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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrMo
201944Your life is currency24 hourscompo783.763.213.984.153.713.34

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Comments by Retronator

LD44 — Your life is currency

Life Vac by caranha 2019-04-29T20:06:17Z

That's pretty awesome that it teaches you (if you experiment long enough), which patterns reproduce the best. Makes more sense if you already know game of life really in which case it's A+,fun and educational.

One More Drop by ZAX 2019-04-29T23:30:30Z

Solid technical execution, although not much difficulty since you regenerate too fast. It would help to lower the rate of regeneration for the shoot=life concept to really shine through.

Life Cycle by zubspace 2019-04-29T20:25:10Z

A fine game, would consider the introductions of mechanics a bit more to the player as the first level with the bouncy platforms were a bit hard to understand. I simply guessed I needed to jump from the top due to experience, so always consider introducing a mechanic easily and try to show the player where the goal is to not make them confused, otherwise nice job making so many levels!

payblood by eyedromeda 2019-04-29T21:18:49Z

Love the idea of giving up your body parts, certainly an unexpected twist. Great that the art updates too.

Fools Fortune by Gear Steak 2019-04-29T19:57:03Z

The game is nice but after drawing the same card, meeting the brigande, for 6 or more turns it got a bit boring, also it confuses me why I get wounded if I draw a 5 attack card, am I drawing for my enemy? When I drew a one I got his purse which felt weird. Otherwise it sets a very nice mood and could be a lot of fun with more balancing.

24 hours by Retronator 2019-04-30T14:04:37Z

Thank you everyone so far! To answer @caranha and the rest, there are definitely supposed to be more events that happen in your teens and later in life, as well as different starting situations … but then the Ludum Dare deadline happened and that's all I could get done. :) So things beyond the start are unbalanced and there's nothing to do past 30 or 40 years. I'll improve it after the voting is finished. Thanks again for lovely reviews!

This Game Blows by fibonacci1321 2019-04-29T20:32:12Z

Really nice concept, although it becomes trivial once you figure out you can spam turbines in a row. If the wind lost energy as it flies through the turbines it would help make it more strategic. Good job overall!

Necrohill by Thilo 2019-04-29T20:01:26Z

I didn't understand much but got that I'm supposed to upgrade and protect my place from heroes or the like. The music and graphics and fine but I found the gameplay a bit lacking. Might be more fun if I could understand the tutorial.

Market Master by zactical 2019-04-29T20:29:33Z

Didn't like the sound effect, but the gameplay was pretty good when you understood how it worked. Felt a bit weird that the years ended before the timer was up sometimes though, otherwise good job!