Ludum Dare #56compo
Genus Arcanus
The modern magus doesn’t have the time or gold to prepare proper sacrifices. Instead, use your RAST (Rapid Ascension Sacrifice Tool) to breed creatures full of latent magical energy.
Careful though! Sacrifice too early, too late, or too often, and your mana will disappear.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Click creatures or press [TAB] key to view their properties.
Click the kill button or press [K] key to kill creatures and harvest their mana. Creatures with better genetics yield more mana.
Press the next button or press [N] key to breed a new generation of creatures.
Press the hot, cold, dry, or wet buttons ([H], [C], [D], or [W] key) to change survival rate of creatures. Creatures are more likely to live in their preferred climate.
Careful though! Sacrifice too early, too late, or too often, and your mana will disappear.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Click creatures or press [TAB] key to view their properties.
Click the kill button or press [K] key to kill creatures and harvest their mana. Creatures with better genetics yield more mana.
Press the next button or press [N] key to breed a new generation of creatures.
Press the hot, cold, dry, or wet buttons ([H], [C], [D], or [W] key) to change survival rate of creatures. Creatures are more likely to live in their preferred climate.
Tags: #arcade
Comments12
LightningST7 Oct 2024, 00:21
Am I supposed to ascend?
candlesan7 Oct 2024, 05:05
I liked managing the people, clicking on them, and trying to figure out how to breed them. I wasn't sure if there was an end goal that I was working towards, but it was interesting to breed them nonetheless
Sviborg7 Oct 2024, 08:20
I like this type of games)))
dhim7 Oct 2024, 13:16
I played multiple run, it was enjoyable to spam the kill key, and have the blood spatter live to tell the story.
After some reruns I managed to ascend in 4 kills. Is that good or bad ?
I just let them live multiple iterations until I had a bunch of chosen elect! Maybe some additional stats, or metrics to follow between run would help ? Even some random "event" (probably don't even need to be related to what the player is doing, like: People Fear You, People have forgotten about you, A rumor that ...) would be nice to increase the interactivity, making people question what they are doing! Changing the background color with the weather condition would be cool to have more visual.
Some bugs/comments:
- The vocabulary is not obvious at first of the gradation of gene level ( mundane
After some reruns I managed to ascend in 4 kills. Is that good or bad ?
I just let them live multiple iterations until I had a bunch of chosen elect! Maybe some additional stats, or metrics to follow between run would help ? Even some random "event" (probably don't even need to be related to what the player is doing, like: People Fear You, People have forgotten about you, A rumor that ...) would be nice to increase the interactivity, making people question what they are doing! Changing the background color with the weather condition would be cool to have more visual.
Some bugs/comments:
- The vocabulary is not obvious at first of the gradation of gene level ( mundane
dooskington7 Oct 2024, 19:35
Interesting concept, but tough to grasp.
The game eventually froze though when I moved to a next generation.
The game eventually froze though when I moved to a next generation.
PlasmaPuffs8 Oct 2024, 02:27
The concept was really creative, however I found a the controls (like what they did) mildly confusing. Is your goal as the player to get as much mana as possible, or to ascend with the least amount of sacrifices as possible? Also is it me or sometimes the game freezes when I try to click on 'Next'?
SdCorpse9 Oct 2024, 19:16
What shoud i actually do?
Pimping12 Oct 2024, 08:50
Interesting concept, also the description looks quite good, keep going!
bentglasstube13 Oct 2024, 05:16
A very ambitious and complicated game for a jam. I really liked all the little details that went into this but in the end it seemed like the best option was to just breed them for a few rounds to get really strong guys to sacrifice. Certainly an interesting concept that could be expanded upon with more gameplay.
Sam Bigos15 Oct 2024, 10:33
I love the idea of breeding the optimal cultists to sacrifice, but the gameplay was very impenetrable. I wasn't sure what I was meant to be doing and since breeding a new generation seems to have no penalty, the best strategy seems to be breeding to get 4 Chosen and then sacrifice them? Can it be completed with fewer than 4 sacrifices?
nrankin1325 Oct 2024, 21:53
Game kept locking for me on the second generation. It's a neat concept, though!
During what little I was able to play, though, I was definitely confused about my goal. Am I trying to breed the best possible creature? Get maxiumum mana? Something...else?