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ElectriClick by Cornelia Xaos

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made by Cornelia Xaos for LD 39 (COMPO)

Here's.. ElectriClick!

Purchase electrical generators to supply energy to a growing populus! Some of them need to be "primed" by clicking on their icon, others run continuously! Purchase more land to buy EVEN MORE GENERATORS. (You will need a lot...) See how long you can survive as a Utility company before you succumb to the woes of inflation, rising electrical demand, and angry customers!

EDIT: Had to rebuild after testing on other OSes.. Discovered that certain settings weren't being applied correctly for window resolution due to engine bug and it broke everything.

(Also.. I should note that the game is not very well balanced... so... it might be easy / hard / tedious depending on your perspective. :P )

Source code https://github.com/CorneliaXaos/LD39-ElectriClick
Linux https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1t9sbo_VHvseE9VbGVTSDJiVFE
macOS https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1t9sbo_VHvsNmlxelM2akR1Nnc
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1t9sbo_VHvsd2pRY0hhM0ZBMVk
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/electriclick

Ratings

Overall 521th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 452th 2.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 495th 2.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 293th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 573th 2.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

BesSlaaneshi
01. Aug 2017 · 02:10 UTC
Nice, but it looks like not balanced. money and population grow so fast, so u can't spend it. and can't click so fast to build more energy generators to get enough reputation.
But for me it's still nice game, i like it :D
🎤 Cornelia Xaos
01. Aug 2017 · 02:19 UTC
@besslaaneshi Yea.. I ran out of time balancing it. I was trying to do so right up until the deadline and then I just decided to buff everything slightly so you could at least make it to year 200. Money is practically pointless as you get so much so fast it and everything costs so little in comparison. (I was primarily focused on making sure energy supply / demand was somewhat "balanced".) You should be able to last around 225 years if you click CONSTANTLY. :P
PlexusDuMenton
01. Aug 2017 · 03:02 UTC
Realy had fun with this game !
Zelos
01. Aug 2017 · 11:33 UTC
I usually like clicker games, and this one is not bad at all. Not going to mention the balancing issues, since someone said that already.

I've played to 100 years, but I still don't know what the 'Charge' thing is supposed to do. What exactly am I choosing with that price? I like the idea of cranking up generators though. That's something that I wish more clicker games would use, instead of constant clicking. It's unfortunate that it happens to get like that with enough generators though.

The graphics are okay, but the UI needs a bit of work. There's not enough space on the screen and I wish I didn't need to scroll so much.

Other than that I really liked it. Good job.
Wizard.Exe
02. Aug 2017 · 03:46 UTC
Decent, but difficult to figure out. Probably need to play several times to start to understand how the numbers work and what your goal is. Good unique idea though, would like to see how you develop and improve it.
🎤 Cornelia Xaos
02. Aug 2017 · 05:03 UTC
@wizard-exe When I first formulated the idea my mind ran wild with possibilities.. but most of them had to be culled to make it doable in 48 hours.. I had plans for things you could purchase to help curb consumer electricity demand.. or even having an actual map in the scroll area and you'd have to build water wheels at actual sites of water and hook power up to cities. There was a lot that can be done.. there just wasn't enough time in that short weekend to hit all the really cool things.. so I went for the basics and just tried to make that work. :P
Arkthalohs
02. Aug 2017 · 05:09 UTC
Pretty fun, and I liked the sort of inversion of typical incremental games where you're slowly building up and here you're frantically trying to stop everything falling apart. A lot of the game systems did seem kind of opaque--I never really had to worry about money, but I didn't really know how cost or purchases affected satisfaction and reputation. It's also a shame there wasn't unique art for each of the different tile improvements, since by the time I got to anything past steam engines, it was hard to scroll back through my land and see what needed upgrading. Overall it's a fun incremental-style game that sticks pretty well to the theme!
KunoNoOni
03. Aug 2017 · 00:12 UTC
Cool game. I played to year 150 before I died. I agree with Wizard.exe, I would like to see you continue this further.
ryte2byte
05. Aug 2017 · 04:08 UTC
I guess this could best be classified as a 'clicker' game, yeah? Haven't played many of these (like two. Ever), so I cannot comment on balance. Money was never a problem so I just kept building whatever was latest and greatest.

One think I couldn't stand was the 'bounce back' effect on scrolling. Drove me completely up a wall when scrolling around to fill up facilities.

Hit 252 years and completed the tech tree. Not sure how much money I made because the counter keeps rolling after the game is over.
Steve Johnson
05. Aug 2017 · 04:16 UTC
I got up to year 277 on my second game, waiting for the reputation bar to run down after year 234. Good concept and execution. My only complaint is that I had to use that drop down every time I wanted to buy something!
Mik3
05. Aug 2017 · 14:13 UTC
Simple, yet satisfying concept, i like it.
MestreRothLD
05. Aug 2017 · 15:00 UTC
1. I liked the game. I don't know why exactly, maybe the immediate responsiveness of upgrades and powering stations... But it is a very nice concept. This is something that with some tuning would work for an idle game project.

2. I have no idea about how to get reputation. More than once, I just couldn't help but watching it slowling falling...

3. Great entry. Congrats. I must have been tough to adjust the UI, set the parameters to achieve a playable state etc.
hungare
06. Aug 2017 · 14:00 UTC
@cornelia-xaos Nice game!

I liked:

The Gameplay- This is much better than the traditional Cookie Clicker like gameplay of idle games. It's actually tense and involves some strategy. Although I personally found it a bit tedious and easy most of the time, it was still fun.

I didn't like:

Lack Of Sound- I would have liked a little background music, as well as sound effects when you buy turbines, solar cells, etc. They would have made the game come together more and be responsive.

Overall really solid game! Good luck!
Aterlamia
07. Aug 2017 · 17:25 UTC
I dont really like a clicker game but for what it was i think it was implemented well. I would have added some sounds/music to make it more instresting.
ToadieTechnika
09. Aug 2017 · 09:55 UTC
Addictive clicker you made there. Few Steam Turbines and a ton of Water Wheels will allow the player to stay the game that long. Clicking while scrolling a wide region was troublesome. A slice of audio would be nice too.
ToonTeamJ
09. Aug 2017 · 14:22 UTC
It was annoying having to keep scrolling the entire time to find everything (especially once a lot of land had accumulated beyond 200 years). I would suggest putting everything of one plant type together. Other then that the game was strangely addicting.
JoshBurleson
09. Aug 2017 · 14:35 UTC
Would have really liked some SFX but the animations were nice. Perhaps a little too much information to try and figure out while under the gun for time. A little more feedback on clicks like a wiggle or something would be great. Nice job!