Flip Tactics by Kalabasa

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made by Kalabasa for LD29 (COMPO)
READ THIS FOR THE RULES!

This is not an orignial idea. Idea from:
Three Hundred : Mechanic #041
http://www.squidi.net/three/entry.php?id=41

This is a multiplayer tactics game. There is no AI. There is no network multiplayer. That's out of scope :(



Pieces:
1. King - sphere. Protect this.
2. Mage - tall & thin. Can flip tiles.
3. Soldier - big. Plain pieces.

Rules:
1. You lose when your King dies.
2. A piece dies if it is outnumbered - the number of neighbor (8-cell neighbors) enemies is one greater than the number of neighbor allies. [enemies > allies + 1]

Movement:
1. The King can move one tile in four directions per turn.
2. Others can move one tile in 8 directions per turn.

To flip tiles, select the Mage, then click the tile it is on.

To deselect, click some other tile.

Sorry for the lack of polish. This was the 2nd attempt at making a game. I wasted about 2/3 of the time trying to implement the other idea I had. haha. this was more of a prototype

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1547
Overall 2.92 812
Fun 2.73 818
Graphics 2.54 958
Innovation 3.31 388
Mood 2.32 1079
Theme 3.50 345

Feedback

uprightpath
28. Apr 2014 路 02:46 UTC
Overall rather nice.

Only thing I'd say is to have a method for deselecting the mage and for instantly flipping the table over. The click-drag feature is bothersome and gives you really weird angles.
馃帳 Kalabasa
28. Apr 2014 路 13:22 UTC
Yeah. Sorry for the lack of polish. This was the 2nd attempt at making a game. I wasted about 2/3 of the time trying to implement the other idea I had. haha.
DarkMeatGames
28. Apr 2014 路 15:03 UTC
Really cool idea, and fairly well executed in the given timeframe. Even though the idea in theory isn't yours, I could see you taking it somewhere new and making something really unique!
Anti
28. Apr 2014 路 15:04 UTC
A rather nice game! It felt a bit confusing at first and the camera was a bit awkard but aside from that, a fun game.
Maek
28. Apr 2014 路 15:11 UTC
It' okay and a cool idea.
pichifino
30. Apr 2014 路 00:59 UTC
Great game
Oddly Shaped Pixels
30. Apr 2014 路 08:45 UTC
You found a nice concept! Nice interpretation of the theme!
ccglp
30. Apr 2014 路 14:00 UTC
Good concept!
jaxonf92
30. Apr 2014 路 14:01 UTC
It's quite fun and implemented very well
skymen
30. Apr 2014 路 14:42 UTC
Cool idea
Skipi
01. May 2014 路 03:32 UTC
I like this idea, although I wish there was some form of AI, even if it's rudimentary and makes random moves. Still, nice execution.
renegadeninjanl
01. May 2014 路 11:28 UTC
The game idea is good. I like the board flip effect after blue/red takes their turn.
holgk
01. May 2014 路 11:31 UTC
New idea. But you can feel that you didn't spend that much time with this attempt.
colludium
02. May 2014 路 16:48 UTC
Nicely put together.
Random Abductions
02. May 2014 路 18:01 UTC
Idea is nice, however it doesn't really feel balanced yet. But that might be a lack of tactics.
Gamepopper
03. May 2014 路 20:28 UTC
Really neat idea, although the way to move tiles isn't very clear. If I click on a tile it doesn't select the piece I want to move.
馃帳 Kalabasa
04. May 2014 路 06:14 UTC
Are you on Firefox? There's something about Firefox about clicking
馃帳 Kalabasa
04. May 2014 路 06:19 UTC
@Gamepopper That was a bug in Firefox. Click event attributes were incorrect. It is now fixed.
camlang
06. May 2014 路 14:13 UTC
Good idea!
JoshRespawns
18. May 2014 路 13:31 UTC
nice