Rock, Paper, Geometry! by agrdev

made by agrdev for MINI44 (COMPO)

"Rock, Paper, Geometry!" - is a real-time tactic game based on "rock, paper, scissors" rules with random generated levels and impulse movement.
How to play:
Your team is blue. Red team is your enemy. You must destroy them using "rock, paper, scissors" rules: Triangles are scissors, square is paper, circle is rock!
Controls:
Left click on unit - Select unit.
Right click on the map - Send unit to that point by giving him an impulse.
R - restart level.
Note:
There is an experimental time limit feature. It has been made to prevent deadlocks in gameplay.
This is my first MiniLD/LD game ever. Hope you'll enjoy it!
P.S. I'll probably write a postmortem during next week. It will be my first postmortem ever! :)

Web (Unity)	http://games.agrpb.tmweb.ru/7drts/
Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18623681/games/7drts/RockPaperGeometry_win.zip
Linux	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18623681/games/7drts/RockPaperGeometry_linux.zip
OS/X	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18623681/games/7drts/RockPaperGeometry_macosx.zip
Postmortem	http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/07/30/rock-paper-geometry-postmortem/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/minild-44/?action=preview&uid=24628

Feedback

superjoe

30. Jul 2013 · 08:55 UTC

I see a black screen. No errors on the console. It doesn't look like anything is loading. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/28.0.1500.71 Chrome/28.0.1500.71 Safari/537.36

🎤 agrdev

30. Jul 2013 · 09:52 UTC

Added standalone builds for desktop platforms.

superjoe

30. Jul 2013 · 10:54 UTC

Standalone worked, thanks! I like the art, especially the logo. The gameplay mechanics are a fun take on RTS. I like the idea. I would have liked to see some depth here.

🎤 agrdev

30. Jul 2013 · 14:33 UTC

Thanks! I'll definitely add some more features, maybe a multiplayer.

Gwilym

30. Jul 2013 · 18:11 UTC

Yay, I won. Was lots of fun once I got the hang of which shape beat which. Multiplayer would make this awesome :)

Gwilym

30. Jul 2013 · 18:12 UTC

Oh yeah. And how come this game has a linux version when all the other unity games don't?

🎤 agrdev

30. Jul 2013 · 18:47 UTC

Thanks for feedback!
I don't know why others don't upload Linux versions. As I know, Unity Web Player doesn't work on Linux. Am I right?

Gwilym

30. Jul 2013 · 20:36 UTC

Very much so. Its annoying because I can't play about half the entries.

superjoe

31. Jul 2013 · 02:30 UTC

Correct, it does not work on linux. I could probably get it to work if I spent hours screwing with it, but why would I do that?

Follett

31. Jul 2013 · 10:42 UTC

Multiplayer of this would be great!

Makio

31. Jul 2013 · 11:35 UTC

haha ! funny !! :D

rubna

31. Jul 2013 · 12:00 UTC

Great work! Love the simplicity of it. I b et this would be loads of fun multiplayer :)

DogShitEmpire

31. Jul 2013 · 12:33 UTC

Oh man, I don't know why but the spastic movement of the shapes just cracks me up! A very different kind of RTS, and that's definitely a good thing.

🎤 agrdev

31. Jul 2013 · 13:32 UTC

Thanks for feedback! :) I agree with the spastic movement. I also suppose the unit selection might be better.
And one more! What do you think about highlighting enemies/killers for current selected unit?

DMT

31. Jul 2013 · 13:44 UTC

Ha this one was great. A true RTS like strategy with a simple minimalist/arcade feel.

AVataRR

31. Jul 2013 · 14:14 UTC

Lol, I thought this game was pretty funny. At first I didn't really get it.. trying to memorise what kind of geometry beat what - I'm retarded >_<. It was just rock paper scisors like you said in the instructions!!
Triangles are scissors, square is paper, circle is rock!
Honestly, this is the first game in 7dRTS where I was actually vocalising and shouting at what was happening on screen.
Great game. :)

🎤 agrdev

31. Jul 2013 · 14:52 UTC

Thanks!
"Triangles are scissors, square is paper, circle is rock!" - I should add this to the rules instructions. :)

MiniBobbo

31. Jul 2013 · 15:40 UTC

I agree that if you had the "this beats that" on the main screen it would have been helpful while learning the game. Once I got it down though it was a lot of fun!

timtipgames

31. Jul 2013 · 16:53 UTC

Already loved the game for the name. Was actually a lot of fun to play :) Liked the impulse mechanic. Only hit the timer once, don't think it's needed,

🎤 agrdev

31. Jul 2013 · 18:19 UTC

Thanks!
Timer helps to prevent situations like this:
After battle you have two circles and your enemy has one square. You can't beat him, but he can beat you. You can just hiding behind the blocks from him, and the round will never end.

klianc09

31. Jul 2013 · 19:00 UTC

One of the most polished games I have seen so far, you seem to really have a feel for the scope of a MiniLD (or LD in general). Knowing which beats which is really easy if you have the rock-paper-scissors metaphor in your head.
It's a little bit too easy sometimes, as the AI just seems to move at random, I was missing a little bit of depth here. But nice otherwise.

Zeredek

01. Aug 2013 · 02:22 UTC

Well, it was pretty cool. It felt more of a "who clicks first" game than an RTS since you started with the same amounts of everything.

srd

02. Aug 2013 · 06:05 UTC

Cool, innovative game. It moves a bit too fast for me, though - especially with the AI lacking any limits on orders per second.

phi

02. Aug 2013 · 18:01 UTC

Very funny one! The computer enemy isn't really hard, but it's a fun idea and lovely realized. I don't like the time limit. I'd rather detect deadlocks and let the game end then.
Nice work!

vincepascoe

05. Aug 2013 · 09:33 UTC

cool I won! some basic strategy of after I got rid of one type using the others to "protect" the ones I didn't need... but mainly I just control one piece. simple liked the random field

ntrstd11

13. Aug 2013 · 21:17 UTC

Good idea, though the shapes are a bit complicated. İt's a nice way to combine different games. You can even turn it into a rts with traditional click controls in the future.