Two Must Become One by b5cully

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made by b5cully for LD30 (COMPO)
EDIT: Download links are updated with a fix for the task list (up/down arrow keys mixed up). For lazy people they can download the fixed jar here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/vucpnzr6s1c2vmj/TMBO_hotfix.jar
EDIT2: removed the misleading "Web" play choice (thanks for Jamcount for pointing it out)

Not sure if I hit the theme, but I am very happy to be done. This is my very first ludum dare, and my first finished game ever, and I'm quite proud of this.

The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible and to progress to a sustainable society without draining and polluting too many resources (animals/plants/trees). If you have no food or water left, your health will drop and soon after the first people die. Farms cause pollution and the game ends if pollution exceeded the amount of fauna and flor available.


I will definitely consider building this game to a more extensive simulation, with natural/environmental disasters, pollution, society traits, better tech tree and so on.

Ratings

Coolness 37% 1626
Overall 3.71 130
Audio 3.58 113
Fun 3.35 307
Graphics 3.32 409
Innovation 3.37 394
Mood 3.47 184
Theme 3.00 724

Feedback

PeculiarCarrot
25. Aug 2014 路 02:31 UTC
It was a fun game overall, though there didn't seem to be an obvious goal to work towards, or really any explanation about how the system works. Selecting options in the menu is opposite my arrow keys, also. (I push Up, the selector goes down)
馃帳 b5cully
25. Aug 2014 路 13:35 UTC
@PeculiarCarrot
Oh jeez I forgot fixing this in a rush. I'll upload a fix for this if I still can. I've added a short explanation of the game in the LD description.

Thanks for trying!
Jamcount
25. Aug 2014 路 17:26 UTC
The game says "web" but it is directing to a download link, web is for a webplayer version of the game.

-Jamcount;
Tomker
25. Aug 2014 路 18:12 UTC
Man i just love this graphic, would like to see more graphics styles like this.
ruerob
26. Aug 2014 路 07:51 UTC
I really like the music in this game. Made fun to see how every task takes influence on the others. Well done.
HoboMechanistic
26. Aug 2014 路 22:59 UTC
I really like the level design, the little cells are awesome :) The pathfindings pretty neat as well. Had a lot of fun :)
Wevel
27. Aug 2014 路 21:54 UTC
OMG this music is amazing!
borgi
30. Aug 2014 路 16:34 UTC
Cool music, interresting concept! Some more detailed description would be cool!
Benjamin
31. Aug 2014 路 22:44 UTC
I had hard time understand that people wander around when they can't do a task. I think it would be better to make them stay at home instead. Especially for the plant tree which need wood... I didnt know that and was thinking the action have a bug.
The music fit really well to the mood. And even if it was a bit long I enjoyed my 2x plays of your game.
Scipio Xaos
01. Sep 2014 路 00:24 UTC
Ha! I love it! Took me a bit to figure out how to progress quickly. First time I just up and died.. The second I realized I could select "Gather Water" push 5, and watch my little dudes run around and collect a ton of agua. :P

It was interesting how you implemented resource regain physics with them growing in sort of a "spore" format and expanding depending on existing resources.

Still.. I wish it had gone on a little longer.. I suddenly won. :P
vividhelix
01. Sep 2014 路 00:25 UTC
Very fascinating. It would be nice to have some indication of what's possible and what not (for example if you don't have the 10 wood for a house). I did love the overall feel and trying to find the balance, I think if you gametest that a bit more this would make for a really addictive game!
NiceAlexanderAS
15. Sep 2014 路 13:10 UTC
I find the game very very fun, i love this kind of games where you can build your empire by gathering resources.The game was very dificult to understand at the beginning, it should have a tutorial, but hey! Good work :D also the music is very nice :D