Trivial Travails by Budaniel
Guide Icy around the board, answering trivia questions to collect color points and unlock the gates to victory. Be quick, though, as the Yeti likes to eat slow snowmen!
The trivia is accurate to the best of our knowledge. The questions are taken from a large pool, so they can repeat at times due to the completely random nature of the selection process.
> Click on the die to roll. If you answer a question incorrectly, click the die for another question.
> The inner ring has to be traversed one space at a time.
The trivia is accurate to the best of our knowledge. The questions are taken from a large pool, so they can repeat at times due to the completely random nature of the selection process.
> Click on the die to roll. If you answer a question incorrectly, click the die for another question.
> The inner ring has to be traversed one space at a time.
| Web | http://e-aagh.net/games/trivial-travails.html |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=38918 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 64% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.92 | 746 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.47 | 574 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.89 | 628 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.73 | 746 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.65 | 460 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.74 | 699 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.76 | 700 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.47 | 583 |
Looks like someone was prepared for another theme! ;)
However, the imperial units in the answers made it really hard to play, even when knowing the answer.
Bad: I would like to see this game in a bigger screen, is there a reason to such small one? Also questions are repeating too much. Finally, music is really annoying!
Second, I'm beginning to learn these, since they are repeating themselves.
Third, Ahhh a yeti!!
Fourth, how is it moving so fast!
Fifth, yay I got keys.
Sixth, NOO I PASSED A GATE, I GOTTA LAND ON THIS ON, AND THE YETI'S COMING, GIMME A 3!!!
Seventh, yay, a 3, and up I go.
Eight, viral breakout, bird flu, noooo, he's right behind me!
Ninth, viral breakout, ebola? Nooo he's one block away! :'(
Tenth, Ebola, yeah! Ooooo he passed strait, phew.
Eleventh, what I can only move once, well, better than nothing.
Twelfth, what, okay great answers, and.....
Thirteenth, I win! YAY
At the end, I only had 5 as my total score, but that game took me too long so I'm not retrying. Love the style o it as well, and the looping twinkly music when I win! :D
I went under the red gate though. :3
Easy five overall!
However those imperal units gave quite problems... (in a larger game) Would be nice to have an option to choose between that and metric
Anyway, pretty good job :)
I think the music could have used more work, and like some others are saying the questions did get repetitive. I also didn't know how to win. I did like that the questions were a bit challenging but not impossible. And I liked that they were sciencey :)
I found the gate unlocking to be confusing... as I'm still not entirely sure why they all seemed to unlock in one turn... and I wasn't quite sure how many of each color was needed for each gate.
I escaped the yeti just in time, he would have eaten me if I had taken one more turn. I thought it was odd he had such a crazy amount of moves each turn. Maybe he was "rolling dice" too, but he was totally cheating, home field advantage for him.
I found the music was a bit intrusive, especially for a thinking question game. The frequent high chimes in the tune are just bound to eventually wear down on players over time. Good call on the sound button, though I tend to like having audio personally, even if it's distracting me hehe.
I did like the idea of rolling dice and treating it like a board game though. It felt a little more "classic" than some of the other entries I've seen doing similar stuff, in a way that invokes some nostalgia for me. It feels like one of the games that would have been on my family's computer from the early 90's. Like SkiFree, maybe it's the music or the board game aspect... or the snowman theme that creates that nostalgia.
My one other gripe is the main theme. It gets a bit annoying after a while, and I believe what would have saved it is a more consistent melody that stuck to one key progression.
Overall it was rather fun, however some of the previously stated issues made it a harder to enjoy. Good work.