Time Is Running Out

I really have no idea what's going on here. I tried the first level a couple times, and it seemed like I was doing good by doing nothing and letting the red swords go through, but then the blue/greens showed up and torpedoed my score repeatedly, despite what keys/timings I tried to use.

First level starts with only one city so you can see how and when the bar below it affects you score. When it reaches 0 (full red) it hits down your score. I though that big swords with minus signs on it and "hit" sound are enough of an indicator. Same goes with other 2 states (trade and faith).

Good job on it. I think that if the player does not want to think he won't understand what is going on. But if we do the effort we can understand, no problem ;) But playing it is another story ! It's a bit hard. I like the concept, I tried to synchronize all cities so that I press keys at the same time. :D And the rythm with the sound is very helpfull. Graphics are nice too. Well done, keep creating games!

interesting idea, I had to read the comments to understand what to do but when I got I managed to get a "better" score. I'm not very good at multitasking lol, but the idea is really cool but a bit too hard of a game for me :p

I can't complete the first level, even understanding mechanics (I think they aren't that hard to understand). Good concept, though :)

Challenging, hetic game! I included it in my compilation video series of all of the MiniLD #70 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/F2e0VX44fiM