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Tribal Tension (Twitch) by ShaunJS

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made by ShaunJS for LD 38 (COMPO)

This is a weird one. I decided to make a twitch-powered game for this Ludum Dare! A small island is populated by twitch chat "tribes" and indirectly influenced and controlled via twitch chat commands.

the villagers will act by themselves, but can be influenced by players!

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The following commands exist:

  • !tribe - available until all tribe spawn points are filled. Creates a new tribe and automatically joins it!
  • !join - joins a tribe, you will be placed by auto-balance and will "control" one specific villager.
  • !wood - focus entirely on collecting wood!
  • !build - focus on expanding! Will also cut wood when necessary.
  • !attack [colour] - lead an attack on another tribe! This is very dangerous! You will rally any nearby npc villagers from your tribe to assist you in your attack.
  • !defend - focus on defense! Will mostly idle, but will ignore other tasks like expansion and act against aggressors from a further radius and with increased strength.
  • !retreat - very useful! Run back to your villager's "home". Will slowly heal once they have returned if left to idle.

Links & Source

Due to its nature there's not really much point me uploading the game for you to play. So I'm going to be running it as close to 24/7 as possible for you to play and observe. Will also upload some video footage.

Play twitch.tv/shaunjs

disclaimer: the version being streamed is Post Jam. As I couldn't resist adding more stuff, sorry! And as I can't viably stream the original at the same time I'm happy to accept if you don't feel comfortable rating this without playing the original properly. Some footage of what that game was like can be seen in the timelapse below (at the end there's some real time speed footage + commentary!)

If you try to run the GameMaker Studio 2 source code, you will need to edit oMain's create event and insert your own twitch client id, channel name, user name, and oauth key. Google around for how to find these.

Source code http://www.shaunspalding.co.uk/TwitchTribalTension.yyz

Timelapse

timelapse

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/tribal-tension-twitch

Ratings

Overall 22th 4.132⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Fun 56th 3.849⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 3th 4.434⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 207th 3.566⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 256th 3.321⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Audio 62th 3.714⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Humor 224th 2.69⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 159th 3.423⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Given 0🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

OMFGItsLC
28. Apr 2017 · 07:40 UTC
I watched you code this on twitch, and I have to say it has turned out an awesome game. Well played.
cabbagelord
30. Apr 2017 · 23:38 UTC
One of the best gamemaker games ive ever seen. Not quite hyperlight drifter though.
Iron Leonem
01. May 2017 · 03:49 UTC
This game is fantastic, and everyone should sit in for a few rounds. I've been pretty active on chat, and what I've got based on what you've built is... "MOAR PLZ." The gameplay, while intentionally simple, still feels like there's room to include more features. Still, as is, it's really fun. The game is decently bug free (and for this media, that's surprising) The graphics are simple, but it works for this. Thank you for this title.
James Dunlap
01. May 2017 · 04:56 UTC
I like that this game stands out from the rest by being one that is played on Twitch through chat. I will be the first to admit that I do not spend much time on Twitch as I would rather play games myself than watch others. About the only time I get on Twitch is during a Ludum Dare, so I did not even think about this as being possible. It would be nice to see it possible expanded with additional building types and additional commands, but for LD, this is a very good start, and I did enjoy giving it a try.
KnightOwl
01. May 2017 · 07:06 UTC
The fact that other comments are offering such positive constructive feedback is testament to how immediately addicting, fun, and engaging this game is. So simple, so intuitive, so good. Great job.
joekinglake
01. May 2017 · 10:20 UTC
Loving that we're seeing games like this with Twitch integration in Ludum Dare, very impressive in the time scale! Really lovely simple to pickup game, can see this going far if development is continued! Great work! :-)
Zeriver
01. May 2017 · 10:41 UTC
I played this game a lot and i will play more! Really cool idea and execution, well balanced and rewarding when you win or pull off some cool tactical maneuver. Definitely the best game i have played so far in this Ludum Dare edition. It's also nice that Shaun hangs out in chat and participates in maches or answers questions about game.
conk
01. May 2017 · 11:38 UTC
Watched you make this over the compo, you've added some cool additional features post-jam, although they're not part of the final entry, it shows how complex this game could get! It was very entertaining to see it played by so many people and the concept works so great, reminiscent of twitch plays pokemon and everything that that spawned. Great job!
berkano
01. May 2017 · 12:26 UTC
Simply amazed by this - concept, integration with Twitch and how fun it is to play, awesome job!!
RockhopperGames
01. May 2017 · 12:59 UTC
Twitch games are always so inventive, even when they game itself is simple, like with this one. The competitive nature of this game really makes the this game different to Twitch Plays games.

