Rating games based on judge categories just for fun

Gameplay

I don't remember ever seeing a game with these kind of RTS mechanics done with only one controllable unit. Its pretty unique. I have one big issue with the gameplay however. It lacks a good sense of progression. I can see the steps by looking at the forge, but for a new player is is far too easy to get lost (what is this icon and what does it represent? Is the red mine copper, or is it the brown one. Why does my pickaxe needs to be steel to be able to mine gold? Stuff like that), not to mention that the AI is very unforgiving. If you are unprepared and one of them comes to you equipped, you are done for. The game has combat, but it feels more like a forging race since the first one to build up wins, essentially. I found it really weird that you had to drag and drop after gathering a resource, instead of it just going to your inventory if you had space available

[10/20]

Presentation

Looks neat. Reminds me a lot of Age of Empires and the like. UI icons and descriptions are super small and hard to read, but otherwise everything looks nice. Music can feel repetitive after a while, specially since matches last for a considerable amount of time. The lack of sound (and sometimes visual) feedback when you are unable to gather a resource is one of the reasons why it is so easy to get lost in the game

[13/20] -> Doubled to 26

Engagement

RTS is a genre that is already pretty difficult for most people to get into, so you had a pretty big challenge in your hands with this category. Sadly, the gameplay issues, player movement speed and game length with no real change to the dynamics of the gameplay will make most people drop the game after building a tool or two (or after being decimated by the AI)

[5/20]

Potential

The idea has potential, but I wonder if it would have been better with multiple controllable units instead (with buildings to construct said units, and you character as a special commander unit or something). This needs a lot of polish in the gameplay department (and a little bit in presentation), but the core ideas are solid

[10/20]

Total: 51/100 (3 Stars)

Graphically the game is pretty good, and the general idea is sound however there are a fair few issues with what is currently there that need weeding out before it can be called decent. The largest issue, so far, is the fact that once someone else gets tooled up, if you aren't already ready for them you won't be able to be. There's very little wait time between respawns to prepare for an enemy to go after you. This wouldn't be such a big problem if the controls weren't, well, dumb.

See, instead of just interacting with items on the ground and having them automatically shift into your sack you need to first get in the right position to be on top of and facing them, then press F to bring up a window to drag the small icon of the item from and into your pack. You need to manually stack items of the same type in this manner. 

There's also no instruction on how to make weapons and tools - eventually I found the forge but there was a specific 'Gameplay Tips' tab that didn't mention that being a thing at all. You were also not told how to equip weapons/armour/tools so a lot of time was spent trying to figure that out. 

Honestly, it's a bit of a mess. You do not have nearly enough time to recover from being killed in order to do anything to stave off repeated attacks, nor does the amount of time you do have allow for you to really collect enough stuff to get up and running. Especially when you're trying to deal with the horrible controls.

Does it have promise? Yeah, but until it's given some Quality of Life love it's not really worth playing. Sorry... >.<;

This game is fun and relaxing, until you get killed :p I like this, I like the idea behind it, having to craft and build up your own arsenal to take people on. I do have some suggestions, for what it's worth: it would be nice if when you get resources it automatically put them in your back pack instead of requiring you to drag and drop it yourself. Also, the gathering of resources with a tool takes a bit too long, it would be nicer if it was a bit quicker. Overall good job, keep up the good work!

Such wow, so much effort in your game!
Are you code from scratch?

I didn't played the game to much (could not understand it really), but I enjoyed the style. Reminds me of Diablo 2

I wasn't able to play the game, not because of a game breaking bug, but because of the awful and unfitting music.