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If the game is more smoother\/faster, I would enjoy it much more.\n\nIt feels like Fallout Shelter at first glance, but it is a different type of tycoon game when you go deeper.\n\nI would like to see more challenges and motivations to continue playing.\n\nWell done :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":655546,"author_name":"Yigit Doruk","author_uid":"yigit-doruk","epoch":1619569231,"text":"I think the game lacks a proper goal to guide players. I spent most of my time to figure out what to do. But the concept is interesting, reminds me the games like fallout shelter. I hope you could execute your vision after the jam, I believe there is a potential here. Keep up the good work <3","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":663696,"author_name":"ragnor","author_uid":"ragnor","epoch":1619626356,"text":"Thanks for the lovely comments. Unfortunately we could barely finish the game just in time so we didn't have much time to balance or prepare a guide or tutorial. But our biggest sin is we couldn't add enough game feedback to players. We had planned to add small icons on dwarfs to indicate what are they up to for example. \n\nThe game definitely needs work but comments like these gives us real motivation to work on and make it better.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":671692,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1619692656,"text":"For me was a fun little prototype. The game looks pretty good and the music was also good. The gameplay balance could have been better, and the AI is not perfect, but it's all okay for jam game. I would like there have been a goal, or perhaps a way to lose the game. But anyway a pretty good jam game. Well done.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":678405,"author_name":"JokubasG","author_uid":"jokubasg","epoch":1619775436,"text":"Very interesting and fun game, good music, game would be better if it had a goal, but for 3 day game jam it's very good.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":684980,"author_name":"Incal","author_uid":"incal","epoch":1619895994,"text":"Nice idea, impressive for a jam. My dwarves always stop doing things and just stand there, would be nice to have some feedback on what's going on.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":685737,"author_name":"C4Scar","author_uid":"c4scar","epoch":1619909031,"text":"Needs a lot more improvement in terms of player feedback but I think it could turn out really cool. I could not tell if the dwarves were dead or eating for example. The speed at which they seem to die or lose motivation also should be reduced because it seems like you basically need to build everything over ground immediately to make sure your stats are in the green. Maybe you could add a little UI card that comes up when you hover over a dwarf that shows your relevant stats like hunger, thirst, and current task that way the player can 'debug' what their little colony needs. Also a speed up\/down option would be nice to reduce waiting.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":687653,"author_name":"Raphiell","author_uid":"raphiell","epoch":1619968125,"text":"Great entry, I found sometimes my dwarves weren't building anything new for some reason, unsure why. Great 3d models and good job completing something so ambitious!\n\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":687676,"author_name":"ragnor","author_uid":"ragnor","epoch":1619968744,"text":"Thanks for all the great feedback! \n\nIf your dwarves just standing still is probably a bug, something went wrong in their AI and they just stuck there. But also it could because they need food, sleep, for fun but there is not empty building to go, so they stand still and wait. This is our fault for not putting enough feedback for the players. We planned for some but we were run out of time and have to cut most of it. I think right now they just gave out a sounds for being hungry, sleepy or bored but it is easy to miss also not enough as you don't understand which dwarf that made that sound. 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