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Ruined by chrismcr

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made by chrismcr for LD26 (JAM)
*** Update the second: fixed crash in windows version!


Ruined

AKA Changing Ruins
AKA Dungeon Keeper with Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen

The hit new TV show: renovate a dusty old bit of heritage into a shiny new apartment block, before the National Trust grannies kick the *&�£* out of your workers!

Plays like a weird combination of Dwarf Fortress and tower defence, and has a difficulty curve reminiscent of a spirograph.

** UPDATE: please comment and let me know how much % you managed to renovate (or if the grannies kicked yo' ass)

Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1633884/ruined-fix.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1633884/ruined-mac.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=7257

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.45 152
Audio(Jam) 3.07 217
Fun(Jam) 3.32 119
Graphics(Jam) 2.97 330
Humor(Jam) 3.73 24
Innovation(Jam) 3.48 107
Mood(Jam) 3.48 115
Theme(Jam) 3.26 272

Feedback

sparkleswirl
29. Apr 2013 · 21:58 UTC
I really liked this game! The difficulty spikes around the 4 minute mark but overall I think the difficulty curve is pretty nice. One complaint is that I can't select multiple blocks as once. It looked like I was able to do it, but when I let go of the mouse nothing changes. Great game overall though.
nixeldev
29. Apr 2013 · 23:08 UTC
Hehehe very funny, good game too, difficult :p Love the moaning national trust member voice!
🎤 chrismcr
30. Apr 2013 · 09:47 UTC
@sparkleswirl you can drag-select multiple blocks to define one job - so you can select the whole floor of a room and one guy will do it all. I haven't explained that very well in the game though!
lasergans
30. Apr 2013 · 10:07 UTC
Kind of WTF. Really liked it :)
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 · 10:11 UTC
The game crashed when I started playing it.
🎤 chrismcr
30. Apr 2013 · 10:20 UTC
@fullmontis which platform?
Jubjub.
30. Apr 2013 · 10:21 UTC
Was really fun haha. Though my men died so quickly!
Wilson
30. Apr 2013 · 10:29 UTC
Very cool game, I always found it very satisfying to smooth and engrave everything in DF, and this has a similar satisfaction to it. It would have been nice to have some indication of when celebrities had nothing to do since they often get distracted by the grannies, but overall I enjoyed it a lot.
🎤 chrismcr
30. Apr 2013 · 10:48 UTC
Here's a challenge: looking at the code I've realised you can get over 100% renovated if you knock down enough walls (and renovate the floor beneath them). Not remotely convinced it's possible inside ten minutes though...
Exclamation Mark
30. Apr 2013 · 11:09 UTC
What just happened o_O ?! With the timer at 05:00 the game just floded me with the bad guys, mocking me :D! Fun.
Markavian
30. Apr 2013 · 14:18 UTC
Excellent work crussel! 48%, I managed to keep the grannies locked away outside until I'd rennovated the east wing, but they spawned so frequently my guys couldn't handle the pain. Loved the concept, <3 DK. Felt a bit frustrated that the guys were standing around getting kills when there were jobs to do.
PPLo
30. Apr 2013 · 21:07 UTC
I have the same issue that fullmontis. When I launch it , it says "Adress 0x0000 cannot be read".
I'm on xp.
derdragon
30. Apr 2013 · 22:09 UTC
Agree with the difficulty, but I think a bit of that just stems from the workers not necessarily fighting back or whatever. Definitely spent the most time on this one so far. Simple but interesting gameplay.
GetFun
01. May 2013 · 20:58 UTC
O.O the game is very cool. And the pathfinding works very well =D
jmf
01. May 2013 · 21:01 UTC
Bit too hard, got to about 13% before I died. Pretty fun though and sfx and graphics are good.
someone
01. May 2013 · 21:07 UTC
Hah, that was fun, but way too hard. Managed to get to 10% but those are some vicious grannies. Great concept.
The intro text was a bit messed up for me, running in Wine.
Typedeaf
01. May 2013 · 21:16 UTC
pretty good concept but couldn't really find a good strategy to win! =P
SuperlevelSebastian
02. May 2013 · 02:26 UTC
Sadly it just crashes when I try to start it on my laptop (Win XP, 32 bit version). :(
Geoege
07. May 2013 · 09:06 UTC
Did something like 25%, really like the idea, graphics are a bit cheap but gameplay is pretty cool and fun.
Maybe added a combat stance for workers culd have been a good idea.
Btw great game.
MinionStudios
09. May 2013 · 17:39 UTC
Super fun! The C-List Celebrities die really fast...
GarethIW
14. May 2013 · 13:53 UTC
Awesome game, really funny and quite addictive. I think I got to 44% after playing for nearly an hour! Please please please make a polished version, even if you don't add much more!
foul
20. May 2013 · 19:18 UTC
Really good game concept! Didn't managed to beat it. A few things are needed - either something like battle state (group units command of some sort or attack there with selection holding ctrl?) or at least to be abble to command individually(and sneak in the other section with someone when fighting with the others)