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Really good game!

It took me a while to understand that numbers like 10/10 mean numbers of units instead of hit points, that CON is the health of those units, that DIS means discipline, that attacking discards all your remaining action points, and that retaliating to being attacked uses one action point.

I’m still not sure what levels do, whether the action order of units is random, whether all kinds of diagonal flanking are equally good, and how exactly def and acc interact.

This the first time I’ve seen someone call rounds that don’t belong to a particular side “turns”.

bugs:

I got to the first level featuring Reapers, and killed all enemies, but it keeps giving my units new action points instead of ending the scene, making it impossible to proceed without reloading the game.
The second item slot reads “Need unit level 5”, but actually needs level 6 to unlock.

Iskander (quasilyte)265 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I’m surprised someone dug that much into a ludum dare game of a noname developer like me. :)

I’ve added a stats info to the game page as I can’t modify the game until Ludum Dare rating period is over. It’s amazing that you figured out what things like CON do xD You literally guessed the exact mechanic.

I thought about adding an event log, so the player could see what happened (this is mostly useful in the beginning), but it wasn’t the highest priority.

I got to the first level featuring Reapers, and killed all enemies, but it keeps giving my units new action points instead of ending the scene, making it impossible to proceed without reloading the game.

This is a bug I was aware before publishing the game, but I failed to reproduce it… Maybe it is connected to reapers somehow? You gave me a hint to look at. :D\

The second item slot reads “Need unit level 5”, but actually needs level 6 to unlock.

Ah, a classic off-by-one mistake from me. The levels are 0-based, so whenever I display a level, I add +1. But sometimes I get confused and require an actual level 6 instead of 5 :D

Do you have your entry for LD57? I would play and rate it

Norbert339265 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I just found this because it came up first when sorting turn-based games by “new & popular” yesterday. So far I haven’t got around to making my own games.

You literally guessed the exact mechanic.

Well, the ring of fortitude explained that one to me. While I have peeked at the source files, that’s not necessary to figure these things out. Thanks for explaining the stats!

Maybe it is connected to reapers somehow?

Maybe it’s useful to give more context: I had a lot of archers and one assassins, the Reapers died first and without causing causalities, and the only unit that got causalities in that fight was my merc. cavalry. Edit: Actually, I’m not quite sure whether the Reapers caused those causalities.

Iskander (quasilyte)264 days ago(+1)

It’s a good thing I’m not ever gonna work on this exact source code of the game, because this bug seem to be very hard to nail down. :D

I would make a game from scratch if I ever want to make a real game out of it. :D

The gamejam coding is at play here - only bad code, only fast decisions. :D

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