38th Century by alxm
38th Century is a simple world simulation game made from scratch in 72h.
When a century is up, use the clues you noticed every decade to make the best investment for the century ahead (in one of defense, health care, industry, or science). If your prediction was correct, your population will be sheltered from the inevitable disasters that strike every 100 years.
Links
- Download: https://alxm.itch.io/38th-century (Linux and Windows 64bit)
- Source code: https://github.com/alxm/38th-century
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/alxmdev
- Website: http://www.alxm.org
Running
Windows
- Built for 64bit system
- Launch
38th-century.exe
Linux
- Built for 64bit Ubuntu 16.04/Linux Mint 18
- You may need to install these libraries:
libSDL2 libSDL2_mixer libpng12 - Launch
38th-century
Controls
- Keyboard: arrows keys, z key, Enter key
- Gamepad: dpad/analog, A button, Start button
Thanks for playing!
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/38th-century |
Ratings
| Given | 2🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
I enjoyed this but I had some trouble understanding what having the bars full or not did. I think I'd like to see a deeper set of mechanics come into play. Really solid core though, it reminded me of games I played in my childhood.
I'd like to continue work on this, since I wasn't able to implement my entire design for LD38. Missing things include using Science investments to evolve past living in caves, more content and better balancing, special effects, etc.
About the bars: when a disaster happens, it first drains your investment points (plague drains health, earthquake drains industry, etc.). When there are no relevant points to drain, people die instead. Also, when health drops below 1/4, the population declines every decade regardless of disasters.