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Mad Gods by Norseware team

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made by Norseware team for LD 38 (JAM)

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Play as the Mad God and wreak havoc on your little city! Create or kill at will, throw lightning, summon meteors, even call in a UFO!

Even though these little people suffer relentlessly, they still want to flourish. Watch them multiply, and build new homes!

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Want to kick back and show some mercy? With the more people you let live, the more money you'll make, allowing you to cause even more and bigger disasters!

Not only can you spread chaos, you can compete against other fellow mad gods! Check the leader boards from the main menu. Also, earn achievements! :D (Leader boards and achievements are available if you have a GameJolt account)

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You can play it here, on Gamejolt! (WIN & MAC & WEB) (720x640)

Code, Art: Thomas Knox

Music, Sound: Stephen Gygi

Find us on Twitter!

v. 1.1.0 - Added some bug fixes, and balanced gameplay. v. 1.1.1 - Fixed the leaderboard bug. You can now share your scores!

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/mad-gods

Ratings

Overall 278th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 351th 3.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 429th 3.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 279th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 295th 3.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 151th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 79th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Oxlander
30. Apr 2017 · 18:16 UTC
You guys have done really well with this! The art is beautiful, the sound effects feel satisfying in a way (although kind of annoying when you button mash although that's to be expected), and the music makes the game feel calm and a perfect idle/incremental game (so that everything builds up and you unleash your godly wrath :japanese_ogre:). With a little more things added, this would be perfect for mobile! The gameplay is simple but fun, great work! :smiley:
🎤 Norseware team
01. May 2017 · 06:12 UTC
Thanks @oxlander!I've definitely had thoughts on a mobile port. A lot would need fixing, and definitely would need to add some stuff. But I agree, it'd make a fun mobile game!
Plumepox
01. May 2017 · 16:38 UTC
I really enjoyed music and art here ! I admit I had to read your description to understand what I had to do. But anyway I liked to send thunder everywhere and feeling bad killing my people. Really cool job guys ! I need to plau again to have the animations of martians now, bye.
🎤 Norseware team
01. May 2017 · 18:31 UTC
Thanks @plumepox! Yeah, I had planned on making a mini tutorial, but ran out of time :/
Yami no tenshi 8
01. May 2017 · 18:34 UTC
Funny game, the idea of constructing something for having it broken after is comical, reminds me playing the Lego ! The soundtrack is really good and the effects are well rendered, along with an interesting visual design. Would have been great to have kind of objectives to prevent the game from being repetitive. :wink:
🎤 Norseware team
01. May 2017 · 21:40 UTC
Thanks @yami-no-tenshi-8! Yeah, a defense system would be nice. Good idea!
sararyCow
03. May 2017 · 01:14 UTC
Great game! I had a good time raising and killing civilians :D. This is an original mechanic. I also loved the art, simple but very attractive. Definitely I will come back to it.
🎤 Norseware team
03. May 2017 · 16:14 UTC
Awesome @sararycow! Glad you liked it! A lot of jam games are about creation, so we went the opposite direction :P
Laguna
05. May 2017 · 20:00 UTC
Great game! I really like the graphics and the soundtrack. The mechanics reminds me a little bit of cookie clicker, which is a good thing, because I like that very much. The earthquake is kind of OP, because it does not kill my people but just raises my score.
🎤 Norseware team
06. May 2017 · 08:53 UTC
@laguna thanks for the kind words! Yeah, Earthquake is op, I should have increased the chance to start fires. I think it's 25% right now? Or maybe just kill off some population per second haha maybe next update :P
iamteekay
12. May 2017 · 10:33 UTC
This game looks rad. I really liked that it had cookie clicker mechanics. Destruction is always satisfying and this entry is great :)
paulhocker
15. May 2017 · 04:33 UTC
this game is a lot of fun - i would love to see it expanded - great job
yves
16. May 2017 · 00:05 UTC
Funny Idea, destroying is always fun :D It would be cool if you get quicker some cash for the big disaster. Good Job mate :)

Cheers
Superbusyrobot
16. May 2017 · 02:03 UTC
Man oh man, I love the design of this one. Very simple straightforward games like this are very Flappy Bird-esque, and the idling aspect of the game keeps pretty much anyone playing for at least a little while.

I found it really hilarious to be able to casually spawn people just for the sole purpose of killing them off, and the Earthquake thing I thought was handy at least for the purpose of keeping your population making money for you while wrecking all their stuff.

Great work here, and I'll definitely be playing this one more than once.
lazycymbals
16. May 2017 · 16:48 UTC
my kind of game hahahahh great job!!
krammetje
17. May 2017 · 11:51 UTC
Fun game, great music.
Nergle
17. May 2017 · 17:11 UTC
Really nice art and atmosphere. I also thought it was an interesting concept.
anim_ace
17. May 2017 · 17:12 UTC
Again, not very good at these resource games, but I think you accomplished what you set out to do. Great job! However, something being 640 pixels tall is not good for web browsers on laptops. Games should be no more than like 576 pixels tall on a web browser screen, at least in my opinion.
Thendash
17. May 2017 · 17:45 UTC
The art, music, and sound effects are excellent. It felt a little sadistic creating a big population just so that I could rain acid and kill most of them off for points. The calm music really juxtaposed the chaos going on on screen. Good job!
TacomaBert
17. May 2017 · 17:52 UTC
Good concept, but no challenge. I just kept putting my money back into my population until I reached the limit of 300, then unleashed the earthquake, which dealt the most damage/score. When I summoned the UFO, as soon as it abducted some citizens, I got about $1000 back. I don't think that is working as expected.

Overall an interesting type of game, falls a little along the lines for Black & White. Needs more challenging elements, otherwise it feels like a sandbox game.

Scored 52000 before I killed all my population (on purpose) to end the game.

Also, audio was not working. Downloaded the game and am running it on Windows 8.
mortus
19. May 2017 · 17:48 UTC
The gods must be crazy indeed. I'm not sure I get the idea behind this game completely, but it's quite fun to play with as an aimless sandbox even. Love the graphics and sfx too! Why did you opt out of a mood category? It seems very moody to me.
Jupiter_Hadley
08. Jun 2017 · 15:38 UTC
Cute graphics, fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKz6z64rgg