Lots of diverse dice add depth to the gameplay. It was fun trying to plan which die I’ll take from their cold dead hands to overtake the next enemy.
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A Fistful of Dice's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #505 | 3.781 | 3.781 |
| Enjoyment | #845 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #1002 | 3.438 | 3.438 |
| Presentation | #1979 | 3.156 | 3.156 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
A Fistful of Dice is a dice-builder (instead of deck-builder) and relies heavily on maximizing your luck. The main "verb" of the game is rolling dice.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Had a lot of fun with this one! And you have SO many different types of dice, it's super impressive! Awesome job – gonna play it again soon for sure :)
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DIEmunitionNeat idea but there seemed to be a lot of bugs. I'd definitely play this post jam with some of the kinks ironed out
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Roll 'n' ShootFantastic use of theme. Similar to my game but different. Absolutely adore the flavor text. Sooo good. 3rd fight seemed to go on forever maybe a balancing issue or just luck of the draw. UI and animation is fantastic. Everything was very clear. Great job.
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Crapshot SaloonThis is a clever and creative take on the theme and the amount of different effects and descriptions is really impressive for 48 hours. I was having so much fun, I didn't realize the game was looping (or is it a bug?). My only issue is you can become overpowered very fast - "rattlesnake" plus "longhorn" is basically an instakill.
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Roll or DieThat's a good sign that you didn't notice the loop! Unfortunately the scene pointer for the underboss is off, so you never actually make it to the final boss. The final boss is actually set to be pretty hard, and then you'd have the option to do New Game + if you wanted to build up a truly broken deck, but with the loop that just happens naturally now.
Glad you liked it though! We really had to hustle to get all those dice types done (which is why there are so many other bugs, lol).
Easy to learn and very addicting. Lot of fun dice combinations. Really liking the game explaining the results of the roll too. It was a very nice touch. It's satisfying when you get a good roll, specially with the rattlesnake and longhorn. Don't really have any suggestions, maybe more effects and juice for player actions?
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DIEmunitionSo glad you liked it! And yeah I didn't imagine rattlesnake/longhorn being so broken but I'm here for it. Agreed that there should be more juice, plus if you get something special like double-sixes there should be some flavor effect.
Also I came back to yours with a friend and we took turns playing it for like an hour. Would be really surprised if y'all aren't featured on the "Best Of" video.
By gum that was a hootin time! Tarnations! That rattlesnake got me in the keister!
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RollPlay - INCOMPLETESick game. I played it for a long time and only stopped because I reached a point were I didn't have enough cards in my hand to make the sacrifice I needed. You did a great job making fun dice powers and combinations! Love it.
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The Goat Man IINice to see dicebuilders represented in the jam! Our team also immediatly thought about Quarriors when the theme was announced, even though we ended up going another way.
I feel like there is a bit two much card (dice) draw in the game, considering you can only use two dice per turn. Which is a shame, considering you have many dice that interact with card draw and feel a bit redundant, because of that.
In any case, great game.
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Night of The Dead FishermenBecause my teammate already left a nice review I just wanted to add a bug that no one mentioned (I believe) and that is my personal favorite. If you go in and out of 'Credits' in main menu audio will duplicate (strangely only from second iteration). A few minutes of clicking in and out will make your ears bleed. A Godsend.
Also if one were to start the game while jamming to this absolute banger of a track the game will break. Sometimes. That's the only downside.
Lol I just saw this comment, and yes it quickly turns into a hyperpop banger. I actually noticed this bug before submission but couldn't figure out a fix/didn't think anyone else would discover it because like, why would you be clicking back and forth from the credits...? 😂
Of course it turns out this was a bug in the audio system code that I shamelessly copied from youtube, and the top comment was how to fix it, so it'll be fixed in the next patch 🤙🏽.
The Western theme is SO clever. Really liked the tavern setting for the gameplay, it felt totally right with the theme!!
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Roll With It!This was awesome, serious Gwent vibes. Honestly, I would play a physical version of this with some friends if it existed! Great work!
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Quest for RollsWow! This game was really fun. You could make a complete game from this.
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a diecey situationInteresting concept. You don't come across a deckbuilding dice game very often. This was a pleasant surprise - though I think that the pacing might be a bit slow. Waiting for the remaining dice in your hand to roll over to make room for new dice each round felt like it took much longer than it should.
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Spin DownI completely understand not being able to figure out a weird issue and just kind of scrapping some stuff or changing a little to make the work easier on yourself. I had to do it a few times this jam - first time making a full project with Unity and I had to cut like 50-60% of my game due to weird problems.
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