Descent into tyranny by duo-afgebeld
“I am in blood Stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er” – Macbeth
You are the king of Draconia. The people had enough of your tyranny, but the only way you can survive is by stepping up the tyranny even more!
Place objects with mouse. Left button: barrier Right button: megaphone Middle button: fire cannon

| Link | http://tmtg.nl/ludumdare/ld48/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/descent-into-tyranny-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 907th | 3.52⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 524th | 3.6⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 244th | 3.88⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1742th | 2.74⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1562th | 2.923⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 1143th | 2.75⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 709th | 2.929⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1483th | 3.023⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
Had to sit through some levels for ages because they keep turning red, but got there eventually.
Ok, played the game. Good entry over all. The pathfinding could use a little work, I ended up having to restart a lot because I accidentally trapped a red guy
My only minor complaint would be to put the item counts that are at the top of the screen in mouse-button order so it would be easier to remember which mouse button did what.
This mechanic isn't explained as far as I could tell, but it seems the people kinda have an aggression level based on if they see you murder other dudes (and maybe some other things). It seemed like this was separate from the tyranny level, but let me know if I'm wrong xD It's subtle, but it really adds to the challenge of the puzzles and how you think about solving them
The game could definitely use more polish, but honestly I would play 100 more levels of this as it is. It's seriously awesome and I hope you plan on expanding it!
The game is so good, this and Bioluminescence reminded me of Hidden in plain sight mini games. The mechanics + the randomness make it so entertaining, and the difficulty curve is nice, although I finished the sandbox ones before the middle ones, and... couldn't do the 5 :sob:
Maybe the levels could be arranged on a map, and without numbers, to encourage people doing them in whichever order they feel like.
Great job :)