Water Rises
Keep a positive mindset and a positive population as you try to escape the rising sea by building an island village to the sky.
Gameplay:
1. Purchase a building set using money
2. Place buldings
- Some buildings generate synergies when they are placed next to each other.
- Money allows buying new buildings.
- Population keeps the town alive.
- Faith temporarily slows (but does not stop!) the rate at which the water rises.
- Large buildings can be split into smaller ones.
3. Water rises after you place all of the buildings. Buildings "die" when they are under too much water.
4. If the population reaches zero, you loses.
Controls:
- LMB: Select/place building
- RMB: Split building/pan camera
- MMB/Q and E: Rotate camera
- Mousewheel: Zoom camera/rotate building
- WASD: Pan camera
- ESC: Menu/options
Click once on a building card to select it and click a second time on the same building card to deselect it.
Gameplay:
1. Purchase a building set using money
2. Place buldings
- Some buildings generate synergies when they are placed next to each other.
- Money allows buying new buildings.
- Population keeps the town alive.
- Faith temporarily slows (but does not stop!) the rate at which the water rises.
- Large buildings can be split into smaller ones.
3. Water rises after you place all of the buildings. Buildings "die" when they are under too much water.
4. If the population reaches zero, you loses.
Controls:
- LMB: Select/place building
- RMB: Split building/pan camera
- MMB/Q and E: Rotate camera
- Mousewheel: Zoom camera/rotate building
- WASD: Pan camera
- ESC: Menu/options
Click once on a building card to select it and click a second time on the same building card to deselect it.
Comments18
PashaLoban5 Apr 2022, 08:25
cool game but ground too curve i survived 16 rounds
silkmeloni5 Apr 2022, 08:33
I don't know how to build higher and higher and just for relax, well done.
Lord Shulky5 Apr 2022, 08:42
A pretty fun game... I feel like money is never an issue since I end up not really even looking at the number, but apart from that I really enjoyed making a tall tower. +Points for the church sound effect.
Zef1r5 Apr 2022, 09:06
I was able to survive 14 rounds. I love this game. The music is simple and relaxing. Just chill.
Mikado5 Apr 2022, 13:27
The graphics are very cool, but the sound effects and sountrack are the absolute best i've found this far! Good job. About the gameplay, maybe it's just me but i couldn't pile up the buildings, they just kept falling over because there is no friction, so at the slightest angle they just slide down and fall into the ocean. Other than that, good job, i can see you put a lot of creativity into it.
Emaigualmc2_art6 Apr 2022, 00:09
Very funny, without a doubt the audio and sounds are the best xD. great job!
Celtican6 Apr 2022, 02:03
I'm not really sure what I was doing, but this was fun! Super relaxing. Considering "Delay the inevitable" prompted so many more survive-as-long-as-you-can non-stop-action games, I'm really pleased to find one that lets you take your time. I am also pleased with the sfx and bgm. Quite pleased.
I'm not sure what the religious buildings were doing. Was a mechanic that wasn't fully implemented?
The feature to split buildings into pieces was also new and interesting. I haven't seen that before, and it's quite welcome here, where I want to place them on top of each other as much as I can. I made it 15 rounds!
I'm not sure what the religious buildings were doing. Was a mechanic that wasn't fully implemented?
The feature to split buildings into pieces was also new and interesting. I haven't seen that before, and it's quite welcome here, where I want to place them on top of each other as much as I can. I made it 15 rounds!
Yaen7 Apr 2022, 01:37
This was super cute and quite relaxing to play. I enjoyed my time with it :)
Wish there were a few more different island layouts and wanted to understand the effects of each building a bit more but other than that it was a good time and totally on theme!
Wish there were a few more different island layouts and wanted to understand the effects of each building a bit more but other than that it was a good time and totally on theme!
infecsean7 Apr 2022, 11:42
Very relaxing and fun, quite easy to get how to play it, really love the music. Reminds me of Islanders. also my record was 14 rounds, pretty good to me
SleepyStudios9 Apr 2022, 16:41
Totally agreed with one of the comments above - I had no clue what I was doing a lot of the time (apart from building cool island towns) but it was also so relaxing that I really didn't mind. I guess what would've helped me personally would be making the sort of background mechanics around faith, etc were more obvious. Overall though nice work!
Samuli9 Apr 2022, 19:55
Thanks for the kind comments everyone!
kromeboy10 Apr 2022, 12:09
Complex game. The best options to stack building are the one that cost more money, and so you have to balance expenditure as well as buildings.
Great variety of models. Maybe a litte to hard for the lack of flat land: i lasted about the same turns (16) bouding on the mountain top that on the small hill.
Great entry
Great variety of models. Maybe a litte to hard for the lack of flat land: i lasted about the same turns (16) bouding on the mountain top that on the small hill.
Great entry
Aeternall11 Apr 2022, 12:58
At first I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but then I found the instructions and figured it out and had quite a good time the second time around. I sometimes had to guess which building did what but overall, it was pretty fun and goofy with the physics and sounds. At the very end I managed to stack like three houses on top of each other on the mountain and made it to turn 18! Good job!
LDJam user 23475311 Apr 2022, 21:39
At first i didn't know how this fits the game or what the point of my buildings were. I didn't see why they fell so randomly and collapsed. Then the water rose high enough and this is so good and funny.
LDJam user 25090511 Apr 2022, 22:36
Really really loved it! It was fun to stack buildings on top of each other, and it was equally as sad when your tower would fall over (XD)! I got to 19 rounds my first try, and it was super fun! Great job, all of you; 4.5/5 stars from me!
AguaHervida12 Apr 2022, 00:14
What a complex game~ It was hard to get my head around the mechanic at first, after a couple of tries i got it
It really shows a big variety of stuff, a lot of work right there ~ Sometimes it was hard to put buildings down as they just fall off because of the terrain
Awesome stuff see you next jam~!
It really shows a big variety of stuff, a lot of work right there ~ Sometimes it was hard to put buildings down as they just fall off because of the terrain
Awesome stuff see you next jam~!
JackOfCups19 Apr 2022, 21:02
Loved it! Was able to survive to round 21 by building large housing units atop each other. To the mooooooon!
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Despite this I enjoyed my experience - sounds in particular. Church sound effect is very cool. Game really reminded me "Islanders" that I once played, but with a slight sinknig twist) Well done!