{"author_link":"\/author\/gamecook\/","author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","comments":[{"author_name":"alvaromartin","author_uid":"60100","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:27am","epoch":1450146120,"text":"Hi, really cool game, I like the graphics a lot. I wish the dialogs could be quickly dismissed at any time."},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:38am","epoch":1450150380,"text":"Good point. I'll probably do that when I clean up the game over the next few weeks. Thanks for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"ehgoodenough","author_uid":"41870","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:43am","epoch":1450150680,"text":"I love it! I think the procedural generation is awesome!!"},{"author_name":"MikeTsunami","author_uid":"62227","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:01am","epoch":1450155360,"text":"Nice work Jesse! You were a big inspiration in getting me to participate in LD34 with your Lynda.com tutorials. Thanks for everything you do. Hope you make a tutorial in making a game like this. =)"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:35pm","epoch":1450193400,"text":"Mike, glad you liked my Lynda courses and I was thinking of turning something like this into a book. Probably too complex for videos but I love making strategy games like this. Good luck with your own game, I'll be sure to check it out!"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1450275960,"text":"Hey Jesse, we met at the Berlin Talk & Play and talked about Warrior of Dragons quite a bit. You sure do like the deadly RNG don't ya? :P\r\rFirst game I got two plagues in 4 turns and died after getting my first farm. In my second game I spawned with only a forest next to me, but thankfully no plagues, so I survived the 4-5 turns it takes to develop my only piece of land into a farm. I languish with one villager for a few more turns, get my second farm, then I get a plague twice in a row and it's GG.\r\rARGGGH!"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1450283880,"text":"Warboys, nice to see you again and thanks for playing. I noticed that plagues come up way too often. Also I have to tweak the way people work when building and having a surplus of food so you can grow quicker. Thanks for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Bocodillo","author_uid":"55271","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1450285380,"text":"A little difficult maybe but otherwise a fantastic, fun game with a great aesthetic."},{"author_name":"Indie L","author_uid":"63860","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1450285500,"text":"Remember me the gameboy graphics. Very cool game!"},{"author_name":"nopogo","author_uid":"22228","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1450285740,"text":"Very cool game. Really liked the art style and randomness of the events. Only thing I would add is skippable dialogue because some text keeps recurring."},{"author_name":"remiv","author_uid":"51869","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1450286280,"text":"Nice game, cool graphics."},{"author_name":"BeardyBard","author_uid":"51049","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1450286460,"text":"Damned be the plague!\rVery cool microstrategy. Solid and cool.\rAlso liked random world generation :)\rIt's always a cool feature!"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1450286460,"text":"nopogo & bocodillo I have it on my list to make it a bit easier and you can skip the dialogs so that goes by faster. Thanks.\r\rIndie L thanks for the feedback on the art. 2DHeroes did it and I just re-used it from my last LD game ;)"},{"author_name":"Karatorian","author_uid":"59982","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1450287000,"text":"At first it seems really hard to get anything done, especially if your population gets reduced to one by plague early on. It's a little unclear exactly how population growth works. Overall, pretty good."},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1450287120,"text":"You captured the gameboy feeling very good, also with the music.\rWhat I didn't get was how you could tell land had been developed. (I only got, that you could develop the same tile multiple times after playing once and then reading the instructions later ;) )\r\rOne game random was really mean to me, in the first 3 rounds (I think) everyone died of random events.\r\rOverall a freh idea, good job :)"},{"author_name":"angela","author_uid":"17857","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1450287480,"text":"Hey, this was really fun! Has a good balance, and I like the way the maps generate procedurally. There was a good balance too - never got a map without a gold mine. \rConsider adding a button to make dialog boxes disappear, and maybe adding a way for us to prevent pirates and plagues. Like, build walls or hospitals? Just suggestions - overall I really like it!"},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 5:47pm","epoch":1450287720,"text":"Loved the concept! Made it simple without losing difficulty, That's hard to do nowadays."},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 2:11am","epoch":1450317960,"text":"Pretty great look and sound. However, I felt like the game was a little too slowly paced, and tedious at times. Overall pretty good!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1450372860,"text":"A bit on the slow side in terms of pace but I like the mechanics and loved the GameBoy style retro design."},{"author_name":"newbeings","author_uid":"65418","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 7:13pm","epoch":1450465680,"text":"Came to this through your email newsletter. Nice work!\r\rI agree about dismissing dialogs more quickly - maybe click anywhere to dismiss. I'd also appreciate a hover state when picking tiles."},{"author_name":"komilll","author_uid":"56836","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1450469460,"text":"Thanks for a great game. I think that messages should be clickable to skip them and should dissapear faster but overall that's a good job."},{"author_name":"EvanEGibbs","author_uid":"45698","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 3:51am","epoch":1450496760,"text":"Cool little game! It took me a little bit to figure out what all of the variables were on the left hand side. I think maybe some pictures or a hover over tutorial would have been nice. Also there was a corner on my map that I couldn't get to at one point. :P\r\rNice job though! :)"},{"author_name":"FireTwin","author_uid":"53995","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 12:04am","epoch":1450828740,"text":"Wow, it feels like such a polished little strategy game for Ludum Dare. Really well done! I couldn't figure out how the food and population growth tied together, but was very addictive!"},{"author_name":"Didi","author_uid":"37039","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 1:01am","epoch":1451004960,"text":"nice jesse"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 1:23am","epoch":1451870280,"text":"I like the concept, but the systems weren't apparent to me at all (it might be worth mentioning that i'm not much of a strategy game player). I don't really know what was producing what resources, so i didn't see any point to developing anything other than for exploration's sake, and lost interest once the island was fully revealed. Love the aesthetic though, and it's a solid entry, just didn't grab me personally."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1451927100,"text":"Great effort. Lot of things to do. Almost got a C64 MULE vibe from it. Solid across the board."}],"images":["ld34\/6843-18b617ff88303fc78c445b10b8747a52.jpg","ld34\/6843-047d50a632bf7845db92743052383c63.jpg","ld34\/6843-5912f94e3e36a2d80dab6b3590f8d22c.jpg","ld34\/6843-60b34512db18a7aac7abf4ee7c704d74.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/build.cloud.unity3d.com\/share\/bJSaXceC9l\/webgl\/","text":"WebGL"},{"url":"https:\/\/build.cloud.unity3d.com\/share\/-yVJOcgR5g\/","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/build.cloud.unity3d.com\/share\/-1xzw9x09e\/","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/build.cloud.unity3d.com\/share\/-kXNLce0qg\/","text":"Android (Not Tested)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5049","g_author":"6843","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5139","g_title":"Kingdom By The Sea","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"315","g_commentcount":"26","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/6843-shot0-1450135236.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/6843-shot1-1450135236.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/6843-shot2-1450135236.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/6843-shot3-1450135236.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In Kingdom By The Sea you are the ruler of a small island. 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