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Netherworld HeroesView game page

Fast-paced turn-based strategy game with tactical variety

Submitted by enotofil — 2 hours, 6 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Gameplay	#5	4.250	4.250
Overall	#12	4.125	4.125
Authenticity (or, Creativity in use of resolution)	#21	4.250	4.250
Audio	#21	3.938	3.938
Graphics	#30	4.063	4.063

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Themes
Initially, it was "Self-Destruction For Gain", and it was meant to be a puzzle game about kamikaze squirrel... However, I messed it up along the way.

Tools
Godot4 is amazing.

Lessons
I WILL NEVER TRY TO DO A PROJECT OF THIS COMPLEXITY IN 2 WEEKS AGAIN!

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voidononSubmitted113 days ago(+1)

Very well-put and complete game. Amazing how much tactics can be involved in a seemingly simple 5x5 turn-based grid. You really nailed it! The only thing I miss is if I realize I messed something up, there is no admit defeat/reset option, but instead I have to keep playing until I lose, but that is a minor issue.

I have lost too much time playing this.

Oh, and I can totally understand what you wrote under "Lessons". This game has indeed a lot of amazing complexity. Great work!

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enotofilDeveloper113 days ago(+1)

Thanks for your feedback and comment! The surrender button was in the plans, like so many other things, and then suddenly august 15th happened. As a workaround, the browser page can be refreshed to restart the battle, the game saves player state locally all the time.

voidononSubmitted113 days ago

Yeah, the deadline approaching faster than it should is a very familiar situation.

I forgot to add that the enemy AI is very good, it seems to always pick the best/smartest option. How did you make it so good?

enotofilDeveloper112 days ago(+1)

It was much easier than I expected and took very little time. In a nutshell, it’s all OOP. Each skill generates targets, each target generates actions, each action has a score (can be either positive or negative). The AI chooses the target with the highest score.

randomdooodleSubmitted113 days ago(+1)

Completely in love with this. I think I've spent more time playing this than any game in the jam so far. Was hooked from the opening, and then the gameplay really got me. The first fight I unfortunately fell victim to the Netherquakes, seemingly not blessed by the RNG gods. But honestly just well polished all around, incredible for a two week project, and 100% my type of game. Quite an amusing sense of humor as well.

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enotofilDeveloper113 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much for the feedback and for your time! Again I have to repent for the difficulty of the first battle, it was careless of me, perhaps it is even more difficult than the final.

Jay PoggiSubmitted114 days ago(+1)

This rules! I'm amazed by the level of polish. The sound effects, the animations, everything feels so natural, it pulls you right into the world. Gameplay's super tight too!

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Into the SPACEMAZE

Grey MagicSubmitted115 days ago(+1)

I like how the player states 'I have to leave again' before disappearing into the hole.

Game has elements of Heroes 3 but I appreciate how the game emphasises positioning over brute forcing with combat or spells. Great Work.

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enotofilDeveloper115 days ago(+1)

Glad you made it to the end and thanks for the kind words! Overall the game doesn’t have much in common with HoMM apart from the name, I was more influenced by Into The Breach and The Dungeon Beneath, but it turned out to be something completely different.

jjramosSubmitted116 days ago(+1)

Awesome! Very complete game!
Congrats!

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The Mayhem Flea Circus

enotofilDeveloper115 days ago

Thanks, your fleas are awesome too )

aksommervilleSubmitted117 days ago(+1)

Really snappy and well polished!

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enotofilDeveloper115 days ago

Thank you, it’s very nice to hear.

Cariad @ Pixels All The Way DownSubmitted117 days ago(+1)

This is really smooth! I wish it was easier to tell the difference between my guys and the other guys, and I never made it past the first battle – but really nice!

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The Lighthouse's Keeper

enotofilDeveloper116 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the value feedback! Totally agree about the problem of distinguishing between teams, so far our guys are facing right and others left. Thought about colouring them with a shader, but didn’t have time. And yes, the first battle should be more forgiving.

NivMizzerSubmitted117 days ago(+1)

Amazing! This really feels only a few steps away from a fully fledged release. I'm blown away by how you managed to implement all the mechanics, dialog, AI, story, and intricacy in such a short time frame. Incredible work!

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enotofilDeveloper117 days ago

Thanks! Yes, it was hard to get it done in time, but without the time restrictions I wouldn’t have been able to finish it. But now I can leisurely polish these pixels for the rest of my life.

FerrohlSubmitted118 days ago(+1)

Really well implemented mechanics, fun to figure out strategies for the fights, and great humor! And a good amount of content too!

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enotofilDeveloper117 days ago

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

stefanomusilliSubmitted118 days ago(+1)

Really great game, congratulations

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Goblin Mode GamesSubmitted118 days ago(+1)

Amazing game. No idea how you got so much content, along with so much polish) in the game in just 2 weeks. Also pretty well balanced which is tough to get right for game jams. I have been playing this for at least an hour. At one point it was a 1v1 between my ice mage and a laser cyclops, and i was just praying the netherquake would take him out. When it did, I had a total "YESSSSS" fist pump moment. For the text, were you using a RichTextLabel node? Seems like the way you animated it was to add one character of text every few milliseconds. That causes some jaggedness when a long word has to wrap onto another line. Try the "% visible" parameter in a RichTextLabel node to make it more clean!

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Click Click... BOOM 4096

enotofilDeveloper117 days ago

Thank you so much for the review and for the time spent! Netherquakes are the only random thing in the game, so you’re in luck then. The dialogue boxes are done in a terrible rush and really need tweaking, I used a simple Label node with word wrap so I’ll definitely take your advice.