Athena Crisis
Games
turn-based strategy
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How HN took it
13 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 23 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Design: 3 for, 10 againstPerformance: 2 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Playable demo embedded in landing page is impressive
From 3 comments
I was going to be fairly underwhelmed, I mean, yeah it's a web game of course you can play it on its website, wooplidoo. But actually having a demo directly in the middle of the…
iraldir on HNFirefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
PetitPrince on HNI absolutely love when products have interactive versions of their product right in their product pages. The game looks really good, love the art style and the readability of it…
intruder on HN
Art style and color palette appealing
From 3 comments
Your game looks great! Love the color palette, I’ll keep an eye on this for sure. Sorry for the curveball, but I’d be really interested in hearing about the process of finding…
npinsker on HNNice graphics! I lost badly, and have desire to return.
adamredwoods on HNI absolutely love when products have interactive versions of their product right in their product pages. The game looks really good, love the art style and the readability of it…
intruder on HN
Full-featured browser game
From 2 comments
Wow, I haven't seen a browser game this full-featured since CrossCode. Were there any completely unexpected challenges on the web?
pie_flavor on HNI just watched parts of your "How Not to Build a Video Game" talk and I am blown away. I have not seen anyone build a game at this level with css. Do you know of any other games…
zoidb on HN
Objections
Poor performance and crashes in Firefox and mobile browsers
From 5 comments
I tried it out, but it froze up my browser on Firefox + Windows on a pretty well-resourced desktop. The page loaded fine, but when I hit "Play" everything ground to a halt, and…
mtlynch on HNIt's unusably slow for me in Firefox/Linux, as in multiple seconds per frame with the CPU at 100%.
Narishma on HNme too (FF and Windows) it was so slow I nearly ended the FF process, would hardly scroll
123pie123 on HNOpening the link crashed Chrome on iOS in a little over a second here.
alwa on HNOn my iPad it consistently crashes after I play 1 round.
yreg on HN
Lacks tutorial and unclear controls, end-turn button hard to find
From 4 comments
Very cool demo, but I think it needs a NUX as I have no idea what to do. I randomly clicked stuff but I have no idea if anything accomplished anything.
mashlol on HNFirefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
PetitPrince on HNI've always known it as FTE (First Time Experience). Agreed, the controls aren't entirely intuitive. I didn't know I had to click on the wait icon to 'end' that char's 'turn'.…
theogravity on HNWorks great for me on Vivaldi on Android and Linux but I couldn't figure out how to end my turn on desktop. There should probably be a help dialog for that when you don't have…
dagurp on HN
Too similar to Advance Wars
From 2 comments
It does, and it's a very good game, but this feels like plagiarism with how similar it is -- artwork style, mechanics, even UI is essentially identical to the GBA games
alacritas0 on HNIs it inspired in Advance Wars?
germandiago on HN
Music plays by default and is jarring
From 2 comments
I was going to be fairly underwhelmed, I mean, yeah it's a web game of course you can play it on its website, wooplidoo. But actually having a demo directly in the middle of the…
iraldir on HNFirefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
PetitPrince on HN
Requests
Add tutorial or new user experience
From 3 comments
Very cool demo, but I think it needs a NUX as I have no idea what to do. I randomly clicked stuff but I have no idea if anything accomplished anything.
mashlol on HNI've always known it as FTE (First Time Experience). Agreed, the controls aren't entirely intuitive. I didn't know I had to click on the wait icon to 'end' that char's 'turn'.…
theogravity on HNPersonally, I'm somewhat charmed that it threw me into battle without an explicit tutorial… although that's probably because I'm familiar with Advance Wars. However, even for me,…
comex on HN
Add fast forward for AI moves against humans
From 2 comments
Is there a "fast forward" for the AI actions? The thing that will turn me off a game like this faster than anything else is being forced to sit through and watch the individual…
vidarh on HNThis is literally the reason why I never liked advance wars. It's painfully slow (especially against a human) and you have to wait for every single unit move, and because I'm…
TheRoque on HN
Fix Stripe checkout on iOS Safari
From 1 comment
This is the third time I’ve seen your beautiful game now. So I decided to pull the trigger and buy early access. Unfortunately after filling out the stripe form on iOS Safari the…
vinnymac on HN
Disable music by default
From 1 comment
Firefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
PetitPrince on HN
Questions
Is there multiplayer?
From 1 comment
Had fun killing an hour there, fun gameplay. Is there multiplayer?
greentext on HN
How to build structures and end turn?
From 2 comments
Demo was tough, but fun, so I bought the game! How do I build structures in the prequel campaign? Is it an action on the Pioneer on specific land squares?
ukuina on HNI tried the demo but after using every move on every unit nothing happens
tsukurimashou on HN
Alternatives named
Advance Wars
From 2 comments
Nice work! This reminds me of the "Advance Wars" game series on GBA.
tesrx on HNIt does, and it's a very good game, but this feels like plagiarism with how similar it is -- artwork style, mechanics, even UI is essentially identical to the GBA games
alacritas0 on HN
Wargroove
From 1 comment
Check out Wargroove if you like this sort of game
dagurp on HN
Operation Combat
From 1 comment
The earliest one I've played was Operation Combat on the Amiga in 1991. https://youtu.be/uC845vxdyuY
Sohcahtoa82 on HN