Imagine you are a kaijumancer. Someone with the power to make kaijus and give the order to destroy cities.
Combine different pieces and order they to massacre cities. But be careful, World answer your menace with allies like sharknado, Power Pangers and the awful dire prawns.
Become the best kaijumancer, because the Earth it’s not going to exterminate itself!
We highly recommended read the tutorial!
CREDITS:
www.nowandstudios.com
David Bernad: Code & game design (@NazhorScio)
Jonathan Prat: Graphics & game design (@j_cauldfield)
Carlos Carrera: Code & game design
Borja Peinado: Text, support & game design (@condotierro)
I think the tutorial lacks some aspects of the gameplay though, like the meaning of the K and C counters, and how do I get more points to upgrade the Kaiju. The graphics are very good, and the gameplay is really unique!
Liked the style, especially details like the cat. But didn't saw anything but my Kaiju on the world map up until getting the certificate, so switching back to the previous screen and waiting for it to reach a city was not very exciting. Maybe a bug or I didn't understand it?
The little doll things everywhere were pretty hilarious. I didn't fully understand the gameplay though, it seems to stall out after a while since your monster doesnt get stronger.
The gameplay and general idea is unique, the music's ok, maybe it gets a little annoying after a while, the art of the desk is really awesome. Gameplay-wise maybe only I didn't get it but all I did was clicking on the lever, then a city, lever, city, lever, city... I never got more points to level up the kaiju, never had any clue about which parts I should use for which city (if it helps at all). After the second try I had enough, but I've never been a kaiju fan.
@10UpCrew: It's not a bug, it's lack of time. We could implement skills, evolution, etc... but we've only had time to core mechanics :(. Thanks for your comment!
I kept sending kaijus with different combinations I could make with 3 points and destroyed cities. I don't really know if there was more to the game than this but I couldn't manage to find if there was. It also lacks feedback, I feel like it's pure luck which side wins.
Love the retro art and style of the game! I don't know if I quite understood the strategy, but for the time constraints it looks great and is a great playable prototype that can really be built into an awesome game!
The newslatter is incredible, I wish it would go slower so that I can read it all "sightings of "manbearpig" through North America" "what are you doing reading this? destroy the world!" "want blue meth? call Heisenberg" they are all hilarious. Also, a evil guy is not a evil guy if he doesn't pet his cat. Great Game!
Really like the pixel graphics. A very different style of game play from everything else I've played thus far from this LDJAM. It would be cool to see this developed further and see the game more player active, than passive. I do like the idea of creating your own Kaijus like a mad kaijus scientist. Neat game!
The music is kind of annoying and I felt there was not enough gameplay. It was also confusing for me, I didn't really know what to do besides pulling the level and clicking on cities.
It doesn't really feel like my choices were making a difference... There's zero feedback when you "attack a city", you don't know if your high attack is hitting harder or if your high defence is making you last longer or whatever.
Just getting to the point of attacking was pretty difficult and weren't intuitive. The "flow" of moving from control to control seemed illogical and inconsistent.
Customising the kaiju was a nice touch but would have been nice if it meant anything at all - if they integrated with the stats system that'd be nice.
The scrolling text is cute and a nice touch, but again, does nothing with the game.
Feels like overall a game made with love, with lots of detail, but very little thought in the actual game feedback loop.
I didn't realize until late in the game that I could send multiple kaijus. I also was a little unclear on the loss conditions. Is there a limited number of kaijus that I get?
Graphics were great. Music was good. The little details were neat. Gameplay was a little stale, mostly because I just felt like I was guessing what each city needed to defeat it.
@chuckeles You're rigth about gameplay. We could only introduce the core mechanic. Thanks for feedback.
@Tuism During brainstorming we think all this features but in 72 hours we can't implement it, if we could expand this game, we include all of them. Thanks for the comment.
@Minibobbo You only could have one kaiju per city. Thanks!
