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City of Words by ethankennerly

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made by ethankennerly for LD36 (COMPO)
In which year can you complete your city?

Tap a plot to build.

Tap letters to spell the word related to the prompt.

Post your year in the comments.

Jam playtesters: Jennifer Russ, iamevn, ReboundGames.

Immortal font http://www.1001freefonts.com/immortal.font

Post-compo:
+ Illustrated 6 more plots, so all 9 plots are illustrated.
WebGL (Post-compo) http://finegamedesign.com/cityofwords/
Android (Post-compo) http://finegamedesign.com/cityofwords/cityofwords.apk
Source https://github.com/ethankennerly/ancient-technology
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=3040

Feedback

ReboundGames
28. Aug 2016 路 20:46 UTC
I was really bad at this, got to 1648 but only with several hints. Seems like it would do nicely on android. The text was a bit blurry but still very legible.
iamevn
28. Aug 2016 路 21:10 UTC
Got a bug, I'm on 1927 in the alphabet category and I can't input what I think is the answer for CUNEIFORM because it starts with the answer to SUMMONS
馃帳 ethankennerly
28. Aug 2016 路 22:38 UTC
@iamevn Not being able to enter the longer word is unfair! You pinpointed my mistake. Fixed.

@ReboundGames My sloppy Unity default WebGL text was blurry! I snapped text and downloaded Immortal font.
Move127
29. Aug 2016 路 02:47 UTC
It's a nice little game. I would probably play it on my phone when I'm bored.
Rico The Jammer
29. Aug 2016 路 03:44 UTC
1165 BC *cough* but I lost I little patience for some! (and also there are holes in my english).

Nothing happened once I built all the plots and all the upper right is made of generic looking pyramids. Bug or not yet implemented?
馃帳 ethankennerly
29. Aug 2016 路 14:11 UTC
@Rico The Jammer I ran out of time, mostly from procrastinating a decision on which game Friday night. I'm glad to hear that you'd like me to illustrate those 6 plots and animate when all 9 plots are complete.
AwesomeDannyRay
29. Aug 2016 路 17:19 UTC
Couldn't figure out what I was suppose to do for a while. Also, hints just break the game.
JD557
29. Aug 2016 路 18:16 UTC
I'm really bad at this game. I eventually gave up and used all the hints just to see the end game.

I guess it needed to be a bit more polished to keep me interested.
justinooncx
29. Aug 2016 路 19:50 UTC
I thought my English was good. Then I played this game. Couldn't make it too far, and I was too proud to look up the answers or use hints. Still, a nice game!
Decentsauce
29. Aug 2016 路 21:54 UTC
Some words were quite hard but I certainly would play a more fleshed out version of this on mobile. Well done!
馃帳 ethankennerly
30. Aug 2016 路 02:19 UTC
@ReboundGames, @Move127, #Decentsauce, now I linked an Android version. It is the same as the WebGL version. I appreciate you encouraging me to illustrate and animate!
馃帳 ethankennerly
05. Sep 2016 路 22:18 UTC
Now I uploaded post-compo version. I illustrated the other 6 plots.
rodobodolfo
06. Sep 2016 路 02:09 UTC
I really like it, I found it really challenging as well
M@
07. Sep 2016 路 13:06 UTC
1752. Nice use of anagram mechanic and nice design to fit into the theme. It felt like there was a bit of progression going easy to hard from bottom to top, which could be stronger. A bit of an effect would help to show when a correct word has been accepted (or maybe a submit button).