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Henry VIII's Beard Tax - The Game's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Thematic Relevancy | #2 | 4.647 | 4.647 |
| Audio | #7 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Historical Accuracy | #8 | 4.176 | 4.176 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Gameplay | #14 | 3.647 | 3.647 |
| Graphics | #15 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
On what countries' history is the game based ?
England
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Survive four seasons collecting tax for the King.
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Some royalty free medieval paintings were adapted and used.
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Original and fun idea! I like that you used historical illustrations for the characters.
Fun game. I love taxing people! Also reminds me of paper please where you denies passport.
Bisarr but funny! The game takes forever to load and the faces are repeating a lot. Otherwise fantastic.
Excellent presentation. Reminds me of Papers Please. Love the humour - tax on pig farmers LOL.
Needs a bit more variety to make it replayable.
Oh - I treated the Scottish as foreigners - not sure if that was right or not :).
great game overall!
Presentation is vey fitting, and I adore the font choice!
The gameplay itself feels a bit like a simplified "Papers, please" but I enjoyed it nonetheless!
Excellent! Thanks for playing.
Fun! I enjoyed it. Simple concept, easy to get into. I would like an optino to shuffle through the candidates faster.
That's a good idea! I might try and implement that. Thanks for playing.
I'm sad to report that I lost my head on account of demanding beard tax from several women. Serves me right I guess. :) Lol, this game was super fun, and educational since I didn't know about this absurd tax. Well done!
Thanks! So happy you enjoyed it. I can't count how many times I lost my head debugging this lol.
Great gameplay, and and visuals and audio go well together! I have never heard of the beard tax until today and I think it is hilarious. Oh, you wear a beard? THEN PAY THY TAX!
Thank you!...TAX ALL BEARDS!
I love this game! It starts out a little bit absurd and then gets incredibly absurd, with a long list of convoluted rules to mirror what beard taxes were like back then. The game reminds me of a goofy little quest in Runescape inspired by the same beard tax.
The theme, gameplay, visuals, and audio all added up to a very well-polished experience! Great job!
Thanks so much! The absurdity is what drew me to it :)
I really liked it, make me remember of games like Papers Please.
I didn't know about the beard tax and its a funny fact !
Good work !
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)