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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1204 | 3.446 | 3.446 |
| Presentation | #1520 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #1538 | 3.214 | 3.214 |
| Enjoyment | #2093 | 2.821 | 2.821 |
Ranked from 56 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?
I interpreted the theme as taking risky actions with the hope that it will produce a good outcome. In mechanical terms, you sacrifice your limited number of armies against unbeatable foes with the hope that you'll find the Overmind as a result.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Really cool artstyle and the voice actin is really cool! Very fun to play, good job!
Nice strategy game, took me some games to get my first win. Nice presentation aswell, I like the old Fire Emblem vibes!
This was really cool. Appreciated the more intense and challenging gameplay elements brought into this. Great stuff produced in such a short time. Top marks from me :D
Interesting game. Similar in concept to the board game Stratego.
A really cool game, feels pretty polished for only two days and one person. It may not be as closely tied to the theme as other games, but I like the interpretation and the concept is quite unique
The music is really cool and the art is nice, though the green and orange are a bit too bright in comparison to everything else
I found myself changing my mind about the placement of my knights a few times, it would be really nice to be able to undo your moves before ending a turn. And just a thought, when an enemy gets to your base and a knight is there, maybe it would be better if it attacked the knight first and then on the next turn attacked your base
Overall, awesome work!
Yeah, the green and orange were placeholders I just plain forgot to swap out. *facepalm* As for the undo, I wanted to add it but ran out of time; I agree though, this kind of game definitely needs it. Or at least a move and then confirm.
Also, the enemy should have attacked the knight before the base. So if it didn't, that's a bug. Whoops. Thanks for pointing it out.
And thanks for playing!
Very unique. Feels a couple strategy elements away from eating hours of my time. Took me a moment to figure out exactly how to use the flames. Didn't feel like a mastermind when I beat it, but enjoyed my time nonetheless.
Nice concept
A creative interpretation of the theme, and the pixel are is great! I had a bit of difficulty understanding how to play, until I realised that you are *supposed* to sacrifice a number knights - then it all fell into place :) Its an interesting concept that I think has a lot of potential as an asymmetrical board game. Great stuff :)
Very interesting concept, lots of fun to play, but mostly after 2-3 games to really grasp what you're supposed to do. Still, it seems to be quite a bit luck-based, as where the Overmind spawns determines how easy the game is. Nice level-design, more levels would make it less learnable, but this is a game jam so no critique there.
The music was fitting, but the sounds seemed to have been going off in a random order which made it funny sometimes. The pixel art and the overall design was nice and readable, except for the flames that were behind the knights. It was hard to determine whether there was still a flame on a knight or it was just their feathers.
Lastly I encountered a bug in the download version, where I couldn't move the units I placed in the first round. Even the enemies couldn't kill them so they just remained on-screen. A restart fixed this issue.
Overall great game, good to play something that isn't really skill-based, but stategic.
I was planning on having a thing where if the first enemy you enter combat with has the Overmind it rerolls into another one to avoid it being too easy, but never got around to implementing it (and it's not a very foolproof method, so probably needed to think more anyway).
As the for empowered knight sprite readability, that's good feedback, thanks. I originally had knight icons without the fancy feathers and things; only added that later. Might need to go back to them if I actually update the game after the jam.
Thanks for playing and for the comprehensive feedback!
Awesome color palette. Great use of chokepoints in the level design
Really polished for 48 hours, great job! It was a little difficult to start since I didn't really know what to do, but it played well as a strategy/board game once I got the hang of things. Really unique interpretation of the theme as well! I could easily see this expanded to include more maps, powerups, and player units!
I had a hard time understanding how the gameplay works, so sadly I couldn't get the full experience but I did enjoy the sounds and the pixel art a lot!
Good job!
(p.s, I would appreciate it if you could try out my game, it's really short so it would take only a moment to try it out, Thanks!)
Its a nice game. Could be much funnier if you had more maps.
I think it's a creative take on the theme, and I like your pixel art (have used this exact palette for one of my games hehe). The highlight circles clash with the palette though. Nice voice lines and the atmosphere, good job!
Yeah, those colours were just placeholders; I updated them in the instructions, but annoyingly, I forgot to update the ones in the game itself.
Anyway, thanks for playing!
Nice concept, it really feels and plays like a good board game. :)
I did not get how the enemy fatigue worked, because even when they were not allowed to make a move, they still could kill my armies in the same room.
You could add a lot of depth with more options and enemies, this has the potential to become a great game!
The fatigue (that's a much better word for it than my "slow"; I'm going to steal that) only affects movement. I think I forgot to add that detail into the instructions! I.e. if they are fatigued, they can't move, but they still participate in any combats happening in their current room.
Thanks for playing!
I really like this interpretation on the theme, and the gameplay and art are both well done.
awesome entry! i love the presentation of everything, especially the color palette! the voice line 'dedicate your hearts' made me think of attack on titan haha, good work :)
Thanks for playing! Erwin's charge against the Beast Titan was a big part of the inspiration for the narrative of the game, so I added that in as a nod to him. I'm glad someone picked up on that!
I really like the hopeless feel on these types of games. Trying to hold off the horde while relying on a single strategy to possibly win. My imagination really runs wild on these types of ideas.
May the Geshari Flame burn forever.
Congrats on completing the jam !
Very solid game, it took me a bit to figure out, but once I did it felt great to outsmart the opponent! This is a really cool idea, the art looked good, and I liked the music.
The presentation is great and the traversal is pretty cool.