start screen. Some hint while playing would be nice to help my memory. The interactive elements (like the pressure plate that opens a door when a box is placed on it) are not different enough from decorative elements, so it becomes a game of trial and error.
The amount of content you managed to create is stunning though.
The second phase literally gave me goosebumps! Nice work there with the whispering and thunder storm. You achieved a super cool look in the short time available and everything matches very well. My biggest complain is about balancing: In the second part sheep move way faster, have more health and spawn faster all at once, that is a big ramp up in difficulty in comparison to the first part. Still it was more motivating than frustrating but a smoother difficulty curve would have resulted in a better and more fun experience. Another thing worth tweaking is the camera distance. I played on PC and when the shit hit the fan and I where chasing many very fast sheep I only focused on the sheep icons on the border of the screen rather than the actual visuals. Otherwise the time I have to react is too short. This is especially unfortunate because your game looks so nice. I can imagine though, that the current camera setup is better for mobile.
All in all, a perfectly scoped and well executed project that would be perfect with a little bit more tweaking.