Cute little RTS! Very slow though, could use a bigger starting resource/worker pool.
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Castle Empire's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #283 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Visuals | #399 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Gameplay | #489 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Overall | #679 | 3.161 | 3.161 |
| Enjoyment | #742 | 3.156 | 3.156 |
| Innovation | #950 | 2.781 | 2.781 |
| Theme | #1184 | 2.531 | 2.531 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
At first everything seems to be normal (Nothing can go wrong). A peaceful place where you can build your empire. Until goblins start attacking your empire from everywhere.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Graphic assets where mostly from pixel frog.
How many people worked on the game?1
Comments
Impressive for 1 person! The art and music are phenomenal and so are a lot of the systems. I think some balancing around resources to speed up the experience would be fantastic!
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Happy Slime MergerGreat game, cool mechanics. It feels a bit slow maybe, I got stuck waiting for trees to spawn and stuff to sell.
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Nine Lives Too ManyIt's really good and nicely polished.
I felt like I was struggling for money. I wasn't able to buy a second house because I kept losing soldiers in their little forays. So any money I made went to replace them, so they could try and get more money.
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FactoriohnoGame looked really cool ! I loved the assets. I maybe missed something but did not find what to do exactly before the goblin attack ! Can you help please :) ? Thanks !!
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Angry ShepherdA really nice little RTS, a little bit of a slow burn at first which was nice; but once I figured out the knights and archers....Goblins became no longer a problem :)
I'd say the one thing that stuck out to me as time went on was having to micromanage the pawns and the build time seemed to take forever with buildings.
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Wish Upon a BrewThis is a nice little minimal RTS. The unit AI kept getting stuck on bridges when there was a mix of archers and knights which was a bit frustrating. When I tried to attack a structure the goblins had rebuilt I still got the message about clearing wreckage which seemed like a bug.
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Ship HappensMinimalist Kingdom builder/strategy game! Have potential as well! Really hope there is auto tasking and less micro management.
Keep developing this game!
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Sink You SoonHIGHEST RATING! I want this game to be on one of the highest ranking games. It is hard to believe that this is your first game, because it is wonderful. Reminds me of first Warcraft. I tried my best to finish the game, played it many times, but when I got very good at one moment the screen just froze. Maybe it was some bug, not sure. Still 10/10
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Three Little PigsI couldn't do it. It felt like it would take me 3 hours to finish. I really love the game, but I found some bugs. I decided to attack when the game started, I completely destroyed everything with two knights. After that I wasn't able to attack again because it showed me just the popup screen for paying 1200 to destroy town. Also worker was stuck on one task, building a tower. Then sometimes resource icons dissapear. Maybe this helps a bit. :)
cool concept and very polished for a one week jam, but as others have said the pacing too slow, i started to think my pawn had bugged out when building a house because of how long it took. Still, really good work!
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Can't LoseNice job! But it has too slow pace - had to grind a lot to get enough money for even a single upgrade
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Emergencies HappenA really nice RTS ! The graphics really surprised me ! All the animations and textures were really crisp ! Congrats !
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Stompy's Antique ShopThis is so polished it’s really cool! I wasn’t expecting this kind of game from this jam, awesome!
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Nothing Ever Inc.Great submission! Looks polished, great audio and visuals. Gameplay would benefit from a bit of variety but definitely understandable for a jam game. Well done!
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AstrotautsI loved this game, its so fun and does not even feel like a jam game but a final product! Will be uploading a video of it, I played till the game froze lol
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Where To, Boss?Nice submission with nice visuals/audio and a somewhat cozy strategy game. Queuing actions would be a nice feature :)
Had a lot fun playing the game, thanks for the submission!
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Subject #413 (Brackeys 2025.1)Its really good, some complaints are that i wish it had a restart button and a tutorial but other then these two its awesome, art looks good, audio is great and fun and engaging gameplay
8.5/10 :)
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Buckshot BeatsNice Work !! For real, it is a great and different game from other entries I've seem. A tutorial and more feedback - like when my peasant is building I would like to know when it will finish - would make the game a complete experience
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Scrapyard RecruitmentThe game looks great, the art is coming very well together. But I stopped playing because the game is not saving for now. Somethings to fix, why can I delete my only builder, I moved the castle one time and then I was kind off stuck until he built the thing, one time I couldn’t move left to right but zooming in seemed to resolve the bug. Anyway keep up the good work!
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Chain ReactionVery nice feeling of the game sir! If you make things more clear in the game maybe this could be the best thing ever
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