How I see it, Twitch Plays games are all about bringing the commands from the chat window into the game. In this, though, the game is brought to the chat window, since everything you type will be visible to your opponents (and with lag, often a long time before they're actually executed). Gaming the chat window in this way really elevates the game beyond the simplistic gameplay of the main screen.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to form any alliances with other tribes in the time I was playing, but I'll check back later, and see if it's possible with different groups of players. If any of you have managed to pull it off, please let me know!
YukonW
01. May 2017 · 13:17 UTC
I have never seen anyone make a Twitch game for Ludum Dare, so this existing is crazy! It's extremely addicting and fun to play, and it has a whole lot of depth for such simple mechanics. I would love to see a little bit more depth in the mechanics though, giving players more options to express their skill. Great work!
DGSpitzer
01. May 2017 · 15:12 UTC
First time play Twitch game. Never seen a game like this. So much fun!
CPTN-B
01. May 2017 · 15:21 UTC
Nice game dude!
Rahtainka
01. May 2017 · 18:14 UTC
I realy like your game! It's so much fun to fight against the other chat users.
danman9914
02. May 2017 · 00:27 UTC
Definitely the most fun I've had so far. Fantastic achievement.
TomBishopSPG
02. May 2017 · 00:29 UTC
Dude I think you seriously have something here. Companies have been spending millions trying to figure out how to make a great twitch game where users can interact and you did it in 48. You should have two modes. The one you have so that every streamer can just leave their stream running for their fans. Then a second mode that is like streamer verses the chat. Where the streamer can spawn things for the chat to fight so instead of chat versus each other the streamer can log on for 1-2 hours and be them versus the chat. There could even be another mode that spawns things based on donations or subscriptions or follows. SO much potential. I think there are going to be a lot of people trying to copy thing.
larzan
02. May 2017 · 11:36 UTC
Crazy addictive, very simple commands, but the lag makes it very thrilling to play, watching with one eye the video and with the other one the chat to see who is currently attacking who.

Absolutely love it, had a blast playing it, great game!
Spav
02. May 2017 · 12:50 UTC
Uber idea. I'm loosing every time :D I'm not sure about the map balance (islands have limited amount of trees available quick), but in general i'm impresed.
EvoGenGames
02. May 2017 · 19:09 UTC
This is just great! Good Idea, and good execution! Congrats.
law5guy
02. May 2017 · 22:08 UTC
This was an awesome idea. I keep seeing all of these interesting implementations of social aspects of the small world theme, but this game gets credit for actually conducting a real simulation on twitch viewers. I wasted away way more time playing this than I realized! Giving general commands to your villager to try and encourage them to do specific actions made the game feel a bit like herding cats. This sounds like it would be a bad thing, but its surprisingly fun to sort of shepherd your villagers around instead of exerting direct control. Its also quite interesting how the stream lag from the twitch chat commands actually makes the game more intense.

Overall, this is one of the most unique and innovative entries I've seen so far!
xxDOOMbox
03. May 2017 · 02:10 UTC
hey man really awesome game! ive spent quite a bit of time on twitch playing this one, its been cool to see it evolve post-jam. there already seems to be a pretty solid following and thats cool because there is always someone on twitch to play it with. i really like the direction you went with the theme, and making a twitch powered game was ambitious and innovative. also shoutout to snakegg i believe it was who did the music because it is fantastic and really fits the game perfectly. the way you have balanced a game with simple rules is impressive. you have made something really great, nice job!
jetrelcodes
03. May 2017 · 08:10 UTC
Played it a lot - creative gameplay - multiplayer - great game !
PUARSLIBURF
03. May 2017 · 14:57 UTC
Great game overall. I erally love the idea of letting twitch chat play.

