Interesting game! I included it in my Open Jam 2018 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)
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Nuclear Briefcase's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #1 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Graphics | #1 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Mood | #2 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Fun | #2 | 3.944 | 3.944 |
| Audio | #5 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Humor | #9 | 2.889 | 2.889 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Source code
https://github.com/Lanyard31/Nuclear-Briefcase-Redux
Tools used
Godot Engine, bfxr, Audacity, Github, FFMpeg
Comments
The special victory is slightly bugged in this release unfortunately. I know how to fix it but I'll have to wait until after the vote to be fair. We wanted it to be a kind of secret ending players could discover if they wanted more of a challenge - if you survive and destroy all your enemies before the World Population reaches Critical (under 1 billion), the special blue Triumphant message should appear (with fresh pie). However, I must have mucked it up fixing another bug in the minutes before release and we didn't notice it in time. So it goes. For now, I guess you'll have to use your imagination. I am glad to hear you enjoyed it!
We wish there was more to it too! But four days is only so long and real life does exist so we had to cut quite a few of our initial ideas to get it out the door in time. FYI, there's a How-To-Play window accessible from the title screen, hit ESC to make it show. If I update it post-jam, I think it would be better if it were also accessible from the main game and a bit clearer, but I didn't think of that in time. I already knew how to play. :) If you've got specific ideas for what you think might be a good "more to the game," I'd love to hear what that might be.
Oh...i didnt realized it until now, yes, indeed there is a how to play screen in the title screen, my bad. Tho it doesnt say all the sceneraios, i had several different winning messages, and i didnt know what they ment until i keept getting them. Also sometimes i won without doing anything, perhaps a glitch of some sort?
You can maybe expand this game a bit more if you find something interesting to implement, i would love to see it. I cant think of something, but perhaps your brilliant minds can come up with something.
5 years ago(+1)
Do you mean starting from the title screen? You should be able to just press "Enter." You're right though - it doesn't say that outright anywhere. A little key icon would be a great addition for a post-jam update. Thanks for the tip! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. :)
Nice that so many users played the game in the end! This is my personal favorite of the jam. Graphics and mood are stellar. The only real room for improvement I see is adding features to the gameplay. After winning 1~2 times I feel like there is no more place to improve my playstyle.
One thing I could imagine is some kind of defensive maneuver. When playing I never looked at my own city as I couldn't do anything about it anyway. When there would exist e.g. a shield that you could activate you could lookout for incoming missiles to detect against them.
This is not meant as critic but just as a pointer what could be added if you wanted to. For the short time it's an excellent game.
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