{"author_link":"\/users\/scott-steffes","author_name":"Scott Steffes","author_uid":"1081421","comments":[{"author_name":"paragonraptors","author_uid":"1093431","time":"2019-04-29T18:20:40Z","epoch":1556562040,"modified":1556562040,"text":"Enjoyed the cards mechanic! I got unlucky fairly often but it was fun while it lasted!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"JediNeeson","author_uid":"1152784","time":"2019-04-29T18:46:07Z","epoch":1556563567,"modified":1556563567,"text":"Wow good job really nice game!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"DigitalLimestone","author_uid":"1122540","time":"2019-04-29T18:48:53Z","epoch":1556563733,"modified":1556563733,"text":"This was great fun! I don't think there was much skill involved but I would be more than happy to play this as a phone game. Well done!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"pokenoufl","author_uid":"1005413","time":"2019-04-29T18:58:33Z","epoch":1556564313,"modified":1556564313,"text":"I loved this game. The music fit perfectly. The cards were fun and there was rarely a correct choice. I managed to get pretty far and after a while the gods didn't matter much because I'd ammased so many villagers. I feel like the dificulty curve was too low (punishments should be turn number \/2 or something like that) so that keeping sacrifices is really needed. Anyways, Amazing job !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NoobException","author_uid":"1142680","time":"2019-04-29T19:15:06Z","epoch":1556565306,"modified":1556565306,"text":"I've passed about 150 turns and I really enjoyed it. \nThe game forces to do \"right\" choices only at the beginning, since as someone noticed, later you have enough villager for every scenario.\n\nAlso, I'm really curious whether my decisions have some longer-term consequences or just it is current resource management?\n\nGameplay is pretty straightforward, but music and sounds add a very nice feel. \nI don't know how many cards are there, but there was plenty of them and certainly you had to put some effort with it.\n\nLoved the graphics, especially those drooling gods :smile: \n\nOne thing that I would suggest : Let all the events that aren't connented with god, happen after he's gone. I found it quite confusing when a god was still on screen and a task was finished.\n\nGood job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Dooda","author_uid":"1075320","time":"2019-04-29T19:28:36Z","epoch":1556566116,"modified":1556566116,"text":"Great game, I'm glad to see that someone else had a similar idea to mine :joy:  Praise to the gods!\nWish I could add some useful critique, but it was an excellent submission:thumbsup: ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Scott Steffes","author_uid":"1081421","time":"2019-04-29T19:38:34Z","epoch":1556566714,"modified":1556566714,"text":"@noobexception we struggled to find a balance where you didn't always get wrecked at the beginning. The sacrifice turns get closer together as the game goes on, but I guess that's not enough to kill off your burgeoning village. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Andreadbx","author_uid":"1052584","time":"2019-04-29T20:41:25Z","epoch":1556570485,"modified":1556570485,"text":"Very nice game! it's a lot luck based, but i enjoyed it, expecially the  game of thrones references!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Sciman101","author_uid":"1094933","time":"2019-04-29T23:21:22Z","epoch":1556580082,"modified":1556580082,"text":"I love the visual design of this, it feels really polished. You could probably make this into a physical card game pretty easily, too. Nice work!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Malarpuppet","author_uid":"1146911","time":"2019-04-30T05:35:33Z","epoch":1556602533,"modified":1556602533,"text":"Really love the sound effects, they bring a lot to the game. reminds me a bit of cultist simulator but a fair bit easier to process. Maybe the text could be colored to green\/red to show if it worked positively or negatively so its easier to read the content.\nGreat work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"ejmejm","author_uid":"1004135","time":"2019-04-30T07:00:39Z","epoch":1556607639,"modified":1556607639,"text":"Loved the art for the Gods!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tommyflower","author_uid":"1014558","time":"2019-04-30T11:29:19Z","epoch":1556623759,"modified":1556623759,"text":"Great sacrifice game! At the beginning the right choice is crucial. I loved the graphics and the music is perfect.  Also the feedback are shown in an intuitive smooth way.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"caevv","author_uid":"1145730","time":"2019-04-30T18:58:38Z","epoch":1556650718,"modified":1556650718,"text":"awesome game concept, i really enjoyed it and had to stop myself from playing! good job","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PolyHatSteve","author_uid":"1061068","time":"2019-04-30T20:57:24Z","epoch":1556657844,"modified":1556657844,"text":"Really well done, love the worldbuilding and graphics. Sound is suitably creepy as well. I like the focus on risk management and investing in your deck for future turns. I agree with the comments that it does get too easy if you have a good start, but balance is tricky in 3 days, so no big deal. Great work overall!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Twan Mul","author_uid":"1010431","time":"2019-04-30T21:56:22Z","epoch":1556661382,"modified":1556661382,"text":"great balance of cards. I'd like the story to stand out more in the cards, the gamer in me automatically jumps to the stats and chances. The choices are important and good to make. very nice concept.