Wow I didn't know what i was doing, but it was fun (how??). Crushed the rebels with smile on my face.

The music was catchy, and it presented it's self well at the beginning. But then I was immediately overwhelmed when the game started. I had no clue what I was doing, I think a tutorial would have been nice (unless I missed it). But it looked promising; it seemed very complex and well thought out.

I'm also in the camp of i had no idea what I was doing and had fun. I'm not sure why I couldn't stop playing... Maybe it was because one of my officers defected and I wanted to kill all the rebels out of anger... Great work on the design of this, and nice interpretation of the theme!

Really weird game, it took me some time to get to understand what was going on, but i think i got it :P

Definetly going for that Humor votes!

Very confusing, but I like what you were going for! The music is great.

Nice twist on the theme! :D

I was able to play through it and flee offshore very easily. Thanks for making a guidebook. Very thorough game in all area other than graphics. Audio was great and helped the mood score. Good job!

Loved the music and the little textbytes. I believe someone lost weight and I was like: "Good for you buddy!" The sound-fx were pleasingly old school and the graphics were actually pretty good.

As for improvements: Making an introduction level would have been a good thing, but that's been said in comments above mine. I think working on the user interface would add a lot to the game.

This is the first game i run into that the developer was kind enough to supply a manual for. Thank you :). Not only did the inclusion of a manual help but it showed that there was a bit more thought other than the typical "Me bash button, Me blow up thing, Me pew pew". I didn't score high on the theme cause not much shape shifting going on unless yo count the many blood stains I left of the rebel scum.

I had it stop on me a few times when attacking. But other than that it was enjoyable.

Fun, unique game. Not really related to the theme, so I can't give you points for that.

It's a bit hard to know what you should be doing. Also, you should have made a different sound effect for the female underlings ;).

Intressting game. Grphisms are basics but engine is here. good job. Juste one thing i cannot found shapeshift in the game.

I struggled with the game's ending. I lost all my underlings in the first round and from then on, was just waiting to see if the rebels ever won. They kept beating me in combat, but never toppled me. I assume I just had to keep the rebel civilians in -ve territory and embezzle enough to win. But that felt a bit easy. Equally wasn't quite sure if I could ever reduce support for the rebels enough to defeat them counting aside combat/war.

The tax sliders worked quite well, as did the balancing between stashing money and trying to keep people in line.

If anything, the game kinda went on a bit long without me feeling like I was about to win or lose. I only played it through once, but still took quite a while.

I was doing fine then rebel LeBron James came in and cleaned house. Making a game with a complex rules set is not an easy task, so congratulations on making a game like this. The music was nice.

This was a very complex game, even with the pdf you included I got very confused on why you would recruit more people. Regardless I did enjoy it and somehow managed to win. Well done.

That was really fun and more fleshed out could turn into a really good game. Great job! Down with the rebel scum!

I'm a fan of Paradox Interactive games, and this touched on a lot of similar aesthetics. (Fantasy, projection, a lot happening in player-head-space, etc...)

I played numerous times, each time altering my approach, not in an effort to win but to explore a different narrative arc. There's a LOT in this tidy little system.

I can't help but love this. We have a similar design philosophy, so I'm a little biased. But shamelessly so.

One bit of actionable criticism: I wish an in-fight was triggered on drag/drop, not consecutive clicks. As thematically appropriate as being able to accidentally trigger an in-fight is, it's frustrating. Cx

You're a design genius. You deliberately craft bounded experiences and allow players to explore themselves through the tools you create.

I've got mah eye on you.

Took a little while to get used to the mechanics, but this is a mark of a great depth for a game made in a weekend. Nice work.

Great idea and use of theme. Music really helped to set the mood.

Took awhile for me to understand what was going on, and even once I finally got a grip, it was still incredibly involved. It was fun to just click on people and make them fight and stuff though. If it was dumbed down for a layman such as myself it would be a totally awesome little time-waster!

Cool concept.

A bit complicated to figure out (needing a PDF to explain is not a good sign :-)) but ultimately it's not too bad to get it. Music sets a good mood.

Great approach to the theme. Good job!

A very ambitious idea! Keeping the people happy was relatively easy and I seemed to be doing well until a single overleveled rebel leader came and wiped all my units. I'm not totally sure how I could've avoided that since I can't directly attack a given rebel leader. Also once a level 1 unit of mine beat a level 4 rebel, I wonder why that is.

This is a pretty intense game as far as scope goes. It's very interesting to test out different strategies. I think I've played two builds - one where you can't die, and the other where you can and the attack cooldown is functioning (must be 1.0 vs 1.2).

It seems like the difficulty can be overbearing without reason randomly. If you recruit people for almost every slot (and drag them up) you can still get destroyed on the first enemy attack. However it doesn't always happen and I haven't figured out how it works. The guide says "all three rows if there are enough rebels" but the game just started so I'm not "a jerk" quite yet.

I wish the war didn't take so long (and would play in the background) so I could play some more. Maybe I'll come back to it and play with the source. Anyhow I beat it at least one way! Horray. Perhaps attacking disloyal civilians makes the big difference. http://puu.sh/ozM1D/cd8bfdb747.png

I like the feedback overall with the sfx, and the vo is quite funny. The meter in the top right doesn't seem to do anything (if you tax and increase speed it stays the same as far as I can tell)

Overall an interesting time.. glad to have played.

I liked the game, but you should work on it some more. Make the interface more clear for one. I'm still not sure what the number in the top left of the soldiers was, because mine disappeared on all the soldiers (I'm assuming it was their level).
I really hope you do make a post compo.

I recruited a bunch of civilians and used them as an exp grinder. I must be a good tyrant.

Thanks so much for the guide :)

While I managed to win by fleeing fairly easily, winning by elimination was much harder. Not sure if I won by exposing a bug or if it as intended, but hey!

Very original and interesting game. A lot of information to take in and consider, but that makes it interesting in my eyes.

The music fits well and adds to the mood. I like it, good work.