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NSA 4096 jam comments

2017-11-20T10:55:12Z

I tried it until level 5 and must I say the art and the rpg systems were extremely impressive in that short amount of time! You seem to have all the skills needed to fully make your own Indies games. You have the coding, art, and even someone for music! But you don't seem to get the fundamental ideas of design... You have all the skills necessary to make and arrange everything in your game I just don't thing you know HOW to properly arrange everything. Here is a big bag of links to help https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedesign/comments/763quh/adrixshadows_guide_to_game_d... The assets were great and impressive it just wasn't fun just grindy. Like the rpg mechanics were cool but bullets missing even though you hit you opponent shouldn't be a thing.. Still I enjoyed it and I can't wait to see what you make next with this type of feedback! Anyway one thing I do want to mention is I'm doing a review of design on the games in this jam so here's a shameless plug to my channel if you want to be notified of the vid when released: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Vj46GGL9VMUvd4YTMtjXg

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NSA 4096View game page

Submission for xkcd Game Jam 2017

Submitted by iostorm — 5 minutes, 4 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#46	1.960	3.250
Fun	#55	2.261	3.750
Overall	#64	2.261	3.750
Visuals	#72	1.960	3.250
xkcd-ness (how well it matches/interprets the comic)	#84	1.960	3.250
Innovation	#84	1.357	2.250

Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Link to xkcd comic / 'what if' article the game is based on
https://xkcd.com/538/

Please list any pre-made art/music/other assets that you used.
General scripts and other general-use music/art are listed in the ReadMe file.

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Anything else you want players to know before they play?
Inspired by xkcd #538 "Security" (https://xkcd.com/538/).

NSA 4096 is a game based around a 100-level dungeon. It's part RPG, part dungeon crawler, and fairly difficult. Difficulty ramps up faster than you do, if you're not careful. Watch out for status effects and bullets that can go through walls. I doubt anyone will get past level 40, but if you do, let me know in a comment!

Levels are procedurally-generated, and enemies are randomized, so you will always have a slightly different adventure. I thought about adding permadeath, but figured people would end up punching their computer screens if they died anywhere past level 20. I might update later with a NewGame+ option that has permadeath, if enough people request it.

The game should be pretty much done for now, though I haven't done a full play-through just yet (seriously, it's a long, frustratingly difficult grind to level 100 :P ). If you find any major bugs, please let me know!

Controls:

Use ARROW keys to move.

Press LEFTSHIFT to run.

Press SPACE to interact/open boxes/confirm an action.

Press S-key to attack.

Press ESC to open the menu (or cancel an action).

Check the ReadMe file for asset attributions and acknowledgements!

Comments

Xavier EkkelHost6 years ago

Just want to say that I had heaps of fun playing this one! Got to floor 50 so far and still plan to keep going. Wasn't expecting all the upgrades, so that was a big surprise!

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iostormDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Hey, thanks! I'm pretty impressed you made it so far into the game! Hopefully you haven't died too many times. :)