The planet rotates, enemies spawn around it, and the buildings YOU placed are defending it.
So yeah, a tower-defense basically.
PLZ READ: I encourage you to play through to day 10. The first 5 or so are simple. It starts to progress logically around here. I couldn't figure out how to get around it.
CONTROLS:
Mouse: Left mouse - Place unit Right mouse - Start round, when prompted Middle mouse - Rotate planet (note: not necessary to play game, just a neat debug thing, for the gears in the center, I left in)
Move mouse over unit - Shows information about the unit Scroll wheel - Change selected unit
NOTE: If you don't have a middle mouse button, don't sweat it: UP and DOWN arrow keys do the same as the scroll wheel.
Thanks for playing, and happy 10th anniversary. Good luck.
Fun little game you have there! It's simple, yet fun and not at all what I expected... although I think it lacks a little variety and is way to easy. Loved the cogs!
Nice, but I got through the whole game with a planet made of turrets! Could use a little more enemy variety, maybe enemies that can't be hurt by turrets? (with another weapon type)
What this game really wins on is the excellent execution. It doesn't try to be more than it is, but does so with elegance. The retro graphics and audio betray the depth of gameplay. I exaggerate the latter only slightly, but it's a very nice production given the time frame.
I made the mistake of slapping down too many shields at first, making it actually rather difficult. So, you could easily make a more challenging game by reducing the starting cash.
I like the clockwork graphics. Towards the end, though, I had so many turrets that the planet was starting to look like some kind of microbe. :)
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refreshcreations25 Apr 2012, 20:30
Nice game. I would love to see some form of player control through the active level so you're not left there watching turrets which would up the gameplay a bit. Still, a well presented game with some replay potential after some post dare coding. I was looking forward to more than credits in the ending but hey, only 48 hours, great stuff!
The graphics are really nice, it's really fun to watch your planet covered with turrets moving in sync, shooting stuff down.
The sounds didn't work for me! D:
The concept is cool but the game is just way too easy. You actually don't need to build anything but DUM turrets. It's still pretty fun though. :D Balancing a game like this is really hard, and I definitely commend you for going for this type of thing though.
The idea is very cool and I love the simple "retro" graphic style. The downside is that the game is extremely easy, if you tuned the difficulty a bit it would be great. I would also prefer if I could interact with the game during the fight, repairing and stuff, although the lack of this interaction may not be what you intended for your game and I don't consider it a bad thing being the case. The chaos in the final levels is really enjoyable and was my favorite part of the game.
Good job on the coding. Given that it's rather tower defense-esque, I'd like to have more info on what types of enemies are in the wave, ranges on turrets, etc.
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voxel7 May 2012, 09:37
Loved everything about this except how easy it was. I need a macho mode please
Really like this. For a TD game, it's oddly soothing and hypnotic. I'd love something to show me the progression of time through the day ie. how much time left before next day.
I liked the spinny tower defense concept and the pew pew pew sounds. As others have mentioned, I found it easy enough to just plop a bunch of turrets around the planet and then just sit back for a couple of minutes. It didn't seem like there was much challenge beyond that. So, maybe if some the other entities introduced/needed earlier in the game, then I think there would be something.
The brightly colored look to it is pretty cool, too. I could see that being awesome with a bloom filter applied to it.
Really great visual style. I liked your sound effects as well. The game was a bit easy, but also a bit addicting. All it needs is a bit more variety (in weapon types, enemies types, etc), but I think you've got something really great here!
Before launching the first wave I said to myself "if those gears start spinning I'm giving it a 5/5". And they did! (I really really like games and have made some gear demos but anyways...). It's a really nice spin (see what i did there?) on tower defense-like games. Graphics are nice and smooth and overall it's pretty balanced. Add a gear-y satellite and I'll give you 10/5
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Triple thumbs.
I like the choice for monocromatic objects: too much old-style! ;)
Only flaw: is a bit too easy! :/
I made the mistake of slapping down too many shields at first, making it actually rather difficult. So, you could easily make a more challenging game by reducing the starting cash.
I like the clockwork graphics. Towards the end, though, I had so many turrets that the planet was starting to look like some kind of microbe. :)
The sounds didn't work for me! D:
The concept is cool but the game is just way too easy. You actually don't need to build anything but DUM turrets. It's still pretty fun though. :D
Balancing a game like this is really hard, and I definitely commend you for going for this type of thing though.
Overall this is a pretty good game! :D
Also looks like you forgot to upload the source!
Thanks for the comments everyone! I'd like to respond to each of them right now but i can't! I'll play all of your games when I get the chance.
The chaos in the final levels is really enjoyable and was my favorite part of the game.
The brightly colored look to it is pretty cool, too. I could see that being awesome with a bloom filter applied to it.