{"author_link":"\/author\/iamspencer\/","author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","comments":[{"author_name":"Kortuga","author_uid":"12952","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:08am","epoch":1450065780,"text":"Excellent! Your interpretation of the theme is really similar to mine, too, so bonus points for that."},{"author_name":"swellbastion","author_uid":"62206","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:08am","epoch":1450065780,"text":"very satisfying tactileness"},{"author_name":"srakowski","author_uid":"26664","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:08am","epoch":1450065780,"text":"Loved making my nation great again :). Great art\/audio. Some of the cards\/results were funny. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"Remicy","author_uid":"43233","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:11am","epoch":1450065960,"text":"love this game! excellent work!"},{"author_name":"NaoisTheGuardian","author_uid":"22501","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:13am","epoch":1450066080,"text":"Very interesting game, but could have used more variety in the events that occur. I liked the graphics, and the sounds were quite nice."},{"author_name":"rosden shadow","author_uid":"64705","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:16am","epoch":1450066260,"text":"nice use of the theme"},{"author_name":"adamgryu","author_uid":"65705","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:17am","epoch":1450066320,"text":"I liked this a lot! I like it's a super casual strategy\/role-playing game. Maybe I didn't get far enough, but it never seems to lead up to anything though? Anyway, nice :)"},{"author_name":"jward","author_uid":"14909","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 4:20am","epoch":1450066500,"text":"Ha, great interpretation of the theme! I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"Borodar","author_uid":"63198","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 7:12pm","epoch":1450120020,"text":"Very well done!"},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1450129140,"text":"lol, love it, awesome game :)"},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1450129140,"text":"So simple, but the graphical effects are nice and it is a nice polished game!"},{"author_name":"krashja","author_uid":"59611","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1450136700,"text":"Cool game i liked it, its fun!"},{"author_name":"adamyounis","author_uid":"21745","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1450137060,"text":"Pretty good game, though I felt like I was losing only because there were certain cards that didn't show up \/ exist. The production values were good though, and I played a few games. I think the framework is strong, I'd play a deeper version for sure."},{"author_name":"Blake_Lead","author_uid":"60780","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1450137120,"text":"Oh I love the art and sounds !"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:14am","epoch":1450141740,"text":"Neat game, lovely art. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/LlS8bcKfkfQ"},{"author_name":"justinooncx","author_uid":"38380","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:23am","epoch":1450145880,"text":"Haha, social commentary~ It does capture the essence of making tough decisions rather nicely."},{"author_name":"chrizdekok","author_uid":"43930","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:01am","epoch":1450169760,"text":"Great game. Really love the pixel art and the bouncing effect of the "cards""},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 10:22am","epoch":1450174620,"text":"This is a clever idea, but the random effects are SO random that it seems like you have to play for a very long time to have a chance of the proper combinations showing up.\r\rIt seems possible to have 3-5 negative effects happen in a row, and no real way to avoid it. At one point I think I got the same effect 3-4 times in a row.\r\rFood, power, and love are especially hard to increase. Just now, I went through 30 events in a row with ZERO events that had the possibility of increase food.\r\rIt's especially bad because one effect makes you choose between food and love. Love is very hard to increase, but if you lose food instead you're losing love anyway because of hungry people. So I try to focus on food first, but as mentioned, you can easily go through 30+ events without even having a chance to boost food, and there are MANY chances to lose food instead.\r\rJust once I managed to get through the first round with all positive values, but that was because of luck, and then it went downhill because of the balance. How did you manage to beat this game yourself? :("},{"author_name":"Gamepopper","author_uid":"21252","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1450186020,"text":"Simple and straightforward game, liked the choices and effects, as well as the final results. Audio felt a bit basic. Had fun playing this multiple times though, so you got me there!"},{"author_name":"AzureAspect","author_uid":"54852","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1450191900,"text":"Awesome game concept, found this from looking at the youtube video from jupi!\rAs the game proceeded, i was wondering if you could lose or win the game. My people hated me all the time (how do i get more love?). But it only meant that I would get one population drop every turn..not really a big problem."},{"author_name":"Elit3dGaming","author_uid":"50291","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1450198260,"text":"Really good game, very simple but very fun. I like this idea a lot. Unfortunately my nation didn't like me. I'll stick to being a programmer :)"},{"author_name":"PanKamil","author_uid":"51362","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1450198740,"text":"Great idea, it's like Europa Universalis realm decisions made arcade :D. It would be even more interesting if we had limted time for making decisions :>."