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Cataclysmus by Team Castor

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made by Team Castor for LD29 (JAM)
"You are Cataclysmus the Chaos God, and you destroyed the world. BUT , not entirely... One small bunker of indomitable survivors still holds out against the destruction ! This extermination tired you, you have to recover your mightiest darkness power in order to finish the job !"

A java game, using Slick2d. Enjoy!
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/30n7hq05fvuzqxn/Cataclysmus.jar
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/30n7hq05fvuzqxn/Cataclysmus.jar
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/30n7hq05fvuzqxn/Cataclysmus.jar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=20579

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.18 387
Audio(Jam) 3.13 347
Fun(Jam) 2.73 515
Graphics(Jam) 3.48 334
Humor(Jam) 2.68 328
Innovation(Jam) 3.66 106
Mood(Jam) 2.81 517
Theme(Jam) 3.71 102

Feedback

xandy
29. Apr 2014 · 01:19 UTC
good idea but more visual feedback on the actions would be nice. maybe it's because everyting moves fast so a speed control would help i think. the game concept is very good and matches the theme well.
CheeseyBob
29. Apr 2014 · 01:36 UTC
Very interesting concept! It was a little hard to tell what was going on though.
Katamori
29. Apr 2014 · 01:37 UTC
Main screen with that music was truly beautiful. I absolutely loved that.
manabreak
29. Apr 2014 · 11:48 UTC
The game loaded for AGES, I was already writing a comment without rating to say that, but just before I sent it, it finished loading. So, if others have the same problem... just wait. :)

The controls were pretty confusing, I didn't really know what the things did. In the end, I didn't enjoy playing it as much as I probably would have if there was more feedback and help. That said, you should definitely continue working on this, the concept seems really interesting. :)
Rock48
29. Apr 2014 · 12:21 UTC
Seems cool, but kinda hard to tell what's going on... It also inexplicably crashed.
holgk
29. Apr 2014 · 17:16 UTC
Wow nice art work. But the loading time was quite long.
RowdyGhosts
30. Apr 2014 · 02:49 UTC
Once I understood what was going on, it was pretty cool!
MithosKuu
30. Apr 2014 · 19:52 UTC
It seems pretty in depth, but as others have said, it needs more player feedback, I think an in depth tutorial would help as well, right now the player is kind of just thrown into the game world
mtrc
01. May 2014 · 00:36 UTC
Great idea! Needs some balancing but this is a really really solid idea. I had a lot of fun looking at all the cards and seeing their effects.
pyrogames
02. May 2014 · 05:31 UTC
Why bother linking all three downloads to the same jarfile?
Anyway, nice game. I didn't really see the cards doing anything, but eventually it got really cold or something and everyone died within 5 seconds.
Delca
02. May 2014 · 21:48 UTC
Each time I got past the loading time, the game froze after playing 4 or 5 cards. That is why I could not rate your game :-(
It is a shame though, because it seems really fun.
kunzbe
02. May 2014 · 22:36 UTC
Hmmm, feels like a board game. That's good and unique. A visualized board game
tehryanx
03. May 2014 · 18:00 UTC
took me a minute, but I got it. Never seen anything like this. Cool idea!
hbocao
03. May 2014 · 21:54 UTC
Unique concept, good graphics and fun to play! I did not like the music, I think it doesn't fit the game. Good job, guys!
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
05. May 2014 · 18:18 UTC
haha loved the Asterix quote!
It was a bit hard to understand how to play. It seems very deep though! Impressive work for 3 days!
AtkinsSJ
09. May 2014 · 14:27 UTC
I really like the card mechanic! Having to choose which good things to do was fun.

I did have it freeze a few times as I was playing, though - I think it happened whenever a room was built? Not sure.