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A jam submission

Free The King!View game page

A simple text-based strategy game about the Scottish invasion of England during the Black Death
Submitted by Holmgang, Mr.Hippo — 1 day, 23 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Historical Accuracy#14.5564.556
Thematic Relevancy#34.2224.222
Overall Rating#53.3333.333
Gameplay#53.3333.333
Audio#63.1113.111
Feel#72.8892.889
Graphics#211.8891.889

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Hello,

My name is Daniel Serrano Robles, and I'm a master's student from Mexico participating in an academic research project on video games and history. We've noticed the existence of some game jams focused on historical themes, and have selected some games to include in our study. We're interested in gathering the perspectives of some of their participants, and have created a survey to do so.

It would be extremely helpful to our research if the creators of this video game could complete the prepared survey. You can find the survey at the following Google Forms link:

https://forms.gle/tVPxDkKGNnNrafgNA

We hope we can count on your support. Have a nice day!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting historical setting and game concept. Nothing wrong with being a text-based adventure, but it would be fun to have more in the graphical department. Good game!

Submitted(+1)

Great game, i like the console-ish style but i think that you should add variety in gameplay because reading can get exhausting after a while. For exemple i think that oregon trail had a little shooting phase sometimes to let the player breath between reading. I love the music <3!

Jam JudgeSubmitted(+1)

It's definitely an improvement from what it was before! good job :)

I would have liked to see more colors, but otherwise you did a great job 

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

1st attempt, made it to London just barely in time, but without enough men.

2nd attempt...bye bye London. And a whole bunch of my own guys.

Having a couple graphics, even if just very minimal, would have been nice to help pull it all together, but I can totally understand how just trying to get the underlying logic of a jam game working can lead to that not happening, haha.