meeh, it wasn't ridiculously hard, the concept is pretty cool, but the events are so ridiculously overkill. Not to mention the fact that they happen every week, plus the survivors efficiency compared to the amount they eat, and the amount of mechanical problems and wasted ammo, just doesn't match up. This could probably be a lot better if some things were changed
Reviews for "Bunker Down 2030"
Unique.
Fun game! Got through on my first try with a little over 60% morale. I liked reading the different week to week problems, though after a while i would just place all 4 into the lowest resource other than ammo. I almost completely ignored that. with a little tweaking this game could definitely be sold as an android game! if not already haha.
Lovely game manning them can be tough at times. Here is me review
Pros
*Tough choices
*Okay lore
*Mouse game(I prefer them over full keyboard, flash?, games)
*Easy controls
Cons
*Bad Graphics(expected from games like these i am not expecting to see Farcry 3 or Assassin's Creed graphics here but still)
*Choices are a little to simple (non violent?) for something like this an apocalypse sort event people would probably go (Excuse my cursing) "Ape Shit". If i saw a band of raiders i would blow them away,if a woman with a child( Kinda harsh but i am not getting robbed by a single mom that could belong to a raid party) pulled a gun on me i would either blast her and take the baby or show her what firepower is and send her on her way. That said if she asked for food i would probably suggest that she stay with us until this all "Blows over"
*Simple game play. If raiders can knock on our bunker door and say they would break are solar panels why cant we scavenge? and this falls into the Choices being to simple category raiders would probably take every thing and murder us not break our expensive items.
*No Badges not something you have to implement but i love earning badges when playing games like this
*Lore Yeah i know i put lore in pros and cons but hey i am just sharing me opinion, that said,
In the year 2030, rolling blackouts, telecommunication disruptions, and rumors of targeted viruses being released cause a rush on supermarkets and gun sales to skyrocket.
Preppers go underground….it’s time to….BUNKER DOWN!
Manage your resources, survive paranoia, breakdowns, and food shortages, and make prudent choices to survive in the BUNKER.
Okay so here is what i think.
*The year its not exactly something i can relate to but with how the worlds economy is rolling it could happen this way.
*The disasters
Rolling blackouts what caused this? power shortage? aliens? earths rotation? man? bouncy balls? what caused these blackouts and how wide spread is this? how far does the blackouts go?. Telecommunication disruptions again what caused this to happen? etc.
Rumors of targeted viruses, Who tells these rumors the neighbors? How is it possible to hear these rumors there is no telephone to use. Who is using this chemical warfare?
*Super market prices Why is no one rioting? People have rioted for less... Shoes, Food, electronics, if there are all these disasters why is no one drop kicking each other just to get food and weapons?
*Where is this taking place? small town, big city, open fields, big country? Is there civilization anywhere whats the name of the town, city, country just make some stuff up
That was my review and in fact that was my first real review thank you for popping my cherry and i hope you answer back to some of these. Oh and sorry if the words are to scrunched together as i said it was my first review.
KoberGirl responds:
Wow! Thanks for the very thoughtful feedback. I made Bunker Down for a game jam so I didn't have time to get deep into the lore, but moving forward I hope to learn more and add more complex gameplay, like being able to recruit new survivors and make more moral choices, add a bit more randomness to the events and possibly have the ability to upgrade the bunker. I think this was a solid effort and will give me a base to build off of. Thanks again for your review. I will keep your advice in mind for my next game making endeavor!
It seems like a general concept, however I feel theres one problem
The difficulty curve is
1. Unstemable
2. Unbearable
3. Outrageous
No matter what you do, there is always an event that seems to take all of your resources
This would be okay, if your people had a way to keep the resources up there
But since you have to input 2 into one resource in order to even TRY to keep up with the demands, that doesn't leave much else
And there is no way to improve it either, for you are stuck with just the four survivors
If there was a way to increase survivors, I would rate it much higher
KoberGirl responds:
The more survivors you put on the same floor the more resources you generate. It is about staving of the inevitable. But I agree and hope to build on the foundation gameplay I have and work on more features like upgrades to the bunker and recruiting new workers. Thanks for the feedack!