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Unstable Volcano by Itskdog

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made by Itskdog for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Unstable Volcano!

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Manage a village that was built next to a volcano.

Basic Instructions:

Left click-drag to select a villager or multiple villagers.

Then right click on the forest or Mine to gather resources .

Or, click the House, Farm, or Wall button for build mode. You can place the building when it turns green with a right click.

Buildings need to be built close to each other. Walls do not.

Use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out. Move the mouse to the edge of the screen to scroll the map. You can name the villagers if you would like.

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Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tAQeNu7l9ay4rdc4jsgNBix9YNpo7cUY/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-volcano

Ratings

Overall 241th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 352th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 524th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 564th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1083th 3.211⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 523th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 380th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 524th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Taximan981
06. Oct 2021 · 08:49 UTC
The programming for the systems on this game you can tell it really good! It was pretty easy so I never saw my villagers burn in the lava but thats probably for the best, I got attached to their names as well lmoa
Daniel Eduardo Martinez
06. Oct 2021 · 09:07 UTC
love the voice acting, and really like the building system, had a little trouble getting NPC's to listen to at the beginning, but I started getting the hang of it later down the line, great job.
LDJam user 259213
06. Oct 2021 · 09:26 UTC
cool idea with awesome voice acting :) i feel like something like a build-queue would have been an awesome feature especially to build the wall.
GHubert
06. Oct 2021 · 09:36 UTC
nice
PashaLoban
06. Oct 2021 · 09:56 UTC
Good game
CloudLunar
06. Oct 2021 · 10:03 UTC
I am very interested in game mechanics
But when I enter the construction mode, although the house has turned green, I still can’t use the right button to build the house. I don’t know why
🎤 Itskdog
06. Oct 2021 · 10:16 UTC
@cloudlunar you must have a villager selected in order to build. When I first started making it, the build indicator wouldn't show at all unless you had a selected villager. This made it tedious to keep clicking the build button. I should have should it red if a villager was not selected.
CloudLunar
06. Oct 2021 · 10:25 UTC
@itskdog Oh, yes, I didn't realize that I had to choose the villagers first.

Let me play it again. Nice game.
🎤 Itskdog
06. Oct 2021 · 10:41 UTC
@taximan981 thanks for playing. Easy is really easy. Normal isn't too bad either. But hard and unstable are almost impossible.
🎤 Itskdog
06. Oct 2021 · 10:43 UTC
@daniel-eduardo-martinez
Thanks for playing. I put in multi selection at the last minute. Wasn't going to have that at all.
🎤 Itskdog
06. Oct 2021 · 10:47 UTC
@linus-szokody you are right about the build system. I didnt get around to. I first just wanted it to where you could only select one character. At the last minute I added the multi select. It did make the game harder and feel more frantic when you could only select on villager.
AnimalX
06. Oct 2021 · 17:37 UTC
Took a little while to get used to the mechanics, but after I got the hang of it it was quite fun! I love the sfx, it reminded me of playing Warcraft2 and having 100s of villagers cut wood at the same time. I would have liked to see villagers return to their job after eating, not doing that makes it more challenging. Overall enjoyed the experience!
🎤 Itskdog
06. Oct 2021 · 19:54 UTC
@animalx we made the voice low so it would be like Warcraft 2. I was thinking that for the food also.
Kerrindor
07. Oct 2021 · 18:55 UTC
This is a solid game. The audio is great and there’s a lot of attention to detail.
As you said earlier it could do with better feedback to the player when you can't build, because no one is selected.
I’d also like a rumble or something a few seconds before the volcano erupts. That might just be because I’m not very good at forward planning!
TwistedHawk
08. Oct 2021 · 00:36 UTC
This is fun! I love the humor of the game, and I always find resource gathering games addicting! It's like if animal crossing suddenly had a volcano!

Nice work!
zet
08. Oct 2021 · 13:40 UTC
Loved the RTS game style!
🎤 Itskdog
08. Oct 2021 · 15:18 UTC
@kerrindor The rumbling idea would have been nice. I didnt have the time for all the sound I wanted. I should have done a camera shake effect.
🎤 Itskdog
08. Oct 2021 · 15:20 UTC
@twistedhawk Thanks for comparing it to Animal Crossing. That would be a neat idea.
🎤 Itskdog
08. Oct 2021 · 15:21 UTC
@zet It does have a good rts feel.
jackiex9527
09. Oct 2021 · 17:04 UTC
wow! A rts in game jam ! Well done !!
chesiq
09. Oct 2021 · 17:06 UTC
Really nice to see a smart game as a submission! I was too scared to have first entry be a management\sim game but I enjoy them myself the most! Really happy that someone else did make them this jam!
Quoc
10. Oct 2021 · 18:28 UTC
Really cool game. I like the graphics and the game idea behind id. Really enjoyed it
Lychee
10. Oct 2021 · 18:39 UTC
I thought the game was well designed! I liked building up a lot of units. My suggestion would be to make buildings more expensive each time you build one, because once I got enough villagers I had way too many resources (but I also played on easy because I'm generally bad at rts's). Good game loop for the jam length though!
KubikZ
10. Oct 2021 · 19:05 UTC
I think that's the best game on ld so far! I was getting a good chuckle every time I heard the voice, love that voice and . Although I was strongly impressed with villager selecting system, it could be (just slightly) improved. I don't like the default Unity buttons and sliders, but I guess that's a trade-off for a fantastic gameplay. I had a ton of fun playing that game, huge thanks for making it!