Wobbly City At Sea by LDJam user 238700

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made by LDJam user 238700 for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

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You've been named the mayor of a tiny island stuck at sea, but there's one small problem...

The island is only held up by a tiny piece of rock!

With people ready to build a city on your island, it's your job to dictate where builds are builds as to best balance the weight and make sure the city doesn't fall into sea. Just be sure not to upset your residents too much or you'll be stuck without any buildings to place!

Drag and drop the queued up building where you think it fits best, and see if you can fill up the open plots without a watery end!

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Ratings

Overall 202th 3.625⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 80th 3.845⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 265th 3.357⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 25th 4.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 266th 3.448⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 118th 3.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 98th 3.46⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 283th 3.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 49🗨️

Feedback

Kora0h
04. Oct 2021 · 01:21 UTC
Music is nice.Also fun to play.I think the time is too long to wait until next building refresh.
Madgvox
05. Oct 2021 · 16:45 UTC
Cute concept! It's visually confusing that the platform stays still and the world rotates. It makes it difficult to tell how the platform is tilting.
kernon
06. Oct 2021 · 15:58 UTC
Fun little title. I was also confused as to why the water was running up sideways relative to my city and realized the city was in fact tilting.
TaBoO_Chris
20. Oct 2021 · 06:03 UTC
Too bad there is no score at the end! I had a lot of fun!
PTSnoop
20. Oct 2021 · 07:06 UTC
I really like the cartoony visual style of this one - and how you've made it very clear what's going on even for people who didn't read the description :)

And I also liked that sudden moment of "oh, wait, it's the sea that's tilting, I'm doing so much worse than I thought I was". Good game!
Mizuiky
20. Oct 2021 · 11:14 UTC
Hi! I enjoyed to play your game, he concept of balance the island with the buildings is a great mechanic :) I liked as well the waves animation, and the sound is cool too. great job!
crefossus
21. Oct 2021 · 08:17 UTC
Nice music and mood. I liked to progress and experiment with building placement so good job there. The next piece is a little too slow. Placing/dragging of buildings is pretty clear. drag me!
LDJam user 261242
21. Oct 2021 · 08:42 UTC
Really fun! Different buildings have different position demands which make me in dilemma. It's really fun!
xpoho
21. Oct 2021 · 09:04 UTC
Строили, строили, и, наконец... упали в океан. Ааа!
Tomtomgome
21. Oct 2021 · 09:08 UTC
Amazing ! Gripping gameplay, for a compo I don't have much negative things to say. I would love to see this as a full fledged game, I hope you'll get your 20 ratings
Bastienre4
21. Oct 2021 · 09:34 UTC
Wow that stadium is heavy!
Neat entry, good job!
Pandore
21. Oct 2021 · 09:52 UTC
To be honest I wasn't expecting to have that mush fun when i launched the game, but I rapidly got hoocked and grow eager to make the most out of my island x)
The music was chill and the zoom on the camera when your island is about to fall is a simple but really nice touch that add to the panic of the moment !
Overall I am impressed and surprised. That was a solid entry and I would love to see it becoming a full fledged mini-game/mobile game with maybe better graphics ? (the only downside in my eyes)

Here is what I managed to accomplish : ![c6da00123784d2dcaf509ef6b2619b40.png](///raw/da0/04/z/484be.png)

Oh and the fact is that our games are in fact really close concept-wise x) Don't hesitate to go take a look :3
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/frail-ascent
quanperfect
21. Oct 2021 · 09:53 UTC
Simple concept, pretty fun. Thanks!
Voidsay
21. Oct 2021 · 10:22 UTC
God only knows why they want to build 3 stadiums and just as many airports on a tiny off kilter island, but I gosh darn did it... before it all collapsed of course.

Seems that your web build is a bit weird. Starting with the development build and ending with the odd screen cropping. Now since you provide a source code anyway the fact that it is a dev build is not too big of an issue, but keep in mind that people can read your code if it is a dev build. I assume you did that because the normal web build didn't work. If this is the case you should simply deactivate the compression then it will work just fine.
Regarding the resolution, itch has a special option that auto adjusts the frame size to whatever unity wants (it is a small drop down)
Misfire_dev
21. Oct 2021 · 11:34 UTC
This is way more fun than it first appears and also a lot harder :D everything is really solid, I had no issues with any mechanics, the sounds where great, overall this is a great entry :)
LDJam user 257438
21. Oct 2021 · 11:37 UTC
Amazing game guys and try to score more bcoz the LD is going end!!
VarunDevs
21. Oct 2021 · 12:41 UTC
Really fun
Papaver
21. Oct 2021 · 13:03 UTC
Cool game with a great take on the theme!
I enjoyed playing and played a few times. I didn't manage to fill the whole island.
I'd like to see some kind of score in my gameover screen, so that I can try to beat it next time.
Sometimes it was quite exciting, "GIVE ME ANOTHER BUILDING, QUICK!"
The tilting waves are a nice animation to simulate the tilting of the island, but I found that it took me some time to get used to it. I like the music. Well done!
Emaigualmc2_art
21. Oct 2021 · 14:46 UTC
Good idea! fun graphics, good job!
FromTheChasm
21. Oct 2021 · 14:56 UTC
​Brilliant game. Challenging, orginal and inventive. I liked juggling the different variables, both the weight, and happiness. The weight won out. I knew those stadiums were going to be heavy bois! well done.
LDJam user 259103
21. Oct 2021 · 19:35 UTC
Really liked this one! It was unique, fun to play, and aesthetically nice. I liked the zooming effect then the island was tilting!

Great job! :)
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