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Hexy by rasblo

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made by rasblo for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

A little strategy game where you try to take more hexes than your opponent

ezgif.com-video-to-gif.gif Take turns placing your hexes starting from the middle. The first player starts with 2, then it is 3 a turn.

ezgif.com-video-to-gif (1).gif When an opponent's hex is surrounded by 5 of yours, you take it!

ezgif.com-video-to-gif (2).gif The first player who gets to the edge of the board gets a reward DELIVERED (the center hex)

ezgif.com-video-to-gif (3).gif If you block off an area completely you take the whole thing

Can you beat the CPU?! (some are dumb, some can be a challenge..)

But best played dueling a friend!

Tools: - Unity - Blender - Gimp - Bandlab/Audacity

Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rMwYPDcjj7KRfWiAsWbv32MhojlLH3Z3/view?usp=share_link
Link https://qiwi.itch.io/hexy
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/hexy

Ratings

Overall 208th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 122th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 166th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 403th 1.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 319th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 177th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 227th 2.735⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 276th 3⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Calcopod
01. May 2023 · 08:46 UTC
Hey, wanted to let you know I tried opening the web build, but it can't find the link, so currently it seems the game is unplayable? You can respond to this comment when that is fixed, as I'll have notifications on and I'll be back to rate the game!
Tom Cumpsty
01. May 2023 · 08:48 UTC
If you respond to this when you get the web build link working I will play it too :)
🎤 rasblo
01. May 2023 · 10:10 UTC
@calcopod @tom-cumpsty My tired mistake! Thanks for letting me know, should work now :)
Calcopod
01. May 2023 · 10:20 UTC
Very fun game. Played a few rounds with a friend. Created a similar atmosphere to RISK, if you know the game.

Great entry!
nekowei
01. May 2023 · 10:34 UTC
Is this a hex version go game? Very interesting design! but sadly I can't see the relation with theme :(
pdotjpg
02. May 2023 · 20:30 UTC
Nice take on Go. Ended up playing longer than I expected. Simple clean visuals too. The delivery guy's a bit weird, ha, like you're stretching to fit the theme in some way.
Douwe_Ravers
02. May 2023 · 20:39 UTC
That random guy with the delivery really got me laughing. I love these kind of weird random events.
The music was really nice! Did you play the song on a real instrument?
Concept was also fun. Even it was just against the CPU.
ollie_d
02. May 2023 · 22:17 UTC
Awesome game! I also did a hex-based puzzler, so I might be biased haha. I really enjoyed the music. The game reminds me a lot of the line and dot game I used to play back in school. This has a lot of character and that's hard to pull off in such a short time -- kudos.

![hex_delivery.png](///raw/ab9/44/z/5adde.png)
🎤 rasblo
03. May 2023 · 07:02 UTC
Thanks for playing everyone!

@pdotjpg @nekowei Some might say I made the game without focusing on the theme, then forced it into my game on the last day with a random delivery man and a mailbox.. some might say that.

On a more serious note, actually not inspired by Go, but I see it and will happily take that comparison!

@douwe-ravers Cheers! Yes hah recently got a ukulele so I had to use it :)

@ollie-d Thanks a lot! Will definitely check out your hex game as soon as I find the time - we must unite
LCStark
04. May 2023 · 21:33 UTC
Simple, but nice! It reminds me of old dots game I used to play in my notebooks at school. And I always love a hex-grid game. The game's AI is interesting - it feels like most of the time it's pretty easy, but once in a while it turns out I've missed something, made a stupid error and lost. Still, I'm winning about 4/5 matches, so there's that for me. :P And the music's really nice, I love how it gets faster after the "Delivery". :P

![hexy.png](///raw/3cc/31/z/5b51c.png)
salyon
07. May 2023 · 23:27 UTC
Very cool entry, it's awesome that you could fit an AI to it! Not that strong on the theme, but a solid entry!
deformhead
09. May 2023 · 06:40 UTC
Really good entry, loved the graphics, good job for all the hard work in only 48h!
Jonathan Lorenz
12. May 2023 · 14:50 UTC
Had to try again a few times before getting it. Nice little game, not sure about the relation to the theme but hey, I enjoyed my time playing the game. If I would change something, it would be to have less grey graphics and some scenery elments in the background. Good work overall!
TheSmellofOxygen
12. May 2023 · 15:03 UTC
Fun and simple. I like the cute music and the tile-placement animation, but I think due to the small size of the project you could have spent some time making the font/UI a little nicer. I also don't see any relation to the theme unfortunately, besides having an image of a postman and mailbox.
jk5000
12. May 2023 · 19:00 UTC
A very fun little strategy game. The gameplay is fun and I love the music. Overall an interesting and fun little jam game. Well done.
SinusQuell
12. May 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Once I realized I could encircle the other players tiles, it got so much better :D
CodeRaurus
17. May 2023 · 17:24 UTC
This feels like a great couch game. I would've liked a little in-game guide to explain how many pieces you can place and how the center block works. I thought it was game over when the opponent reached to the border before me and the mailman started running. After realizing the game was still on I assumed the block would yield more points. But it seemed to count as one as well.

Good work!