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"szabe","author_uid":"1000669","time":"2019-04-30T22:09:01Z","epoch":1556662141,"modified":1556662141,"text":"Man, I was unlucky... Really unlucky. Nice concept. My only gripe is that because of the luck factor it kinda lacks agency, just a bit more control over the odds would be nice. Nevertheless the texts are interesting to read and add to the worldbuilding! nice job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"plexsoup","author_uid":"1143502","time":"2019-05-01T04:10:09Z","epoch":1556683809,"modified":1556683809,"text":"Nicely crafted variant of this type of game. No issues with the game itself, but I'm not a huge fan of the genre. Seems well polished!\n","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Annie Owl","author_uid":"1053290","time":"2019-05-02T05:49:11Z","epoch":1556776151,"modified":1556776151,"text":"I love text-driven card games, so this game entertained me for quite a while. Unfortunately, it felt too difficult to get sacrifice \"materials\", because cards that can give you lads\\goats\\maidens appear rarely, give you just one sacrifice and have a really high chance of failure. I think you should work on the balance if you want to develop this game in the future.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"3mpty","author_uid":"1041380","time":"2019-05-02T10:48:20Z","epoch":1556794100,"modified":1556794100,"text":"Simple but effective, very polished, great sound design that was honestly pretty creepy. Good game!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"krammetje","author_uid":"1007182","time":"2019-05-03T11:22:52Z","epoch":1556882572,"modified":1556882572,"text":"Very interesting. Seeing the odds makes it feel more strategic. Very nice game!","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/145457-79e97856774d243a1b3044b51924cb87.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/swsteffes.itch.io\/paid-in-blood","text":"HTML5 (web)"},{"url":"https:\/\/swsteffes.itch.io\/paid-in-blood","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/markv12\/PaidInBlood","text":"Source code"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"54526","g_author":"1081421","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"254052","g_title":"Paid in Blood","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"145457","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.119022"},"nds":{"n_key":"145457","n_urlkey":"254052","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/paid-in-blood","n_slug":"paid-in-blood","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"81421","n_created":"1556157765","n_modified":"1556567881","n_version":"451191","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":145457,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":81421,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2019-04-29T17:51:17Z","created":"2019-04-25T02:02:45Z","modified":"2019-04-29T19:58:01Z","version":451191,"slug":"paid-in-blood","name":"Paid in Blood","body":"![thumnail640_512.png](\/\/\/raw\/d0e\/31\/z\/220e0.png)\n\nBest enjoyed with sound!\n\nManage a village assailed by the gods. Use the lives of your villagers as currency to appease them.\nChoose an action each turn to gain villagers and sacrifices. On sacrifice day, if you have the sacrifice the god wants, you will receive the god's blessing, if not, you will suffer the consequences. You never know what god will appear. If you run out of villagers, you lose. Survive as long as you can!\n\nThe blue god desires maidens.\nThe red god desires goats.\nThe green god desires young lads.\n\nThe numbers on the bottom indicate the current turn. A god will show up on turns marked red. \n\nProgramming: Scott Steffes, Axel C.\nDesign\/Music\/SFX: Nate D.\nArt: \u3082\u3058\u3083\u3082\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304a\u3063\u3061\uff08mojamoja naochi\uff09","meta":{"author":[81421],"link-01-tag":"42336","link-01":"https:\/\/swsteffes.itch.io\/paid-in-blood","link-02":"https:\/\/swsteffes.itch.io\/paid-in-blood","link-02-tag":"42337","link-03":"https:\/\/github.com\/markv12\/PaidInBlood","link-03-tag":"42332","cover":"\/\/\/content\/d0e\/31\/z\/21f5c.png"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/paid-in-blood","parents":[1,5,9,139254],"love":0,"notes":20,"notes-timestamp":"2019-05-03T11:22:52Z","grade":{"grade-01":27,"grade-02":27,"grade-03":27,"grade-04":27,"grade-05":27,"grade-06":27,"grade-07":25,"grade-08":27},"magic":{"cool":104.97341318509,"feedback":20,"given":28.375,"grade":26.75,"smart":19.773930354328}},"text":"![thumnail640_512.png](\/\/\/raw\/d0e\/31\/z\/220e0.png)\n\nBest enjoyed with sound!\n\nManage a village assailed by the gods. Use the lives of your villagers as currency to appease them.\nChoose an action each turn to gain villagers and sacrifices. On sacrifice day, if you have the sacrifice the god wants, you will receive the god's blessing, if not, you will suffer the consequences. You never know what god will appear. If you run out of villagers, you lose. Survive as long as you can!\n\nThe blue god desires maidens.\nThe red god desires goats.\nThe green god desires young lads.\n\nThe numbers on the bottom indicate the current turn. A god will show up on turns marked red. \n\nProgramming: Scott Steffes, Axel C.\nDesign\/Music\/SFX: Nate D.\nArt: \u3082\u3058\u3083\u3082\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304a\u3063\u3061\uff08mojamoja naochi\uff09","title":"Paid in Blood"}