Totem Wars by PeaCe

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made by PeaCe for LD27 (JAM)
The game is about a magical war between two tribes. They use their totems to fight each other. We think the roots of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" are in this ancient competition! In every round of this war you have 10 seconds to plan and 10 seconds to fight.

-We recommend playing in multiplayer mode.
-Please give any feedback to @electricarenast on Twitter, thanks in advance.

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.60 81
Audio(Jam) 3.21 164
Fun(Jam) 3.40 109
Graphics(Jam) 4.15 73
Humor(Jam) 2.61 242
Innovation(Jam) 3.96 15
Mood(Jam) 3.24 169
Theme(Jam) 3.04 305

Feedback

BenWhi
27. Aug 2013 路 12:10 UTC
Wow, super original idea! Is there a way to make the time pass quicker after the characters choose their totems? That's the only issue I had. Cool how you can control the outcome by jumping at the right time.
Broxxar
27. Aug 2013 路 16:20 UTC
Best game I've played so far. The most unique take on Rock Paper Scissors, great use of theme and beautiful pixel art and sounds.

Really superb.
Alexander Ponomariov
27. Aug 2013 路 16:21 UTC
Funny totems and dark Indians! Very pretty)
馃帳 PeaCe
27. Aug 2013 路 16:22 UTC
@BenWhi: Thanks for playing our game. No there is no way, I'll think about to add such a thing after this jam.
馃帳 PeaCe
27. Aug 2013 路 16:23 UTC
@Borxxar: Thanks dude ; )
The Evil Cult
27. Aug 2013 路 16:29 UTC
Nice! Really clever twist on the original. At first I found it a little difficult to know what was going on (even after reading tutorial), and in the end I still wasn't sure what each 'item' did. But still really enjoyed it and thought the graphics were great too.
馃帳 PeaCe
27. Aug 2013 路 18:20 UTC
@The Evil Cult, Thanks for playing, we were in a hurry and we couldn't complete the implementation of the item system. We will finish it ASAP.
Does anyone know, could we update our playable now?
iiechapman
27. Aug 2013 路 18:30 UTC
Nice twist on the main game, was a little confused as to how it would work. It ended up feeling like a puzzle fighter game, which is neat. The art and music is wonderful!
teamenschede
27. Aug 2013 路 18:50 UTC
Great game. Overall it looks incredibly polished, I would never think think this was made over the course of a single weekend.

The game could use a description of the special items, it
isn't very clear what they do.

I like the switching mechanic a lot. Together with the timer and the ability to engage/disengage it adds a lot of depth. They are all clever ways to add complexity to what is otherwise a simple RPS game fun.

About balance, I think scissors is currently too powerful against the AI. Weighted abilities in RPS are generally fine, but the AI doesn't seem to understand. The general gameplay boils down to quickly figuring out who wins in combat, and attacking/evading the opponent. An AI could very easily play this game 'perfectly', so the depth is in actually seeing who wins or loses faster than the opponent. This works well with the timer and the 'scaling' complexity by adding more blocks on the totem.

Overall I like the game very much. Well done!
馃帳 PeaCe
27. Aug 2013 路 19:08 UTC
Thanks guys for feedback. : )
PaperBlurt
27. Aug 2013 路 20:23 UTC
Real great graphics and also a fun new take on a classic..
ZYXer
28. Aug 2013 路 01:24 UTC
Wow, I love the combination of rock-paper-scissors and fighting game. Lots of fun to play and funny graphics. I really like it!
UnorthodoxGames
28. Aug 2013 路 01:58 UTC
A really cool idea. I adore the pixel art!
dancingflame
28. Aug 2013 路 04:02 UTC
Cool pixels, nice gameplay,nice animation, epic music. Like the characters :)
MidCry
28. Aug 2013 路 06:10 UTC
Nice job
good gameplay

check out our game please
Scythe
28. Aug 2013 路 08:06 UTC
Cool art and fun gameplay, like those characters, well done
saman
28. Aug 2013 路 09:34 UTC
Fantastic game ever i`ve play
馃帳 PeaCe
28. Aug 2013 路 09:41 UTC
Thanks guys : )
Diptoman
28. Aug 2013 路 13:43 UTC
Highly original idea, I like that. The music seems like it's taken from Zoo Tycoon? xP
Awesome game overall though.
lesterpig
28. Aug 2013 路 15:39 UTC
Nice audio and graphics !
But gameplay is maybe a bit too tricky.
Controls seem to be bugged in a french keybord :(

Nice work ;)
klianc09
28. Aug 2013 路 16:24 UTC
Really great take on Rock,Paper and Scissors
ddionisio
29. Aug 2013 路 01:42 UTC
Awesome take on the rock-paper-scissors! You guys manage to add depth to it! Also, nice presentation. This game feels very complete! I love the art!

It took getting used to the controls, but it becomes more fun after a while.
SnoringFrog
29. Aug 2013 路 16:24 UTC
Interesting game. Took me a while to beat the first level due to misunderstanding part of how things worked, but otherwise it was great. Loved the graphics.
lcarpentier
30. Aug 2013 路 08:39 UTC
I like what you did with cisors/rock/paper !
theholychicken
31. Aug 2013 路 10:05 UTC
This is so much fun! Really cool concept!
What do the items do though? Would have been really nice to know.
Great job!
dook
31. Aug 2013 路 10:10 UTC
Original game, and awesome graphics :)
Zammy
31. Aug 2013 路 11:50 UTC
Great game! Incredibly polished! Unbelievable for a weekends work!
Please add a way to skip the 10s timer after both players are ready.
馃帳 PeaCe
31. Aug 2013 路 15:22 UTC
Thanks for feedback guys : )
馃帳 PeaCe
01. Sep 2013 路 11:17 UTC
We found some time to work on Totem Wars now, so we will post a debugged version tonight, stay tuned! ;)
Empyrealhell
04. Sep 2013 路 09:13 UTC
A very clever little game. I wasn't sure why nothing happened in the first round, I didn't realize you had to jump your totem into theirs. Good stuff.
Ravenous Games
04. Sep 2013 路 13:35 UTC
Great art and style! I really like the base mechanic and ideas here, however the tutorial might have made it seem a little more complex than it is. I really thing you have a great start here and can see a lot of potential in this game! Great job!
ratalaika
04. Sep 2013 路 17:11 UTC
Nice game, quite funny to play!!