{"id":2063,"edition":11,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":12581,"name":"13 Geese Defending Rome","authors":[{"name":"Robert W","url":"https://triplelog.com","login":"triplelog","gh":42818013}],"description":"

Variations of the fox and geese game have been popular in Europe since at least the 13th century.

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This variation travels along 13th century trade routes between the major cities of Medieval Europe.

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It may not be in the spirit of the JS13k competition, but since JavaScript was not around in the 13th century this game is completely JavaScript free (aside from being generated by Node).

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Good luck and I hope you enjoy the game!

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Rules

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The fox and geese alternate turns moving along the paths. You play as the geese and will move first after clicking Start.

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Any one goose can move 1 space in any direction to an unoccupied city as long as there is a path between the cities.\nThe fox can also move to any unoccupied, connected city or it can jump over one goose to remove that goose from the game.

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A jump must remain on 1 path so it must end on an unoccupied city on the same color path as it started.

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Controls

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To move, click a goose and then click the city to move it to.\nOnce you have clicked on a goose you must move it or leave it where it is!\nYou only have 60 seconds each turn to make your decision.\nAfter taking your turn, make the fox’s move by clicking the box in the upper left two times (for a regular move) or three times (for a jump).

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Notes

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If you like JS13k games because they lightweight, then this game is probably not for you as it ends up inflating to more than a MB of CSS.

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This game might work on some mobile devices, but it is likely unplayably slow and/or too small. Safari is probably slow but playable if you have enough CPU. Firefox might have text-shadow issues but seems to be much faster. Chrome on a newish laptop/desktop is recommended for a (hopefully) flawless experience.

\n","source":"triplelog/fox-and-geese","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":347721295,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"

I read the description, and the in-game “How to play,” but I never figured out how to play the game unfortunately. The theme is well interpreted, and it looks like a game with a lot of effort put into it.

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The geese never showed up. I guess the black squares I saw were supposed to be the geese emojis, so I had that in mind when I tried playing the game. I was able to move a goose, but I was never able to trap the fox.

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If the fox is the enemy, I think it would be better if an AI automatically moved the fox, instead of letting the player click the button to move it.

\n","games":["Samurai Sam"]},{"at":347750562,"author":"Grav","login":"merlinvsalfonso","gh":144820721,"text":"

Nice game, I didn’t have any graphical issues over here, and was able to win after all. It took me a few goes, the key to victory was the rule that the fox can only jump and land on the same colored path. Would be great if there was some thinking music playing too. Overall a fun game I think, thanks.

\n","games":["Merlin vs Alfonso"]},{"at":347824956,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"

geese didn’t show up for me either :(

\n","games":["Castle 🏰 Escape (2023)"]},{"at":347863001,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"

The geese are really hard to see, you should use a darker background. Also I didn’t like I had to click so many times to make the computer move the fox. If I understand it correctly, that’s due to the fact you didn’t use any JS on purpose, which is really cool. Otherwise a nice game.

\n","games":["Sir Bruno’s Minnelied"]},{"at":347922170,"author":"Johan Åhlgren","login":"skanejohan","gh":4025939,"url":"www.johanahlgren.se","text":"

A nice game, although I didn’t see any geese. just squares. I felt the controls were a bit clumsy, perhaps the fox could move/jump/kill without any interaction from the player? Nice graphics too. Good job!

\n","games":["Turrets and Trebuchets"]},{"at":347963347,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

I was really intrigued about a game that was javascript free, but unfortunately I can’t seem to play it. The page seems to be loading for a long time, loading a lot of XML files, but it never stops. The instructions say to click on a goose, but I only see a map with roads.

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Edit: ok, it seems to work on Chrome, but doesn’t work on Firefox at all. The game was interesting, but I lost. I’m veeeery curious to learn how you implemented this. I vaguely remember doing some XSL wizarding in college but my brain promptly erased that from my memory. I’ll give you 5 stars in innovation just for that!

\n","games":["Market Street Tycoon"]},{"at":348056158,"author":"Tim West","login":"westim","gh":11410900,"text":"

“Running on latest Firefox” is one of the js13k rules. Otherwise, I’m very impressed with the extra challenge of using no JavaScript.

\n","games":["Road to Roam"]},{"typ":2,"at":348211917,"author":"Matt Hackett","login":"richtaur","gh":24601,"url":"https://valadria.com","twitter":"richtaur","text":"

Cute title! Basing a game on animals is always a good time.

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I like that the instructions or “how to play” is embedded within the game. Unfortunately I didn’t see any Geese icons. Either there’s a bug (I’m on Chrome / OS X) or I’m not understanding how to make them appear.

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Personally I don’t think the time limit is necessary. I also think the game could use some clarity around what state the game is in, and what valid move(s) are currently available to me.

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Sounds like this is based on an old European game that I’m not familiar with. Fans of that game might love it!

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Loved this game, fits the theme perfectly and has great depth.

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Hack: It is also possible to get a head start by selecting “Start” then clicking “Restart”, you can then play a move before clicking “Start” again ;)

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Bug: I was not able to see the goose (playing in Chrome). It shows squares.

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Cool game! I’ve never played this before so it’s cool to see it being remade! Pretty bang on for the theme I would say which is really nice! Not a whole lot of notes or pointers given the game is pretty simple! It took me a minute to figure out the game (the geese were invisible for me!) but enjoyed it once I got into it. Nice little game, congrats!

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Really interesting puzzle.\nIt looks like classical “wolf and sheeps” game but with non regular grid as a level.\nSometimes it’s really complicated.\nUX is not the best, sometimes it’s hard to understand there is the issue and what happens with actions.\nGood Job!

\n","games":["Castle wars"]},{"typ":2,"at":348863257,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"

I have read how to play, but I still do not understand how to make my interactions work. I do not see any geese in the game. I feel like there is something I am just not getting.

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