(Could really do with some form of trading system, though)
SelfTitled
03. May 2017 · 17:38 UTC
The concept of this game is amazing.
Twitch lag gives every command more meaning,
"do I attack now and risk leaving my castle undefended"
Sir Magic
03. May 2017 · 19:05 UTC
This is seriously one of the best LD games I have ever seen and probably ever will see. The commands are easy to use and understand, you somehow made the lag a part of the game and the game is always being advertised due to the fact that the site always shows the active streams.

It doesn't require a separate download or even another website which makes the game available to a wider variety of users. Plus, the users will never have to update a client as all the updates happen within the stream.

I can't even state how many times I have played this game. Really enjoyed it and I hope that I can see more games like this in the future.
kasarun
05. May 2017 · 19:16 UTC
It's a good and very innovative game. I wish there could be more games like yours on the market (FYI Beam has way less latency than Twitch).
However i don't think it's fair. You keep working on your game and the only 'playable' version of it is the post-jam version..

The only way to see what you did is to get Gamemaker and to modify the sourcecode of it.
I won't rate your entry but really nice game.
conrad123
06. May 2017 · 19:19 UTC
This game is great and very creative! I had a ton of fun playing it. Unfortunately there aren't a ton of people in the twitch viewing area so it's usually just 1 on 1 fighting. But great stuff!
mar3k
06. May 2017 · 20:33 UTC
Really cool game... The art is nice and the fact that it is played on twitch makes it even better. It seems to work really well and is fun to join in. And I even managed to win a battle with smaller army :D. Great job overall! Also I feel like they should really make category on Twitch just for games like this, cause it is fun to play.
Selgeron
09. May 2017 · 00:53 UTC
This is cute and innovative. I wanted to create my own tribe of super-men but, alas I got too hasty on my attack on blue...
Chupachu
09. May 2017 · 13:10 UTC
Very cool game, well made and very fun to watch/play
krunoslav
09. May 2017 · 21:20 UTC
Pretty cool! Very well done, nice IA. I liked the system of orders by commands. I attacked too early :P
Nice graphics too
mortus
10. May 2017 · 12:57 UTC
Cool idea! I was thinking about something similar but never seen it actually done before.
icxon
10. May 2017 · 22:46 UTC
I love the game, its spirit, appearance and pvp aspect, chat tricks (e.g. type "!aftack" instead of "!attack"). But I don't like the fact that it's on the main page everyday. It's just not fair for the rest of 2982 entries. Hope @pov can do something about this.

The game itself is very well implemented. Had like ~20 full plays and not tired yet :smiley:
uvwar
12. May 2017 · 00:25 UTC
I love this game! Really fun to watch and play, keep going with it!
SaxOps1
13. May 2017 · 11:29 UTC
This is super fun! I just wish there more people around to play!
Josh Riley
14. May 2017 · 16:56 UTC
This is really amazing. I'm glad you guys are continuing to work on it, as this has some real potential.
Jungle
17. May 2017 · 01:04 UTC
Very nice concept, very innovative for a LD game. Sometimes are laggy, maybe to many people playing simultaneously. I love this entry, thanks for share! Congratulations
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
20. May 2017 · 00:49 UTC
Why have you rated no games!
timeracers
20. May 2017 · 01:54 UTC
Inclusion of the game jam version is required. Rated all ones until fixed. You don't need to broadcast the jam version, but having a download so we can broadcast it is needed.
XufyN
24. Jun 2017 · 12:33 UTC
I don't have the money to afford Game Maker Studio 2, could you upload the source code as a project, because I can't import projects in trial version, but I can open projects :) If yes, thank you very, very much.