Ludum Dare #43compo

Generic Zombie Apocalypse Game Title

by noodlemaster

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.09

This is my first ever Game for LD and also the first game I ever "finished". It was really fun to participate and I'm definitely joining the next one.

It is supposed to be a game about surviving for as long as you can, but it kinda maybe turned into a clicker game during developement.

I am especially looking for feedback on whether the game is actually any fun to play and if not, what would make it fun.

Tools i used:
- Unity
- Visual Studio
- Gimp

Tags: #minimalist, #my first game jam, #unity

Genres: strategy

Tools: GIMP, Unity

Comments16

Darylsteak3 Dec 2018, 05:40

The game was interesting. I liked how the strategy was involved, and how you needed to carefully plan your moves.

However is it possible for you to allow players to undo (or turn off) certain decisions after selecting them? Some sound and music would also be great.

Honestly, I think this has a lot of potential, and if further expanded and polished can turn into a really great game.

"The last stand"

monkeedude12123 Dec 2018, 05:44

Not a terrible concept. Needs to be worked on; the recruiting/defense/civilian system is not very clear, the numbers on the screen don't help you understand what they do.

NoodleMasterauthor3 Dec 2018, 07:03

Thanks for the feedback

@monkeedude1212 It's true that the mechanics are not very transparent and that the UI is lacking.

If I have the time this week I will try to upload a updated version and incorporate the feedback and ideas i get.

Jannick Larsen3 Dec 2018, 07:54

i like the idea.
it could really do with some music or just sound fx :)

SlizzBen3 Dec 2018, 07:56

Nice game, but there are way to buy more than 1 point of something?

NoodleMasterauthor3 Dec 2018, 18:01

@slizzben currently not

@jannick-larsen I decided against any sound, because i am utterly incompetent at it.

Thank you for your feedback, i will add those to the list of stuff i want to improve.

Mightymaster993 Dec 2018, 18:48

Not a bad concept. It's definitely interesting, but it needs to be worked on. Maybe it's my sleep-deprived brain, but even after 15 minutes I still wasn't sure what I was doing.

NoodleMasterauthor3 Dec 2018, 19:14

@mightymaster99 Thank you for spending that time to play my game.

Adding a smaller tutorial island to introduce different game mechanics might be a good idea.

marcellus3 Dec 2018, 19:46

I tried my best to defend my little island but the lack of information made the zombies win. Maybe players could react faster and better with detailed statistics showing directly on the lands.
Nice idea anyway but needs more work.

Kszaku3 Dec 2018, 21:23

Please, don't throw that idea away! Keep working, this is a diamond in the rough.
Also, I would suggest making it turn-based. Days are passing a bit too fast, and sometimes it can lead to missing that window of opportunity, where player can make a decision, that would stop the zombies (for a while).

NoodleMasterauthor3 Dec 2018, 21:39

Thank you all so much for the kind words and feedback.

@kszaku Turn based you say... i will think about that.

@marcellus i will spend some extra time on making a better ui

Sadly i cant do it in time for the jam, but i will keep working on it.

jhell3 Dec 2018, 22:46

Day 66 here :). I really enjoyed the game, although there was definitely too much clicking. I think being able to pause somehow lessens the feeling of impending doom brought by the zombies. Maybe a smaller pace with speed controls would have worked even better? Anyways, nice job!

Jimbly3 Dec 2018, 23:00

I quickly got into a situation where my income was -150,000/day (I think I clicked reinforce on a region with lots of factories, and suddenly the income dropped immensely). Needless to say, I did not recover from that.

Codesity5 Dec 2018, 19:12

The Game idee is good and nice structered. But it need some Mechanics more. The Graphics are simple and the theme was successful. Good Work!

falak7 Dec 2018, 18:25

Nice idea but it has many bugs. Don't give up tho! Good luck!

negativice31 Dec 2018, 15:00

I wanted to say that it was a bit unbalanced, and easy, until i suddenly got destroyed by debt. In the end it was the corporate greed that doomed the world :laughing:

Other games by @noodlemaster

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