Interesting cad game, simple and good mechanics, well done!
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Echoes of the Tribes's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #236 | 4.343 | 4.343 |
| Overall | #1292 | 3.562 | 3.562 |
| Creativity | #2295 | 3.343 | 3.343 |
| Enjoyment | #2497 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 67 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game scales down from a world view to a village to human cells as the game progresses.
Development Time
96 hours
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Comments
Beautiful aesthetics. The virus part gives the game some very cool vibe. Wish to see what else can a player do with virus.
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MapTeleporterReally cool game! The virus part did feel a big weirdly tacked on for the sake of the theme, but it was still fun!
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StarSkipperGorgeous pixel art. I'm usually not that into trick taking games but I liked it here.
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Built to SailInteresting take. I thought I understood the card game, but I don't think I quite got it actually haha. Still, it's well done and the art is neat. I thought there would be a continuous thing of going from one island to the next and keeping your resources from a previous island, but it was nice anyways. I don't think the virus thing had quite a big impact as I thought it would
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Playing By EarThe virus thing, if not taken seriously, can impact your deck. Especially in the early stages of the run. It will add useless cards to your deck and make you lose a lot of resources in the negotiation phase.
Thanks for playing and leaving a comment, glad you found the game interesting ! If you need more explanations, ask !
Pro tips for the trick-taking card game ;)
- if the first card being played by a opponent has a higher value than any of yours of the same type, play your lowest value card of any type, as you want to loose as little resources as possible.
- Keep track of the cards being played by your opponents. Any cards in game exist only once, if they're being played, you know you're not gonna see them again
- the more resources you have before starting the card game, the more chances you are to have good cards in your hands
- Have some luck!
Appreciate the comment ! It might not be the most intuitive game but it's not that hard. So make sure to read the tutorials before each different phase of the game. You can reset them in the starting menu, or/and also look at screenshots on the game page. (But we'll definitely makes some QOL updates once the Jam is fully over :p)
Hope this can help and hope you'll give it another shot !
I got the flu :(
I think the theme is a stretch but I still enjoyed the game!
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Goethe's knotHey, thank you ! We worked a lot on the vibe, trying to find inspiration where it was possible, adding a gradient in the colors as the scale of the game went down.
I didn't work a lot with the colors, that was the work of Unau and Sylber, but I gave everything for the animations.
Thanks for leaving a comment !
Couldn't really wrap my head around the gameplay, but dang what a BEAUTIFUL game. Aesthetically 10/10.
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Space DisplaceThis felt like multiple games in one, but the mechanics flow nicely into each other! Really polished art too
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Darwinian Datingthe scope of this is super impressive for a jam game, and the visuals are awesome! the control and ui of the cards felt super satisfying and polished.
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Tweak and DestroyThanks a lot! We're very proud of what Unau created for this game. If you're interested, you can check more of his work here https://www.artstation.com/unau or here https://x.com/unau123
this is one of the better-looking games i've seen in this jam, and the polish extended into the game feel of moving around and playing cards. i'll need to spend a little more time looking at the screenshots and in-game tutorials but this is definitely going on my list of ones to return to!
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Built To BlastI didn't fully understand what determined the cards you got at the beginning of each phase, and I'm not entirely sure if the virus was good or bad. In any case, the art style is amazing and I really enjoyed it, so amazing work there! Also, I found the amount of content for a jam game incredible.
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Sunset SwingThanks a lot for the feedback and compliments! 🙌
To clarify a bit, the cards you receive in hand are selected at random in your deck; each resource you gather on the island adds one additional card of the related color to your deck.
Each virus that you let through adds a virus card to your deck as well, so it increases your chances to get one in hand in the next villages... and 0-valued cards don't help you win tricks!
Hope this helps!
Once I got the hang of it, I couldn't stop going back! Loved the game! Congrats on a successful jam!
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Knock On WoodGorgeous visuals, interesting theme and gameplay, a little card game, impressive for the time frame!
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