Kougeki

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%
The controls are mouse-based !

The game plays in 2 phases :
1- Planning
Before a wave, you can set traps and give orders to your units.
2- Battles
Once a battle begins, you only have a single skill available to help your troops, otherwise your success boils down to your planning.

- NOTE -

The links provided will give access to the right builds of the game only right before the end of the jam - my collegue is currently working on the game's balance.

- About the design -

Our take here was to create a big contrast between long planning phases and very short, action-packed battles (10 seconds long).
The gameplay still lacks depth to my taste, but the two of us couldn't go much further in 3 days.

screenshot

Comments28

blackotus27 Aug 2013, 02:40
I don't remember seeing a lot of Tower Defense games on LD, so it's nice to see this here!
The graphics are nice and colorful, and it plays well, too!
Moving the soldiers was a little clumsy at first, but it didn't take me long to get used to it.
Nice work!
Valerien
Valerienauthor27 Aug 2013, 07:47
The game is still a bit rough around the edges, but we unfortunately didn't have the time to go much further !
Satyre
Satyre27 Aug 2013, 08:42
Nice gameplay, I like the music and the graphics and how the whole asian style was used in this special TD.
bitserum27 Aug 2013, 10:34
Its really well polished for few days of work, not much to progress in game but very good job anyway.
FanFan
FanFan27 Aug 2013, 10:35
Loving the color tones you used, although the game is kinda buggy (i lose one of my soldiers by accidentally clicking outside of the screen... Then i supitdly selects another soldier).

The "Hai!" still ring in my ears.
timtipgames
timtipgames27 Aug 2013, 10:35
The graphics are absolutely awesome. I think it doesn't have to be fullscreen though (at least the webversion is stretched to fill the window) because it just blurs the images without addint too much immersion (but thats obviously a matter of taste). The gameplay was ... aehm... towerdefense :)
Nerlin
Nerlin27 Aug 2013, 10:36
Beatiful game! I like it.
kannas
kannas27 Aug 2013, 10:36
nice game! i would have liked a bit more variety on units , but 3 days are 3 days :P awesome art and selection of music and sounds :)
Larzan
Larzan27 Aug 2013, 10:38
Great grafix, nice idea to put the tower defense into a japanese setting.
RetroEpic
RetroEpic27 Aug 2013, 10:47
Fantastic little game man. It is a little shallow as you mentioned but it's still great. I think you guys did well on your graphic style and the mechanic is simple and intuitive, it's easy to place things and change unit modes. Good going!
Also the audio for me was top notch!
gre
gre27 Aug 2013, 12:22
Nice graphics and audio.
Kimidori27 Aug 2013, 13:30
great game! 5 stars! :D
Alexander Ponomariov27 Aug 2013, 16:28
Well done ! I like this tower defence game, can't believe you made it so quickly! You rock! \m/
Diogo Muller27 Aug 2013, 17:29
Nice game! The art and the music really shine on this one.
psychomonster
psychomonster27 Aug 2013, 18:36
Nice game. Defense mechanics are well designed and the art design is fantastic. I enjoyed it very much.
Zerkruemler27 Aug 2013, 18:41
Cool sound and Graphics. I haven't really understood how the planning phase affects the battle phase.
Healing or upgrading my defenders would be nice.
killmonday27 Aug 2013, 19:54
Loved it! Highfive for TD and sound effects!!
sgehlich28 Aug 2013, 09:02
Great to see a Tower Defense game on here - I loved the graphics and the sound, but I would have loved to place more units :)
nicotuason28 Aug 2013, 12:23
Great defense game with fantastic art! This could be a really fun game with some bugfixes and more units/levels.
Valerien
Valerienauthor28 Aug 2013, 12:50
@everyone thanks

We'd like to push it further some day, add content and mostly extend a lot the range of possibilities for the player, but at the moment we have 2 games in the making.

Kind regards,
Nathan
flavio
flavio28 Aug 2013, 21:09
Waow, very nice graphics and sound design !
Upgrades and new stuff would have been a great feature !
Nice work !
Tegu
Tegu29 Aug 2013, 18:52
The drawings and the soundscape are so beautiful. The game started a bit abruptly and I almost missed the first turn but fortunately decided to click around before hitting "Play" for the first time. It could be a bit more clear. Also it doesn't have any kind of instructions, but on the other hand it was fun to find out what it is possible (just click everything to try what it does). A restart option after game over would be nice since now the game has to be reopened.
I had placed the guys to each path and it was nice to see that they moved to help the other guys if they had finished their enemies. Also it felt a bit weird that the enemies retreated from the town even though all my soldiers were killed, but then I realized that it was due to the 10 seconds timer. In the next turn I just placed the traps but obviously they didn't help much.
It's amazing how cool games people can do in 72 hours. :)
canvapps
canvapps31 Aug 2013, 14:08
nice game! The graphical artist made a great job :)
matthias_zarzecki1 Sep 2013, 09:22
Solid TD! love the artstyle.
The Evil Cult2 Sep 2013, 23:03
Nice game, really like the concept. I found that the gameplay itself was a bit limited and that my planning phases mostly just consist of me resetting my barrel trap for the most part. Would be nice to see a bit more feedback on what is incoming whilst you are in planning, and a few more options for how to arrange what you can bring to defend (rather than just bringing everything). Still, this was fun and the graphics/sounds were quite nice too! Would really like to see how this came out with a bit more time. Not a bad effort! :)
lordjosephdeburg
lordjosephdeburg15 Sep 2013, 00:53
very interesting mechanics and good play on concept. good game!
bitowl
bitowl16 Sep 2013, 07:42
Wow. that art-style is fantastic :)

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