This is a really charming little game that felt pretty balanced. It took me roughly 10 minutes to finish my castle - but by that point my town was full of factories which made me sad :( I would love to be able to win a game like this by building a cute little town full of cottages.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #534 | 3.554 | 3.554 |
| Overall | #535 | 3.685 | 3.685 |
| Creativity | #688 | 3.679 | 3.679 |
| Presentation | #731 | 3.821 | 3.821 |
Ranked from 56 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?
Player needs to roll the dice to activate buildings and get money for castle restoration
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Very polished game with a very nice scope for a Jam!
Really nice take on the theme. It does work insanely good for a city builder mechanic. Seems appropriate and interesting enough to construct a game around it. Art is good, game tutors itself, controls are flawless and the music is just right!
Great entry! Had fun playing!
All the feedback below haven't affected the rating.
As a main point of improving the game after the Jam I see adding of some kind of challenge and punishment for the player. Maybe turn wise (random encounters messing with your buildings or dice to play around it) or more weight to the skipped turns (taking money away or use the decay mechanics every turn, not the successful ones), or even restricting a player by tiles (you cannot place all buildings, some of them are just too big).
Pretty fun little game. Short play time but is indeed relaxing.
I can see that balancing isn't the key here. When a player makes an investment they guarantee a set amount of return, given enough dice rolls.
If you want this game to be more strategic, consider letting the buildings decay when their number is not rolled. (either every miss, or appoint a specific number that will trigger their decay.
With a decay trigger, you may also want to increase their hp to balance it out.
I mean, it's still your choice, coz it's totally fine to not punish the player at all.
After all, we don't just play to be challenged at all times.
Gotta admit, this was a pretty solid experience.
It wasn't anything too fancy, but I'm such a sucker for city builders & management games, and this one really ticks those 2 boxes pretty well. And I loved the fact that at first the backbone of my economy was simply lots of barns to keep my population fed.
This was truly lovely.
And by the end, my city turned out quite pleasing :D
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