Nice gameplay loop. The time running down gives a feeling of pressure. Would like a easy to access restart button as small mistakes can easily stop a "speedrun".
Played it, i love the art & the idea you have going for it. If you have time, might i suggest making the timer a bit slower? The "48 hours" goes by really fast and most players probably wont get to see most of the upgrades.
Love this game. It feels great just playing. Philosopher's stone feels a little too difficult to get, ive been able to optimize the game down to getting it at 6 hours left, but at that point theres no point in having it. Very fun game though.
My first attempt, my game was a score of 90. Definitely wasted a lot of time just reading what stuff was. Will try again... Next try, I managed to just barely get the philospher's stone before the time ran out. Game score of 504. Another 30 seconds and I could have quadrupled it or something, pacing seemed right on my second try, but I'm guessing most people will only play once =).
Love the art style, really cute! Music and sound also pretty good.
Oh wow! I love the art! It was a bit confusing, though you mentioned it in the game over screen so i think you're aware. Even so, I had fun! Great submission.
Didn't see the timer on my first play through, and really enjoyed my second run. Time flies really fast which takes away from the redundancy of the idle-game type. I love the mix with the 48h compo "gamedev story" inspiration.
Awesome graphics, Pachelbel's Canon is always a nice addition and the sounds were pretty cute.
very meta, i like it =) As other people mentioned, the stone is really hard to get, it should just be a hidden thing behind the boss and just for people who want to try to see what happen.
Very cute. I really like the sound and music but I absolutely adore the graphics. On the gameplay front I enjoyed the time element although my first play through felt a little pressed as I realized there was a timer then I realized how slowly I read on my second playthrough I could get right to work so that really made the diffrence in getting a good score. All in all a very fun little game that is also super cute looking.
Absolutely loved this game! I played around with a few different strategies, and found that rushing for the 35 wood/stone for weapons so that I could get the stone was fastest. After a few runs with that approach, my best score was 1380!
EDIT: Having given it a couple more goes, I notice that it'll rank you more than just 3 stars... Now I need to find out if it goes to 5!
EDIT 2: 2160 points and 5 stars! Really liked how much depth I got out of such a straightforward game.
Man that was about as stressful as the real Ludum Dare XD Very interesting take on the theme. Did encounter some minor bugs, such getting negative resource numbers somehow.
Really fun game to try and speed run and find the most efficient way to get the best score at the end. Found myself replaying it 3 times just to do exactly that, nice work!
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If you have time, might i suggest making the timer a bit slower? The "48 hours" goes by really fast and most players probably wont get to see most of the upgrades.
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Love the art style, really cute! Music and sound also pretty good.
Awesome graphics, Pachelbel's Canon is always a nice addition and the sounds were pretty cute.
Overall a very solid entry, congrats!
As other people mentioned, the stone is really hard to get, it should just be a hidden thing behind the boss and just for people who want to try to see what happen.
Nice Canon in D changes in the music.
EDIT: Having given it a couple more goes, I notice that it'll rank you more than just 3 stars... Now I need to find out if it goes to 5!
EDIT 2: 2160 points and 5 stars! Really liked how much depth I got out of such a straightforward game.