Explore 13th century England as a merchant earning as much coin as you can.\nHire guards to help protect you on your travels.
\nIn combat, click and drag to move and aim respectively. If you are not aiming at an enemy you will guard instead.
\n","source":"lcapps-luke/js13k-13th-century","stars":0,"dc":"https://lc-apps.co.uk/app/game/13th-century-merchant","comments":[{"at":347261476,"author":"newman s lanier","login":"Newman5","gh":1620405,"text":"I liked the theme alot. 13th century merchant and, I think, using real places in England. The controls in the combat was cool, but I couldn’t figure out how to attack and aim. I liked the sound effects in the combat and made me nostalgic. Good effort. Thank you!
\n"},{"at":347409769,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"sophisticated game, too many buttons and data to cover at one go.
\n","games":["belly flop","blue retro"]},{"at":347429149,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"I thought this was a really clever game. The mechanic where you could learn about neighboring cities was great, and the little icons telling you where which item was good to buy vs sell was nice. It was really satisfying to buy low and sell high! It was also cool when you could set up a nice trade route between places.
\nI think what holds the game back a little is the audio, which is a bit jarring, and the combat. It was definitely not intuitive to figure out how to attack. You should just let players click on the person they want to attack, rather than the convoluted hold down to point triangle within circle at the feet of the enemy until a yellow circle appears… Also the enemies and good guys looking exactly the same made it even more confusing.
\nI still enjoyed it once I mostly figured things out though. Going to give it another go to see if I can get a better rating!
\n","games":["Upyri"]},{"at":348122357,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"Sure, the game throws a lot of info at you in the first few screens but if you’re used to trading/hauling games it’s nothing too daunting.
\nThe little icons near the city in the map view are very handy but this is the kind of game that I play with a spreadsheet beside me :D
\nThe sounds are simple but they serve a good purpose.
\nI wish there was a “Buy all” and a “Sell all” for each item type.
\nGood effort!
\nPS: bonus points for the aliteration in the title :D
\n","games":["Swords & Quills"]},{"at":348243462,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"Well done:
\nFeedback:
\nClever, wound up playing it longer than I meant to. I did figure out that I could pretty much just sell everything in London for a profit…
\n"},{"at":348448004,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Interesting concept. I enjoyed traveling around finding the best prices to buy and sell.
\nHowever, the world seems very static. The demands don’t change, the products I bought in the past remain out of stock forever. Traveling gets tiring after a bit, as it requires too many clicks. I’m pressing “return” so often. And PLEASE, give me a way to just “sell/buy all stock”. As it’s too tedious to wait 30 seconds to buy everything. If you improve the UX a bit and make the world more dynamic, it could be a really fun game.
\n","games":["Market Street Tycoon"]},{"at":348544809,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Love the idea of the game. The map and travel worked well.
\nGot a bit confused when entering places as to what to do for the best outcome.
\nI’ll have to come back and play.
\n","games":["Princess of Corinium"]},{"typ":2,"at":348713795,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"The game concept is clear and well-aligned with the theme! I really enjoyed the trading system and the freedom to come up with your strategy! It would be convenient to have a “max/all” button for buying/selling items. Also, traveling among cities could be smoother, as the current process requires multiple clicks.\nThe battle mode lacks a bit of clarity, and it can benefit a lot from having some instructions or more direct gameplay.\nThe game shows great potential! You could also introduce more features like fluctuating prices/needs, buildings, active combat, population management, and others!
\n"},{"at":348738972,"author":"Mefistofel","login":"mefist0fel","gh":1374506,"twitter":"Polar0cean","text":"Great Job.
\nReally good interpretation of classical caravan like game (trader game) with all main parts, like trading with different costs and battles.\nSimple but interesting game with a lot of options.
\nI think it would be better with some luxury goods (more expencive) and limited trader capacity. For now it looks like little unbalanced.\nAlso In one place I can’t move to neigbhor city, because it’s too far to the top (maybe I have to wide screen or didn’t find zoom in/out function)
\n","games":["Castle wars"]},{"at":348759205,"author":"Chris Subagio","login":"csubagio","gh":756253,"twitter":"csubagio","text":"Oh man, maybe it was just the sparse blips, but despite looking nothing like one, this put me in mind of old Speccy & C64 games. What a treat! I had a blast travelling up the isles making a few bob along the way and showing bandits the pointy end of my sword. Thanks for laying out the trading opportunities too, it’s great not to have to guess at everything and take notes; made for a very approachable start.
\nNice one!
\n","games":["Robin of Thirteensley"]},{"typ":2,"at":348781121,"author":"Noël Meudec","login":"Noel-FB","gh":71314518,"url":"https://facebook.com/instantgames","text":"What I liked:
\nWhat I liked less:
\nOverall, it is a fine trading simulation, I had a fun time playing it.
\n"}],"results":{"theme":{"rank":15,"min":1.08,"score":3.91,"max":4.38},"innovation":{"rank":57,"min":1.12,"score":2.95,"max":4.43},"gameplay":{"rank":76,"min":1.24,"score":2.77,"max":4.34},"graphics":{"rank":84,"min":1.21,"score":2.91,"max":4.73},"audio":{"rank":63,"min":1,"score":2.55,"max":4.32},"controls":{"rank":52,"min":1.29,"score":3.05,"max":4.23},"primary":{"rank":52,"min":7.57,"score":18.14,"max":24.7},"label":"Overall"}}