Triflings by Squidly

Triflings are adorable little critters that don't stand up to your shin! In fact they're much shorter than that!
So use them to conquer mystical runes and claim dominion over your enemies
Yea!
It's exciting RTS combat and it even has a minimap and hotkeys! And a pretty crazy amount of voice acting, cute lil triflings to die for your cause, and gorgeous illustrations that are drawn to scale!* (*if you're a trifling)
Controls
Mouse Click and Drag to select
QWERTY / 1 2 3 4 5 - Focus camera on different runes
Tab/Backspace/Space - Focus camera on your spawn
Credits
Squidly - Programming, unit/rune animation
blanketc - Illustration
RustedShell - Music
Voice Cast
praiseBob - Bryrie, Christabel
theDyingSun - Liselotte
tamag0 - Peony
| itch.io | https://squidly.itch.io/triflings |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/lil-demon-game-thing |
Ratings
| Overall | 227th | 3.885⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 282th | 3.7⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 496th | 3.36⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 255th | 4⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 45th | 4.558⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 18th | 4.32⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 335th | 3.417⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 253th | 3.88⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 4🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
It reminded me of the game "Mushroom Wars".
I really wanted to move the Camera with WASD, Arrow Keys or by klicking and dragging rather than moving my mouse against the screen border or clicking on the map. Also I wanted my troops to stay selected, even when giving them a move order.
But those are minor complaints, I had a good experience playing this one. :)
I do wish that I didn't have to reselect my guys every time I clicked.
I don't think I have anything to add here in the comments. The only issue I had was a lack of a way to focus on the spawn point... Then I re-read the description and I found I totally forgot about the spacebar, hahaha.
I found the gameplay kinda clunky, unintuitive --- having to re-select your characters every time you move them around isn't very handy (I played the web version from itch) --- I was hoping for an in-game tutorial tbh ^^#
That being said great presentation --- love the credits right before the game starts, that works very well --- and the character select screen is really smart
Keep it up, happy testing yall :-)
What really stood out was how well-fleshed-out this game is. The artwork, animations, music and UI are absolutely incredible. The voice acting adds a whole new layer of depth and personality to the characters. I'd love to see it developed further, with resource collection and base building, it could be a charming little RTS. **Great job on an amazing game.**
Also, playing this reminded me of an [RTS game](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/real-time-demoning) by @adamg and @anson-rutherford from LD55