Strain of the Gods
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Many years ago, a race of ancient deities arose from a deep slumber. In their hunger for wealth and power they caused the demise of mankind. At the brink of a complete extinction, only a small village escaped the eyes of the gods, until now.
Baring the legacy of mankind, it is up to you to aid the small mountain town of Javalonia to please the celestial beings while slowly increasing its population. How long will you last before you too perish?
* For those who do not want to read the entire manual * : This game is a resource gathering game in the shape of a very minimalistic RTS. The gods will ask you for resources, if you can't comply they will kill your villagers until you sacrifice one to them instead.
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#### CONTROLS
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Key | Action
--- | ---
F1 | Show controls overlay
Left Click| Select a single unit, confirm position to move to
Right Click & Drag | Select multiple units
Tab | Toggle minimap
Arrow Keys| Move camera
Left CTRL + UP/DOWN keys| Follow a villager
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#### The World
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Right click on a villager to select him/her. Alternatively you can left click and drag (see image). Then proceed doing the same on a target and select an action. Note that not everything can be farmed, as the Gods do not want you to mess with live trees.
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| wood | | food | | water
| stone | | food |
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#### Villager actions
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A villager can do multiple things. They have to, the fate of mankind depends on it !!!! To aid you in keeping track of your villagers, you can hold down * CTRL and the up or down arrow keys *. This will make the camera follow an individual villager in its endeavour! You can also toggle a minimap using the * TAB * key
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##### Sacrifice
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You can sacrifice a villager , should the gods demand so. Or if you are unable to fulfill one of their wishes. By right clicking a villager and selecting sacrifice, the character will find its path back to the altar at the village square.
Villagers are really your most precious resource however, so be careful !
_Making a sacrifice_
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##### Harvest
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You can manually specify a resource that should be harvested by a villager. Select one or multiple villagers, then right click your target and select "Harvest". Obtaining food is harder than it seems. Berries can be quite rare and the only other option is to tend to the farmland near the village. You can use water to let the crops grow, which can then be harvested for food ! Right click the farmland and water it.
_Harvesting a tree_
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##### Scavenge
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When you are in sudden need of a certain resource, you don't always have the time to manage every target for a villager manually. By selecting "Scavenge" you can set a resource type and let the AI handle the gathering for you ! Easy peasy !
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##### Rest
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Villagers are also a resource and you will run out if the divine demands keep coming. In order to reproduce, at least * 2 villagers * need to be resting in the same house. You can do this by selecting villagers, right clicking a house and selecting rest. If you have * at least 50 of each resource * , there is a chance the villagers will reproduce !
_Resting and reproducing_
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##### Notifications
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A villager will let you know what it is up to by means of a text bubble.
Object| Type
--- | ---
| found what I was looking for | | confused, did you interrupt me?
| brought something to the village | | looking for wood
| can't reach what you want me to | | looking for food
| there is no resource nearby | | looking for water
| thinking about what I need to do | | looking for gold
| sick, something went wrong |
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#### Events
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##### Rewards
___
The Gods will bestow you with fortune or will demand sacrifices to be made. In the former, an idol will spawn on the map. Have one of your villagers obtain it before time runs out and you will be rewarded with a random resource !
___
##### Punishments
___
You are a toy. The Gods will put you in place with plagues and disaster. You can bribe them by following their demands, by clicking the appropriate button in the HUD (if you have the resources). Be sure to do so before the pentagon timer runs out, the consequences might be severe...
Plague| Flood | Earthquake
--- | --- | ---
| |
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The audio for this game is procedural. It is generated on the spot and to prove that, there is a function in the options window that can swap between the generated music and piano music on the fly !
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I've spent almost a full day on this and it still is not working as well as I want it to. It is surprisingly difficult to instruct an AI to be confused at times !
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All pixel art was created by me using only 3 gray tones from the Arne64's preset in Pyxel Edit !
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* Audacity
* Pxyel Edit
* Unity2018.2.15f1 and Visual Studio 2017
* sfbgames.com/chiptone/
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I have been doing game development as a hobby for the last two years now. I am not a "project finisher", but I am an avid prototyper. I wanted to take the challenge and put as much in this game as I could, using a slice of my skills to deliver the best I could in 2 days. I had tremendous fun writing an overly complex game with simple gameplay mechanics. In a way, I created a chainsaw to carve a chicken, breaking the code more than I fixed it. Resource gathering AI and procedural music in 2 days, with loads of side challenges (drag select, delegate events, ... )
Thank you for reading this page, that in itself is appreciation!
Thank you for the Ludum Dare community. Every issue is a blast ! And I would also like to thank the Twitch community for the fun streams, even early in the morning. Mic-less mind you, as I did not want to wake my son with my crazyness. Yet you guys stuck by my side and cheered me on !
Also thanks for the streams that motivated me and helped me finish the project with laughs and enjoyment.
* https://www.twitch.tv/honestdangames *
* https://www.twitch.tv/rocknightstudios *
* https://www.twitch.tv/akouo_studios *
* https://www.twitch.tv/instafluff *
* https://www.twitch.tv/wobblytrout *
* https://www.twitch.tv/krassenstein *
Untill next edition, you can find me at * _https://www.twitch.tv/DrJavaSaurus_ * !
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Thank you for your time and effort playing the game. Happy gaming and happy holidays !
