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A jam submission

Liar's MapView game page

In this RTS game, you must help your troops get to the nearest castle while avoiding enemies, spells and lies.
Submitted by Dan Zaidan (@danielzaidan) — 53 minutes, 56 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#253.7813.781
Game Design#273.8443.844
Fun#583.6253.625
Overall#753.4793.479
Theme#913.6563.656
Audio#1913.2193.219
Graphics#4662.7502.750

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (1 edit)

Nice submission! Very impressive mechanics and innovative gameplay. Requires guessing, planing and careful approach to achieve best results (or at least finishing larger levels which I failed xD) but I really like it.

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+1)

I very much enjoyed playing Liar's Map - I'm very impressed that you managed to get this much done in only a week!  Some general comments (in no particular order, just as the thoughts cropped up during play) below:

1) I loved the concept of the 'one truth and two lies' maps - definitely an interesting mechanic, and the ability to investigate/eliminate/cross-check them during play (e.g. by putting ticks and crosses next to them on the Clues window) made it a good part of the gameplay too.  It led to some interesting emergent strategies as well (e.g. do I sacrifice one of my weaker soldiers to investigate whether there really IS an enemy camp in this quadrant, allowing me to eliminate the other two clues).

2) Minor point: it wasn't always clear (on the main map or on the overworld map) what some of the objects there were - e.g. the blue star(?).  Possibly just because I never stumbled across the thing they might represent.  Not a major issue at all, as you can pretty much use whichever image for whichever concept you like during play (you're marking up your own overmap, after all!)

3) I still have no idea what the gateway-type objects are/do.  I think I destroyed one?  But another one ate one of my men?  Don't know.  Does that vary depending on playthrough?  The danger of hidden-information games is that the player might not pick up on/be able to fully appreciate some of the intricacies of what you've built - if the gateway does something different on each map, for example (though I'm assuming it doesn't and is simply another hazard!)

4) We liked the soundtrack - it fitted well, and was pleasant enough to listen to without being intrusive/distracting.  Again, impressed you managed a soundtrack as well in the time!

I'd definitely recommend Liar's Map to some of my friends - it's a nice mix of careful, slow, thoughtful planning, and frantic "oh no I've just run headlong into a camp of enemies because I missed an obvious logical inference" action, which works really well!  Thank you for building it - very much enjoyed!  :)

(You also appear to have made a game that my girlfriend enjoyed watching/correcting me on, which is a rare thing - congratulations?)

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for your feedback! It was super valuable information.

Your comment made my day! :)

Submitted

Really good use of the theme!  The mechanics are very cool too.  I liked your Devlog video as well~ Keep up the great work!  Please check out my entry if you have the time~ good day!

Developer

Thanks so much for dropping by! :D

Submitted

Hey I couldn't open the game. Maybe because it is 64-bit. Would you send me a 32-bit version ?

Developer

Yeah it's built for 64-bit Windows.

I tried targeting x86 but I couldn't get OpenGL to load. I'm sorry. :(

Submitted

Nice idea and mechnics, with more polish and more levels this can be a great indie game! I also rated the game, 

Developer

Awesome! Thanks so much! :D

Submitted

Cant believe what you were able to accomplish in just a week, really interesting and cool take on the theme!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for your comment! You might enjoy watching my making of video! It shows all the ups and downs of the process :D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=571KxMxvnkE

Submitted(+1)

That was great! Really interesting take on faulty information in an RTS. Initially I thought I could game the system by just sending a single scout to find the path but as the levels got bigger that stopped working... Good job though! Also omg the fog of war looked so nice!

Developer

Thanks for your awesome comment! :D

Submitted(+2)

Really enjoyable game! I liked the style of the gameplay and exploring the map while thinking strategically was so fun. Well executed :)

Developer(+1)

Wow! Thanks so much much for your nice comment!

Submitted

Very interesting idea, very expandable and fun to play. Nice the possibility to create many kind of notes on the map. The music was a bit annoying after some time. Overall great job.

Developer

Thanks for your comment!

Submitted

Nice game, i especially like the combat mechanic although the controls took a while to get used to :)

Developer

Awesome that you came by. Thanks!

Submitted

Nice Game ! the idea is interesting.

Developer

Thanks for playing it!

Submitted

:D

Submitted(+1)

Very Good Game And Interesting like The Idea

Developer

Thanks! I was afraid it would be too weird. XD

Submitted(+1)

it's a very good game with a good potential, the sound design and the game design are very good 

Developer

Thanks so much! :D

Submitted

I love the concept. Great game. I want to see more game like this.

Developer

Thank you for your kind comment!

Submitted

very enjoyable rts combat, it feels very fluid and polished, big thumbs up for this one

Developer

I'm super glad you liked it!

Submitted

Checked your game out ! It's not bad at all, tho the graphics could use a lot of work. The complete absense of audio can really be felt and adds quite a bit to the "unfinished" feeling of the game. Add any audio you can, even if you can't add everything you'd like to !

Anyone seeing this, check out my game, it's also RTS !

Developer

Whaaaat? There is full audio in the game!!!

Including an awesome music I composed :(

Could you try again? Maybe there is a problem in the game or maybe your system was muted or something :(

Submitted

i also didnt hear any audio in the game, maybe there might be something that prevents the audio from loading?

Developer

That is such a bummer to hear since I spend a lot of time on the audio.

Do you mind trying opening and closing the game a few times to see if you get audio on a random run?

Submitted

hey, tried it just now and unfortunetly still no audio

Developer

I'm sorry it didn't work for you. In the next game, I'll try making the audio system better.

If it's any good, you can download the music on Itch.io and check it out if you want. :)

Submitted

Really like the RTS style of gameplay. I found my little guy's pretty cute when they were huddling together and doing they're thing. The game did crash a few times unfortunately, but regardless, Nice work, rated nicely :)

Developer

Thanks so much!! I'm sorry the game crashed :(

Submitted(+1)

Great design! Love the way the battles play out, and the sound design is awesome. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much!!

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