King's Sandwich
*Ahh, the new courier! Welcome. His Majesty is right over there. Go and deliver what he needs to know about his kingdom. Beware, you do not want to test his patience! Pay attention to his mood. And remember to mix up the good news with the bad. Like a sandwich!*
King's Sandwich is a narrative strategy game where you play a royal courier bringing news to their king. Your goal is to present the news in the right order and combination for the king to spare your life. You never know what new problems will befall the kingdom or how the royal mood swings this time, so each day is a brand new, deadly puzzle.
NOTE: the windows build offers a slightly better audio experience with dynamic pitch adjustment.
NOTE2: the embedded web build and the additional windows build include a typo fix. The original upload remains available.
- LittleMayBee
- HaaYaargh - Twitter
- Kusy - Twitter
- Hex - Twitter
- Sushi - Twitter
- lgg
Together we create Tano Collective - Twitter, Itch
Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Gameplay music, Act starts, Act endings 1, Act endings 2, Next day
Additional sounds from 1BITDRAGON library
Fonts: Orotund, Kingthings Exeter, Encode Sans
King's Sandwich is a narrative strategy game where you play a royal courier bringing news to their king. Your goal is to present the news in the right order and combination for the king to spare your life. You never know what new problems will befall the kingdom or how the royal mood swings this time, so each day is a brand new, deadly puzzle.
NOTE: the windows build offers a slightly better audio experience with dynamic pitch adjustment.
NOTE2: the embedded web build and the additional windows build include a typo fix. The original upload remains available.
Created by
- LittleMayBee
- HaaYaargh - Twitter
- Kusy - Twitter
- Hex - Twitter
- Sushi - Twitter
- lgg
Together we create Tano Collective - Twitter, Itch
Attribution & Resources
Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Gameplay music, Act starts, Act endings 1, Act endings 2, Next day
Additional sounds from 1BITDRAGON library
Fonts: Orotund, Kingthings Exeter, Encode Sans
Comments23
Andreadbx2 May 2023, 16:02
Great game! Loved the retro-style graphics and the faces on the characters :D (not so much the skybox), the game is engaging and fun, the only thing i find unnecessary its the deadline mechanic! great job!
Tomáš Selmeci2 May 2023, 19:54
Wow very well put together, somehow the faces merge wit hthe graphics and the reactions are awesome! gj
nobiy2 May 2023, 20:09
This is a creative take on the theme! I had fun playing it and trying my best to keep my head.
The one thing I struggled with is understanding what the king's mood means. I think if you can hover over them and look up what their effects are, it'd make the game more puzzle like and less trial-and-error.
Good work!
The one thing I struggled with is understanding what the king's mood means. I think if you can hover over them and look up what their effects are, it'd make the game more puzzle like and less trial-and-error.
Good work!
ghodan2 May 2023, 20:33
Had to play this one after watching it on a stream, love these kinds of social deduction puzzles a-la Reigns. Also, first game I noticed using "Delivery" in this sense- brilliant!
Jackaljk2 May 2023, 20:36
Absolutely loved it! Great take on the theme, very fun and strategic. This can be turned into so many different situations, like talking to your boss, wife, patient, ... it has a lot of potential. I love how meme-like the graphics are but if you want to turn this into a hit for the general populace you might want to rethink the presentation :P Great job guys!
LDJam user 2484732 May 2023, 21:31
this game was really interesting! really cool take on the theme and fun gameplay loop! Wish it was a little harder (i only died once on the final act) still really creative!
Augmotic2 May 2023, 23:54
Thanks for hanging out in the stream and bringing your game!
Here is a link to the VOD that starts at your section.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1809875425?t=05h43m06s
Here is a link to the VOD that starts at your section.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1809875425?t=05h43m06s
MallanSandan3 May 2023, 06:28
I loved the storytelling through the different messages :D very neat way to balance his different moods!
RookRules3 May 2023, 07:39
HOLY KING's SANDWICH! I still have my head 4/5
Bauke Regnerus3 May 2023, 12:05
Absolutely my type of game. Great little narrative worked really well and I felt like my choices mattered. At the start there's some sense of figuring it out. The face mappings on the model are brilliant. XD
DanielShershnev2Game13 May 2023, 13:37
It seemed to me that I am this guy who brings messages to the king! When the king was angry, I was scared, when I was happy, I calmed down! A very well thought out game! Thanks!
SvenErik4 May 2023, 15:09
Well that was quite the experience, a really great submission, standing out a lot. I loved how the narrative and the game overall worked and the faces.. they were great haha. Marvelous overall aesthetic going along with it, this would be really fabulous to see if fully polished out and some content added~ Awesome work!
Igor Minenko4 May 2023, 15:14
one of the best game I ever played on this jam, good job guys! this aroused great interest!
Lomby4 May 2023, 21:39
Thanks for submitting your game on the stream!
Here’s the stream if you wanted to re-watch initial thoughts (timestamps in the description to jump to your game!) youtube link
Here’s the stream if you wanted to re-watch initial thoughts (timestamps in the description to jump to your game!) youtube link
sergilazaro5 May 2023, 11:49
I love when games try the non-obvious interpretation of the theme (unlike my game 😅). The fool/joker is my spirit animal 🃏
JanUres5 May 2023, 13:10
This is wonderful.
dxk22948 May 2023, 22:03
What a fantastic submission! We had a similar thought of a delivering news to your king during our early ideation on Friday night, but we couldn't figure out a way to make the idea engaging and fun. But you folks nailed it perfectly! I unfortunately had bad RNG the first time I played and (as far as I could tell) was doomed to failure with nothing but bad news from the start. But after that first game, things seemed much better balanced and I had a great time playing through the acts. I really liked how all of the pieces fit well together, and it felt like the order in which you delivered the news really mattered. I hope you get a lot more ratings, you deserve it!
MateusBoga8 May 2023, 22:14
Such an interesting take on the theme, and really nice execution as well! I enjoyed playing it on stream ^^ here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1814982163
Wolfier8 May 2023, 22:27
I told the king the weather was nice so he chopped my head off. Alright then.
I kinda think that its not clear what news will proc with which moods
I kinda think that its not clear what news will proc with which moods
Austin Sierra9 May 2023, 01:25
King had the most stressful life ever!
I enjoyed timing the news with how he felt each day.
I never came close to running out of time though.
I enjoyed timing the news with how he felt each day.
I never came close to running out of time though.
Rodrigo Denúbila9 May 2023, 04:01
I really liked your interpretation of the theme! And it's really well executed. Good job!
PoshDan18 May 2023, 15:23
This is a fairly unique concept! Initially I had a bit of difficulty anticipating the effects for the news I was delivering, but I improved with time. It was very funny to withhold the news of an invasion from the king for several days!
I had a lot of fun sticking my thumb into royal drama, well done!
I had a lot of fun sticking my thumb into royal drama, well done!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1809503221?t=14m13s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
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