Help a smattering of newly settled villagers eek out a life on a unique little island in the middle of nowhere. You are all that stands between the cruel fates the GODS have chosen to bestow on them and total eradication. Sacrifice one card out of each hand to prevent the GODS from bestowing that effect on the hapless villagers.
CONTROLS:
- LMB to select cards. - W, A, S, D to pan the camera across the island. - Mouse scroll to zoom in/out.
@Anonymous Thank you for your feedback!! Our artists seem happy about it.
@nakami Hey thanks for your review! Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to balance the game so I apologise if the game feels a bit 'random' (it is very RNG at times). The game is quite easy, but maybe with some small tweaks we could make it harder and have it feel less random. Thank you again for your feedback!
the art is so gud! The Ui is very nice. Maybe a bit of feedback from the game when u use cards would have helped with the overall gameplay. I don't have the feeling my cards do much.
Really cool concept, I think if you had a bit more control with the cards then it might feel a little less random. I kinda won by accident. But nice job overall and the art style is great!
@janwalsh haha thanks! Inspired by the sims games...
@angelnm sorry about that! We didnt really have much time for some balancing and better telegraphing. Lesson learned for the next jam :)
@something-something-games Thanks so much! Yeah the RNG is a bit too much here, agreed. Going to try to do something better next time around.. perhaps actually make a good AI and some better consequences!
@eretol thanks! Well, we didn't really have audio designers in the team and were in a rush to get something out. So we didn't want to get rated for audio for that reason. Next Dare we'll definitely think more about it! Thanks for your feedback!
I like the art and the concept for this game. Now that you have more time to put into it, I could see it growing into something pretty cool.
If you had to actually plot out their villages and make decisions about how they run their civilization, *and* make decisions on cards to sacrifice, then I could see it being super interesting.
Letting the player get closer to the action to decide what the village does in order to expand (designate X people to hunt, Y to farm, Z to build, etc.) could be fun.
As it is now, it kind of lacks gameplay. Others have said this already so I won't harp on about it, but I didn't get the impression that my decisions made a difference. The only thing I felt could cause a real problem would be if the gods chose that card that set a house on fire, because I always seemed to have plenty livestock and plenty trees, and the water never came close to the houses, but I always only had 1 or 2 houses at a time (unless I just didn't see the others).
But hey, 3 days is a ridiculously low amount of time to make a game, and you made something pretty impressive in that time.
When I first started playing I thought that the 'sacrificed' cards were cards I was playing, and the cards with two opposite effects (e.g. "population grows more rapidly or starts dwindling") would do the positive effect if I played them, and the negative effect if the gods played them.
Then I realized I was just discarding things I didn't want the gods to use (right?).
Maybe play with the idea of making every card two-sided like that, and the player actually plays the good side themselves every so often, but must choose a card to play the bad side every now and then? Then the player is somewhat in control of the situation.
All in all, good job and I'm interested in where this goes, if you keep working on it!
*P.S.: Does the rain falling and water expanding actually do anything? Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention. I'm assuming you didn't have time to put rainfall in, or perhaps it doesn't show well in the WebGL version?*
As others have said the UI and graphics are spot on. I thought the audio was decent as well. But I also agree that having more effects play for the cards or camera panning to the not so obvious ones. Overall excellent work!
Interesting idea. I'm not quite sure if it was just in my session, but it would be nice to see more of the population. Also it wasn't directly cleary, that my population needs to survive 5 days to win. Maybe some kind of progressbar might fit here?
I really enjoyed the mood. The UI is gorgeous, the world is cute and the sounds effects really trigger memories of these rainy days where you just stay at home in a warm blanket.
Great idea and awesome look! Beautiful music! Simple enough to figure out what to do. But after three games in a row I don't know how to lose in this game >
I liked the idea of the game and the art is amazing. Though, I don't really feel like I can do anything, I won on the first try and I didn't see anything happen or change throughout the playthrough. I also see what you tried to do with the theme but it didn't really feel like sacrificing since I usually had like 3 cards of the same type, so it happened anyway.
I would love to play it again when it is updated though :) I think that it has a lot of potential! I mean for 2/3 days of work this is beautiful :)
The mood and graphics were great, love this style of art. Especially the cards and UI. However, like some have said before, didn't really seem like I had a whole lot of control and won anyway. Also, I had the rains fall and waters rise card picked twice and I didn't see anything change. Not sure if that's a bug or I wasn't paying attention. Overall an interesting concept.
