Interesting mechanic, polished looks, maybe an increase in difficulty would have been welcome, but overall it's a really nice entrey!
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INFLUENCE's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #929 | 3.604 | 3.604 |
| Originality | #1118 | 3.497 | 3.497 |
| Overall | #1572 | 3.101 | 3.101 |
| Fun | #2126 | 2.763 | 2.763 |
Ranked from 169 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You can easily lose control by choosing the wrong people
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
Comments
Visual looking good. But mechanic a little bit weird. Thinking idea is nice but need to work on it.
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Broken CyberThe visual style was nice, but shooting people felt a bit weird to get them on your side. At first I thought I was doing something wrong.
But after that I just shot everyone, but it became a bit repetitive after a while ... I just shot everyone until someone didn't got influenced and after that happend two times I lost. So not sure how I should've known not to shoot those people.
Overall nice idea, but could use some polish
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Forced DirectionsI wasn't sure why some people wouldn't succumb to my influence.
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I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU RIGHT NOW!The "influence people by shooting" was a bit weard as it could be anything else than shooting.. But the idea was really clever!
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Wetline: TurkuHey~ I enjoyed this game, its an interesting concept. I wish the game conveyed why I didn't gain someone's reputation; maybe its a random chance? It can get impossible to continue. But its an interesting concept!
I dug the style, and the overlay effect was nice! Good work!
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Super Raccball GalaxyArt and music are on point, especially the music! The small bit of dialogue at the start was also really funny "LOOK AT THAT".
I left my computer for a bit and came back to soooo many people, I couldn't even choose who to aim for, my high score was 34508.
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No killing while I'm away, pleaseThe visuals are great and the game is really atmospheric. My main criticism is that I'd like to understand more when you can and can't control people since it is currently a bit confusing, but this can easily be fixed. Great work!
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ApocalypseReally digging the aesthetics you went for, fun little game with an interesting core mechanic, could use with just a line or two more explanation inside the game for how the system works point/control wise, but, otherwise quite entertaining. Great work!
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OBOH (48hr Game Jam Edition)Nice visuals. I didn't understand how the score above each character worked before I looked at other comments. (Because I didn't read the game page *facepalm*) After realizing how that worked, it seemed like there weren't enough smaller valued people for me to build up my rep. Maybe I was just getting unlucky. It would be fun, however, to walk around with a mob of people.
It seemed like most of the time I was trying to be in-control instead of out-of-control, so it didn't seem very centered on the theme, but I do see where you were coming from.
Nice job!
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KidoGreat Entry ! The aesthetics were really nice and the audio was right on spot. The core concept is really fun and would be even more fun with a bit more depth. On a side note two small details that I noted , it would be nice to have a "quick respawn" option once we lose to play again without the intro text. The intro text was also a bit quick and could either be slower or wait for player click to move.
Overall a pretty nice idea in the theme, and a great realisation in 48h ! Great job
Aesthetics were great! I wonder, what does the points over the characters mean?
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Too Many GrenadesThanks for the comment! It shows how much reputation the player gets if he successfully captures the character, also how devastating it would be if he fails to capture the character! This way, a good strategy is to try and capture the ones with less points to build up reputation. Once you have max rep, you have a 60% chance of getting the massive point boosting characters which will give you tons of points! when you're in max rep you also get double points per second
505 is my top score baby!
Lovely lil game, really enjoyed the music and visuals. It was tough to tell when to push my luck and try for some higher up reputation folks, and often when I did I would fail. Might have been cool to have a little more insight into how likely it is to succeed when taking a shot. Or maybe how far away the shot was taken could give you some extra chance (trick shot buff, haha).
But overall cool concept and great aesthetic!
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Control ZoneA little more depth in the system for whether you can control someone, and a little more transparency about that system, and this could be a nice time waster. I like the risk-and-reward of different characters being tougher to control but giving more points. Definitely polish it up and make a full version.
The interface of shooting people with little bullets seemed confusing to me though I love the idea of trying to choose your targets carefully and building a reputation but I wasn't sure how the systems actually work
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Loco StokoI wasn't entirely sure what the point of the game was, even after reading the description page. There isn't a win condition as far as I can tell, and you can just never lose by not shooting anybody; your score goes up regardless of how many followers you have.
I was able to clip through walls in one place.
The shaders(?) and/or effects were neat. Music was good.
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SuperigamoThanks for the feedback! It was meant to be an idle-like game where you build up as many followers and control as many people as possible! Of course you can just not shoot anybody, and you wouldn't necessarily lose, but since the objective is to gain points and by doing that you need to maintain a high reputation, you have to start taking some risks!
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