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The Old World has connected with the New World. European settlers have arrived in Central America, and you, along with other natives, have to escape their colonization by traveling to your tribe's home in jungle.
This is my first Ludum Dare entry, and I hope it's a good one :)
This game was created in pure HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
--The Number Guy
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 62% |
| #148 | Audio | 3.47 |
| #458 | Innovation | 3.29 |
| #534 | Mood | 3.00 |
| #615 | Graphics | 3.00 |
| #625 | Humor | 2.23 |
| #744 | Theme | 2.97 |
| #940 | Overall | 2.80 |
| #1023 | Fun | 2.46 |
Comments
I had many other ideas, but didn't have enough time to make them. Also I feared that on such a small map, people would get confused by many different things. My friends have suggested I make a full game out of this, and I will probably include more features there.
The number on the town shows after how many days Europeans will reach that town. When that number becomes 0, it means that they have reached the town. So you have to avoid entering "0" towns, while at the same time stay in towns to get more gold. I probably have to make a larger map, add more features and improve the algorithm, so the whole gameplay seems more realistic.
Basically: look at the green numbers which indicate how much gold you have, and try to get as much gold as possible.
And yes, I made the music myself in FL Studio, at 1 AM, but I hope it sounds good enough. Thank you for your feedback anyway!
The graphics and sounds are really nice, but the gameplay could use some more development. well done
I really like the idea, but the game is too easy now. I'm sure you can turn it into something really great with more time though. 5 stars for audio!
At the beginning you have 50 gold, but that changes when you stay in town and meet new people (you get more gold) or you enter a captured town (you lose gold).
I didn't have time to emphasize this in the game, but the goal is to bring more gold home, not just avoid getting captured. You get more gold by staying in a town.
Thanks for all the feedback by the way!
Neat game! It was a fun challenge to try to get the highest score as possible.
Good start but I begs for more development. I can imagine this being a "minigame" in some bigger Civilization-like game :D
Good idea, great music, fun. But over way too quickly, and there's basically zero challenge to it as it currently stands. You can't really gain much gold (I got as high as 70), as you have to keep moving if you want to avoid hitting a "zero" town, so you can really only stay somewhere a few times total if you want to make maximum profit.
Very nice for a first LD (this was my first too).
I like it. Would be nice to have random events at each town, or hints on what to expect along the road
Short game. Mechanics work well and the visual presentation is nice and clean. Background music fits well in it too.
great music on this one, I left it running in the background for a while as ambient sound while I work!
Gameplay wise it was a little lacking, but i see the direction you're trying to go
I died :( Cool game though! I included it in part 11 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/1LqxxVg5Vuk
Intresting idea on the theme! I agree with the opinion that it could have more features. The great thing is audio. I love the music, it adds a nice mood to the game!
Nice idea, but it's really hard to lose and there could be more to the gameplay. Music is great though!
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Interesting idea, but it should be more developed. Maybe I didn't understand something, but I think there is too much randomness. I clicked on towns without really knowing if it was good or not, but I came to the end.
However, I like the music. Did you compose it yourself ?