10 Second Defense
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive
(may not load correctly).
(may not load correctly).
In this game, you need to defend your castle against some creatures from the forest. They're coming constantly, so you need to shoot them. Each wave of enemies takes 10 seconds. I thought it would be interesting to create a defensive-style game where you only had 10 seconds, so here it is. The game can be played up to infinity until you don't run out of money/lives/patiency :)
== Gameplay ==
You play as a mage on the left side of your screen. You move around to pickup gold chunks, which randomly appear there. Enemies are coming from right and you need to use your abilities to shoot them. After 10 seconds, wave ends and you'll be redirected to shop, where you can purchase some abilities/upgrades. And then it repeats.
== Controls ==
Use left & right arrow to move your character.
Up & down arrows are used for ability switching(currently selected ability is the small icon above your head).
Use mouse to aim & left mouse button to shoot(you don't have to press it, just hold it or purchase Perma Shoot in shop[free])
To purchase in shop, double-click the item you're interested in.
== My personal thoughts of this game ==
This game definitely not going to win LD. There are better games out there. However, after 16 hours of programming this game, I got addicted to it! Really, it's the first game I created and got addicted to, which is a good sign :) | Graphics are my regular style (90's windows graphics), sound is just sfxr + autotracker, so it's not any good. However, as many wise people say: "Graphics is not important if the gameplay is good".
So I hope you like & enjoy the game! If you have any questions, I'll gladly answer them in the comments section below.
== How to run ==
First of all, you'll need java runtime, which can be downloaded at http://java.com/
Download the cross-platform zip archive & extract it. Then, notice 2 files named RUNTHIS. Windows users run RUNTHIS.bat, MAC/Linux users run RUNTHIS.sh
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other platforms are currently unsupported, as the archive doesn't include natives. But if you download LWJGL natives for your platform & place them to "natives" folder, you can copy command from RUNTHIS.sh and run it via command line :).
If you're interested in how the game was created, check my twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/tomsik68 and you can find the whole progress(except sound making) in the past broadcasts section.
== Gameplay ==
You play as a mage on the left side of your screen. You move around to pickup gold chunks, which randomly appear there. Enemies are coming from right and you need to use your abilities to shoot them. After 10 seconds, wave ends and you'll be redirected to shop, where you can purchase some abilities/upgrades. And then it repeats.
== Controls ==
Use left & right arrow to move your character.
Up & down arrows are used for ability switching(currently selected ability is the small icon above your head).
Use mouse to aim & left mouse button to shoot(you don't have to press it, just hold it or purchase Perma Shoot in shop[free])
To purchase in shop, double-click the item you're interested in.
== My personal thoughts of this game ==
This game definitely not going to win LD. There are better games out there. However, after 16 hours of programming this game, I got addicted to it! Really, it's the first game I created and got addicted to, which is a good sign :) | Graphics are my regular style (90's windows graphics), sound is just sfxr + autotracker, so it's not any good. However, as many wise people say: "Graphics is not important if the gameplay is good".
So I hope you like & enjoy the game! If you have any questions, I'll gladly answer them in the comments section below.
== How to run ==
First of all, you'll need java runtime, which can be downloaded at http://java.com/
Download the cross-platform zip archive & extract it. Then, notice 2 files named RUNTHIS. Windows users run RUNTHIS.bat, MAC/Linux users run RUNTHIS.sh
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other platforms are currently unsupported, as the archive doesn't include natives. But if you download LWJGL natives for your platform & place them to "natives" folder, you can copy command from RUNTHIS.sh and run it via command line :).
If you're interested in how the game was created, check my twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/tomsik68 and you can find the whole progress(except sound making) in the past broadcasts section.