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A jam submission

The Tower of FlameView project page

To stop the creatures of light, we destroyed the sun.
Submitted by bluebogle — 3 hours, 48 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Mechanics#552.8182.818
Use of Theme#563.0003.000
Setting (or Location)#652.7272.727
Story (or Starting Scenario)#702.7272.727
Overall#742.8182.818

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

I like how you twist the theme. It is interesting to see the protagonist being agents of darkness, while the protagonist being those of light.

It seems to me that the scenarios are a bit limiting, which make the whole thing more like a board game than an RPG.

Submitted

I agree with niko that the success structure of the dice mechanic is slightly unclear.  I'm also unsure as to what the particular strategy is with the character classes, as everyone will be hitting every obstacle... unless they skipped one by trying to sabotage another player... But the mathematical likelihoods make it sort of a zero sum game?

The physicality of the game's components and their connection to the story is great though.

Developer

Successes are easier when you're trying to impede rather than try to overcome an obstacle, thus the wider success range for impeding (1-3) over overcoming an obstacle (5-6). Successes in overcoming grant you points, while successes in impeding take away another player's points. The classes just help give each player advantages and disadvantages depending on the obstacle at play - an obstacle matching your highest stat being better this round over an obstacle matching your lower stats. Essentially, every class gets one obstacle where they shine, one where they are poor at what they do, and one in the middle. Two characters could also impede one character in an action, so a character overcoming an obstacle they're good at might be impeded by the two other characters.

Submitted

This one's tricky. Lots of extra mechanics to achieve a set of goals. Also, is a 4 a pointless success (pardon the pun)?

The setting is nice and setting up makes it fun (candle in a dark room, should put it on a saucer filled with water). Winning the Queen's favor is nice, too. Very nice.