EDIT: I've uploaded a windows version for those who can't run flash version. However, there are some sounds that doesn't play and I don't know why, sorry.
Here we go, my second ludum dare :)
I wasn't mean to participate due to a lack of time. But I'm glad to be there !
I'm happy with what I've done, it took me so much time to find core mechanics with this game concept ! I spent almost 10 consecutive hours on balancing monster's. So I hope you will find it hard, but also that everyone will have enough time to have fun before loosing :D
So here we go with the game itself, it is a kind of tower defense. The main difference is that You Only Get One tower. Don't feel so bad ! You will be able to move it everywehere as it follows your mouse :)
The goal of this game, like any TD is to defeat monsters before they reach your base, here, the right side of the map. Be carefull, you will only get one life !
Killing a monster will reward you some score points and money. Money is used to make some upgrade whereas score points allows you to level up and increase your range.
There is 3 kind of upgrade
* Firerate: Fire more often at ennemies. Upgraded with Q
* Power: Damage deal to enemies. Upgraded with W
* Target: How much ennemies you can shoot at once. Upgraded with E
I spent a lot of time trying to make a decent music, it sounds good but very repetitive, mute it with M if you want to get rid of this.
Music was made with LMMS.
Sounds were made with sfxr.
Arts were made with PyxelEdit.
Code was made with Haxe and HaxeFlixel.
If you are going to compile it, instead of using the standard HaxeFlixel library, please download the one given in links.
Don't forget to enjoy the game, and every comments are welcomed :)
Got to 15,560. Really fun but I would suggest that the tower moves as close to the cursor as possible. Right now when the cursor is over a road, the tower completely stops moving, so it feels like it's lagging.
Thans for your review. I actually add a point to see where the mouse point. I keep the idea of putting the tower as close as possible for a future release. I have to stop now :(
tklovert: Ahah I've bookmarked yours yesterday already ! I will give it a try next week. I think I've started with something similar as you, but finally get rid of all these clicking stuff that made the game slow. I chose to make a game more action based than reflexion based :)
This is great -- the second only-one-tower tower defense game I've seen so far, but I like this one better because you can just put the tower anywhere.
As other have mentioned, it would be nice to have a better way of handling the upgrades, since with the frantic pace, it's hard to even have time to look at how much money you have.
Love the concept! Difficulty was just right: it was challenging yet fun. I actually thought about similar one tower tower defence game, but dumped the idea.
Very fast paced for a tower defence game, gets very difficult very quickly. Learnt quickly to upgrade as soon a possible. Audio gets a but repetitive but that's ok. Graphics are actually really good, everything is easy to see and the enemies stand out although are a bit small. Overall is pretty awesome.
Now I've seen everything. A movable tower defense game. It was quite fun. I especially appreciate the upgrades as they gave me a goal to work towards (besides not getting killed).
Fantastic interpretation of the theme, graphics were kind of lacking but the game was very fun and satisfying. But like ReactorScram said, it feels like the tower is lagging because it stops following when you hover over roads
Good. It took me a while to get the upgrades and when I did I didn't have enough time to do anything rational so I just hammered on the Q W and E. That is, maybe give some initial feedback for us non-TD gamers that one can now buy e.g. Firerate.
local minimum: I'm not a TD gamer and like you, I'm having a very hard to time to make rational use of upgrades. I will work on that ! Still have to think about how to design it ;) Thanks for your feedback
Nice twist on tower defense! At first the mouse seemed to be lagging, but now I see that the red dot indicates the cursor, and that when you move the cursor over the roads, that the tower won't follow. It would be better if the tower would always be placed at he closest possible position to the cursor.
By the way, thanks for playing our game, but you played a premature version of the game (2 hours before the jam deadline). Maybe you want to check out the final version. :)
Hey Masadow, Im just passing by to say that I really appreciated your feedback on my game. Thank you very much! And wow, 45 hits!!! Im glad you enjoyed it.
Really nice variation on the tower theme. Oddly enough, the enemies didn't move on my version? (which made it rather easy for me) ;-) I think this was because I ran the .swf directly as the web page wasn't loading for me. (maybe there are some variables set up in the web page) Anyway, really nice game! (and thanks for your review of mine)
Masadow, that would be nice. Do you have twitter? Perhaps you might like to play an alpha version of my upcoming game. It's not on the same style, but it would be nice to listen what would you say about it :)
Initiative spin on a tired genre, but very difficult. One thing to note it that I did not even notice the HUD at first as it did not stand out very well and was rather small.
Excellent idea, perfectly fits the theme :) The game could be much more strategic if the Tower could hit every targets in range. In your version, it's actually basically useless to place the tower in angles or crossroads because of that. Good job :)
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Yours is done VERY well though. I like your take on it much more.
As other have mentioned, it would be nice to have a better way of handling the upgrades, since with the frantic pace, it's hard to even have time to look at how much money you have.
all: Thanks for your comments, with so many good feedback, I will definitely continue to work on this !
By the way, thanks for playing our game, but you played a premature version of the game (2 hours before the jam deadline). Maybe you want to check out the final version. :)
In the balance, you could probably make the slow ones get harde to kill, because it took more shots to kill the small ones at the end :P
And wow, 45 hits!!! Im glad you enjoyed it.
Perhaps you might like to play an alpha version of my upcoming game. It's not on the same style, but it would be nice to listen what would you say about it :)
The game could be much more strategic if the Tower could hit every targets in range. In your version, it's actually basically useless to place the tower in angles or crossroads because of that.
Good job :)