{"id":2146,"edition":12,"categories":3,"features":0,"size":13258,"name":"Templar's Final Stand","authors":[{"name":"Leo Kuo","url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834}],"description":"

It’s October 13, 1307. King Philip IV has sent his forces to hunt you down. As one of the last Knights Templar, it’s a battle for survival!

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Move across the battlefield, take down enemies, and gather powerful items. But beware - if your total load reaches 13, your triskaidekaphobia kicks in, and every step will become a painful struggle.

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Each move matters, and survival depends on balancing your strategy. Let’s see how long you can last!

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Controls

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Rules

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Choose a Class

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Know Your Enemies

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Is a new concept of the methodical chess, nice to play but it cost time understanding the gamification. The graphics are really nice in the flat design, clean and pretty original Color’s for the theme

\n","games":["13 Order"]},{"typ":1,"at":378953176,"re":378810944,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you for playing! Glad to hear that you like the graphics in the game. And I understand that the game takes some time to fully grasp, and that’s an area that I can continue to enhance.

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Great entry. Love the take on 2048, and the graphics where very nice.

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I feel adding some extra gameplay to battles could had made it more fun. Anyway, great work!

\n","games":["Deep13"]},{"typ":1,"at":378953725,"re":378933458,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you so much for playing!! I agree that there’s room to improve the depth, particularly outside of the item combining system. The game is currently focused on breadth lol, like provide 3 different classes. (I highly recommend giving the Wizard a try!) Maybe I can add more “controllable” mechanisms to improve gameplay.

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Very well done and a great concept and a lot of fun shuffling around the enemies and upgrades. Great work!

\n","games":["Dekatria Mansion"]},{"typ":1,"at":379121350,"re":378965396,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thanks for playing and for your kind comment! I’m glad you enjoyed the game!

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Original game, loved the inspiration of 2048. It made me think about Pyrene too, which was just released.

\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":379121469,"re":378982547,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thanks for playing my entry! I’ll definitely check Pyrene out when I get the chance.

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Enjoyed playing through, played mostly as the knight which seems easy at first but got difficult!

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Was unsure I was using the wizard correctly as I found that difficult, also collected some negative cards a few times which did not help.

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Great graphic style and well made!

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Would be nice to have levels and move along a map rather than just have continious play.

\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"typ":1,"at":379382852,"re":379158239,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you so much for playing! The strategy with the Wizard is that if you encounter a negative potion, you can try combining it. The combination can deal damage, and there’s also a chance to turn into positive potion!

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Having levels is a great suggestion - it could give players a clearer sense of progress and objectives. I’ll definitely consider that!

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I like the gameplay. It takes a little time to get used to how the mechanics work but all in all it’s great!

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Thank you for playing! I’m glad you enjoyed the gameplay!\nYou’re right! It can be a bit hard to understand the rules at first. There’s definitely room for improvement in that area!

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This is an interesting concept! And really well executed! I like it!

\n","games":["Lost City Of S"]},{"typ":1,"at":380255603,"re":379987844,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Glad to hear that you like it! Thanks

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This is pretty cool! Gameplay is unique and makes for a fun, strategic puzzle. Graphics and animations are very slick!

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Cool that there are three different classes to play as; each feels pretty unique and requires a different playstyle.

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Also nice that there are different enemy types, although I felt like I wanted some more visual difference between each enemy? Like maybe different colors to show their relative strength or something

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Also, props for (almost) tying in last year’s theme, too :D

\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"typ":1,"at":380255814,"re":380060199,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you so much for playing! I’m really happy to hear that you noticed the distinct playstyles of the three classes! That’s exactly the kind of experience I wanted to bring to the players.

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I also appreciate your feedback on the enemy visuals, and I’ll keep that in mind for future improvements. Thanks again for the thoughtful comments!

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Funky sound track with drums.

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I enjoyed playing, the whole shift tiles dynamic is good and really makes you take care what you click on and in which direction.

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The graphics were good and stylised.

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There’s a lot more to this game so I’ll have to come back to it after the voting to have some longer sessions

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Great job

\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":1,"at":380256044,"re":380084148,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you so much for playing! Audio is my soft spot, I’m happy that you noticed it!

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I’m excited to hear that you enjoyed the game and even more thrilled that you’re planning to come back for longer sessions after the voting. It means a lot! I hope you continue to have fun with it, and I appreciate your feedback.

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One of my favourite games in the competition. A great mix of “2048” gameplay combined with RPG elements, three classes, six enemies and the “Reigns” look.

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This is awesome!

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CONGRATULATIONS

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Thank you for such high praise!!! I’m really glad you enjoyed the game.

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380327918,"author":"Clément Pasteau","login":"ClementPasteau","gh":4895034,"twitter":"ClementPasteau","text":"

Wow!

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What an incredible concept!!\nI was scared at the beginning that there would be too many rules, but ended up being so easy to play.\nMusic is simple yet very good. Animations are just perfect.\nThe idea of getting boosts and improving your character makes you wanna continue playing to be more powerful, I think it’s incredible.

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The intro is very well mastered as well, I can jump in the game in a few seconds and not be lost.

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Very very well done

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Thank you so much for your kind words! I agree, the rules can feel a bit overwhelming at first, and I see that as an area I can improve on to make things clearer from the beginning.

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I’m really grateful for such high praise. It truly means a lot to me! I’m glad you enjoyed the game.

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wonderful almost full modification of the 2048 gameplay\nI love the RPG-elements in it.

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The music gives it a good atmosphere

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very good game!

\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"typ":1,"at":380638474,"re":380358713,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you! Great to hear that you love the RPG-elements in the game! and super happy that you feel the music helped create a good atmosphere! Your feedback means a lot, and I really appreciate it.

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This game is really cool, and has really clever mechanics. A very complicated twist on 2048! However, I found it perhaps a bit unbalanced. I didn’t feel like I had good control of what was going on, and me winning felt a lot down to luck of the draw. The meaning of many of the symbols is not clear. Some of the stats text didn’t fit the container, which made it very hard to understand my standing.

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The music, sound effects and art were pretty good, and the controls were dead simple. I liked the introduction of the 13 weight limit as the theme interpretation.

\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"typ":1,"at":380638774,"re":380427765,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Thank you for playing and giving constructive feedback! Super agree that there are a room to improve on game balancing and how to make the symbol/text more clearer!

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I’ll take this suggestions in the future. Thanks again for your input; it really helps!

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