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Life in the Trenches by meskaline

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made by meskaline for LD 43 (COMPO)

Welcome to Life in the trenches.

The goal of the game is to keep a balance between your stats of your unit stationed in the trenches on the west front of the First World War(ammo, energy, hunger and morale).

The challenge would be to take difficult decisions under pressure. Good luck, and have a honorable death!

The controls are:

  • Space: Shoot
  • Up, Down, Enter: Select a solution to appearing problems

Good luck!

I can't believe I finished(ish) this game in such a short time while I was learning lua and Love2d(first time writing code in Love2d or lua) and also finally learning to do some audio(not so great but i'm proud)

Tools:

  • language - lua
  • Framework - Love2d
  • Graphics - Piskel
  • Audio - Bosca Ceoil

Disclaimer:

  • There is a possible bug regarding the questions not to appear. If you got that please notice me, i still don't know why it happens. It only happened to 2 guys at work. (it may be related to some timers being dependent on frame rates, i'll investigate and try to do a build with this fixed).
  • There are many spelling mistakes. Sorry for that.

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Source code https://meskaline.itch.io/life-in-the-trenches
Windows https://meskaline.itch.io/life-in-the-trenches
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/life-in-the-trenches

Ratings

Overall 334th 3.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 368th 2.911⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 214th 3.278⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 289th 3.357⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 260th 3.304⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 243th 3⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 243th 2.75⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 272th 3.093⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

sadzanenyama
03. Dec 2018 · 08:44 UTC
Good game, just a lot of spelling mistakes.
triplefox
03. Dec 2018 · 08:56 UTC
The repetition and simple "choose A vs B" structure like "Reigns" makes this game effective at giving the mood of trench warfare. I enjoyed the variety of events, although I was frustrated by their randomness. (Randomness tends to act as a design placeholder, because it cuts off the player's ability to calculate further ahead)

I would be happy to see more of this game.
BJ Pucci
03. Dec 2018 · 09:35 UTC
Good Game, Just check your spelling...
🎤 meskaline
03. Dec 2018 · 11:47 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback.
@sadzanenyama @bj-pucci Yeah, I was really tired and didn't had the time for spellcheck. I'm frustrated now...
@triplefox Thank a lot for your input. At first I wanted to add more content but I found the routine and repetitiveness of events give a nice taste of the trench werfare.
loligxp
03. Dec 2018 · 13:23 UTC
Realy nice game, it just got repetitive after a bit and the outcome was too random
Flat-Anchor
03. Dec 2018 · 13:38 UTC
Alex got trench foot twice and lost leg twice. Good game, really liked the sprite work. Reminds me of reigns as well. Just wish it was harder.
Iluvatar
03. Dec 2018 · 13:42 UTC
Interesting idea. I really love the artstyle!
Andreadbx
04. Dec 2018 · 00:13 UTC
Cute artstyle and very funny events (poor Billy :( )
Derek Volker
04. Dec 2018 · 09:24 UTC
![ld43.png](///raw/7f9/21/z/1e976.png)

Did my best but this is all i got. Poor Billy was shot in the head like 4 times and kept doing stuff. While i liked the concept and execution, and so the easy to understand mechanics, i found that soon the questions became repetitive. Other than that, the graphics are neat and the sound matches it in a pleasant way. Good job!
catbutt
06. Dec 2018 · 12:36 UTC
Billy's dad would approve.
merdeboi
06. Dec 2018 · 12:39 UTC
Nice variety of events, gameplay could have been a little more thrilling.
simon.parzer
06. Dec 2018 · 12:56 UTC
Love the low-fi pixel art and music. It feels like an old DOS game. Theme and setting is executed well. The gameplay feels unfinished, but it has potential! For me, playing the compo version got repetitive after a while.
Nick Rafalski
06. Dec 2018 · 14:20 UTC
Cool game! I really liked the slow pace. Gave me enough time to read the questions and think about them without being overwhelmed by the oncoming enemies. The art and music were great.
Blodyavenger
06. Dec 2018 · 14:22 UTC
In the whole game I only got the option selection once and then I put John to rest (not sure which one is john).
It was a bit confusing just because of that, otherwise great art style and music - like @simon-parzer said, nice DOS game feel!

![trench.png](///raw/805/d1/z/1f415.png)
Nekonyo
06. Dec 2018 · 17:52 UTC
Great game and fun choces. It is one best compos with this style I have reviewed.

I got this bug while playing first time. I hope it helps you

![Captura.JPG](///raw/b2f/d1/z/1f471.jpg)
Alina Burgert
06. Dec 2018 · 19:39 UTC
Cool idea, but there could be more choices to make it a bit more fun.
Linky439
06. Dec 2018 · 21:43 UTC
Interesting idea! I like the graphics (even if a background could have made a nice addition ^^), and while I found the main mechanic easy to understand, I believe your game relies too much on random. During my first playthrough, I only got one question and sometimes it took forever for an enemy to appear.

The idea is very cool though, congrats!
AwiX
07. Dec 2018 · 08:47 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics.
BloodyOrchidDC
10. Dec 2018 · 14:54 UTC
It seems my trenches life goes well~ The chooce with a lot a humor and interesting dialog.
jk5000
13. Dec 2018 · 11:02 UTC
This is a fun little game, perhaps a bit slow, but overall a good LD game.
Artur Hawkwing
17. Dec 2018 · 17:47 UTC
Cool concept, but the game got a bit too repetitive for me, and I had trouble seeing how the in-game choices had too much of an impact. However, the music was nice and the game fit ito the theme pretty well.