The Butterfly effect by Shakedimus
The weather is very unstable. So unstable that the flap of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane. A fact that is very, very interesting to your evil genius...
Use your trained low pressure( blue) and high pressure (red) butterflies to bring the world's nations to their knees. Control the butterflies (WASD + E to switch/ arrow keys + SPACE to switch) to guide the winds to protect your allies (green zones) and obliterate your misguided enemies (red zones)!
--HOW TO PLAY--- (Thanks @leokrechmer)
- There are two types of zones: red and green. Green are your ally, Red is the enemy. Their health is indicated by a number.
- Zones get damaged by getting hit by wind, higher wind speeds results in higher damage.
- You control the wind by moving the butterflies.(WASD + E to switch/ arrow keys + SPACE to switch) Blue ones attract the wind, and the red ones repel it.
You win the wave by eliminating the enemy zones, and having survivors on your side. the more survivors the more points you get.
Pro tip: move red butterflies to friendly zones
Playthrough
https://youtu.be/vLCHp_HHSrQ
| Link | https://shakedimus.itch.io/the-butterfly-effect |
| Link | https://shakedimus.itch.io/the-butterfly-effect |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/the-butterfly-effect |
Ratings
| Overall | 1218th | 3.135⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1355th | 2.769⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 202th | 3.846⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 703th | 3.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1290th | 2.712⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
I tried your game out but I am not sure what I am supposed to be doing? I was able to move the little Godot icon around, and the lines whirl around and follow it. This is a cool effect!
Cheers! [-LB](https://ldjam.com/users/the-lame-brain/)
There are two tipes of zomes, red and green. Green is friendly, Red is the enemy. You win the wave by eliminationg the enemy site, and have survivors ar your side. You do it by moving the butterflies. Blue one, attrackt the wind, and the red ones do the opposite. So just move red ones to your friendly zones, and move blue one to the enemy. Thats how you play this game :)
Wave: 9
This was really, really fun! I loved the concept, and it was cool!
Was slightly confusing at first but then I got a hang of it!
Maybe, rubegoldberg inspired, puzzle elements could be an interesting direction to take this.
Well programmed physics, I'm not sure how you managed to program high and low-pressure butterflies, but I'm impressed :)
Gameplay took me a few minutes to understand as there's no tutorial - but that's understandable given the time constraints.
Graphics are relatively simplistic too, would've been nice to see countries represented as actual country shapes rather than squares - but I can't be too picky!
Kudos for a unique and interesting concept :)
Personally, I found it a little annoying having to scroll through my various butterflies to select the one I wanted then found moving them around to be sooo slow especially with how quickly territories can be destroyed. For me, I think I would have preferred mouse control where you can click and drag. Maybe still have them move at a set, slightly slower speed (bit OP if you can just insta move them with your mouse haha) but that would have made it a little more user friendly in my opinion.
Overall, really cool concept that I imagine has some very interesting code behind it (I'm not a programmer so probably can't really appreciate it) and nice visual feedback. Congrats on a great game!
Too cool. Took a minute to wrap my head around the gameplay but once I figured it out, I enjoyed it. Like playing Risk with bugs!
Cheers.