Tiny lil' Kingdom by Epicface92

made by Epicface92 for LD 38 (COMPO)

Create a civilization in only a 16x16 grid! Create homes for you peasants, fields to not make you peasants starve, and overall, make your peasants' lives better.

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Mac, Windows, and Linux versions available (However, only OSX has been tested). https://github.com/Epicface92/LD38/releases/

Source: https://github.com/Epicface92/LD38

Controls: - Right-Click hold to move camera - Left-Click to interact with the world - Space and Enter to upgrade owned land

Map is randomly generated each game (always different!)

To keep your peasants alive, you need to build places that generate resources. By buying a tile, you unlock the ability to upgrade it to use the specified resource. - Grass: Upgrades to a field that generates food and money - Lake: Upgrades to a Fishing Lake that generates food, water, and money (only structure that generates water, so be wise!) - Forest: Upgrades to a sawmill that generates materials (also the only thing that generates materials) - Mountains: Upgrades to a Mine that generates shitloads of cash

Upgrading cost people (labor), money, and materials Grass and Forests can also be upgraded to provide extra housing so peasants can move in. Peasants move in every year (After Winter).

Your peasants eat food after each day (60 seconds), if you fail to provide enough food for each peasant, you lose money. If your balance goes to the negative, you lose.

Unity 5.5
Visual Studio Code
Piskel
Blender

This is my first successful LD! Please leave suggestions on how I can improve on the next jam!!

Original URL

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/tiny-lil-kingdom

Ratings

Given

4🗳️

3🗨️

Feedback

Roberto Romao

02. May 2017 · 06:02 UTC

Nees a tutorial or some little explanation on how to play :/
I enjoy the graphics, they are simple but really good. Some sounds would be nice too

Please continue this project, i want to see it on the future!

Spiteful Fox

04. May 2017 · 04:11 UTC

I couldn't figure out what to do. Got a game over during my first try while just trying to rename my city.

zaibakk

05. May 2017 · 18:56 UTC

Cool graphics and gameplay! Though the game is too difficult to understand, really need a tutorial. Also you lost too early and you even don't know why! Good job anyway! :)

hbocao

06. May 2017 · 00:52 UTC

Very interesting idea, but I had trouble just trying to play it. There is too many keys to use, making the controls a little weird. The graphics are cool, but the interface is kinda confusing. With all that said, I was very intrigued to try it out a few times.

MewSoul

09. May 2017 · 19:08 UTC

I think you have a nice idea here, like to manage a city within a small map, but you maybe aimed to start with a bit too much in your game.
You could have started with fewer criterias (like only money/people/food) and simpler mechanics (for example bying a tile directly builds the building) and thus having a solid core gamemplay and having a bit more time to focus on explaining the player how to play/polishing everything and giving him a better experience.

Keep it up! :)

ItsSaraficed

12. May 2017 · 11:30 UTC

I like the idea, but its really badly balanced since you almost always die, if it was better balanced it would be a blast to play!

Mordokay

13. May 2017 · 19:27 UTC

Great idea and awesome graphics (I am a huge fan of low poly).

For me the problem wasn't that was too much difficult or in need of a tutorial .... you explanation was enough for me to understand how the game worked.

My problem was that in the beginning you have nothing to do besides wait for your money to increase so you could build more stuff. I would also go easy on the "fail to provide enough food for each peasant" (remove less money from the player).

One thing I would change was giving the player with some food and water on the start of the game. If you don't have initial food and water there is no way your field can produce enough food before peasants have to eat. I would also make the game go faster ... or five more money per second so that the player can expand quicker.

Overall a very nice game with lots of potential to be more than it is. Good job!

luthwyhn

19. May 2017 · 23:20 UTC

I like the look of it and the idea seems neat, but like others, I could not figure out how to survive. A better tutorial and more forgiving starting position would be an improvement.