Smoke Diss by Andreas Roschal

In "Smoke Diss" you create insults with smoke signals to shame your enemy.
Rivalries between different tribes are not uncommon. The way such rivalries manifest on the other hand ... can be rather unique sometimes. Dish out heated arguments - by using heat and smoke.
Combine different smoke signals to create the perfect insults and show your dominance.
Input
The game is played using only the mouse.
Goal
Win against all your opponents and become the most heated debater.
Tips
Your fire resources are retained during turns. You may save up your resources to dish out bigger and stronger combos later.
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| Web | https://andreasroschal.itch.io/smoke-diss |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/smoke-diss |
Ratings
| Overall | 24th | 4.28⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 38th | 4.14⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 37th | 4.18⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 9th | 4.64⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 183th | 4.212⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 144th | 3.96⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 19th | 4.396⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 105th | 4.196⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 22🗨️ |
I didn't fully figure out the rules of the language, but I would say I'm so good at swearing lol
The gameplay is intuitive and the "helping tutorial hand" helped a lot in the beginning.
Having bigger numbers, when you achieve better insults, would be a good visual touch and would add to the motivation. Little sound effects while triggering the insecurities would also enhance the feedback additionaly to your exclamation mark.
Nice implementation of the theme. Had fun insulting the other tribe.
"Baby ugly and not strong." - some native american tribesman. ;)
Good stuff, plays well on mobile too
The face reacting to everything is just perfect, it makes this game. You guys get my first 5 for humour this jam.
The art is great too.
A bit more variety between the rounds might have been nice.
I do wish I could retain some of my cards between rounds to prepare for the ultimate soul crushing insult! That Baby Weak & Ancestor Stinky was just waiting to happen! I did not quite understood what gave me more and what less points apart from the obscurities...
It all came together to a very funny entry!
You should be really proud of this entry!
Great work, team!
replenish their digest of insults! USEFUL!
The only thing that could be improved is to clarify what impacts the actual damage, because after playing couple of times I couldn't really figure out when my insults are gonna do significant damage and when not, other than using insecurities. In fact I tried to play extremely nice, and the grammar check is definitely there, because by being nice you deal 0 points, but it wasn't clear how to maximize them.
Game. Good. Brain. Big. And. Smart. Entry. Good.