Dictator's Last Year by lesinvisible

YOUR LIFE IS CURRENCY
Especially when you are a half decayed dictator willing to save his reign. Let nothing stop you in keeping one of the most abominable regimes in the world alive and prosperous even at the price of your last breath.
Insctructions
Real dictators don't use instructions! Follow onscreen messages and rule with your agonizing steel hand.
Let me know what hell looks like
| HTML5 (web) | http://hizhinape.ru/games/dictator/index.html |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/dictators-last-year |
Ratings
| Given | 12🗳️ | 1🗨️ |
Fun: Alright. I enjoyed the writing. (There are a few grammatical errors but I think this actually works in the game's favour!) I had a few goes but didn't manage to finish the game. There isn't much of a feeling of control, since it is hard to predict how my choices will affect the game.
Innovation: I'm sure I've seen multiple choice games before. But the writing's innovative!
Theme: Yes
Graphics: OK. It's mostly a text game. But I don't like this font - found it hard and slow to read.
Audio: N/A
Humor: I enjoyed the humorous narration style.
Mood: Kind of felt like I was playing this game on an illegal dial-up BBS, maybe in the country in question.
Your game is not the pièce de résistance of Ludum Dare, so don't act like it is.
I found the music to be very nice, and added to the mood of the game.
The writing is going in the right direction, there are spelling errors and seems a bit forced in some areas but generally is alright.
I'm not a fan of novel type games, but got through this one OK as it isn't too long.
I didn't enjoy the fact that the entirety of the game was random, and the choices didn't really seem to matter as it was an RNG fest where you could die turn 2 in some cases.
As more of a novel it is OK, the randomness takes away from the story and really doesn't add too much (Especially with no input from the user).
I didn't see any use of the theme.
The graphics were nice and made me feel like I was on an old computer playing the game.