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The Pawer StruggleView game page

Improve your factory to defeat the evil robot cats!

Submitted by drahmen, k3vbomb — 1 minute, 55 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#201	3.574	3.574
Presentation	#203	3.723	3.723
Fun	#301	3.043	3.043
Originality	#303	3.383	3.383

Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
You're a cat upgrading a power factory, fighting other cats in a power struggle

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JamlessSubmitted21 days ago

Really cute little game! The art was nice and the music was good! I feel like I was able to max out all the upgrades pretty early on compared to when the end of the game was, but then I just got to watch some cute cat carnage. :P

Fun stuff! :D

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BarryBackhandSubmitted24 days ago

Really fun RTS game. The upgrades are fun and its runtime is a nice length. I gotta applaud the presentation here, it looks and sounds great. Great work.

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LiamSubmitted24 days ago

pretty fun, game, got all the upgrades and left to go do something, came back to a win screen, love this a lot actually. all though, i did notice that its actually a complete KNOCKOFF of my game >:[ /j

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RamiTheCoolGamerSubmitted24 days ago(+1)

Nice Small and yet fun game. well done!

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greymouthSubmitted25 days ago(+2)

Cats in tanks! I love it! Hit the cap on upgrades pretty early and ended up just being a wait for victory screen point, but amazing work!

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Alchemical Dungeon

drahmenDeveloper24 days ago

Thanks for playing :3 Definitely could've used an extra few hours to play test and balance

Sidereum GamesSubmitted26 days ago(+2)

Great game! I've played some strategy games this jam that introduced too many complex things all at once, but this one is intuitive and lets you get accustomed to things before putting on the pressure. There is a glitch with the missiles where they would get stuck midflight and never disappear, but it didn't affect the core gameplay. Great work!

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FikusM9Submitted26 days ago(+2)

Love the art in this one! It was super relaxing watching my cute little cat tanks earning money for me!

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Power-Line Fried Chicken

drahmenDeveloper24 days ago

cats go vroom :3

Thanks for playing!

Maroon SealSubmitted26 days ago(+2)

This was a lot of fun! I was able to buy all of the high tech gear very quickly and steamroll the evil cats but it was fun and very satisfying watching my army of kitties dominate the battlefield! Good job!

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bimskuitSubmitted27 days ago(+2)

love seein my little kitty cat tanks be running around - incredible. Thank you for making this.

i think it was a little too easy though, i killed quikly

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drahmenDeveloper24 days ago

Yeah, wish I had time to balance the difficulty a bit more. Thanks for playing :D

Timtanium707Submitted27 days ago(+2)

Super cute! Kind of a shame I was able to buy everything so early on, definitely needed more some balancing I think since the rest was just waiting for the cats to get to the end. Also the main game music was good but there's just one scratchy sounding sample, like the kind you hear in stuttering audio, that tickles my brain the wrong way, didn't like it when that part happened. But yeah aside from those small gripes this was fun, good job!

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drahmenDeveloper24 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing :3 Yeah, the sound file had some issue for sure, will look into it after the jam.

Jared DevsSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

Neat game with some really great cute pixel art! I think it needs some balancing as it wasn't too hard to just buy everything I could and then wait for victory. Also the music broke for me and was really crunchy, but that may have been a problem with my browser. Overall though nice job!

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Tune In: Moderator Simulator

drahmenDeveloper27 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing :3

As mentioned elsewhere, I started about halfway through the jam - definitely would've loved more time for balance. It was a bit chaotic as is :D Not sure what happened with the sound file, but yeah, I need to dig into what happened there. It showed up in testing, just couldnt get back to it.

ChrisPisSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

Watching my army of cats destroy the enemies was awesome. You can buy upgrades pretty quickly though, making the game very easy. By adding a bit more challenge, like maybe the player having to actively change troop types do deal with specific enemy types, this could definitely make for an even better game!

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SuperMegaPowerGolf3D

drahmenDeveloper27 days ago(+1)

Yeah, we had about 90 minutes to balance the game before submission :D Found out about the jam on Wednesday - simply didn't have time. Totally agreed, needed more balance.

Thanks for playing :3

ChrisPisSubmitted27 days ago

Ah, very impressive results given the time frame then! Awesome job

mattgoodeSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

very cute, gave some Battle Cats vibes. the economy was pretty silly though - i had so much money so quickly and just bought everything! but it's ok, i sat back and watched my little cat army take over the world.

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Mr. Spectacular's Outrageous Levitation Show

drahmenDeveloper27 days ago

Thanks for playing :3

Definitely didn't get to work on balance as much as I'd have liked.

AxelSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

What a cute game! Loved how you guys interpreted the theme!! Music was such a lil bop. All the pixel art was really great! Loved seeing the cats in their little tiny vehicles of war! Great job guys!

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MiusoftSubmitted28 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

That's super cool, I enjoyed lot!

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DuckFaceSubmitted28 days ago(+1)

Greeeeat idea! I loved the theme used and how it felt when sending my troops to fight! Maybe a biiiit more of decision risks, but besides that, an awesome experience!

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Caesar: Thumbs of Fate

drahmenDeveloper28 days ago

Yep, needed more time to balance for sure. Realistically I built it over the course of about 3-4 days and really just didn't have time to balance.

Thanks for playing :3

PanlordSubmitted28 days ago(+1)

That was very chill. I overwhelmed the enemy with tons of maxed out units without feeling any struggle or sense of danger, but I enjoyed playing! I felt powerful >:)

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drahmenDeveloper28 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing :3 We had about 90 minutes before the end of submission to get from 'the enemy absolutely destroys us, every time' to 'okay, at least it wasn't a complete snooze fest'. Way too much stuff to balance, but was overall happy that at least we could have derpy cat army :D

VideozaxSubmitted28 days ago(+1)

I enjoyed the upgrade buying quite a lot! I wish there was something to do after I got all the max upgrades, because for the second half of the game I found myself just watching the cats fight (which was entertaining enough for me to watch until I won, so kudos!) Congratulations on the submission!

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VENI VIDI VROOM

drahmenDeveloper28 days ago(+1)

Yeah, I definitely wanted to add more depth, but I started a few days late. Will add more levels and difficulty ramping if I continue making the game, for sure.

Thanks for playing :3

LE Lilith LambsSubmitted28 days ago(+1)

it has cats, machinery and scaling... what more could a man ever ask for? GREAT WORK!!

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drahmenDeveloper28 days ago

Thanks for playing :3 Saw the jam theme and immediately had the idea and basically had to build it

BarterCreativeSubmitted29 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Very original concept, liked the factory editing aspect of it., and the designs were really really well done!

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drahmenDeveloper28 days ago

I had a blast designing these derpy little cats :D

Thanks for playing!

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