Planetary Replan by handCraftedRadio

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made by handCraftedRadio for LD30 (COMPO)
This game is 2 player hotseat only!

---Description-----

Earth and Mars have collided! Both Earthlings and Martians want to reconstruct the remains of the planet into their own. Play this head to head competitive game to see which species succeeds!

---Instructions-----

This game is 2 player only. One player plays as the Earthlings and one player plays as the Martians.

The team with the most population at the end wins.

Gain population by having cities in your color. Each building is worth 1 population.

Take over land by having a stronger military force on the connected land.

You can see the military force by the number of purple boxes on the bottom of the tile.

After every tile is placed the game ends.

Have fun!

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1364
Overall 3.52 256
Audio 2.71 560
Fun 3.60 148
Graphics 3.36 389
Humor 2.68 349
Innovation 3.60 224
Mood 3.14 429
Theme 3.69 233

Feedback

zapaman
25. Aug 2014 · 10:21 UTC
Played it with a co-worker! I like the idea and would love to see a single player version with AI. best of luck o/
seantheartist
27. Aug 2014 · 04:55 UTC
Great start, the game has a really nice feel and a lot of potential!
ZeppelinCaptain
08. Sep 2014 · 19:16 UTC
Great game, played it with a friend.
It has some weird quirks, like at one point a building just closed in on itself. It also seemed to rely a bit much on who got the most military power - maybe more cards at a time would help?

But all in all, we had a lot of fun playing the game, it really felt like a tense battle :D
Joror
08. Sep 2014 · 20:16 UTC
Nice little strategy game. Played it with myself, not that many two-player reviewers out there. ;) Would be better if the shapes of the lands were somehow predictable? Now it is pretty random to make connections or not.
3CGames
08. Sep 2014 · 21:11 UTC
Excellent game! Felt a bit like carcassonne. Had a small bug with two connected regions with military not fighting but great overall.
jprogman
08. Sep 2014 · 21:26 UTC
I couldn't get another player, but I like the concept. I sort of got the idea for how the game is played, but I need to keep trying it and learn. Pretty nice work you got there.
Shivur
09. Sep 2014 · 01:57 UTC
Very good game! Wish we can play against a computer.
NicePenguins
09. Sep 2014 · 04:43 UTC
Truly nice game, good job :) !
Tommislav
09. Sep 2014 · 15:31 UTC
Had a lot of fun playing this with a co-worker. Well done!
dancingmad
11. Sep 2014 · 20:55 UTC
Excellent concept and realisation !
fisholith
13. Sep 2014 · 14:46 UTC
Very cool. :D

Simple and elegant mechanics. I love tabletop games, and this is one of those games that makes great use of tabletop-style mechanics mixed with a computer's ability to instantly calculate the game-wide situation.

It has a Carcassonne-ish feel, though now I honestly wish Carcassonne had the theme you created for this game. The colliding Earth and Mars concept is great, and it makes for a nice color scheme, as well as a thematic reason for the colors. :)
klianc09
13. Sep 2014 · 20:14 UTC
This has actually more depth to it than I thought at first. I like the aestethics and the strategy involved.
An AI would have been great, though.

Only problem is, when everything turns into one giant landmass, then it's just about who gets the most military.
ZeppelinCaptain
14. Sep 2014 · 01:30 UTC
Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list for this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
Managore
14. Sep 2014 · 06:45 UTC
Fun game! I wish there was some way to see how the tiles would connect.