Thanks everyone for your kind words! We're aware of some unfortunate issues regarding difficulty and some effects not properly displaying. We've learned a lot from our second Ludum Dare jam and taking all this new knowledge with us to the next, in 2019. We greatly appreciate the feedback given here, the honesty of them is wonderful. Thank you.
@joramwolters Thanks for sharing! I really like the aesthetic, though the interface for some reason seemed a bit confusing to me, or like crowded? Anyway, I had a good time and apparently won!
Your art is great - palet is sweet, UI is clear and very stylish. Overall game looks gorgeous.
However, I didn't quite feel the game - I've just picked some random cards and won it after day 5. I don't know if I've missed something very important.
Overall, you guys are great. I've played your game at LD40 and I can tell that you have talent and passion. Good luck!
Very nice looking UI and that Title Screen is pretty amazing. I had fun playing it, even if I don't know how I managed this. You guys did a great job :)
Einstein once said that "God does not play dice with the universe", but looks that he play cards... hehe
Well, the game is very polished, the art style is very nice and fits with the theme. My only complaint is that sometime is hard to see what is write on the card, the font is very thin and small.
Good looking game, I don't really feel like the cards sacrifice much though. I give up one bad card for another and their effects are luck based anyway. You mostly sit and watch things happen, and the repeating cards lend it a small replay value.
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@nakami Hey thanks for your review! Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to balance the game so I apologise if the game feels a bit 'random' (it is very RNG at times). The game is quite easy, but maybe with some small tweaks we could make it harder and have it feel less random. Thank you again for your feedback!
@angelnm sorry about that! We didnt really have much time for some balancing and better telegraphing. Lesson learned for the next jam :)
@something-something-games Thanks so much! Yeah the RNG is a bit too much here, agreed. Going to try to do something better next time around.. perhaps actually make a good AI and some better consequences!
@eretol thanks! Well, we didn't really have audio designers in the team and were in a rush to get something out. So we didn't want to get rated for audio for that reason. Next Dare we'll definitely think more about it! Thanks for your feedback!
If you had to actually plot out their villages and make decisions about how they run their civilization, *and* make decisions on cards to sacrifice, then I could see it being super interesting.
Letting the player get closer to the action to decide what the village does in order to expand (designate X people to hunt, Y to farm, Z to build, etc.) could be fun.
As it is now, it kind of lacks gameplay. Others have said this already so I won't harp on about it, but I didn't get the impression that my decisions made a difference. The only thing I felt could cause a real problem would be if the gods chose that card that set a house on fire, because I always seemed to have plenty livestock and plenty trees, and the water never came close to the houses, but I always only had 1 or 2 houses at a time (unless I just didn't see the others).
But hey, 3 days is a ridiculously low amount of time to make a game, and you made something pretty impressive in that time.
When I first started playing I thought that the 'sacrificed' cards were cards I was playing, and the cards with two opposite effects (e.g. "population grows more rapidly or starts dwindling") would do the positive effect if I played them, and the negative effect if the gods played them.
Then I realized I was just discarding things I didn't want the gods to use (right?).
Maybe play with the idea of making every card two-sided like that, and the player actually plays the good side themselves every so often, but must choose a card to play the bad side every now and then? Then the player is somewhat in control of the situation.
All in all, good job and I'm interested in where this goes, if you keep working on it!
*P.S.: Does the rain falling and water expanding actually do anything? Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention. I'm assuming you didn't have time to put rainfall in, or perhaps it doesn't show well in the WebGL version?*
I really enjoyed the mood. The UI is gorgeous, the world is cute and the sounds effects really trigger memories of these rainy days where you just stay at home in a warm blanket.
I would love to play it again when it is updated though :) I think that it has a lot of potential! I mean for 2/3 days of work this is beautiful :)
Throbber is really cool, btw
Maybe it should last longer or be more difficult because we left jungry after turn 5 ;)
You can watch my gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-CrNXh2L4
However, I didn't quite feel the game - I've just picked some random cards and won it after day 5. I don't know if I've missed something very important.
Overall, you guys are great. I've played your game at LD40 and I can tell that you have talent and passion. Good luck!
Well, the game is very polished, the art style is very nice and fits with the theme. My only complaint is that sometime is hard to see what is write on the card, the font is very thin and small.
Overall, is a really good game. Good job!