Empire Showdown by REBDC

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made by REBDC for LD 39 (JAM)

​Empire Showdown is a game where you control the destiny of a small group of people that wants to grow and become an empire.

Collect food and water to keep the population alive, collect wood to build cities to keep them happy, farms to produce your own food and blacksmiths to create weapons so that you can go on war with other nations.

Can you raise in POWER and put everybody else on their knees?

This game is pretty much inspired by Dwarf Fortress and a bit by Clash of Clans.

The game is pretty rough but I still hope you enjoy or at least like the concept, I will take this as a experience lesson, I kinda decided to do something a little bit more complex than I could have done, this version doesn't contain even 1/3 of what I wanted but hey, it was fun making it :) . Any criticism will be expected from the beginning, thanks in advance for anyone who plays and comments to it. Hope I'll see you again in LD40 or any other LD in the future. :)

Download here: https://rebdc.itch.io/empire-showdown

Update: Fixed a bug that caused getting a gray screen if you restart the game (thanks to @frostdragonliz and @apple-dash for bringing it to my attention) and added a half-assed tutorial, nothing great it's just a wall of text but hopefully it's enough.

Ratings

Overall 851th 2.308⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

frostdragonliz
31. Jul 2017 · 10:12 UTC
Not working for me. The game run but seems to dump me back to the main menu after about 10 actions. If I try and start a new game, the game gray screens. Looks like a fun town builder but couldn't play enough to rate.
Apple Dash
31. Jul 2017 · 10:12 UTC
Has potential, but lacks a proper tutorial, which I feel is needed for somewhat complex game like this. Plus, it shows a grey screen every time you restart the game
souperstrawer
31. Jul 2017 · 10:13 UTC
I'm not really sure why my population is decreasing or what the buildings do exactly. The concept seems interesting though. Just try to keep it simple next time :P
zoglu
31. Jul 2017 · 18:19 UTC
I only have a black screen, too bad ! Tested on Windows 10.

I'll probably come back to check again as I love Dwarf Fortress :smile:
🎤 REBDC
31. Jul 2017 · 19:47 UTC
@zoglu, it shouldn't be a problem with Windows 10 since it works on my machine with Windows 10 just perfectly.
Penguindon
31. Jul 2017 · 20:19 UTC
Come on... Why no mac?
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 13:23 UTC
Unfortunately does not work on Windows 10. I only see black screen, nothing more :/
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 13:23 UTC
Unfortunately does not work on Windows 10. I only see black screen, nothing more :/
DeadlyAlive
02. Aug 2017 · 09:51 UTC
It's hard to make a resource management game, but I think you did a great job.
My only complain is that I don't find the game very suiting to theme.
Good work, keep it up!
adrian0901
05. Aug 2017 · 20:11 UTC
i love the theme usage

i love the gameplay

i love the fact that no one used the theme like you did

but by checking that "rate graphics" box you ask us to give you one star

even i can draw better
guckstift
22. Aug 2017 · 15:44 UTC
Nice rudimentary strategy game. I really dig that kind of simplicity. Somehow odd but enjoyable fun. :)
Would like to see a web based version.