A game of top trumps, with a twist. Using 10 different characters build your way to fame and fortune. Aim to become king of the land, or the wise one, or both. Wheel and deal with the other characters to boost your points, or be penalized for your inequality.
Great idea, maybe a little too rushed but it was fun to see how the split-second decisions turned out. Minor nitpick: the story at the end started in third person but then switched to second person which made it sound a little awkward.
@Omar_q8 - not heard of that game before, but sounds interesting. I'm happy with how the game turned out, I think I'd be happy making a longer version where the player had longer to make their decisions and there was more to play for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)
I guess I'm a slow reader--I didn't have enough time :)
I'd like to see something like more visual feedback about what happened after each choice. Nice job working within the theme, though. And great graphics! Plus I really liked the distribution of the 10 character choices.
@avh4 - agreed lack of feedback is a flaw. Two ideas I had was to have icons that flash up showing + or - Land/Gold/Followers, or to have a popup at the end of each turn explaining the result. Because I was short on time I went for the minimum-complete path and dumped all the story at the end. That means you have to make all your options before you find out what actually happened, which is a big disconnect. Cheers for the comments :)
Wow that is hard. Good game though on the whole! I really enjoying playing it, but I also agree that 10 seconds is too short for this type of game! -James
Nice game! I loved the graphic, really nice art! I also thinks that 10 seconds it to short, you should have made it that you get 10 seconds per choice. Always a great ending after each game. Great variation to be able to choose between many different characters, which makes the game re playable.
Cool idea with a hard time limit. Because of the different characters i played it several times and of course i wanted to read their ending stories (which are a nice idea).
At first I was frustrated how short a time I had to make decisions, but I quite like how it was the story at the end that really lets you know what happened, and hints for the future if you want to get more followers or gold. Too intense for me though :)
It's an interesting concept but the time limit is too short. You have only an half-second to take a decision. Maybe you could improve a bit the game. It could become something really good.
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@Omar_q8 - not heard of that game before, but sounds interesting. I'm happy with how the game turned out, I think I'd be happy making a longer version where the player had longer to make their decisions and there was more to play for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)
I'd like to see something like more visual feedback about what happened after each choice. Nice job working within the theme, though. And great graphics! Plus I really liked the distribution of the 10 character choices.
It was very hard for me to parse the action I wanted to take quickly, though.
Great graphics! Only wish there was a little audio to go with it, even if it were just sounds on button clicks and the timer ending!
Overall, really good job!
Liked playing it!