UPDATED WITH POST COMPO LINK. Check it out to see what another 24 hours of work towards this idea produced.
Premise: You are a new god with the power of fire and water. Burning things brings you power. Growing things gives you things to burn. Fret not that those things are living, for you are a villain.
Backstory: You are new to this god thing... Your thirst for power is but a tickle... Soon it will take everything you have to control it... Fail to quench and it will consume you entirely... Take this little island of Peacewellington... Bend it to your will... Harness the power of our ancestors... FIREPOWER!
Controls: Left click - create fire Right click - create water
Libraries used: Unity 3.5 SmoothMoves - 2d within Unity iTween - animated text Drumcircle - music
Content used: Free 8bit font
Personal code used: 2d positioning code Didn't end up using any of the other personal code I declared
A score of 388750! I reaally like the game, there is a good equilibrium in the gameplay. Aesthetics and music are really good, a game to lose many hours in front of the computer :)
Got a score of 274250, but this was hilarious. I had plenty of "Uh oh!" moments, and that kept me engaged! On the second playthrough I figured out that the red trees exploded.
The build-up of the soundtrack is great too, and I found myself cackling as I watched things burn.
As Luca found out the red trees explode to spread fire. There was a time when it was tuned to where this mattered more than it does now. In the end, I found the most fun just trying to keep building trees in front of the fire, so that's where it ended up. :)
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buspickle17 Dec 2012, 22:20
875,300! Haha, fun game. The music was like sandpaper by the end though.
This is really fun to play with. I liked it most when I had an island completely filled with green, only to then burn it all down. I couldn't keep up with the water after that though.
I would like to see this developed further. I got 608250, but felt like that was too easy at times. One you get a good fire going you can plant trees endlessly.
Fun trying to keep the system balanced. I was unclear when I could lay water or not. Maybe it's all tied into the Power bar? Potential here though. Would develop further. Since you could grow trees I didn't see the theme being as strong as all destruction, but that's minor.
@George - thanks for checking it out - water and fire require power to be used. Water can't be placed during the first day for pacing. As an aside - Duke3d is the game that made me go buy one of those crazy PC things back in the day which ultimately led to it being my full time job. It's cool that you've stopped by and played one of mine. :)
A game where you are simultaneously the hero and the villain. It didn't fit into my browser window so I couldn't see the whole screen. Hope you keep working on this.
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qwalyn23 Dec 2012, 02:21
Such an addictive little game. Think i could play it forever. Well done:)
289500 was my highest score. Very innovative idea. As I got what to do (let new plants grow while burning the old ones), it was fun to ensure that the fire doesn't extinguish. The difficulty rampage (I hope there is one ^^) is set properly. That big fire areas throw fire balls is a good and wise mechanic!
Add further gameplay (twists) and place it in a store for mobile games!
I had some difficulties to understand the goal of the game (how to score ?), the tips on the bottom are not displayed long enough. I finally found a strategy, growing trees in circle around the island, the fire burning one side and me watering the other side and turning forever. At this point the game stoped to be challenging and fun because nothing would change as long as Im concentrated enough not to misslick fire instead of water >.>. The way to find this out however was fun ! graphics are ok, music end to be horrible to ear, concept is fine, realization is good (not bug appeared). Thanks for the game !
WRT to theme: I pushed the limits of the theme a bit on purpose - I wanted to make a game where you had to be good (planting trees) and evil (burning trees); without being evil you'd die. You are forced to be villainous to survive.
There's some analogy in that to the modern meat industry (don't get me wrong, I love meat), but I thought going directly with something like that would be a bit too on the nose.
Something different this. I like the balance of the thing and how the Island looks. I did find it a bit confusing in the beginning: I didn't see the water I placed because it was behind the green. After that it went Ok. The music I li9ked as well.
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Why are red trees bad?
The build-up of the soundtrack is great too, and I found myself cackling as I watched things burn.
Well done!
I almost lasted 6 days. The audio is great and the graphics are fun. Nice little interpretation of the theme as well.
Well done!
Add further gameplay (twists) and place it in a store for mobile games!
graphics are ok, music end to be horrible to ear, concept is fine, realization is good (not bug appeared).
Thanks for the game !
plus: I've checked your recorded stream, nice to see how ideas go on "paper" and become a gamge! well done!
WRT to theme: I pushed the limits of the theme a bit on purpose - I wanted to make a game where you had to be good (planting trees) and evil (burning trees); without being evil you'd die. You are forced to be villainous to survive.
There's some analogy in that to the modern meat industry (don't get me wrong, I love meat), but I thought going directly with something like that would be a bit too on the nose.
I like the balance of the thing and how the Island looks.
I did find it a bit confusing in the beginning: I didn't see the water I placed because it was behind the green. After that it went Ok.
The music I li9ked as well.
You stop the plague by starving it. Either surround it with rock or fire and it will starve out.