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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Historical Accuracy | #4 | 3.950 | 3.950 |
| Graphics | #12 | 3.850 | 3.850 |
| Overall | #17 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Audio | #18 | 3.150 | 3.150 |
| Thematic Relevancy | #25 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Gameplay | #26 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I like the aesthetic of the game, but I found the gameplay somewhat lacking. It seemed almost impossible to save up enough money to hire better writers, while the writers I could afford to hire failed more often than not, usually leading to a slow failure. The gameplay seemed interesting, but I think that the success/failure chances and the skill levels need some balancing. I loved the idea, but it just felt the only way to do well was to get lucky over and over again.
thanks for the feedback!
have you watched the tutorial? I've added some recommendations on how to succeed. Higher skill authors are more expensive but work better.
I figured that was the case, but I could never afford good enough writers. Perhaps I was just unlucky, because on my 3 playthroughs my only hiring options on the first day were either less than 60$ or more than 100$, so I could never afford a good writer on the first day, and then could never make enough money to get a better one.
getting ones over than 100 is wanted. the ideal way to get them is to focus on easy stories. ive been able to get one by turn 3. i might work on balancing and new features once the jam is done, thanks for the feedback
I really dig the aesthetic, and the music suits the game well. I think it’s a shame that RNG has so much to say in winning, because it makes it feel like my decisions are arbitrary. It’s not necessarily too difficult - difficult can be good, but crit fails feel disproportionately likely.
thanks for your feedback!
I liked everything about the game, but the RNG was against me haha. I wish there was a way for me to affect the outcome somewhat, feels like im rolling a dice each time and thats all.
thanks for the feedback and for playing the game! your character skill effects the outcome. the challenge is about deciding whether you get a lot of bad journalists or save up to get properly good ones.
Quite a cool game! I loved the sound design and aesthetics, and it was a nice approach to make an UI exclusive game. What was the main challenge when making this game for you?
This game reminded me a lot of "This is the police". Idk why, but I feel like this type of games have a lot of potential. So ultimately if the economy of the game gets balanced it'll be a lot more enjoyable. I could see this game become the next big hit honestly among its own niche. Cheers !
thanks!
I liked the concept and the art, but the options are not that much
the game values need some tuning to make it more challenging and make the player think a lot about his next move
thanks, a lot of other people have found the game too hard rather than too easy
I didn't mean the game is easy I meant it was more luck based than skill base
I like the concept a lot but won two times just by clicking randomly with no specific plan
while when I was planing a lot and thinking about my every move I lost more than 5 times, that's my point
it is a bit luck based, but with a jam it's kind of the only way. The way your changes are calculated is: percentage chance of winning for
easy - skill level + 20
medium - skill level
hard - 70% of skill level
there's also mediocre chance which is always 10%.
your experience seems, from my playtesting, to be an outlier: i found that i lost every time i clicked randomly and tended to win when i thought about it from playtesting. I'm sorry things didn't work out like that for you and maybe once the jam is finished i'll rework that entire system. thanks for your critique!
i am sorry but i didn't understand this part :
"your experience seems, from my playtesting, to be an outlier: i found that i lost every time i clicked randomly and tended to win when i thought about it from playtesting. I'm sorry things didn't work out like that for you and maybe once the jam is finished i'll rework that entire system. thanks for your critique!"
your experience with the game is not the same as the experience i had while playtesting, and i might change things once the jam is over. thank you for your comment
ok, great game wish you all the best
thanks!
The art is cool, the soundtrack is great, and the rest is good !
thanks!
interesting concept! It's almost like a card game, but also more unique, which is really cool! Art is great, though my only critique is sometimes it was hard to read the text. But great game overall!
I'd appreciate it if you could play & rate my game as well! :)
thanks, will do!
I really liked the art style, and that the news are actually relevant to the time period, only problem is that hiring new people is too difficult, since for most of the time i am trying to keep myself out of debt with the 2 reporters i can get.
But overall, this is pretty cool! Seeing non-agressive games that are still interesting is always nice.
thanks!
This game is amazing! The graphics and the sounds are really nice, and the gameplay is pretty intuitive, so the Tutorial is not needed (which is a god thing!)
One issue I have is that it's way too difficult, but I had fun playing it!
thanks!
Really good aesthetic. Sound and art were on point.
It's really hard to hire new people, which is my main gripe, but other than that I had fun trying not to go bankrupt. The times where you could add your own headlines was a nice touch.
thanks!
there's a tutorial video on the game page. please watch that before playing