Small Board by renatopp
Hi! This is my entry for the 38th Ludum Dare!
Small Board is a board game with an unoriginal name in which you must save the king's crown and get back to the castle before goblins eat you alive.

Links
- Post-Mortem: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/small-board/development-of-small-board
- Play It: http://renatopp.com/games/small-board
- Source Code: https://github.com/renatopp/ludumdare-38
Author
- Site: http://renatopp.com
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/renatopp
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/small-board |
Ratings
| Overall | 152th | 3.619⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 297th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 230th | 3.238⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 188th | 3.619⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 124th | 3.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 398th | 2⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 366th | 2.833⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 5🗳️ | 5🗨️ |
Graphics are really pleasant ! :thumbsup:
**the good**
great graphics and artistic style, and very polished looking.
good gameplay concept, encourages players for having good strategy
**the bad**
in-game tips would be much nicer than that cheat sheet displayed in the beginning.
not enough variety in strategy. I think having different levels with fewer enemy spawners and larger areas would add a **ton** to replayability.
I hope you enjoyed your Ludum Dare experience [:
Some observations:
- Played two rounds, and found that fighting the enemies was pointless almost all the time, better to grab the king and leg it without stopping; this could be addressed by nerfing the enemies and making combat a viable path, which leads to..
- The enemies are way, way too hard; extremely numerous and very powerful, forces the player to take the single route of rushing to win, as any other method is impossible to win with.
- The big pop-up of information was overwhelming and far too long - a very condensed in-game tip system would've been far more effective in relaying important information in bite-sized chunks.
All in all, a decent entry, great work! Hope you enjoyed LD!
I love the arts, they are cute, they reminds me the arts in the Spry Fox games :D
Cool mecanics but some characters are too powerful, like the Elf or the Mage (or the Elf Mage xD )
I never win a game with the dwarf but I always win with the ELf :/
Despite that it's a really great game!
Good job :smile:
*PS: I've watch your other works and it's really awesome, I think about use your JavaScript librarie a day! :D*
Anyway, you did a good job, congrats!