Ludum Dare #55 · Compo
Treant Wars
About
*The evil hordes are marching towards the sacred groves! *
*In the heart of the groves, the Aether Tree stands tall, and you must protect it at all costs!*
*Can you endure the waves of evil minions and defeat their leader and save the realm?*
Features
- A healthy grove provides you a good amount of Aether, a pivotal resource for this task.
- Ensure your grove flourishes and plant various trees, all with different behaviours:
- When grown they provide various passive benefits.
- And when the time comes, turn them into fierce treants!
- However as treants, they lose their passive abilities, while they gain active ones!
- Repel the melee Devilkins and Brutes, the fiery Imps, and keep the Scorchers at distance because they set your grove aflame!
- Defeat their gargantuan leader and bring peace to the land once again.

Controls
- Left click to plant and summon treants through buttons.
- Right click/Escape to cancel using a button.
- I could only implement one hotkey: T to summon treants
- Escape to go back to the main menu

Features that didn't make it?
- Tree which deals periodically poison damage around itself. As a treant, it deals poison damage.
- Tree which slows enemies in an area. As a treant, it roots a target.
- A petard-like enemy that charges into your grove and explodes.
- "Biome system": You can only plant nearby grass tiles, and trees convert sand tiles into grass. Grass tiles generate Aether.
- "Realistic" fire the jumps from tree to tree, and some mechanic to put out the fire
- Unique boss fight
- Tents and campfires indicating spawn locations.

Tags: #forest, #nature, #pixel art, #real time strategy, #singleplayer
Genres: strategy


