Time Splitters by NeiloGD

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made by NeiloGD for LD28 (JAM)
Time Splitters - igneousmoon & NeiloGD

Welcome Time Traveler!

For thousands of years people have be jumping in and out of the time stream, winning the lottery, changing history and creating paradoxes, but the time steam can't be diverted much further. If something isn't done now the whole thing will collapse into a big puddle of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey at the bottom of a worm hole!

That's where you come in!

You only get one chance to put things right. In order to win, you need to fix 8 points worth of important historical events before the wormhole divertor known as the tile pile runs out, but watch out, other time travelers will try to steal your glory!

Laid out before you is all of time and space, but you can't access it all the time or from the same point. On the table should be a map of what is currently available. Important events, marked by dates are scattered across the map. Sadly the time stream is broken in many places or branched incorrectly. Only connected time streams can be traveled through.

On the left there is a card listing three events in time, each allocated a number of points that can be won by repairing the event. Once any one of these events has been repaired the goal card will go to the bottom of the deck and new goals revealed, so get there fast.

There will also be a face up tile, this is the next available piece of time stream. On your turn you must use this tile to change the map. Click on one of the arrows surrounding the map in order to slide the tiles in that row or column in the direction indicated. The end tile will return to the bottom of the tile deck and your shiny new one will slide in next to the arrow you chose.

You can now move anywhere on the connected time stream. To repair an event simply land on it during your turn.

Ratings

Coolness 30% 1456
Overall(Jam) 3.33 162
Fun(Jam) 2.60 369
Innovation(Jam) 3.47 73
Theme(Jam) 2.27 433

Feedback

kookoon
16. Dec 2013 路 09:35 UTC
I was a bit confusing at first but then got the flow. And when I thought I was smart then the AI kicks my butt. :D
馃帳 NeiloGD
16. Dec 2013 路 09:45 UTC
For a quick and dirty AI it's effective enough for an LD game :)
Norgg
16. Dec 2013 路 14:33 UTC
Fun board game, I found it a bit easy to beat the AI though. Did you make a physical version of it too? I would have liked to be able to examine the goal card again, never got quite enough time to read the flavour text.
馃帳 NeiloGD
17. Dec 2013 路 09:43 UTC
Nah no physical version. Could make one though, would be quicker than coding the logic!
dqmhose
17. Dec 2013 路 14:41 UTC
Such a cool game!! After I got it, I'll probably be playing this for hours :D
Citiral
18. Dec 2013 路 19:03 UTC
Was a pretty neat game! I wasn't sure what I was doing at first but once I figured it out I loved every bit of it. An indication as to where on the map the right dates are would be nice though, I spend a lot of time searching for the right card on the board.
lparker
18. Dec 2013 路 19:05 UTC
Took a little while to get a grip of but once I got to grips with it it was very fun to play.
Scifer
18. Dec 2013 路 19:09 UTC
Nicely done, for a card game involving time travel. Rules weren't very well explained at the beginning, but I worked it out in the end. Not sure where the theme fits in either ... but cool game nonetheless :D
PTSnoop
18. Dec 2013 路 19:16 UTC
I'd have liked some way to zoom back in onto the dates card - and read through the descriptions of the dates through history that you've chosen / written. But yeah, you really should make a physical version, it'd work really well as a board game!
Chaoseiro
18. Dec 2013 路 21:23 UTC
Really nice board game! I'd like to see a physical version of it, or the files do download and print a copy :P
Jgpicatoste
21. Dec 2013 路 22:17 UTC
I'm sure that the idea and rules of the game were great (it seemed so), but I was totally confused with its visuals. Improve that and you'll have a truly deep entry!
archaeometrician
24. Dec 2013 路 15:07 UTC
Nice ! A board game with a working AI, very impressive for a LD timeframe ! Congratulations !
mmickyman
06. Jan 2014 路 09:03 UTC
Hard to tell what is going on and what is interactive, then you clic somewhere et you don't know what you have done ahah...

As other say, a board game based on these ideas could be neat.