Just Like The Day We Met by Zinkler

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made by Zinkler for LD 41 (COMPO)

My second try here at Ludum Dare. This time: Visual Novel / Real Time Strategy.

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Hold LEFT CTRL to choose multiple units.

Move the camera around the map with arrows or WASD.

Press SPACE to skip the dialogue.

YOUR CHOICES MATTER.

That's pretty much it. That was a great experience so far, looking forward to play your games.

Ratings

Overall 318th 3.431⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 390th 3.208⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 378th 3.306⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 390th 3.5⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 308th 3.343⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 190th 3.271⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 123th 3.514⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 51🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Faloon
23. Apr 2018 · 12:33 UTC
Lovely! Good one. CTRL did not work for me.
Glassar
23. Apr 2018 · 12:39 UTC
Great game, best one yet. Really cool combination of genres
🎤 Zinkler
23. Apr 2018 · 13:05 UTC
@Faloon Specifically, left control, forgot to mention that. Thank you for commenting that, lemme fix it quickly!
Kultisti
24. Apr 2018 · 10:38 UTC
Enjoyed the story and the gameplay in general! Good work, thanks for doing this web-playable <3
PsilocybeGames
24. Apr 2018 · 11:38 UTC
I liked the game very much, you can even micro like in SC2 :P
spthiel
26. Apr 2018 · 11:25 UTC
Good game. Haven't played it much but from what I can tell it was pretty difficult.. also you can't really see the green healthbar on the green selection
tomdeal
26. Apr 2018 · 11:27 UTC
I like the combination of the two games. They fit quite good. Also, mechanically the game is well made, and the music is good, too. Sometimes the pathfinding gets a little bugged, but thats not a problem. The only thing I would change is to stop the game while you have to do a choice dialog. For example, when I got to the first choice where to go next, I had not got the dialog up to this point yet so I did not know what to do until the choice was presented. Maybe just focus the UI on the dialog in those cases. Otherwise, great entry!
kelbg
27. Apr 2018 · 19:22 UTC
Wow, this is now one of my favorites so far! The graphics are pretty, the music is very nice too and matches the general "feeling" of the game well, I think, though it could use some sound effects to complement it. I also absolutely love the FTL style of moral decision-making that somewhat compels you to do the "right thing" even though you know it might have a negative impact on your performance in the game. Really impressive work, congratulations!

Two things I want to point out that I think would make the game even better, in case you feel like continuing to develop the game post-LD, are:

1: Hide the comm screen when there's no active communication going on, to make a little bit more room for the camera.

2: RTS-like unit selection, where you can select units by drawing a rectangle with your mouse, kind of like how you select files in Windows or Mac, etc. It just feels more natural and easier to use.
microwerx
28. Apr 2018 · 15:02 UTC
Great game. I really enjoyed the story and being able to choose a path that didn't require (as much) bloodshed.
candlesan
05. May 2018 · 18:29 UTC
Wow lots of systems implemented. Combat, camera scrolling, enemy interactions. That's a lot of detailed systems to be implementing during a game jam. I felt like the story and combat felt like they could be a really gold combination, like a tactical turn-based game or an Advance Wars vibe in terms of top-down strategy and storytelling. Wish the story or the tactical "paid off" a bit more. As it is I felt like the story was a littleb it on rails and the strategy game didn't quite hook me, but it definitely felt like if you had more time to spend on the tuning and iteration it could really be something compelling. Nice work!
beefsports
07. May 2018 · 12:10 UTC
Really interesting mix of genres. Some good writing as well combined with strategy game. Great job!
Woett
07. May 2018 · 22:42 UTC
Great game! The visual novel part was a bit lacking in my eyes, but I liked the fact there were choices involved that mattered and, as a former starcraft player, i couldn't help but enjoy the RTS part! I would have preferred to be able to box my units instead of having to ctrl+click though. Overall, lovely game; well done :)