Senatus by Matthieu Riboulot

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made by Matthieu Riboulot for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Save the Roman Empire from destruction with mini-games. Manage every problem of the empire until you take a well deserved break at * 476 AD*.

You only need your mouse AND your keyboard.

Art/Sound - Khelian https://twitter.com/KhelianElfinde

Design/Code - Matthieu Riboulot https://twitter.com/matlemoddeur

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05/10

Very minor changes patch:

  • a small UI change (only 1 text fix, no new asset)

  • a light offset for the starting position of the character

Ratings

Overall 468th 3.724⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 712th 3.45⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 699th 3.35⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 829th 3.45⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 219th 4.25⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 110th 4.067⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 672th 3.05⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 349th 3.783⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 250825
05. Oct 2021 · 21:15 UTC
Clever take on the theme! Probably just me being slow but the "Find the schemer" minigame took a while for me to understand as I tried to click all the knife wielding people and it changed around every time I clicked it until the finger randomly aligned :D The art is very nice as well, especially the bath minigame animation.
Lucas Viana
05. Oct 2021 · 21:21 UTC
Art felt right to this game, love the aesthetic. The rush trough the problems was so well designed tho, this game deserves some credits, pretty solid casual entry, good work!
Garet
05. Oct 2021 · 23:44 UTC
The art and animation were really on point.
Really like this take on the theme and the minigames were actually diverse !

I can really see this turn into a fully fledged game, congrats guys !
ljol3
05. Oct 2021 · 23:47 UTC
all I had to do was really just keep going the same path, but the art,music, and sounds were great!

and the victory screen had tasteful boobage +1
ROBOWARRIOR1982
06. Oct 2021 · 07:33 UTC
I like the graphics and the general ambiant. This compilation of mini game in a coherent theme work fine, it can be a good management phase in a bigger game like a strategic game or a war game.That was fun (but a little repetitive too on the long time), good job !
Yapalot
07. Oct 2021 · 00:42 UTC
Great art style and animations! Also good job with the UI design, I was able to understand every mechanic on my first playthrough! Perhaps a next step for this game could be to add more than one minigame for each location? Also I'm not sure what the best way to do this would be but it would be interesting to see a method of shaking up the player's path between locations, maybe randomize the countdown a bit?
Flying Basement Studio
07. Oct 2021 · 15:19 UTC
The visuals and music are absolutely stunning! I also think it is an interesting take on the theme. The minigames were fun from the beginning but the game become repetitive for me quite quickly. Maybe it would be interesting to add some minigames to each location, randomize the countdowns or add some obstacles so the player needs to change the path a little bit. But I understand there probably wasn't time for this during the jam.
Kiwi663
07. Oct 2021 · 15:22 UTC
Very nice art and animations.
Pixelydian
07. Oct 2021 · 16:05 UTC
I feel like a Roman! Interesting take on the theme. Art and music are great and the mini games were all unique. Some randomization to change up the pathing would have been nice, also would have made things a bit more "unstable", but fun concept and I enjoyed it! Great job!
Bruno Molteni
07. Oct 2021 · 16:59 UTC
The graphics, music and SFX were great, the gameplay was a bit lacking, it's a missed oportunity that the mini-games are always the same, it just changing some parameters every time you played each could've added some needed challenge
Fluorescent
08. Oct 2021 · 00:17 UTC
The game is bonkers when it comes to polish, you guys rock :) Enjoyed playing through it, enjoyed the smile while bathing - which is why the ending was so much more enjoyable, too!

Overall, a pleasure to look at and very solid, even if simple, in terms of gameplay.
kr4ft3r
08. Oct 2021 · 20:51 UTC
while not amazing gameplay-wise, the smoothness of movement and awesome graphics make it memorable (of course audio helps as well). It's a fluid candy and it felt good to bath in it for a while.
0x746564
09. Oct 2021 · 01:09 UTC
Was a bit confused my first play-through, but got the hang of it quickly in my second. Shaking the chest was my favorite! Nice graphics and sound! Thanks for the audio sliders on the menu!
Solah
10. Oct 2021 · 15:51 UTC
Wow, incredible art and music here, love the sound design too! The minigames are simple yet fun, well done!
Seems like it is not easy to be a senator ah ah
Khelian
11. Oct 2021 · 11:44 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback! We're glad that you rather enjoyed our entry ^^

We did bump into some issues during making the game, as it was kinda hard making all those little gameplays, but it's cool that our take on the theme is appreciated.

Salvēte, bonōrum lūdiōrum o/
JaviCoder
11. Oct 2021 · 17:24 UTC
It is very cool, visually and soundly it is great. The minigames are nice, coupled with time management makes it fun to play. The control I think could still be improved because sometimes I wanted to go down and accidentally enter the same minigame that I had just played. I would like you to be able to expand it with even more mini-games or situations because it has been little to me. very solid entry, good job
ELVEVERX
12. Oct 2021 · 11:24 UTC
The art was beautiful and the animation was solid. I enjoyed the atmosphere created by the sound!
Mechazawa
12. Oct 2021 · 11:35 UTC
The minigames were cute, the idea of running around and balancing them is pretty cool. Loving the artstyle