Press a number key for the corresponding house you want to repair then press the first letter of the action you wish to preform [G]rass, [W]ater, [H]eat, [R]oof + 1-9 Press [B]uy to get new Houses, each House is $10,000
Controls
Here the first house has a grass icon so you should press G + the House # Here is a Water issue so you should press W This is a roof icon so press R Here are all the houses Numbered Press the corresponding number while fixing the issue
I like that your concept is just about the most original I've seen yet in the compo. It works well with the theme. I didn't really enjoy the resulting gameplay though.
I tried it five times but failed to get anything to happen. I read the instructions on itch but didn't have any luck. Thought I would let you know so you can improve on usability next time :) Placing the instructions on screen would probably also have helped a great deal.
Maybe I haven't got the key, but when there is one demand unsatisfied, the money drops very fast, and those demands appears a little too much, which makes it very hard to collect money above the safe line for an extra house. If it is really worse when there is more house, it would be too difficult for me.
I saved to 20,000, then pressed B to buy an extra house, but it bought *two* houses and I immediately lost :(.
The controls are incredibly frustrating, I would suggest: * Just press the number once, don't need to hold it, highlight the house that's selected * Show the letter required to be pressed to fix things * Or, just allow clicking on them? * Don't buy multiple houses if B is held down, just buy one per press
Money drops too fast before you get to understand how things work in the game. The lack of visual feedback also makes it a little difficult to tell if buttons are working. The control scheme could be simplified, lets say, put the buttons nearer to each other and put some kind alphabet in front of what the houses need. This makes it a bit less tedious to check out the controls everytime a new icon pops. The icons aren't so clear to what they are as well which add to the problems. This is a solid submission so good job on this.
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I feel I would have enjoyed it more if the controls were in a more comfortable position.
Overall well done :)
Placing the instructions on screen would probably also have helped a great deal.
The controls are incredibly frustrating, I would suggest:
* Just press the number once, don't need to hold it, highlight the house that's selected
* Show the letter required to be pressed to fix things
* Or, just allow clicking on them?
* Don't buy multiple houses if B is held down, just buy one per press
I was unable to get past 2 houses ^_^.