Basically, all has been said above already. Have to join Tuism on that one: you should have concentrated first on gameplay, then polish. Otherwise all that comes out is more like an interactive greeting card. Hope that didn't sound mean. Your team definitely has potential, I can tell by all the beautiful visual details.
I love that you can pet your cat! That is so awesome! Makes me feel like a Bond villain. I chose to believe that her name is monster. Now who's a good monster? Yes you are! That's you! (^˃ᆺ˂^)
The visuals are really great and reminded of the strategic view of games like the old Syndicate, really a shame that a more involved gameplay could not have been implemented in the short timeframe allowed by LD.
Petting the cat while destroying cities is probably the best thing ever :D. Full of love and tiny details (nice to see Japan as the toughest city!). I'd love to see this expanded, with more strategy and management points. It's almost there, actually. Good job guys!
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The graphics are very good, and the gameplay is really unique!
@jordinuco Thanks, we have tried to represent all the world. We could to add more cities buy you know only 72 hours :D
@lukepilgrim: Thanks! :D
@Kakureta: Oh we're happy to make it a fun experience!
@OberynMartell: Ups! hehe "K" are kaijus that you have and C are not destroyed cities. Thanks for your words!
I LIKE ALL! WELL DONE!
p.s. I love the 1039410 easter eggs <3
@Lane, @Rothens, @glerikud and @foxboard: You have reason. Probably, we scope bad. Thanks for your feedback!
@Nikteddy92: Oh you! Thanks :D:D:D
@commodoreKid Thanks for your comment.
@Hegback Yep! Our graphic artist think on that :D
@Resonius Yep, we don't have musician in our team. That's why you can't vote us in music category. Thanks for your feedback
@Bitdecaygames We love this details ^^. Thanks!
@Maramasa Yep! We have a long to-do list. Thanks for your comment :D
But it could be nice to have more ways to customize your kaiju, like leveling up and stuff.
Overall, the game passes.
@highlyinteractive Thanks. Unfortunately we haven't had a musician at this jam. So we used a free music. The pitch bending it's web fault :(
@bigbuggames @folex70 Thanks <3
@Crucknuk Thanks!
@Vladirien We had more ideas, but 72 hours are so restrictive. Thanks for comment!
@Grahhhhh (I hope don't forget any H ^^') We're happy that you enjoyed :D Thanks!
Just getting to the point of attacking was pretty difficult and weren't intuitive. The "flow" of moving from control to control seemed illogical and inconsistent.
Customising the kaiju was a nice touch but would have been nice if it meant anything at all - if they integrated with the stats system that'd be nice.
The scrolling text is cute and a nice touch, but again, does nothing with the game.
Feels like overall a game made with love, with lots of detail, but very little thought in the actual game feedback loop.
Graphics were great. Music was good. The little details were neat. Gameplay was a little stale, mostly because I just felt like I was guessing what each city needed to defeat it.
@Tuism During brainstorming we think all this features but in 72 hours we can't implement it, if we could expand this game, we include all of them. Thanks for the comment.
@Minibobbo You only could have one kaiju per city. Thanks!
@jsmars @Sparrow Thanks for playing our game!
Anyway, nice graphics and nice idea. Using imagination player can fill what it miss (i.e. what I said in the previous paragraph ;) )
The mechanic is a little bit confusing. Destroyed 3 towns but didn't earn skill points.
@inbetweengames hahahaha oh you! We love cat's name :D Definitely it would be monster! Thanks for the comment.
@Jacktheviper Yep :( Thanks!
@piopio We would implement a small screen where you saw the kaiju destroying a city... but as you said short timeframe. Thanks for play!
@Sergi Montaner: the skill points are fixed, we think about it and we want to implement that you earn 1 point every 2 destroyed cities.
The game gets boring and I don't thing I can lose. But great work with this.
The game play is innovative.I like the art too.
@Galvemash Thanks for the feedback
@Xanjos The game is hosted on our own server. Thanks for the comment!
@bombjack The sound it's web fault :(. Thanks!
@danialias We keep on it! Tanks buddy