___
___
___
Baring the legacy of mankind, it is up to you to aid the small mountain town of Javalonia to please the celestial beings while slowly increasing its population. How long will you last before you too perish?
* For those who do not want to read the entire manual * : This game is a resource gathering game in the shape of a very minimalistic RTS. The gods will ask you for resources, if you can't comply they will kill your villagers until you sacrifice one to them instead.
Manual
___
#### CONTROLS
___
Key | Action
--- | ---
F1 | Show controls overlay
Left Click| Select a single unit, confirm position to move to
Right Click & Drag | Select multiple units
Tab | Toggle minimap
Arrow Keys| Move camera
Left CTRL + UP/DOWN keys| Follow a villager
___
#### The World
___
Right click on a villager to select him/her. Alternatively you can left click and drag (see image). Then proceed doing the same on a target and select an action. Note that not everything can be farmed, as the Gods do not want you to mess with live trees.
| wood | | food | | water
| stone | | food |
___
#### Villager actions
___
A villager can do multiple things. They have to, the fate of mankind depends on it !!!! To aid you in keeping track of your villagers, you can hold down * CTRL and the up or down arrow keys *. This will make the camera follow an individual villager in its endeavour! You can also toggle a minimap using the * TAB * key
___
##### Sacrifice
___
You can sacrifice a villager , should the gods demand so. Or if you are unable to fulfill one of their wishes. By right clicking a villager and selecting sacrifice, the character will find its path back to the altar at the village square.
Villagers are really your most precious resource however, so be careful !
_Making a sacrifice_
___
##### Harvest
___
You can manually specify a resource that should be harvested by a villager. Select one or multiple villagers, then right click your target and select "Harvest". Obtaining food is harder than it seems. Berries can be quite rare and the only other option is to tend to the farmland near the village. You can use water to let the crops grow, which can then be harvested for food ! Right click the farmland and water it.
_Harvesting a tree_
___
##### Scavenge
___
When you are in sudden need of a certain resource, you don't always have the time to manage every target for a villager manually. By selecting "Scavenge" you can set a resource type and let the AI handle the gathering for you ! Easy peasy !
___
##### Rest
___
Villagers are also a resource and you will run out if the divine demands keep coming. In order to reproduce, at least * 2 villagers * need to be resting in the same house. You can do this by selecting villagers, right clicking a house and selecting rest. If you have * at least 50 of each resource * , there is a chance the villagers will reproduce !
_Resting and reproducing_
___
##### Notifications
___
A villager will let you know what it is up to by means of a text bubble.
Object| Type
--- | ---
| found what I was looking for | | confused, did you interrupt me?
| brought something to the village | | looking for wood
| can't reach what you want me to | | looking for food
| there is no resource nearby | | looking for water
| thinking about what I need to do | | looking for gold
| sick, something went wrong |
___
#### Events
___
##### Rewards
___
The Gods will bestow you with fortune or will demand sacrifices to be made. In the former, an idol will spawn on the map. Have one of your villagers obtain it before time runs out and you will be rewarded with a random resource !
___
##### Punishments
___
You are a toy. The Gods will put you in place with plagues and disaster. You can bribe them by following their demands, by clicking the appropriate button in the HUD (if you have the resources). Be sure to do so before the pentagon timer runs out, the consequences might be severe...
Plague| Flood | Earthquake
--- | --- | ---
| |
___
Special Features
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Procedural Audio
___
The audio for this game is procedural. It is generated on the spot and to prove that, there is a function in the options window that can swap between the generated music and piano music on the fly !
___
Automated resource gathering state machine
___
I've spent almost a full day on this and it still is not working as well as I want it to. It is surprisingly difficult to instruct an AI to be confused at times !
___
Pixel art
___
All pixel art was created by me using only 3 gray tones from the Arne64's preset in Pyxel Edit !
___
Used Software
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* Audacity
* Pxyel Edit
* Unity2018.2.15f1 and Visual Studio 2017
* sfbgames.com/chiptone/
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Developer's note
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I have been doing game development as a hobby for the last two years now. I am not a "project finisher", but I am an avid prototyper. I wanted to take the challenge and put as much in this game as I could, using a slice of my skills to deliver the best I could in 2 days. I had tremendous fun writing an overly complex game with simple gameplay mechanics. In a way, I created a chainsaw to carve a chicken, breaking the code more than I fixed it. Resource gathering AI and procedural music in 2 days, with loads of side challenges (drag select, delegate events, ... )
Thank you for reading this page, that in itself is appreciation!
Thank you for the Ludum Dare community. Every issue is a blast ! And I would also like to thank the Twitch community for the fun streams, even early in the morning. Mic-less mind you, as I did not want to wake my son with my crazyness. Yet you guys stuck by my side and cheered me on !
Also thanks for the streams that motivated me and helped me finish the project with laughs and enjoyment.
* https://www.twitch.tv/honestdangames *
* https://www.twitch.tv/rocknightstudios *
* https://www.twitch.tv/akouo_studios *
* https://www.twitch.tv/instafluff *
* https://www.twitch.tv/wobblytrout *
* https://www.twitch.tv/krassenstein *
Untill next edition, you can find me at * _https://www.twitch.tv/DrJavaSaurus_ * !
___
Thank you for your time and effort playing the game. Happy gaming and happy holidays !
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