Wizard of the Golden Hat (unfinished) by hypothete

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made by hypothete for LD36 (COMPO)
This is an unfinished game; after getting about 40 hours in I realized that I had spent too much time on infrastructure and not enough on "finding the fun."

My goal was to turn the golden hats of Bronze Age Europe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hat) into a game mechanic of some sort. Nobody knows what sort of priests or wizards wore these beautiful artifacts, but we do know that there are solar and lunar cycles encoded into the embossing of the hat. I was imagining an Oregon Trail-style game where the player would have to anticipate solstices and conduct eclipse rituals to progress, but I got bogged down in cosmology and also the text system. Oh well, learned a lot on the way!

Feedback

KingEthaniel
29. Aug 2016 · 00:45 UTC
I really liked the concept, but I thought it was a little unclear as to what you're supposed to do. Pixel art was nice,a dn I liked watching the day night cycle in action.
KingEthaniel
29. Aug 2016 · 00:45 UTC
I really liked the concept, but I thought it was a little unclear as to what you're supposed to do. Pixel art was nice,and I liked watching the day night cycle in action.
Zaretsu
29. Aug 2016 · 02:02 UTC
Day/night cycle was totally worth the effort mesmerized. I'd look forward to playing a more complete version. The guys hat was the thing that drew me in. Also, I like that you went with a historical mystery. :)
facelesstheone
29. Aug 2016 · 13:46 UTC
Good start! Don't worry about not finishing the game since you've gained some experience. Night/day cycle is a nice feature, but don't be stuck with small features unless you have core gameplay implemented =)
peterthehe
29. Aug 2016 · 15:17 UTC
The art was pretty, great work on the day/night cycle! It was a little hard to get to grips with at the start but afterwards it was pretty cool.
jakatpemadi
29. Aug 2016 · 19:49 UTC
Wow, I like the art style and also the transition between day and night. I notice that the moon and sun chasing each other. Good work. :)
steph88
30. Aug 2016 · 06:51 UTC
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! Simple mechanics that still offered a decent amount of challenge.We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #36. We made the same thing at the previous jam.

Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description.