Ludum Dare #31compo

Swords and Hammers

by nicotuason

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.29

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.23

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.39

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.40

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%

A simple medieval RTS with hand-drawn art and procedurally generated maps. Refresh the page to play a new map!

How to play:
1. Left-mouse drag to send troops.
2. You can only move into territory adjacent to your Castles.
3. Castles will automatically build troops.
4. Move into neutral ground to build more castles.
5. Destroy all the enemy castles.

Comments38

Andynonomous8 Dec 2014, 03:00

Love the style! Ambitious to do an rts in 48 hours, good job!

lordsavage8 Dec 2014, 04:31

Well done Nicotuason, this game is both aesthetically great and very creative. Very Impressive!

ehtd8 Dec 2014, 04:37

This was extremely cool!

DrHahn8 Dec 2014, 05:59

I'm not good or big on RTS, but this is actually super cute (I still suck). Love the sketched looking art and the bouncyness.

liamtwose8 Dec 2014, 12:29

Wow. Love this entry, and has so much potential. Great job!

tMalicet8 Dec 2014, 12:44

I love RTS adn didn't though it was possible to do one in 48h. Congrats!

Tinimations8 Dec 2014, 16:45

Awesome!

FloatingGhost8 Dec 2014, 16:49

Wow, this is actually amazing.

Wow/10, nice

rabbeni8 Dec 2014, 16:52

Finally won some game :D
Good job

Lyxilion8 Dec 2014, 16:52

This is a great game ! I love it !

Wilson8 Dec 2014, 16:53

Love the art, and satisfying territory control gameplay. It would have been nice to have some way to move all troops in a territory with one drag though for after the initial expansion phase.

Figglewatts8 Dec 2014, 17:04

This one was cool! I like your simplistic take on an RTS.

ponk8 Dec 2014, 22:18

Really gooOOod..!! Fun and beautiful !

Kitch9 Dec 2014, 04:09

Wow! That's a great implementation, solid mechanics and a fab art style. Great job!

Thanks!

MrLeePerry9 Dec 2014, 04:21

I reeeeally enjoyed this. It was simple and elegant, just really slick. My one issue was kind of that once a castle is built, it seemed really hard to take it back... seemed like the map got static pretty quick with emplaced strong positions. But still, very very nice work :)

Hellequin9 Dec 2014, 07:42

Perfect art style and great mechanics! Well done! Very addictive!

Managore9 Dec 2014, 08:07

Wow, I love the style! Really simple and really fun.

adrianulima9 Dec 2014, 10:53

what a beautiful game.. and is very fun!! congrats

PixelCrust9 Dec 2014, 12:59

This was pretty cool and was fun. Nice job bro!

Alter9 Dec 2014, 16:11

Great! Very fun game! I like it!

shanageek9 Dec 2014, 16:33

AWSOME! I really loved it! Its amazing that you made a fun RTS game in Compo

Anshul Goyal9 Dec 2014, 17:45

fun game! I died a horrible death :D

alpha_rat9 Dec 2014, 17:50

Great entry! Very well done, especially for 48 hours.
I didn't noticed any bugs, and it was very fun to play

Kaijuu10 Dec 2014, 04:16

This is really best!
Awesome gameplay.
Great graphics.
Very good gob! Really enjoyed the game.

Fortyseven10 Dec 2014, 08:03

Love the polish. It's quite fun, too! Great work. :)

xhunterko11 Dec 2014, 04:32

Great minimalist RTS idea!

Team Flashlight11 Dec 2014, 07:17

The art style is really awesome! The game mechanism is a simple but also make the game very friendly for new players.

SaintHeiser12 Dec 2014, 15:43

Game play is primitive. But visuals are fantastic! Love scetchgraphics =)

Franklin's Ghost14 Dec 2014, 11:34

The art is brilliant, really loved it and impressed you attempted a RTS in the time. Was able to build a few castles but the pink guys are just to quick for me. Fun to watch the little guys moving around though, a great entry.

zemeon1215 Dec 2014, 03:15

really good but kinda easy.

theholychicken15 Dec 2014, 04:50

Love strategy games! Neat, simple and fun. Well done!

Shivur15 Dec 2014, 17:38

Very fun!

Saf15 Dec 2014, 18:05

Your visual style is superb! The papercut-doodle is really charming.
Also the addition of castle building to this classic mechanic is a good addition! Good job overall! Would love to see some evolution of this game

TheMeorch16 Dec 2014, 00:12

Really nice job here -- the art style is incredibly charming and the gameplay is simple and satisfying. Very impressive work for a quick turnaround.

sP0CkEr222 Dec 2014, 06:36

wow very nicely done - altho some more balance would be great - destroying an opponent castle is tuff - play again

feiss30 Dec 2014, 11:23

I love it! simple to play, hard to win, funny, aesthetically pleasing.. and with some serious code inside. Great, great job!! :)

xaedes30 Dec 2014, 18:21

Very polished! Was a lot of fun to play. Great use of Voronoi! But whats a bit frustrating is when all cells are taken by someone its pretty over. And with (bad) look you can get initial positions that puts one of the players in an advantage.
I dont see how you can improve other than decreasing the defense of fortitudes. Or what would be much more fun: Three parties and a little bit increased grid resolution to make room for the third party. Would love to play that in an additional game mode!
Great Game!