This game is super cool! I love the random creatures, they look so cute/goofy :) I had a bit of trouble figuring out the gameplay (took me a bit to figure out which tiles were locked, and I bought my first tile expansion on accident lol), and I think the food counter bugged out at some point? It was stuck at 40 but I was buying legendary bugs with no change in the counter. The critter creator was a really cool addition, I might have to add something like that to my game to show off all the possible bug part combinations. Overall a really good entry!
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Explaining our gameplay needs to be a higher priority for our next game. It's been the biggest critique we've received for this entry. We were too close to the project so didn't realize the details we had left out because we were just so used to them. 😞
I think with the food counter staying at 40, it's possible that you're generating 40 food each turn. The food is use it or lose it, so in theory if you have 40 food but don't spend it, the next round you'll have 40 food again. Also, we failed in explaining that only 4 creatures will sit in the spawn area per round, so if you bought 6 creatures, you'll have 2 in your "deck" that won't be placeable until the next round. So if you were buying legendary critters but not placing them because of the queue, then that might help explain it as well. I'm glad you were able to enjoy the critter creator though. Thanks for playing!
Understandable, my partner and I let a lot of stuff slip as well haha. I somehow didn't even clock that accessibility features were a voting criteria until after the submissions closed, and I think my game might be cruel and unusual punishment for colorblind people lol. People were confused about gameplay features as well, so I'm gonna make sure my post-jam update and future submissions have tutorials of some kind. It's hard to remember these things when you're just focused on making a game that works lol.
Ah that kinda makes sense. There were a few rounds I didn't buy anything just cuz I wasn't sure what to do strategically. I might play it a few more times to see if I can win, since I ended the game with a crap ton of drama lol.