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KEEP THE KING(DOM) ALIVE by Kevin H

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made by Kevin H for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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DESCRIPTION : You have to "guide" the king and survive the events.

HOW TO PLAY :

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Click on the menu to show actions and choose up to 6 action per turn.

These actions will influence mainly the King stats.

After you used your 6 actions there is 3 types of turn. - Audience - King Free Time - Night

Each round has its own type of event, and each stats has its own event.

We lack time to balance the whole thing and right now you may see really weird things happening with some event.

But we will update de game in the coming weeks after the ludum dare.

Your feedback is more than welcome. Thank you !

ABOUT THIS GAME :

This save the king(dom) concept was made for ludum dare 46 in 72h.

Enjoy this mess if you can.

I don't even know if you can die right now, we have to redesign all the stats for this to make sens, we will do it in the near futur.

CUT CONTENT BECAUSE TIME : - Sound - Perks with king sprites modification - 200 events ( 71 left right now ) - illustrations for event

Artwork: @helenejeanbon : http://jean-bon.com

Youtube https://kevinhost.itch.io/keep-the-king-dom-alive
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/keep-the-kingdom-alive

Ratings

Overall 1883th 3.202⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2054th 2.884⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1495th 3.146⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1548th 3.5⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 245th 4.333⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 217th 3.866⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1333th 3.333⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 49🗳️ 52🗨️

Feedback

mhykah
21. Apr 2020 · 01:32 UTC
I have no absolutely no idea what I'm doing but I like the art! The bouncing animation on the text is really distracting though.
helenejeanbon
21. Apr 2020 · 09:06 UTC
Thank you for the feedback! we were out of time, there were so much more we wanted to do! :)
Basileios
21. Apr 2020 · 09:28 UTC
this game is just amazing. The only thing it needs are tooltips
wasd
21. Apr 2020 · 09:55 UTC
Its kinda difficult to figure out what you are supposed to do. My king died and i absolutly dont know why :laughing: The art is very nice good job on that! Overall a good entry.
miki_keyo
21. Apr 2020 · 10:01 UTC
Art and idea is great, but lack of tuto and help text for the actions make the game a bit confusing, especially when it comes to managing 8 different stats.
I think with a bit of expansions on how to make the game clear to the player, it would be a very unique experince.
Good work! Keep it up!
SageWare
21. Apr 2020 · 10:05 UTC
Love the art and the bouncing text. Some of the English is currently lost in translation. I have no idea what most of the tools were doing, but I really enjoyed the experience. I'm excited to see your team progress on this game, I think the game's concept is excellent.
Jack McPherson
21. Apr 2020 · 10:11 UTC
very much had fun. The goal is clearly keep the king alive but I had no idea what each action would result in. Other than that very funny! and with some tweaking I'm sure all issues could be easily addressed! Great job!
JAsonsumm1
21. Apr 2020 · 10:12 UTC
Very nice, Reigns esque It's quite hard to know exactly what is likely to influence what. I found the bouncing text got very tiring quickly, could be much faster!
ggrusha
21. Apr 2020 · 10:43 UTC
The art and animations are great!
I did not understand how my actions affect the character, but I enjoyed the design of the game)
RiccaStudio
21. Apr 2020 · 12:04 UTC
The idea is good and the art aswell, but it i svery difficult to get a game like this rightly balanced. The time wasnt helping this problem either. Keep up the good work!
Rigolus
21. Apr 2020 · 18:25 UTC
"I don’t even know if you can die right now"
Oh you can still die alright, just got killed for speaking in the wrong language i think :D

Love the art and polish on the UI. Really confused by what the buttons do though, maybe it's missing some tooltips. Still pretty neat though :)
Bobothegreat
22. Apr 2020 · 02:33 UTC
I got a little confused on what all the stats meant, but the art is really awesome. I'd love to see you keep working on this
BootyGangDisciple
22. Apr 2020 · 03:18 UTC
Graphics were pretty unique. I think if you added more text for the actions, it would make it a little easier to understand it a bit more. Good work though.
akitl
22. Apr 2020 · 08:25 UTC
that pretty fun
🎤 Kevin H
22. Apr 2020 · 12:01 UTC
@wasd @akitl @bobothegreat @colinbellino @riccastudio @ggrusha @bootygangdisciple @jasonsumm1 @jack-mcpherson @sageware @miki-keyo @basileios @mhykah

Thank you all for your comments and feeback !
BonjourCatty
22. Apr 2020 · 17:22 UTC
I didn't quite understand how to play but cool artstyle.
Mika la Grand
22. Apr 2020 · 21:14 UTC
The art is nice, but yeah the game needs some more love. Hopefully you guys will work on it a bit more. If I understand correctly, I select an action on the left and this influences my stats on the right? Can you than show me how a certain action will change the stats, before I select it so that I can make a good decision. Also, I'm pretty sure the king doesn't pay taxes, he's the one that collects them XD.
EreHuc
23. Apr 2020 · 10:39 UTC
Interesting idea, art is amazing. Some tooltips on each actions that show whats stats will move ( not necessary show the minus/bonus but you can show wich stats will evolved ) and name under each action, it will help player I think. Nice game
Yeti Kid
23. Apr 2020 · 15:35 UTC
Nice idea, wasn't too sure what I was meant to do but the graphics made it very interesting to look at and enjoy. Hope you continue with this and see out the idea you originally. Love the art style so much that I would like to see it finished!
Vesper
28. Apr 2020 · 15:43 UTC
The presentation was really good, but yes, it would definitely help to know what all the little icons specifically represent. Adding some sound elements would also improve the atmosphere dramatically. But overall it seems quite amusing and lighthearted. Hope you manage to implement the improvements you have in mind!