Tundra King is a game of conquest by peaceful means. The tundra is filled with a scattering of natives with no leader. If you can convince them to unite together, you can become the TUNDRA KING.
The philosophy and desires of each person is represented by a color on their chest. Through conversation, you can exchange cultures - spreading some of your color, while absorbing some color of others.
The concept for this originally involved equal parts social negotiation, crafting, harvesting and war, but I had to cut back on the crafting and combat. I left some functionality in the game which has no practical use: chopping down trees, harvesting berries, a health gauge, etc.
The art style was originally going to be much more minimal - with only black and white - but I ended up liking the pixel guys and trees I sketched up, so I went with that. The music is meant to be reminiscent of Philip Glass, the famous minimalist composer. Finally, just in case you want even more minimalism, there's a special Minimalism Mode available at the start.
Edit (04-30) - I added a post-compo version. It currently has a few menu changes and some minor fixes to make it iPad-friendly. Any additional features will be added here.
I like the concept of talking to people, but I wasn't sure what to do besides just run around and talk to everyone, trying to fill up my ally count. Never made it past 11/12 though.
Took me a bit to work out you have to talk to everyone. I also didn't find any use for the items or the action button. I like the concept of talking and becoming friends though.
Too bad you dpn't have all the planned features implemented. I liked the idea very much, but I haven't noticed strong feedback from other... people? And without it you can just run and spam E and win eventually.
Thanks for all the feedback so far! I'm aware that it is much too easy. I wanted to make it so the natives of an opposing color were actually hostile, and add a whole combat mechanic based on crafting spears, but didn't get to it. Updates and info on the creation: http://deathraygames.tumblr.com/tagged/LD48
Liked the art style and the music a lot. Also the talking sfx and bubbles were sell done. Like others mentioned, I wasn't sure what to do besides walk and talk. I gathered resources but had no idea what to do with them. I became King then stopped.
This looks more like an interactive sandbox and a base for a future game more than a game on it's own. I like the concept of travelling in a world and collecting allies. It could be fun if there is a challenging goal to face.
Man, I cant understand 100% of your game, but the concept is amazing. Congrats. I think you can evolve this concept. So, please play and rate my game, when you visited the link was broken, now is fixed. Thank you.
Well, the game itself is a bit unfinished - but I don't mind, the sound is so great I could run around and press "talk" all day! :-) I also like the art style a lot. With a bit more gameplay, this could really be a great game!
I love the colour interaction, even if its a little simple. I'm impressed to see iPad support (I played the post composed version) and it held up OK. Overall a decent idea, but it's a real pity you never implemented all the little things
I like the feel of the game, but having the inventory and the tree cutting and stuff really broke the minimalism mood, especially since they don't seem necessary for the completion of the game.
Is there anything else to do beside talking to the other guys? Maybe it hasn't been finished in time (too bad, but it in that case it seemed to be a pretty good start :)).
Talking charmed me. Listening to the cyclical music induced me to contemplate. If you continue to develop this: I didn't find a way to use the resources that I picked up from the rock, bush, and tree. I didn't feel challenged; it seemed I just won by talking to everyone, so I'm not sure how I would develop my skill.
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