},{"author_name":"AdamsMcCall","author_uid":"62022","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1450198860,"text":"I feel powerful when I play this :3\rNice concept. Too bad it gets repetitive after a while, but I still had fun :D"},{"author_name":"cudabear","author_uid":"25773","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1450199160,"text":"This was very fun! I was expecting some silly game but instead it turned out to be pretty cool. Shame there's not a whole lot of choices to make, and most of them are repeated. Loved the status updates though, really made it feel like what you were doing was making more of a difference than changing numbers. Graphics are a bit simple for me but complement the game, and audio is awesome. Well done!"},{"author_name":"ajopart","author_uid":"40976","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:19pm","epoch":1450199640,"text":"Nice concept."},{"author_name":"treslapin","author_uid":"58303","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:33pm","epoch":1450200480,"text":"Really nice and simple. Loved all the music. :D"},{"author_name":"PeteDS","author_uid":"65134","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1450201560,"text":"Good game, can get frustrating at points because of your own stupidity earlier on! Great graphics and fits with the theme very well."},{"author_name":"Zetym","author_uid":"34453","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1450203780,"text":"Really well done, feels solid and like high quality work."},{"author_name":"Creative Sectors","author_uid":"39230","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1450211940,"text":"[ETC from Creative Sectors]:\rI like this way of approach to the theme, it's like a voting machine with real world problems. I found it very entertaining for a while, then a lot of negative events appeared before I could fill the last line, Love into positive or greenish state. One important thing I learned with this game is that you never let Power affected and keep it at least one green, to go on continously.\rI really like the 8-bit atmosphere you made for this game it really goes well with the music and I love that you used JavaScript technology to create it."},{"author_name":"cimbaman","author_uid":"60820","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1450267800,"text":"Very nice game, could play for hours :)"},{"author_name":"phi6","author_uid":"29305","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1450298940,"text":"Such a good idea! Would have loved to play longer but the messages started repeating fairly quickly x"},{"author_name":"DrFallos","author_uid":"61003","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 8:15am","epoch":1450339800,"text":"I think it's a good idea. As for me i'd like to add more various events for future."},{"author_name":"sonelliot","author_uid":"55213","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1450415640,"text":"Awesome game. I liked your interpretation of the theme. It felt quite balanced and I laughed at the ending. :)"},{"author_name":"vortex","author_uid":"36386","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1450447020,"text":"Your game looks really nice, and bonus points for a good in game tutorial"},{"author_name":"randomhuman","author_uid":"56477","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1450455720,"text":"Ooops, I was deposed :("},{"author_name":"brainstorm","author_uid":"44355","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1450637640,"text":"Great use of the theme, seen it in other entries!Good sense of humor lack of questions makes it a bit repetitive though.\r\r4\/5"},{"author_name":"EvanEGibbs","author_uid":"45698","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 7:59am","epoch":1451289240,"text":"Very fun game! Gosh I had such a hard time keeping the stats up. At least my people were happy! :P\r\rThe music was really nice and the game tended to also be very funny. I liked it a lot. Nice work! :)"},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1451826420,"text":"Very nice entry. I kind of figure that the point of the game is that you can't win. I'm all for that. But it would have been nice if the illusion of the possibility of managing the country was a little stronger. Basically coming down to having more cards and just making sure that there's a general surplus of negative effects. I played a few cycles and it might be I was unlucky but I never got any chance to gain power. Right off the start I lost one and then I never saw any +1 power card at all. Good entry though."},{"author_name":"caryoscelus","author_uid":"17960","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 10:13am","epoch":1451902080,"text":"I think there're not enough food+ cards being generated."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 4:26pm","epoch":1451924460,"text":"Great interpretation on the theme. I loved that I had unhappy people but was good in all other areas. You can never please people :)"}],"images":["ld34\/24919-70affb7496901401c0629e179df3edff.jpg","ld34\/24919-1839c46834b6cf0d61a237cd74848815.jpg","ld34\/24919-bb066e323751320e8b3b647adc6b35eb.jpg","ld34\/24919-d8b3458fde9643f13dabd822939a7436.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/iamspencer.itch.io\/great-nation","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/StuffBySpencer\/LD34_GreatNation_SourceCode","text":"Source"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuffBySpencer","text":"Twitter"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6137","g_author":"24919","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6191","g_title":"Great Nation","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"117","g_commentcount":"40","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\/24919-shot0-1450050944.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24919-shot1-1450050150.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24919-shot2-1450050150.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/24919-shot3-1450050150.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"Great Nation\"\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nRuling a nation can be tough.\r\n\r\nMake the right choices, balance your nation's wealth, population, and food supply.\r\nMake your nation the strongest in the land.\r\nMake your nations people happy.\r\n\r\nMake your nation GREAT.\r\n\r\n\r\n*NOTE*: This game doesn't have a win state. The only goal is to survive for as long as you can. It does have an ending, though, I don't want to spoil it, so let's just say: you'll definitely know when the game ends \/ you lose. :)","title":"Great Nation"}