been trying to figure out a way to maximalize what i can do while still keeping society in balance, and i've ended up at a formation that only excludes w, h, i, o, l. cool game :)
Hay, could you please consider making this work with screen readers? This is, after all, a sound-based game, and yet the totally blind can not currently play it.
I gotta admit, I was just vibing until "Balance achieved!" showed up on my screen hahaha I clicked in without fully reading the description (3AM will do that to ya) and was like ooooh rhythms and management okay yes let's go!
A fun little experience! What led you to making it?
Glad you had fun! :D I guess it started off with messing around with live coding generative music with TidalCycles, and we decided to make a game around the music. We didn't have any idea what the game would look like until we started building it, at first we thought it might be a text-based branching narrative game with sounds but we just kept iterating on it and it evolved into this!
Showing the rates of increase/decrease would go a long way to helping people find solutions without resorting to extracting the numbers from the sources files.
I wrote a quick script to find interesting combinations, here's the summary:
I checked and there's a few ways to make only 5. 4 might be possible, but I'm unable to calculate a better combination due to only having the values in the corner.
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lovely balance of sound choices! it’s impossible to make a loop that sounds bad
(kick) hmm? to. eat. (click) ah! (fshh) (caw)
been trying to figure out a way to maximalize what i can do while still keeping society in balance, and i've ended up at a formation that only excludes w, h, i, o, l. cool game :)
Funny concept, well done!
Hay, could you please consider making this work with screen readers? This is, after all, a sound-based game, and yet the totally blind can not currently play it.
Cool! After three key presses, I totally understood the basic concept of the game! Efficient!
aw yay thanks glad it was easy to pick up!
I did it! :D
nice one!
Congrats!!!!
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Niiiice
hmm! (spoilers i guess??) does this mean I achieved balance with 9?
I can also balance it with these selected:
i gotta stop or i'm just gonna keep going hahaha
Hahahaha yeah there's so many different ways to win!
I gotta admit, I was just vibing until "Balance achieved!" showed up on my screen hahaha I clicked in without fully reading the description (3AM will do that to ya) and was like ooooh rhythms and management okay yes let's go!
A fun little experience! What led you to making it?
Glad you had fun! :D I guess it started off with messing around with live coding generative music with TidalCycles, and we decided to make a game around the music. We didn't have any idea what the game would look like until we started building it, at first we thought it might be a text-based branching narrative game with sounds but we just kept iterating on it and it evolved into this!
i only got it to 13, i wonder how he got it to 11.
This was so cool! Love sandbox mode and just trying out different combinations!
So glad you like it :D
It was fun to balance everything!
Showing the rates of increase/decrease would go a long way to helping people find solutions without resorting to extracting the numbers from the sources files.
I wrote a quick script to find interesting combinations, here's the summary:
https://pastebin.com/raw/KyvpeF7v (spoilers: has solutions)
That's a good idea, will look into it. Oh wow that's super cool that you figured all this out!!!!
This is incredible! I really dig the innovative keyboard-as-interface approach, and the scrolling line graph. The game is the GUI is the game! 😆
Hahaha thank you so much! 😊
really got my daily medieval life fix from this game. love the lush colours and how it responds to your choices! Now i shall luxuriate for eternity
Yussssss :D
10/10. Got a bit concerned when my 'people' started to deplete when I repaired. Stopped instantly due to sadness HAHA.
Oh no. Hope your people are faring better now :)
What exactly sandbox mode does? I tried pressing the buttons but nothing seem to happen while on sandbox mode
Sandbox mode is just for playing around with the sounds :)
Is 5 the minimum amount of unselected resources while achiving balance?
I believe the minimum is 6 ;D
I achieved balance while only selecting 11 resources.
I checked and there's a few ways to make only 5. 4 might be possible, but I'm unable to calculate a better combination due to only having the values in the corner.
Ohhh you meant keys. Wow I had no idea that was possible. Well done for figuring that out!!!