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The Bay of the Ineffable by HendrikLober

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made by HendrikLober for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)
Best played in fullscreen, CONTROLS: left click to spawn, C to change monster type

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It's done! @wizard-frog and I finished our first ever Game Jam entry in a team of two. Everything in this game was created during the 72 h. We had planned many more features, but the time constraint hit us harder than expected. At least, there is a playable version. We hope you have fun with it. Mad respect to all participants. We can't wait to play your games!

LD50 entry - The Bay of the Ineffable https://hendrik-lober.itch.io/ld50
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/the-bay-of-the-ineffable

Ratings

Overall 1004th 3.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 914th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 803th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1005th 3.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 706th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 862th 2.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1065th 2.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1198th 2.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Cresceda
05. Apr 2022 · 00:23 UTC
Love the art style! Reminds me of Catan a bit. I do miss some instructions though, it took some time to figure it out.

Edit: It was very fun to play though! Nice submission ^^
🎤 HendrikLober
05. Apr 2022 · 00:29 UTC
Yeah the icons are a bit cryptic. We tied it all together in the last moments and the usability fell flat a bit. Thank you very much for playing!
aasimow
05. Apr 2022 · 00:30 UTC
Fun one! I'm unable to survive very long at all, but that might just be in accordance with the theme. As a big fan of catan, the role reversal was awesome. We were also a team of two doing it for our first time, so I definitely agree with the surprising nature of the time constraint. Still, this is a very impressive first go at it, good job!!
firescape games
05. Apr 2022 · 01:07 UTC
Really nice game, even though it's simple I really enjoyed playing it. I would maybe suggest if you come back to make a post-jam version or just small edits now, that you could have a couple different sound effects since the sound got a bit repetitive. But that is just a small edit. Overall, great game!
captainexpo
05. Apr 2022 · 01:09 UTC
Really cool game, I would have loved for the games to go on a little bit longer but I enjoyed it!
timeboss
05. Apr 2022 · 01:14 UTC
I Like it short and fun.

One bug though i can't win
I killed all them.
Str8griz
05. Apr 2022 · 03:42 UTC
Little confused at first, but came up with a good strat from using the goats and the first guy. Looks great!
LucaVazz
05. Apr 2022 · 13:10 UTC
Very fun concept once you get the hang of it :thumbsup:
Momo_Hunter
05. Apr 2022 · 13:17 UTC
Fun game, but I randomly lost the game even though there was nearly no one left, but otherwise great work
Lucy Lu
05. Apr 2022 · 14:46 UTC
I love the design and the concept is interesting in a good way :v:
She Wrote
05. Apr 2022 · 20:10 UTC
Simple, but so much fun
Bottled up Dark Peace
06. Apr 2022 · 17:37 UTC
I recorded myself playing, message me on the Jam’s discord @ Dark Peace and I’ll send it to you. I didn't really got how it was possible, it feels like you really can't do anything. I mean that might be the point but I can't last longer than a min so idk.
LDJam user 93368
07. Apr 2022 · 10:37 UTC
Congratulations for your first ever Jam! You did a great job and hit the theme really well.

I managed to keep the settlements at bay. At some points I could just spam the big dudes. If there was a way to destroy the campfires the inevitable would have been evitable ;)

I liked the sprites and the general gameplay. The sounds were a bit annoying in the end. All in all a solid entry for the jam.
Arttu Halonen
07. Apr 2022 · 11:06 UTC
I was a bit confused at first, maybe a little tutorial or some UI tips would help? Understandably not under the time pressure of the jam, of course. But congrats on finishing! The game looks nice and the concept is promising. Keep it up!
Poppy Entertainment
07. Apr 2022 · 12:15 UTC
it make me think a lot of catan
icxon
09. Apr 2022 · 05:18 UTC
Congrats on your first game! 🎉 Some game end indication and scoring would be really useful. I like your art and villages updating.

Here is my playtest:

https://youtu.be/Boo5FK3-_sk
🎤 HendrikLober
09. Apr 2022 · 20:00 UTC
Icxion holy smokes thank you for your review! I love what Protolife became and I am frequently returning to it. I loved NetStorm as my first tower-offense game and your cellular automata really knocked the concept out of the park. It has some of the best solutions to the common problems tower defenses face I have seen so far.

Thank you for your time, you are an inspiration, man.
zimny11
12. Apr 2022 · 16:28 UTC
Congratulation on your first game and welcome to the Ludum Dare community! The only thing missing is some instructions either in the game or here in the game description, because the player feels confused at the start. Once I get hang of it, I reduced humanity to ashes XD Nice art style and cool sound effects (a bit of variation of monster screaming would be a nice addition). Anyway, well done!
oramun
15. Apr 2022 · 17:18 UTC
Wow, I'm sure my first game was not this polished lol. Loved the art style and the concept. The mechanics were solidly implemented and agree with another comment that a score would be a good addition to allow you to measure how good you did from run to run. Great game though :)