I agree with Tom. Keep adding more things to this kind of game. It makes me addicted for reasons I cannot explain.
Reviews for "Electric War"
DBuck-Eye responds:
Oh don't worry, you'll see plenty more soon enough :)
This became strangely addictive, trying to find the best place to spawn my next guy and making sure I spawned him AS SOON as it was possible to do so. I feel like this is on to something, if there were a few more deterministic things a player could do between rounds to improve his odds... Travel a world map to battle increasingly powerful hoards...
DBuck-Eye responds:
I'm saving those features for the sequel! I want to release a game each month this year, where each game builds off of the previous game, but for now, I think its therapeutic to just get a game out the door :)
The mouseover description on the game's icon promised exactly what you gave us: An intense strategy game of dumb luck! So many reviews are complaining that it's totally random and up to luck, because you forgot to add that to the author comments, and people apparently don't read the game description before they click to play.
That said, I really enjoyed this game. It could use some sound, perhaps music and an alert noise when you earn a new soldier. My only question is, do the different soldier sprites have different abilities? For instance, do some sprites move faster or aim for the other color more often? Or are they just for style? Either way, it's a fun little game.
DBuck-Eye responds:
Thanks for playing! The sprites are just for style, but in future games they'll probably behave differently :)
This is an interesting concept, but as many people have already said, the unpredictable AI made for some very frustrating gameplay. At times, the people on my side would roam around in the red area they had already captured for a few minutes while the other side spawned ten people and I was left with two (somehow I managed to turn the tables and win that round), and at other times, my people killed the other side in under thirty seconds. Also, after clenching my teeth and struggling through six brutal rounds, I still did not get the "Electric King" medal, so I assume that this medal is broken. If you get around to addressing it, I would gladly force myself to fight the good fight against the blue army once more, as I am a sucker for medals. Guess I'll go back to the ninja fridges for now.
DBuck-Eye responds:
Sorry, you didn't get the medal! I gave up before I got it... I'll take a look at it now though, and see if bugs need to be squashed!
I actually think this is pretty neat. You should put in some instructions on how to play though, just since selecting and placing a little dude doesn't have a selected state. Also, if you double click on an fighter img's sometimes it text selects the images, so you probably just need a img { -webkit-user-select: none;- user-select: none } to fix that.
DBuck-Eye responds:
Thanks! I checked right clicks, but hadn't considered the user-select thing, so that's a good idea. Oh HTML5... :)