Nice game, it was interesting trying to balance resources this way. I was a bit confused by how the "combat(?)" worked, I figured I need a strong army when the attack comes, but didn't understand what was happening after the attack, sometimes I gained soldiers, after the attack I needed more food? was a bit confusing. The "How to Play" graphic was too overwhelming for me to comprehend, too many things at once with no beginning and end.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #514 | 3.878 | 3.878 |
| Overall | #575 | 3.740 | 3.740 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #577 | 4.049 | 4.049 |
| Design | #796 | 3.293 | 3.293 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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So, the game made me want to pierce its secrets, and to understand perfectly how it worked. The music, sounds and voice actings really added to the game, but the tutorial was REALLY confusing, and it would have made the game clearer to have each explanation on a different page, or added text to understand. The principle of having one slot, building and demolishing building doesn't really fit your game, it would have been better if all buildings were there, but only one could be active each turn (since that's what reflects reality: you don't have any cost to build or demolish, and buildings stay at the same level once you upgrade them).
When you finally figure out the mechanics, the game is pretty simple, and you want to figure out the best way to proceed. However, the mechanic of GAINING soldiers based on the difference with the ennemy invaders make for an exponential increase once you reach level 5 on each building, which you can do really early since you can upgrade multiple times in one turn, and the mine gives way too much. Once you reach the point where your soldiers combined with the difference with the enemy are always greater than the increase of enemy per turn, you litteraly can't loose, and can spam freely the wheat generation.
The game then crashed at level 100.
Good game overall, but it would have GREATLY benefited of a more understandable tutorial, a few balance tweaks, and maybe a few others things to do on the side to keep being "on the edge".
4 years ago(+1)
Thanks for the amazing Feedback <3 I understand what you are saying about how to gain army and I feel the same about it,
there is a but that make the game crush when you win at turn 100 so the crush is the victory XD
the tutorial screen is comically hard to understand
I agree :P
Once I understood it the resource decisions were kind of interesting, but even then I'm not sure if you can beat the game? Looks like the pop cap is 50 and there were 60 enemies.
Good work on the sound effects and art, I can tell a lot of effort was put into it and gives the game a warcraft vibe.
4 years ago(+1)
clarkwu, yes you can beat the game the there is no pop cap, you get population when you have a bigger army in the fight
for example
if you have 20 and they have 10 you'll get 10+ pop as an army
if you have 50 and they have 20 you'll get 30+ pop as an army
so you have to get your army as bigger as you can so you could raise the pop
4 years ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback and for playing the game, yeah the tutorial needs more work to make it more understandable
Thanks for Playing, and yes I need to update the tutorial a bit, and I was planning to add an arrow pointing at the lone land but I got overwhelmed
you get population when you have a bigger army in the fight for example
if you have 20 and they have 10 you'll get 10+ pop as an army
if you have 50 and they have 20 you'll get 30+ pop as an army
so you have to get your army as bigger as you can so you could raise the pop
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