Formuroll by Utopia
Presented by USC Games students and their friends.
Please click itch.io link to play this game online
Join the little creatures living on chalkboard erasers to help them grow larger. Collecting symbols scattered across the board and even create your own formulas!
Every choice matters, as once you make a decision, you can’t go back or change it. The goal is to achieve the highest score possible. The main idea comes from the parable of the cornfield by Socrates.
Hope you all enjoy the game!
For the game itself, I (Utopia) feel it's a bit of a shame that I can't try to make it fully generated. we don't have time to really build a math world. We think doing something rogue-lite will make it more interactive, but we decided to keep it simple and use advice from some tabletop games (like Sushi Go!).
Side note: This time the team has gone through a lot. We don't have artists anymore, one is sick and one is super busy, leaving me alone to fully build from scratch. This is definitely far from perfect but compared to last year a whole team of 6's final result. This one is great tbh. Maybe I will try to add more things if I'm free (I say this every time lmao) Appreciate all my friends who give support and playtests, and I hope you guys love it. - Utopia
Special thanks to Loria for making the cover image.
| Play on Itch.io | https://jk15162428.itch.io/formuroll |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/formuroll |
Ratings
| Overall | 657th | 3.435⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 754th | 3.161⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 109th | 3.919⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 726th | 3.435⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 564th | 3.645⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 667th | 2.817⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 735th | 3.306⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 39🗨️ |
@tommy Yes appreciated with your suggestions. There are some design struggles along the way and we do not have that time to set a reasonably perfect value. However less symbols but more unique is definitely what we can do.
@spice-cabinet yeah it is longer than I thought as well lol.
it's a really cool and unique take on a puzzle type game, the only thing it could really need apart from some polish is a really solid tutorial. I ended up just buy a tonne of creates and it seemed to continue working, but I don't really know why :cry:
@simex Yeah should just make this shorter -_- don't have time to twig this, only 2 days (1 day have class sadly) so hard to polish.
I have a couple of comments about the game:
1. Due to the fact that every time the game adds random symbols to the blackboard, removing symbols becomes a very important mechanic, I liked that the price of removal is reset. Perhaps it is worth giving the player a choice of symbols at the end of the game (from a random set), then removal can be made more expensive, while building a deck will have a better effect on the gaming experience.
2. The visual in the game is good. Our UI designer said that it's worth working on fonts and layout.
3. In terms of narrative, I did not fully understand the idea of blackboard and handbook. As if I would like to see more of them matching.
4. I would like to see the development of the game. It would be possible to add some modifiers to the symbols (for example, a double symbol (one counts as two), a doubling symbol, etc.)
5. I scored 270 points) I want more opportunities to manage the deck))
Thanks for the exciting gaming experience!
1. what you said is exactly I considered, you have, like 3 sets to choose, and choose 1 set added to your current deck (blackboard).
2. haha, the UI definitely needs to be refined if improves, the fonts are not quite comfortable to read I will say.. we want a kind of feeling that it is written on blackboard but can't find suitable fonts. The layout... yes they are too crowded, and not placed super well (like the next button is placed upper center, what the...)
3. Yes this is an issue.
4. The math symbols that allow to chain/combo together is a very interesting mechanics, and provides more fun :), but needs to be seen carefully.
5. 270, that is a very hugh effort, thanks again for playing!
Trying to figure out the best symbols to take and risking the run with skipping feels addictive
Could be my fault but my friend who tried it at the same time, didn't get it either.
In setting menu you can see the history of dialogue but that is subtle I must admit.
The game should be clear, once you understand which part is for what use. However, it is not clear at first place, I will say it is partially my bad time management :( Still thanks for your playing and comment.