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A jam submission

An Exact Map of the EmpireView game page

What the Emperor demands is impossible. Or is it?
Submitted by Avery Hiebert — 2 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Style#5654.1204.120
Overall#8723.7133.713
Creativity#12733.6803.680
Enjoyment#14993.3403.340

Ranked from 50 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?
The game is about building a 1:1 scale map of the Empire

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Music "Tabuk" by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com
Texture "Paper005" from ambientcg.com
Font "Fondamento" by Brian J. Bonislawsky

See in-game credits for full licensing details.

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Submitted(+1)

This game was really interesting and much more immediately accessible than I was anticipating. Felt like the difficulty was perfect. I loved how you breathed life into different parts of the map through narrative, albeit I think more noticeably varied graphics in different areas would have been a great addition to the narrative. Music was also a great choice! 

Guess I'm an imprecise, unproductive, but very wealthy and popular mapmaker :)

Submitted(+1)

One of my favourite short stories brought to life. Great storytelling, gorgeous graphics and atmospheric music.  Couldn't be more different to ours, but my favourite  (and highest rated) of the jam so far!! 

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Didn't think I'd ever enjoy a primarily narrative game tbh

The storyline is peak fiction. Every single desicison was damn interesting and really made me think. Both for the map and to keep the various meters in check. The writing in general was good

I'm sort of on the fence on the questions being mostly randomised though. On one hand, I think it's great because everyone's playthrough will definitely be different, but I also think it may lead to some situations where you're effectively screwed and get sent to jail no matter what, though this is probably just nitpicky anyway

Loved the art and overall presentation though. Minimalism at it's absolute best.

All in all, this is very damn well made and a pretty damn interesting game. Well done

Submitted(+1)

Not really my type of game, but still really cool.

Agree. But still interesting style!

Submitted(+1)

i adore the concept of such a monumentous task... really liked the game!

Submitted(+1)

Love that when I just ignored both what I was supposed to do and the people I just instantly became the new emperor with no effort! This was one of those games I have a hard time of finding anything to even critique, it's just the full package and everything works together.

Developer (3 edits) (+1)

Glad to hear that at least one person found the coup ending!

Submitted(+1)

Really great art and aesthetic! also a really cool choice of story .

yes.

Submitted(+1)

I enjoyed this, it was good fun. The game is was really pretty and the whole thing felt really put together.  I especially liked how there was an almost stone texture under the in game map coupled with the music gave the game a very ancient world flare. Only feedback I have is that I think some of the choices were not super clear on which attributes would be affected.

Curse the emperor for sending me into exile multiple times haha.

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game, loved the atmosphere and the narrative. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

I love the overall vibe, the art the music, the narration - it all matches so well, really makes it immersive

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game, especially the art. It seems like you put a lot of work into writing/balancing the events

Submitted(+1)

Way more straightforward than I expected for a game named this. I do wish there are some kind of mapping mini-games somewhere other than straight narrative.

Played a few times to try to find the secret endings, but couldn't find any :(

Submitted(+1)

This is just incredible! From the concept to the art of the world to the choice based gameplay, its all spectacular!

Submitted(+1)

Great work! The game plays very well, art and music are  *chef's kiss*

Submitted(+1)

The art, music and narration are very cool and immersive! Everything goes very well together. At the beginning, I started skipping the text and then realized that I actually needed to read to play haha. Everything looks very well crafted, nice job! 

Submitted(+1)

Very unique take on the them I love it ! It's good to see a game jam game with some narration !

(+1)

I think we have different definitions of what a 1:1 scale means 😁

Developer

Tbf I did weaken it slightly to "1:1 for some regions, if necessary," so I guess the exact scale in the end is up for debate.

Submitted(+1)

First, the graphics got me curious. But then I played and damn, this game is good! Nice story and engaging playthrough. I took several attempts and kept failing, but I will try again and again. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Love me a good story game! The map is gorgeous, and wow that's alot of story paths written in such a short time, great job! 

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