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A jam submission

King's GambleView game page

Run a kingdom with your slot machine
Submitted by Lenway — 18 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Music#2782.9563.100
Sound#2952.8603.000
Mechanics#3262.9563.100
Aesthetics#3853.0513.200
Overall#4282.7652.900
Fun#4342.5742.700
Story#5931.5261.600
Theme#5992.1932.300

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes Kenny rogulite tileset

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Comments

Submitted

This game is super weird but insanely satisfying; I feel like winning in this game feels exactly like winning a slot machine in real life.  There are a bunch of things going on, things are spinning, and sometimes you win while sometimes you lose and don't know why.  Rather than explaining more, I'd love to see this punched up with more ridiculous slot machine effects that light up your screen and make you feel super excited.  Good stuff!

Submitted

This is one of my favorites in the jam. I didnt understand at first how to exapand the map, but after I got it I had a lot of fun. The mix of strategy and gamble in this minimalist package was very engaging. I hope you keep develop this one.

Submitted

Very unique game. I dont really understand the mechanic when something triggers. I thought it was when it was adjacent after a spin, but that sometimes looked not right. Maybe it was because the items go to their real position before the spin is evaluated, which confused me. But I had fun. and I found the power of grain to be unbeatable. This constellation made me so much money, i could not lose anymore:

Anyway... great game. Thanks for the game.

Submitted

A very interesting and unique submission. A little bit of guidance would have been nice as I was never sure if I was doing well or not. I would typicall end the run in < 10 moves.

Submitted

It presents an interesting concept, and I'm a sucker for gambling games, but I feel like it could have used a little explanation, be it in game or on the itch page itself, felt a little too trial-and-error-y. WebBuild lagged a bit, but web builds be web building lol. Overall good job tho!

Submitted

I liked the game, but I couldn't figure out how to play it "correctly," which means I couldn't change my choices in order to get better at the game. The slot-machine mechanic really isn't a gambling mechanic so much as an RNG mechanic for choosing which adjacent tiles to activate? I think? I couldn't figure out how much wheat I had, or how to collect stars without running out of trees, or what the river was for. I want to say there's potential here, because it feels like some of the resources are under-utilized, but I can't quite figure out what the game is trying to be, so I can't really imagine how to make it be that thing better. 🤔

Submitted

Really cool concept, once I realized what the spin button did, I was on a roll!