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Dice-Town by PiIsFour

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made by PiIsFour for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

My first game for LD

try it online

it is a bit short and i'm not sure I got all the bugs, but I hope you have fun anyways.

Maybe some explanation since it is not explained ingame:

  • The dice are your people and you roll them every round.
  • Click on your dice to see the other sides
  • If they show black pips they fit into the work slots of cards and can help you to fullfill them.
  • The red pips is the life of this dice and mostly means he needs to rest or get ill.
  • Your dice will die if they have no life left and get pulled by death.
  • Only free dice, those on the bottom can get pulled, but dice from other cards will get rejected if the card fails to meet the requirements.
  • you can find ways to upgrade the pips on you dice and get new ones

Thank for giving it a try.

Youtube https://piisfour.github.io/dice-town/
Youtube https://github.com/PiIsFour/dice-town
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/dice-town

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Feedback

🎤 PiIsFour
19. Apr 2020 · 23:24 UTC
I finished my game, or at least I'm out of time. its a simple web game, have fun with it, need some sleep.

Edit: wrong place to post, but i was tired
sayumeki
20. Apr 2020 · 10:49 UTC
I'm a fan of dice games, but it's not really clear for me what the rules / objective are. I think I want to roll and complete cards, because then more cards show up, but I'm not sure if I have to complete all the cards or not, as sometimes I'd advance even if I didn't fill them all. What is "1 life" means and what does "pull" mean?

I like the fact that the die seems to not be a standard d6 - it has three 1s, two 0s, and a red 6?
johnjoemcbob
20. Apr 2020 · 10:51 UTC
Cool! Took me a bit to understand what each slot required but well done!
kg.ft
20. Apr 2020 · 10:54 UTC
This has some potential. I liked playing it, though it wasn't immediately clear what was happening every time I hit the button. Would definitely like to see this take more shape. Maybe some additional story playing out as actions are resolved. Maybe some more animations to see where things are moving or how things relate to what you rolled. Either way, good start and could be a great game!
Pabricka
20. Apr 2020 · 10:57 UTC
It needs some kind of a tutorial. I had no idea what I was doing, I just dragged the dices randomly here and there and sometimes something happened.
🎤 PiIsFour
20. Apr 2020 · 11:07 UTC
Thanks for the feedback, animations would really help, but i ran out of time.

I added a bit of an explanation on the description, hope this may help.
meelo
25. Apr 2020 · 01:24 UTC
It took maybe 5 minutes of playing before I had any idea what was happening, but I started to enjoy myself once I caught on - I thought the level of difficulty was too low, though; it seemed like death was always far away and I was constantly making new dice and slowly upgrading them. I think a faster pace and higher difficulty would make this more fun - especially since, as it is, the main storyline is fulfilled just by getting high enough totals across your dice. It might work better if some reasonably expensive and important events only occurred occasionally or along with others to force the player to make choices. Nonetheless, this was very original and I enjoyed playing it through.
Baby Dino Herd
25. Apr 2020 · 02:12 UTC
This is a really neat idea, although the instructions were particularly helpful, and I had to figure things out by trial and error, much like @meelo. The 'pulling' mechanic in particular I'm not sure I ever fully understood. Nevertheless, I really liked the idea of having multiple sides of the dice represent multiple sides of the same person, and you only get access to one each turn. The interface was also clean, simple, and intuitive. Nicely done!