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Major jam 6: Life

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A jam submission

Company of RatsView game page

A small tactical game with a gambling twist
Submitted by Vaeril — 1 day, 20 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of the Limitation#573.0003.000
Concept#613.2003.200
Overall#672.9002.900
Enjoyment#692.7002.700
Presentation#732.7002.700

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Maciej Bilnicki

Software used
Unity, GIMP

Use of the limitation
In every level, the player protects paper. After every level, he returns to company office and can make as many applications for support as many paper was left intact. The available amount of support is not known, so it is necessary to use multiple applications to use it to maximum. It is not possible to beat the game without any support.

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Descon GamesSubmitted273 days ago

Nice art! I wish there was sound as I felt like there should be but there wasn't. I enjoyed it but I had a hard time figuring out what to do. If you have time could you check my game out?

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Coop Troop
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VaerilDeveloper273 days ago

Thanks! I'd love to check it out but I don't have a PC for two weeks now :/

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derajuSubmitted274 days ago

That game is super cool! Limitation is well executed too. Did you use minmax to make the rats move? pretty nice game. Would make for a great release on steam with a tiny bit more content!

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Happy culture
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VaerilDeveloper273 days ago

Much thanks!

And no, I coded the movement of rats in very basic manner. Is your question about movement itself or animation? I'm not familiar with minmax

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derajuSubmitted273 days ago

it's an general algorithm for turn based open game strategy. I thought your rat's AI was good so I wondered

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VaerilDeveloper273 days ago

Ah, it seems that I used something a bit similar but I didn't know it. I invented system like this: in every turn, every "interesting" tile is given a numerical value. Then for each rat there is created a personal value - the general one divided by distance. Then the most valuable of all personal moves is chosen, if it is available from the pathfinding perspective. Previous and next moves have no influence.

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SAWD GamesSubmitted274 days ago(+1)

Pixel art is pretty nice, and I like the mercenary company theme. I couldn't figure out how to defeat the enemy rats, they never seemed to move into a position to be attacked, but they did sometimes seem to die on their own. With some more polish this could be a real fun game.

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Timebound Battleground
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VaerilDeveloper274 days ago

Usually, you have to kill them by using distance weapons (shurikens and stones). They will avoid your attacks, so you have to chase them a bit.

Yes, they leave the board with paper (= escape with valuable items) but then they don't count in your "killed rats" counter.

Thanks!

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MastuhSubmitted274 days ago(+1)

I love the rats, I can't be objective haha. I just missed an audio track and sound effects; apart from that, I had a lot of fun. Thank you!

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Souls in the Balance
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VaerilDeveloper274 days ago(+1)

I couldn't work on it the whole week, and I didn't have time to polish it. I'm glad that you enjoyed it anyway!

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MastuhSubmitted274 days ago

I completely understand, the time factor is decisive haha! Hugs!

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TerribleNazgul275 days ago

I didn't understand how to play it

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VaerilDeveloper275 days ago (1 edit)

In every turn, select a rat and move with it. You can open chests, collect items, or kill enemy rats. If you move to a tile with an enemy on it, you kill it. If you collect an item, you can use it (throw), move with it or drop it to different tile. Your goal is to kill all enemy rats in every level.


As for applications in company's office: if you saved any paper in previous level, you can make them. The more you demand, the bigger the chance to be rejected.

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