Kings Orders by Dannyk1994

made by Dannyk1994 for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

** Uploaded V1.1 of game file. Bug fixes 1) audio repeating on restart 2) Order demands doubling

You have been given a small piece of land by your king. He demands payments in return for this honour. Keep up with the payments and avoid being banished from the kingdom. He is a greedy king so be wary, he demands will keep rising!

Artwork - https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/tiny-swords Audio - https://kenney.nl/assets

HTML5 version is buggy - runs slow. Try windows download for best experience

Tutorial GIFS below

Itch.io	https://danny-k1994.itch.io/kings-orders
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/kings-orders

Ratings

Overall	338^th	3.591⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Fun	309^th	3.477⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	463^th	3.136⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Theme	206^th	3.977⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Mood	255^th	3.773⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Given		13🗳️	24🗨️

Feedback

edali

Oct 06th · 23:01 UTC

really fun game idea! i like the little sheep i felt so bad about having to kill theeem! The music accelerates everytime i reran the game after losing, but other than that it ran smoothly and i thought the graphics were very crisp. Great job :)

haka

Oct 07th · 00:17 UTC

Cool! The game feels very complete. The tutorial text at the start seemed a bit blurry and was hard to read, but the game itself is fantastic!

LDJam user 411567

Oct 08th · 13:14 UTC

Really like the vibe! Great game especially considering your time constraint! The animations are well made!
it was interesting discovering the wokrers clump together and that you can carry the resources yourself sort of.
Ah and the kings orders grr :P

Kalbshack

Oct 08th · 21:31 UTC

Managed to do 12 days :smile: Nice little game idea. Good work.

DeepD2eam

Oct 08th · 21:47 UTC

I'm a bit too fond of this game—maybe it's my love for management-style challenges. The game design is excellent, and the game itself is incredibly well-rounded. Nice Job！

Schu

Oct 08th · 21:49 UTC

Nicely done! The tutorial was a bit longer than I'd like but fine for a jam game. I didn't find the gameplay super engaging past the first couple days since there was never a need to rearrange my workers or make interesting decisions. The art is beautiful and mechanically the bones are solid. Nice work!

Nomus

Oct 08th · 21:49 UTC

Cute and simple, wish there was a bit more use to the gold and wood, but very nice

Silas Reinagel

Oct 08th · 21:59 UTC

This feels like a great foundation! The art and music are also incorporated nicely and provide a good mood. It's nice to set the workers to work.

I wish there were more upgrades to buy and things to build.

🎤 Dannyk1994

Oct 08th · 22:01 UTC

@schu @nomus @silas-reinagel thanks for the feedback. Would love to have added more upgrades! Thats the drawback of starting 9 hours before the deadline! Post jam version going to much more playable

Silas Reinagel

Oct 08th · 22:11 UTC

@dannyk1994 Wow! That's very impressive for starting at T-Minus-9, and working solo!

F2_

Oct 08th · 22:36 UTC

It was fun to manage the workers, and the game has a nice atmosphere.

The only small bug I experienced was the sheep spawning somewhere inaccessible (possibly under the scrolls at the top).

But overall the visuals looked good, the music was nice, and everything worked very smoothly.

Eugenik

Oct 09th · 16:43 UTC

Great atmosphere

runningopenloop

Oct 09th · 22:53 UTC

Good job! you should add more stuff for the player to do.

Asieke

Oct 10th · 06:14 UTC

Fun game! The tutorial was a bit much to take in all at once though

LDJam user 281994

Oct 10th · 21:02 UTC

Fun game, but the balance gets really tough later on 😅

![Screenshot_17.png](///raw/a8d/44/z/6f37c.png)

Rogaro

Oct 11th · 09:56 UTC

Great game, very addictive and fun. Towards the end, the balance seems a bit off, it gets really challenging.

David Sheffield

Oct 11th · 11:30 UTC

Cute graphics, the only thing I would add would be some visual feedback when you perform actions, there was some auditory feedback but it would add to the juiciness, but the core game loop is very neat and well done!

dasMaichen

Oct 12th · 22:05 UTC

I really enjoyed this game. :)
In my first try I missed the new task (day 2), so I collected to few golds ^^'

noseminer

Oct 21st · 02:13 UTC

I think its a great start to a game but needs some more mechanics.

Solvenoff

Oct 24th · 19:37 UTC

Good implementation of the game jam theme. A strategy-like game where you send people and gather resources. It reminds me of VOLCARIS: Ashen Secrets. Thumbs up for that.

I’d like to see an animation when upgrades are applied so it’s clear something changed. At first I didn’t even realize anything had improved. A sound cue would work too. As for audio, I don’t think the music fits. Though the overall tone is jokey, so that’s probably why you chose it. And yes, the flexing trees are great.