My first Ludum Dare entry EVER! Sorry about the code organization and lack of comments! It was kind of hectic around here and my time was limited (27 hours). It kind of just fell into place how it is (Which is not my usual!) Good luck, everyone!
Link leads to the download website. Please give it a try and leave feedback! Thank you!
UPDATE: Added a PLUS Edition that has some gameplay elements sped up. Every 30 seconds you can get a new tribe member. Every 6 seconds Faith rises and Health lowers.
NOTE: The PLUS Edition is just to speed things up for some players that need it. It is NOT the original Ludum Dare entry, and is to only be used to increase interactivity with the game. The Original Edition is still set to the original scheme.
Pretty cool! Kind of tough to stick with playing a game that unfolds in real time, though, especially if there's not all that much to do in the first place.
Maybe you could add a link to a "Plus" version that lets you skip ahead in time if you want to play with the morning/evening transitions and stuff?
Oh, just a heads up, opening the game at different times of the day starts at THAT time of day. To experience the whole Day/Night system doesn't require playing for 24 hours straight, and all that haplens is a change in scenery :) Play at different times for different presentations! :D
Also, system clock affects in game time, so you CAN view it all in a matter of minutes :) EST Based: 5am-7am = Morning Transition, 7am-5pm = Daylight, 5pm-7pm = Night Transition, 7pm-5am = Nighttime. Thanks to whoever plays and rates! Feedback appreciated!
I like these slow expanding world/population kind of games. Although it wouldn't hurt with a few more things for the player to do. Maybe some direct interaction with the people would make things a bit more interesting =)
So.. basically you're supposed to run this in the background and have a look every now and then? And I guess the blue bar in the top left corner depicts the level of faith of my people?
@ShellfishGames: Not at all! Just open it up at different times of the day :) It is based on system clock, so whenever you open it, it will reflect that time (Though to EST standard right now). You can also just adjust your system clock to see it all :) Thanks for playing!
@ShellFishGames: Oh, no. I thought you meant about the background and such. Every 5 minutes you have a chance to acquire another villager (25% chance), Best case scenario you could get 12 villagers in an hour, coupled with the "Cross Sword, Comet, Cross Sword" combo, and you multiply Faith increase by 4. Faith increase * Total Population = Faith gain per 5 minutes. I may just add a "PLUS" version as someone requested above that will speed up the tick timer on that stuff and allow adjusting the TimeZone.
@Jellycakes: Would you be interested in a "Plus" edition that just has things sped up to minimize waiting periods? :)
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ice cold muffin25 Aug 2014, 21:46
Good little game ;) Not really much to do, but the idea with realtime day and night is quite interesting. Looks like there is no progress saving though :(
@ice cold muffin: Sorry :( It was on the to do list, but it was my first LD entry ever. I did not want to mess about with the submission process as I was unsure how it all worked. I had a half hour that could have added a saving system, but I was unsure how long it would take to upload and stuff like that (And seeing a guy in IRC screaming, "It won't export in time!" spooked me into jumping the gun by 30 minutes xD Thank you for trying my game! :)
Interesting premise, but I don't want to sit around all day waiting for a virtual village to grow. Perhaps it would work better if you could close the game and visit it later, or as a website.
@laremere: Fair enough, I am looking into making a PLUS Edition with the things like sped up Faith/Health change, sped up random events, saving system allowing resumption of game, more time zones, etc. :)
Seems like it might be interesting, but I didn't see anything happening, and no people spawned :(. I agree, some kind of sped up timer or way to know whats going on would help.
It's very pretty, especially at night. However, I can't really rate this very highly due to the lack of meaningful interaction. I can appreciate the incorporation of the theme, though. It took me a bit to figure it out, but then it clicked.
@uvwar: Thank you for the feedback! I will continue looking in to a PLUS version with sped up timers.
@C_Walden: Sped up time would give more meaning to the interactions :) You would be trying to keep your people alive! Haha. Looking into this currently, seeing if I am allowed to do such a thing without DQ'ing myself.
@MerlijnVH: Thanks a lot! :) And yes, it seems the play speed is the biggest concern people have at the moment. I am looking into a fix without getting DQ'ed from the competition. It is a rather simple fix. I could also speed up the day/night cycle if that would make people happy? :)
@imdigitaljim: Thank you for trying my game and the positive feedback! :)
@sez: Looking into fixing the timer thing. If I can do it without DQ'ing myself, I will have it up the second I know I am allowed to :) Then I need to figure out the process with itch.io for adding it (Maybe just release it as a separate PLUS edition, as someone requested earlier).
@Everyone: Thank you for trying my game and leaving feedback! Does anyone know the rules on releasing another version of the game side-by-side with the original? Does that disqualify me from the competition or am I safe to do that? Thanks!
UPDATE: Added a PLUS Edition that has some gameplay elements sped up. Not so fast that it is game breaking, but fast enough to be noticed! Every 30 seconds you can get a new tribe member. Every 6 seconds Faith rises and Health lowers.
interesting concept, not sure where the theme link is. Would be a fun little toy to check in on once a day if it were persistent, see what your little villagers are getting up to, maybe they built a monument to you one day and then had a war and died another day.
@mechabit: Funny enough, those were planned to be added to the game, amongst other things. :) If there is interest in this game I would be glad to extend it and make it more fully featured in the future!
@varun: There are plans! :) Mobile seemed most likely at first, but I think I know a method that will work on all platforms :D I also have a ton of things I intend to add to it, so I am making a list. Mobile definitely is a platform that is in mind though. Thank you for trying my game and thank you for the feedback! It is greatly appreciated.
@All: I am surprised by the quantity of actual constructive feedback/criticism. It will definitely help the future of this game. You guys rock! :)
@H1S2: Hi! Thank you for trying out my game! :) Working on the "more action" thing as we speak! I may be fully fleshing out the game and giving it a release! Thanks again :)
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Maybe you could add a link to a "Plus" version that lets you skip ahead in time if you want to play with the morning/evening transitions and stuff?
@Donutttt, @alycarter, @laremere: Thank you all for trying my game :)
@C_Walden: Sped up time would give more meaning to the interactions :) You would be trying to keep your people alive! Haha. Looking into this currently, seeing if I am allowed to do such a thing without DQ'ing myself.
@MerlijnVH: Thanks a lot! :) And yes, it seems the play speed is the biggest concern people have at the moment. I am looking into a fix without getting DQ'ed from the competition. It is a rather simple fix. I could also speed up the day/night cycle if that would make people happy? :)
@Tomker: Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it. :D
@imdigitaljim: Thank you for trying my game and the positive feedback! :)
@sez: Looking into fixing the timer thing. If I can do it without DQ'ing myself, I will have it up the second I know I am allowed to :) Then I need to figure out the process with itch.io for adding it (Maybe just release it as a separate PLUS edition, as someone requested earlier).
@Everyone: Thank you for trying my game and leaving feedback! Does anyone know the rules on releasing another version of the game side-by-side with the original? Does that disqualify me from the competition or am I safe to do that? Thanks!
@mechabit: The theme link is both "God world connected to Human world" and "Game time connected to Real Life time".
@Both: Thank you both for playing and giving feedback! :)
@All: Feel free to request features for a more fully fleshed out version of this game! :) Thank you for trying out my game!
@All: I am surprised by the quantity of actual constructive feedback/criticism. It will definitely help the future of this game. You guys rock! :)