City of Words

In which year can you complete your city?

Tap a plot to build.

Tap letters to spell the word related to the prompt.

Post your year in the comments.

Jam playtesters: Jennifer Russ, iamevn, ReboundGames.

Immortal font http://www.1001freefonts.com/immortal.font

Post-compo:
+ Illustrated 6 more plots, so all 9 plots are illustrated.

Comments14

ReboundGames28 Aug 2016, 20:51

I was really bad at this, got to 1648 but only with several hints. Seems like it would do nicely on android. The text was a bit blurry but still very legible.

iamevn28 Aug 2016, 21:15

Got a bug, I'm on 1927 in the alphabet category and I can't input what I think is the answer for CUNEIFORM because it starts with the answer to SUMMONS

ethankennerlyauthor28 Aug 2016, 22:43

@iamevn Not being able to enter the longer word is unfair! You pinpointed my mistake. Fixed.

@ReboundGames My sloppy Unity default WebGL text was blurry! I snapped text and downloaded Immortal font.

Move12729 Aug 2016, 02:52

It's a nice little game. I would probably play it on my phone when I'm bored.

Rico The Jammer29 Aug 2016, 03:49

1165 BC *cough* but I lost I little patience for some! (and also there are holes in my english).

Nothing happened once I built all the plots and all the upper right is made of generic looking pyramids. Bug or not yet implemented?

ethankennerlyauthor29 Aug 2016, 14:16

@Rico The Jammer I ran out of time, mostly from procrastinating a decision on which game Friday night. I'm glad to hear that you'd like me to illustrate those 6 plots and animate when all 9 plots are complete.

AwesomeDannyRay29 Aug 2016, 17:24

Couldn't figure out what I was suppose to do for a while. Also, hints just break the game.

JD55729 Aug 2016, 18:21

I'm really bad at this game. I eventually gave up and used all the hints just to see the end game.

I guess it needed to be a bit more polished to keep me interested.

justinooncx29 Aug 2016, 19:55

I thought my English was good. Then I played this game. Couldn't make it too far, and I was too proud to look up the answers or use hints. Still, a nice game!

Decentsauce29 Aug 2016, 21:59

Some words were quite hard but I certainly would play a more fleshed out version of this on mobile. Well done!

ethankennerlyauthor30 Aug 2016, 02:24

@ReboundGames, @Move127, #Decentsauce, now I linked an Android version. It is the same as the WebGL version. I appreciate you encouraging me to illustrate and animate!

ethankennerlyauthor5 Sep 2016, 22:23

Now I uploaded post-compo version. I illustrated the other 6 plots.

rodobodolfo6 Sep 2016, 02:14

I really like it, I found it really challenging as well

M@7 Sep 2016, 13:11

1752. Nice use of anagram mechanic and nice design to fit into the theme. It felt like there was a bit of progression going easy to hard from bottom to top, which could be stronger. A bit of an effect would help to show when a correct word has been accepted (or maybe a submit button).