Ludum Dare #43compo

Life in the Trenches

by meskaline

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Welcome to Life in the trenches.

The goal of the game is to keep a balance between your stats
of your unit stationed in the trenches on the west front of
the First World War(ammo, energy, hunger and morale).

The challenge would be to take difficult decisions under pressure. Good luck, and have a honorable death!

The controls are:

* Space: Shoot
* Up, Down, Enter: Select a solution to appearing problems

Good luck!

I can't believe I finished(ish) this game in such a short time while I was learning lua and Love2d(first time writing code in Love2d or lua) and also finally learning to do some audio(not so great but i'm proud)

Tools:

* language - lua
* Framework - Love2d
* Graphics - Piskel
* Audio - Bosca Ceoil

Disclaimer:

* There is a possible bug regarding the questions not to appear. If you got that please notice me, i still don't know why it happens. It only happened to 2 guys at work. (it may be related to some timers being dependent on frame rates, i'll investigate and try to do a build with this fixed).
* There are many spelling mistakes. Sorry for that.

Tools: Bosca Ceoil, LÖVE, Piskel

Comments21

sadzanenyama3 Dec 2018, 08:44

Good game, just a lot of spelling mistakes.

triplefox3 Dec 2018, 08:56

The repetition and simple "choose A vs B" structure like "Reigns" makes this game effective at giving the mood of trench warfare. I enjoyed the variety of events, although I was frustrated by their randomness. (Randomness tends to act as a design placeholder, because it cuts off the player's ability to calculate further ahead)

I would be happy to see more of this game.

BJ Pucci3 Dec 2018, 09:35

Good Game, Just check your spelling...

meskalineauthor3 Dec 2018, 11:47

Thank you all for your feedback.
@sadzanenyama @bj-pucci Yeah, I was really tired and didn't had the time for spellcheck. I'm frustrated now...
@triplefox Thank a lot for your input. At first I wanted to add more content but I found the routine and repetitiveness of events give a nice taste of the trench werfare.

loligxp3 Dec 2018, 13:23

Realy nice game, it just got repetitive after a bit and the outcome was too random

Flat-Anchor3 Dec 2018, 13:38

Alex got trench foot twice and lost leg twice. Good game, really liked the sprite work. Reminds me of reigns as well. Just wish it was harder.

Iluvatar3 Dec 2018, 13:42

Interesting idea. I really love the artstyle!

Andreadbx4 Dec 2018, 00:13

Cute artstyle and very funny events (poor Billy :( )

Derek Volker4 Dec 2018, 09:24

Did my best but this is all i got. Poor Billy was shot in the head like 4 times and kept doing stuff. While i liked the concept and execution, and so the easy to understand mechanics, i found that soon the questions became repetitive. Other than that, the graphics are neat and the sound matches it in a pleasant way. Good job!

catbutt6 Dec 2018, 12:36

Billy's dad would approve.

merdeboi6 Dec 2018, 12:39

Nice variety of events, gameplay could have been a little more thrilling.

simon.parzer6 Dec 2018, 12:56

Love the low-fi pixel art and music. It feels like an old DOS game. Theme and setting is executed well. The gameplay feels unfinished, but it has potential! For me, playing the compo version got repetitive after a while.

Nick Rafalski6 Dec 2018, 14:20

Cool game! I really liked the slow pace. Gave me enough time to read the questions and think about them without being overwhelmed by the oncoming enemies. The art and music were great.

Blodyavenger6 Dec 2018, 14:22

In the whole game I only got the option selection once and then I put John to rest (not sure which one is john).
It was a bit confusing just because of that, otherwise great art style and music - like @simon-parzer said, nice DOS game feel!

Nekonyo6 Dec 2018, 17:52

Great game and fun choces. It is one best compos with this style I have reviewed.

I got this bug while playing first time. I hope it helps you

Alina Burgert6 Dec 2018, 19:39

Cool idea, but there could be more choices to make it a bit more fun.

Linky4396 Dec 2018, 21:43

Interesting idea! I like the graphics (even if a background could have made a nice addition ^^), and while I found the main mechanic easy to understand, I believe your game relies too much on random. During my first playthrough, I only got one question and sometimes it took forever for an enemy to appear.

The idea is very cool though, congrats!

AwiX7 Dec 2018, 08:47

An interesting game with a kind of mechanics.

BloodyOrchidDC10 Dec 2018, 14:54

It seems my trenches life goes well~ The chooce with a lot a humor and interesting dialog.

jk500013 Dec 2018, 11:02

This is a fun little game, perhaps a bit slow, but overall a good LD game.

Artur Hawkwing17 Dec 2018, 17:47

Cool concept, but the game got a bit too repetitive for me, and I had trouble seeing how the in-game choices had too much of an impact. However, the music was nice and the game fit ito the theme pretty well.

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