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A jam submission

Rustfield RevivalView game page

🕹️ Guide the city of Rustfield toward economic recovery!
Submitted by scottysseus — 12 hours, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of Theme#24.6775.000
Creativity#44.1434.429
Art#73.8754.143
Overall#83.4213.657
Gameplay#123.2073.429
Sound#331.2031.286

Ranked from 7 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)

Wall of text incoming. TLDR: great use of theme, unique among the jam, has potential - but the design needed some real decision making to make it live up to its potential.

  • Use of Theme - 5
    • The game is based around recovery of a rustbelt town. 5/5 matches theme in unique way.
  • Creativity - 5
    • Very creative use of theme in this jam. Nothing else like it in the jam.
  • Gameplay - 3
    • Minor Feedback:
      • I agree with ShadowGrif "I wish that when you clicked an hashtag it would highlight all the buildings as it would make missions easier". Otherwise, finding the appropriate mission property can be a tad tedious.
      • There was a bug as missions didn't seem to trigger (e.g. build 3 office buildings).
    • Major Feedback:
      • Don't get me wrong, I can see the effort you put in and and SIM games have enormous potential, but as a lover of SIM games there is a single core problem in this game that stops me rating it above a 3. This is not meant to sound harsh - I loved the idea and I love SIM games so I just have more thoughts on the gameplay than I might have on other games in the Jam.
      • There is no central conflict, tension, or dynamism in this game that forces decision making or player reactions.  Let me explain: 
        • You have unlimited time once you have positive cash flow (which is almost immediately)
        • There are no ways to lose progress or have negative consequences (e.g. conflicts, disasters, unhappy citizens, low resources, traffic jams, power/water)
        • Therefore, there there are no "tough" choices. You can always end turn to bring in more money by ending your turn and your cashflow always improves with time. Therefore, in the early game I spend a lot of time clicking Next Turn to get money and in the late game spend a lot of time clicking Next Turn to wait for things to build
        • In addition, there is no reason to waste money on utilities as they don't mitigate bad outcomes. For example, why have a fire station if there are no fires. Why make more power plants if there are no power requirements. Why make more parks if people don't respond.
        • The real crux of any SIM game is decision making and to have that you need to have competing priorities, and positive and negative feedback loops.
  • Art - 4
    • Not a fan myself of low-poly but it makes sense for a jam and game of this type. +1 for the amount of assets you needed compared to other games.
  • Sound - 1
    • No sound or effects at all
Submitted

This is an incredibly cool idea. Most city-building sims start you off with a blank slate - having you repair a blighted post-industrial town instead is an inspired choice. I'd love to see this developed further, adding some music, maybe increasing the strategic depth a little, that sort of thing.

Submitted

Really well made game. Everything works as it should, it looks good. Feels a bit like a turn based simcity. :) The only thing the game lacks is background music. 

Submitted

Wow this game is so polished and well made. The game fits the jam theme brilliantly and I loved the tongue in cheek humor you had throughout the game.  Truly unique game compared to others I have played in this jam and got real Civ vibes when playing. Amazing job!

Submitted(+1)
  • Use of Theme - 5
    • I think this game embodies the theme perfectly.
  • Gameplay - 4
    • The game is really well made, the controls are intuitive and the UI is pretty self explanatory.  I wish that when you clicked an hashtag it would highlight all the buildings because that would make missions easier. I'm also not sure about the prices of things because at the start of the game i had to skip rounds in order to get some money. which felt weird. Maybe if there was a negative consequence to skipping turns it would feel better.
  • Creativity - 4
    • It's not a new concept but all the story and pieces of the game are really well constructed.
  • Art - 5
    • The art fits the game perfectly imo.
  • Sound - 1
    • No sound.