if things worked out, it would have been about SCALING a mountain.

thank you!

for the jam I did want casualties to be persistent, so as you go from level 1-3 you'd only have the units that survived the last battle. That sadly didn't make it in. For the Tengu Units, the only one that can Melee is Momiji, who usually dies pretty fast on the level she's in due to being the head of the pack.

Thank you!

I'm probably going to refine the rules and release a mini-expansion to allow for tabletop play, cause before the jam I had this concept in mind to be played out as a board game.

thanks for playing!

The game designer here,

In regards to the changes to the design to make it more tactical. 

the whole thing of numbers is in part Personal bias of myself towards mass being the decisive factor in battles. The AI having more command points than you is something that would help it work it's mass more effectively, but part of the problem is that as you said, the field has no terrain or organic blocking potential. Part of that is deliberate, your in the sky, but part of that is the consequence of trying to make a game on such a short time in such a small scale (8x16 is Big yes, but not that big.)

 
When designing I actually thought of the laser and shield units complimenting each other. Shields could reflect lasers, lasers work as area denial, which allows for you to pin down forces or force a opponent to move, as I imagined the distances in a turn would mean a lot of movement without anyone being hit. That didn't really make it into the final game, but probably post jam I'll type a document for which you could play the game physically with a alternative rule set.

Thank you!

Yeah, part of the intent was for your forces to carry over between scenarios, so you'd be forced to be playing with preservation of force in mind. That didnt make it in sadly, as did a few other rules which would have made creating a wall or rushing enemies much harder. In addition, quite a few units are bugged (plus AI being a crapshoot)

As the designer, if I had to do it again, I'd add alternative win conditions like "dont let your force go below X" or "take/hold hex Y and Z", along with a bit more tweaking of the scenario comps in general. I'd probably also add some hard cover and expand the map out further.

Nice! Thank you for making this and fufilling my younger self's curiosity! It's very peaceful and nice to explore something like this.

hi, as one of the writers for this, can you elaborate on your problems with the story for post jam updates?

Really good VN. Poor Sanae.
Bit confusing with outcome sign posting, and some of the text options are vague as to if they are letting someone down gently, or if your reacting in the expected way. 

Real Ace Attorney vibes in this one. Good work!

A interesting game, any plans to finish it?

Yeah a remix of Jelly stone! That's enough to make it a winner in my book

Bass pro fishing pyramid? The 7th wonder of the world?

Sign me the hell up

it was cool to play this at touhou fest, hope you'll develop it further!

Can't wait for the full release! Do you have a rough idea of when it will be?

unless the full game requires you to hack into the server where its hosted and access it for there :p

curse my lack of technical Know-how when dealing with file types actually used by real games instead of BYOND!

(actually, uh, how do I get to the sound effect?)

now to actually figure out how to steal it! :P

Quick question.

Can I use your lunar trumpet shot sound effect for another game? It'd be for a joke suppressor that makes a gun sound like a Zunpet. I don't have the best grasp of audio work and yours is really good.

Pretty fun. I gotta play cruelty squad even more now though.

Reminds me alot of katamari

With a bit more work, it would be a good game. Sprites are nice to look at, and the towers seem intresting. I can't seem to place more than one tower without having to restart the game.

Marisa might have a ICBM, but Cirno has a BT7 and I think she's better off because of it

Did you make the background music yourself?