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Battle Isle by zorfmorf

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made by zorfmorf for LD32 (COMPO)
If you ever dreamed of driving a floating island into battle, this is the game for you!

* Build your settlement
* Propel your island with a tower
* Discover the devastating effect of multiple towers

Tips&Tricks:
* Don't run out of food
* Build faster than the AI
* Try to get 2+ towers as fast as possible, the rest should be obvious

Mac: I don't have one so I have NO idea if it works. If you run into any problems, let me know.

Linux: You need to have the love package in version 0.9.1 installed to play the .love file.

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HOW TO WIN (Don't read this if you want to find out yourself):
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Build in this sequence as fast as possible
* Build two sawmills near a lot of trees
* Build two houses
* Build two farms
From now on build houses whenever the "open job" message appears
* Build two masons near stones
* Build two mines wherever
* Build two farms
* Build two towers
Attack as soon as the second tower is ready
Windows 32 bit http://aborium.com/public/release/Battle_Isle-win32.zip
Windows 64 bit http://aborium.com/public/release/Battle_Isle-win64.zip
OS/X http://aborium.com/public/release/Battle_Isle-macosx-x64.zip
Linux (Löve) http://aborium.com/public/release/Battle_Isle.love
Source https://github.com/zorfmorf/ld32
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=28506

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1497
Overall 3.96 49
Audio 3.50 144
Fun 3.77 97
Graphics 3.58 263
Humor 2.65 584
Innovation 3.73 160
Mood 3.25 295
Theme 3.50 416

Feedback

headchant
20. Apr 2015 · 07:43 UTC
Very nice idea. I'm still trying to win against the AI but it's hard! Like the music and pixel graphics. Well done.
Vulture Tamer
20. Apr 2015 · 17:32 UTC
super hard :D
jk5000
20. Apr 2015 · 17:39 UTC
A fun game that is easy to learn but hard to master. Good work.
marccspro
20. Apr 2015 · 17:42 UTC
Very nice game ! Well done ;)
Marcellus
20. Apr 2015 · 17:47 UTC
I tried about 10 times and couldn't defeat the AI. I'm totally destroyed before being able to build my first tower. But I swear I tried !
aroymart
20. Apr 2015 · 18:01 UTC
I absolutely could not make a dent in it, i got tower as an option about 2 seconds before everyone killed me haha. it's a wonderful little game and it's really really good looking! I love it
blackbird
20. Apr 2015 · 21:08 UTC
Great game, I like it!
DracirTheThird
21. Apr 2015 · 02:24 UTC
I won! Nice, wierd combat mecanic, i like it! (except my first time where the Ai had one tower on the left et one un the right of the screen ... it makes a deadly ray on all the map o_O).
mockthebear
21. Apr 2015 · 03:04 UTC
then i just keep 45 min playing this LOL
🎤 zorfmorf
21. Apr 2015 · 05:42 UTC
@DracirTheThird That's actually a bug that I liked so mich that I turned it into feature :D
Aik
21. Apr 2015 · 15:00 UTC
Great game!
Ouro17
22. Apr 2015 · 22:15 UTC
OMG I WIN! FINALLY. Very hard game but its glorious, I like so much strategy games. I love the challenge!
Jupiter_Hadley
24. Apr 2015 · 01:46 UTC
Love the graphics and the game play! I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/aLTEhRhwd8A
elpaulo
25. Apr 2015 · 10:16 UTC
Most original compo i played on the LD32 for now.
UrbanHelsing
25. Apr 2015 · 10:32 UTC
Really fun and finally an RTS. Very hard though, have not been able to build the second tower yet... but have not given up. Can I move my island? How?
🎤 zorfmorf
25. Apr 2015 · 10:47 UTC
@UrbanHelsing As soon as you build your first tower a panel should appear bottom left. It gets more visible once you have the second one! Hope you have fun :)
SowiHowl
25. Apr 2015 · 10:58 UTC
Great game in only 48 hours, but hard to win, yes.
🎤 zorfmorf
25. Apr 2015 · 11:00 UTC
Yeah I overdid it in the end when I steadily made the AI faster and better. I can't beat the ai everytime as well. Would have loved to fix that but it is not a gamebreaking-bug, just a balancing issue so I am not allowed to :/
rudra
25. Apr 2015 · 19:33 UTC
Very nice game, it's a bit hard at the first shot :D Also thumps up for the graphics and the music :)
jovoc
27. Apr 2015 · 17:03 UTC
Very impressive amount of work for a 48-hour game. It blew my mind when the islands started moving around, did not expect that! The little units moving around was a nice touch. Good start for an rts.
stevenlr
27. Apr 2015 · 17:42 UTC
Really good strategy game! Kept me playing a long time. Unfortunately I ended running out of food. :/
I really liked how the music changes when the opponents start attacking. The AI are quite hard to beat but with some more time playing it may be feasible. ^^
MonoS
28. Apr 2015 · 17:05 UTC
I won without firing a single bullet(?) :D.

I didn't understood very well what i was suppose to do [and no, i won't read the solution], the buildings need to have more information about what they do.

The song i pretty cool btw.
🎤 zorfmorf
28. Apr 2015 · 22:27 UTC
@Mono Buildings just produce one type of resource each, houses just spawn three villagers. Sometimes the ai players destroy each other so you win by default