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A jam submission

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A minimalistic management game.
Submitted by edmond00 (@Edmond005) — 4 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#174.4584.458
Overall#434.2094.209
Presentation#1364.3224.322
Fun#2223.8473.847

Ranked from 59 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Timeline is a minimalistic management game simulating a network economy through space and time. Its gameplay rely on joining different kind of worker, ressources and locations together in a big economic network to produce more and more advanced techonologies. It proposes to illustrate how any product is the result of the joint labor of a multitude of people.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Submitted(+1)

Nice tricky game Thanks !

Submitted

This is pretty interesting =)...

Submitted(+1)

This concept is really interesting, and as other comments have mentioned the UI is really clean!  It could potentially help to have the names of buildings (once it got more complicated I found that I had to look carefully at what I'd already built, since I squished the buildings together to fit the space constraints).  Figuring out the puzzle felt really satisfying!

Submitted(+2)

This game is absolutely stunning! The is one of the most interesting and intuitive UIs I've seen in a game.  The concept was a bit tricky to understand at first but I'm glad I stuck with it because it was so rewarding once I figured it out.  I think if you hand held the players hand a little bit at the start it would be helpful in breaking that initial friction. After that exploring what makes what through experimentation is satisfying and the entire aesthetic makes the experience super relaxing.

Absolutely hope to see more of this in the future! A 10/10 for me.

Submitted(+1)

Love this style of game! Super original and well executed.

Submitted(+1)

I'm not sure I was doing it right, but the UI was so novel and cool, I didn't care!

Submitted(+1)

Loved it. You know, I was surprised that very few entries really explored "joined together" as "supply chain" (It was my second choice of idea), and I'm glad to see one that did it really well.

If I'm going to nitpick, I think that it's possible that it would have been even more satisfying if you had the player to discover the inputs/outputs on their own... then again, for a jam in the absence of playtesting you probably made the right call. 

I hope you make a full game out of, there's a kernel of an immensely satisfying chill resource management game in there. And if you get a chance, play some of Carl Chudyk's "Innovation" for inspiration if it's not already in your physical game library.

Submitted(+2)

So much fun! It got very complicated after a while, but I think now that I understand how it works I could start a new civilization much more easily.

Extremely chill. It's super interesting to explore the new creations as well.

Very well done! : )

Submitted(+1)

Wow! What an original idea! This is so great and so calming.  I really enjoy city building/management games and this was just so clever.  Also a wonderful interpretation of the theme! Amazing work!

Submitted(+1)

Would be better if the lines could go further or be upgraded to go further. Also would be nice if there were more connecting points for the buildings. 

Submitted(+1)

After going through at least 100 games I think this has taken over my pick for best game. It's conceptually interesting, zen, and is the most unique building game I've seen in a while. The (spoiler) recursive nature of the game is also a nice touch. Minor nitpicks: the music was a bit too repetitive and I would sometimes be unable to undo a node despite it having no connections. I also had a node get stuck off screen be unrecoverable.

If you're going to go forward with this I might suggest maybe adding some text to the top of the screen (for example wealth of nations quotes) as you hit certain milestones in the game, as knowing your inspiration for the game definitely made the experience richer.

Submitted(+1)

Really neat little game. Leaves me wanting more, but I lost track of how I was progressing things so I didn't get past factory, I don't think. Its a reallly good concept but I think maybe to make it into a proper game you'd have to make it more approachable, rather than just something you try and work out on your own.

Still, probably the coolest use of the theme I've seen so far. Really well done!

Submitted(+1)

Really impressive work, I couldn't fully wrap my head around it, but there is definitely some interesting design inside it :)

Submitted(+1)

Amazing. Don't see how you could've built this in 48 hours. 

(+1)

I really enjoyed this little game, it took me a while to understand exactly how things interacted but once I got it I had a great time. It looks and sounds great as well. Great job

Submitted(+1)

Love the concept and art, got a bit confusing but I'm probably an idiot! 

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This took me a good while to complete but the ending is quite satisfying.

That said, one thing that could be done is to make it impossible to scroll too far away from what you've built. I moved my cursor out the window once and didn't notice that it kept scrolling so when I came back I was in the middle of nowhere.

Submitted(+1)

Something really different from the other entries! Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Really interesting game, I love it! Only complaint is that the music is a bit tiring.

Submitted(+1)

I love it! Really great concept and a bit more sophisticated that the usual resource management games so bravo! I enjoyed the art and music even though they were pre-existing. I would love to see  you make more games like this! It's maybe selfish of me to think but it would be so cool if you made more of this kind of game but also included bio-physical economics like the book Energy and the Wealth of Nations, and impact on the environment. Obviously that is a much larger game and one that couldn't be done in 48 hours! But your game is so good that it has me feeling really inspired and wanting to make more things like this! I really really love it! Excellent job! Please make more haha!!

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