Supply Line Simulator by mlists

made by mlists for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Battles are won by soldiers but wars are won by truckies!

Keep your troops well provisioned and in high spirits by delivering their supplies. Cheer them on as they achieve world domination, or just cause a really bad traffic jam. You control a truck and must deliver three different types of supplies to your soldiers, defeat your enemies with the power of same day delivery. Claim your slice of the hexagonal map and hope that your allies are smarter than your enemies.

Controls

Click on the truck to highlight hexes
blue highlights mean you can move there
green highlights appear where you can pickup or deliver cargo.
WASD to move the camera
hold space to track the truck with the camera
Enter to end your turn

Tips and tricks

Gear is the most important factor in combat
Reinforcements allow troops to capture hexes more quickly
Supply is needed to keep your army moving
All crates give some supply but the supply crate gives a lot more
Receiving deliveries or destroying enemies will raise your units morale
High morale reduces the likelihood of taking damage
Low morale will cause your units to rout and try to flee the map
Losing units will cause a morale loss to your whole army
Units that enter combat will seek out more foes

Running

Download and unzip the folder (itch link is a backup as I have had issues with ldjam downloads previously)
Run SupplySimulator.exe
UI is designed for 1920x1080 and may not scale well to other resolutions

Link	https://mlists.itch.io/supply-line-simulator
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/supply-line-simulator

Ratings

Overall	299^th	3.84⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Fun	316^th	3.72⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	200^th	3.82⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Theme	637^th	3.88⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1009^th	2.74⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Audio	708^th	2.66⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Humor	947^th	2.417⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Mood	946^th	3.08⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		26🗳️	39🗨️

Feedback

jakeblake

01. May 2023 · 21:43 UTC

There's a lot of fun content here, great job! The whole idea (gear, manpower) reminds me of logi in Foxhole--a game I've played for years.

I felt the UI could have been better. The music/sfx sliders could have been smaller. The blue hex highlighting where you can move blended with the green tiles a bit. The end result was hard to make out sometimes. Mostly, though, I would have loved an indicator showing me how many turns until a unit ran out of supplies.

Like I said, this was a lot of fun. And I love the concept!

![supplylinesim.png](///raw/0e0/b3/z/59455.png)

Braveskin

02. May 2023 · 04:16 UTC

Excellent concept, I feel like this would make a great mobile game. I wish there was more information about the units in the UI, but still fun otherwise!

csimpson

02. May 2023 · 05:16 UTC

Fun game. I did not consider a strategy game with this theme, but it works. Some indication of when a unit is running low on supplies would be helpful

taran95

02. May 2023 · 05:16 UTC

nice concept! ui needs some work. can be a great mobile game

DaniilLenin

02. May 2023 · 05:19 UTC

Very fun idea, but only moving truck getting boring at the end of a second level. Ill be really glad to see full-sized army supply management strategy grown from this with trains, baybe planes and such. Style of a game reminds me unCiv game or maybe megamek

Daniil Vakhrushev

02. May 2023 · 11:24 UTC

Fun idea, but artstyle and ui need some poilishing

WeirdBitGames

02. May 2023 · 13:36 UTC

Very cool idea for a game. I wonder how many other people took the theme "delivery" and thought "war"! The visuals are very striking!

Wolfier

02. May 2023 · 20:00 UTC

I've kinda always wondered why there's so few games out there that involve the logistics of war (beyond just a token mention of it) and I think this really proves that the concept is vaialbe. I will say though, I didn't expect an RTS of logistics to show up.

Feedback as followed, your music got a bit dull after a bit of listening to it (I think because its the same 2 notes over and over). Second note is that when the player is out of moves, just end the turn for them, as the y can't do anything anyways.

yoddaa

03. May 2023 · 06:44 UTC

RTS is not easy to create. very good job
it reminds me the board game katan with the platform.
very good job.
add esc or button key to get out to the main menu.

Substain

04. May 2023 · 07:54 UTC

its great to see a strategic game as entry here! It works pretty well, I think an improvement could be to select/hover over your troops and see their info/stats. Cool idea, fun entry :)

Locke8

04. May 2023 · 17:20 UTC

pretty cool game, i liked the idea of the game, but it felt like it needed more player control, perhaps allowing for more than one truck, or for some other form of interaction, being only able to move one truck felt limiting. The game is also rather easy, the enemies barely put up a fight, and a 3-manpower tank can pretty much defeat three-quarters of the enemy force on its own. Despite this, i have to complement the mechanical complexity of the game, a strategy game where the battle take into consideration multiple factors is not something i was expecting to see in a Ludum Dare. Pretty great entry.

frelude

05. May 2023 · 12:08 UTC

Good game concept. There is work to do on Graphics/SFX, and feedback in general, but it's not very important here. Game jam is also made for prototyping, testing an idea.

And I like the idea of focusing on supply/re-inforcement/upgrade. But because you only have one truck, you are confined on your delivery spot. To go further, I think you need to earn more trucks, and build storage outpost to make your trucks progress with your troops.

Overall, Great job.

DenKa

06. May 2023 · 00:05 UTC

Great game! It's very engaging and makes me want to play more and more! It's a shame there are only two levels 😀 I was a little confused about why, on one of the moves, it just kicked me back to the menu. The interface could use some work to make it a bit better. The game has a very interesting mechanic with great potential for developing the idea further! Excellent job 👍🔥

DSK

07. May 2023 · 10:59 UTC

Good idea! I'll try this game later, it looks like it's going to be more strategic

Tul Games

12. May 2023 · 21:32 UTC

Possibly the most fun and most unique game this game jam!

BlueDandelion

18. May 2023 · 13:05 UTC

Very unique gameplay, this game is nothing like the others in this jam, I really liked it. Great job!