Oh man this game rules. I love the RTS genre and it's pretty wild you all were able to pull this off in such a short time. Strong work!
You mentioned that you have anime influences and I really see that in the ending, a little attack on titan or evangelion? Either way it's successful in being very cool. The scale of this game is also pretty wild. This game is inspiring and makes me really want to build an RTS next!
Cheers.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #39 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Fun | #48 | 3.969 | 3.969 |
| Presentation | #81 | 4.281 | 4.281 |
| Originality | #105 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Power"?
This game spotlights burning fuel as a resource to power a city and defend against an overwhelming wildfire that threatens to burn down the whole world.
There is a thematic spin on power, as the player needs to use non-renewable energy sources. The sun has been stolen away, blocked by the monsters that keep the skies dark, ensuring our need for fire.
If you can't reach the end, no worries! But I hope you check out the ending as I explain it in this video:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2372466238
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i started with kind of a moodboard of stuff that i collected to show off how i wanted it to go, the premise was a reference to the ramiel episode of evangelion where they charge a gun with the entirety of japan's power to shoot a gun twice! but the visual elements at the end were sort of a mixture of majora's mask, shin godzilla, that one shot of star wars episode 8 where they shoom through the big star fleet, and some music videos i like. :3 wish i coulda gone even harder on the ending cutscene and added some more narrative elements, but i threw that last cutscene together in the last day. 😩😩 thank you so much for playing it through to the end though!!!! it means a lot
RAHHHHHHH I LOST THE ENTIRE COMMENT I TYPED OUT DAMNIT!
SUMMARY THEN:
RTS IS NOT MY TYPICAL CUP OF TEA BUT I ENJOYED THIS, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF MY FIRST RUN WHEN I STARTED TO ENTER A FLOW STATE.
LIKED THE MODELS, MUSIC, AND GAMEPLAY.
DIED IN MY FIRST RUN BECAUSE I JUST BARELY COULDN'T REPAIR THE CANNON IN TIME. (FRUSTRATION!!!)
SECOND RUN WAS SCUFFED, BUT I BEAT IT (YIPPEE)
A FAST FORWARD BUTTON IS NEEDED IN A GAME LIKE THIS. STARTING OVER FROM THE BEGINNING WAS PAINFUL.
Slick ending cutscene btw.
271 days ago(+1)
ahhh thank you so much dude!!!! i'm glad u felt something from this
yea we'll probably drop a post-jam patch! i wanna make the ending cutscene even cooler too!!!!
273 days ago(+1)
thanks so much! the whole thing was high intensity for our team. feels weird to compartmentalize our work, but as the creative director i'm glad i could wrap up mike's game systems with something memorable.
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