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SmallCult by AlexKishchinskiy

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made by AlexKishchinskiy for LD 43 (JAM)

PLEASE PLAY IN 1920*1080 Resolution. Thank you. Small strategy game about days of a cult leader, who need to balance between 3 gods and people of the village. Make rough decisions, talk with gods, be good leader. But most importanly ... Do not forget to sacrifiece.screen.PNG

* Goal *

Survive as long as you can

* How to play *

Every turn you get an event. You have several choices to make - you can ask one of your gods for help or do nothing. You choice will affect - population of your village, fear of dwellers, your relationships with gods and of course your money! Then you need to choose the size of offering and to which god it is going. It will allow you to remedy your relationships. Then the next event will come.

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Windows https://iyaguh.itch.io/small-cult
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/smallcult

Ratings

Overall 597th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 588th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 527th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 302th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 419th 3.688⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 543th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 508th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 438th 3.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Keldy
05. Dec 2018 · 00:06 UTC
I love the mchanics, its so good! Good job!
jmarkohun
05. Dec 2018 · 00:09 UTC
Good game, you should put some screenshots in the post
tanis
05. Dec 2018 · 00:10 UTC
It took me a bit to understand how it works. The graphics is nice and it's actually entertaining once you get the hang of it
Budark
05. Dec 2018 · 00:18 UTC
With this nice game you should post some screenshots of it. Cause this is a jam, if it was not I wouldn't enter to test it
scottgoldsmith
05. Dec 2018 · 00:20 UTC
Great game. I love the artwork and the gameplay is interesting too. It'd be nice if there was a menu button or escape exited, as I had to brute force quit. I like that there's a tutorial.
Izunah
05. Dec 2018 · 00:21 UTC
I clicked on the tutorial button but I wasn't sure I actually got a tutorial because it felt like I just hopped into the game; and it didn't explain really how to do anything. I got the gist of what was going on, very reigns like; I managed to get all my god to max support but my people lived in extreme fear and I lost... ah well such is the life of a cult ruler. Interesting game, I think it fits the theme well, but I would have liked more to do than just make offering, especially since you offered an expansion screen with lots of stuff to potentially click on.
Giustitia
05. Dec 2018 · 00:34 UTC
Nice draws, but it's a bit confusing and the "tutorial" button doesn't work (at least for me) so I didn't get very well what is my propose on the game :P
wyattis
05. Dec 2018 · 00:37 UTC
I wasn't sure what to think the first time through. The second time through I loved it though! I made level 43. Can anyone get higher than me?
![day 42.png](///raw/db6/f1/z/1ef14.png)

Great job!
wyattis
05. Dec 2018 · 00:39 UTC
I did notice a minor bug with the overlays as well. Looks like they might not be destroyed correctly.
![overlay bug.png](///raw/db6/f1/z/1ef15.png)
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:04 UTC
@wyattis Thanks for comments! The bug it is! I plan to actually put many new events inside the prototype - outside of jam, of course=) So, if you like the game - let's stay in touch=)
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:06 UTC
@giustitia you are right... I just was not able to add tutorial in the time frame. I will post instructions in the post, so people can still understand the rules. Thanks!
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:12 UTC
@izunah Appreciate you comments=) Yup, much more was planned, like expansion of the temple, or timer based (snap) decisions. I think, I will slowly implement them afterwards.
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:13 UTC
@scottgoldsmith - good idea about exit button! For the tutorial - the pop ups kind of explain what is going on. Thanks!
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:14 UTC
@budark Thanks for the suggestion, done it!
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:14 UTC
@budark Thanks for the suggestion, done it!
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 11:18 UTC
@tanis, @keldy, @scottgoldsmith, @jmarkohun thanks for the comments! Do you have suggestions - what else would fit the game - which mechanics? I was thinking on adding later temple expansion and timer based choices. Thanks!
Yaroslav Kravtsov
05. Dec 2018 · 12:55 UTC
This game can be played forever
![Cult.png](///raw/669/z/1f0c4.png)
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
05. Dec 2018 · 13:02 UTC
@yaroslav-kravtsov yup, the balance is unbalanced, unfortunately + small amount of events
itsjustjord
06. Dec 2018 · 23:54 UTC
Very well done! I was a bit confused at first but got there in the end, solid entry! :)
Untitled Studios
06. Dec 2018 · 23:59 UTC
Super fun! Art is BEAUTIFUL! Unfortunately a small amount of events and a couple typos and bugs hold it back.
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
07. Dec 2018 · 00:23 UTC
@untitled-studios @itsjustjord thanks for the comments!! I know, there are just few events. If you are interested - please check game in several days, I will post (hopefully=)) balanced and playable version=)
Ballo
07. Dec 2018 · 00:32 UTC
reminds me of Reigns, love the theme and would love to play more
AwiX
07. Dec 2018 · 08:44 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)
SubtlyDramatic
07. Dec 2018 · 22:06 UTC
I really like the art for this! Great design. I would like to see a way to quit the game though! This has a lot of potential post-jam. Way to go!
🎤 AlexKishchinskiy
08. Dec 2018 · 12:32 UTC
@subtlydramatic Thanks for encouragement! The quite option - yes - that is good suggestion. Again - many times I was irritated by lack of quit option in other LD games and left mine without it=)=) I actually polishing jam version to test it with full pack of events - to decide about it's future=) If you want - I can notify you when it's ready;)