First ludum dare entry, it was a blast! In this tower defense you are trying to defend two Connected Worlds from being overrun by elemental bugs.
Where you build the tower controls what type of towers you have access to, but never fret because you can warp them over to the other world (symmetrical side) in an instant. The bugs are weak against the opposite element, so warping towers at the right time can be the key to success.
Tips: Place starting towers on both sides before hitting the start button.
Orange bugs are week against blue towers and blue bugs are weak against orange towers. This also applies to your bases! (aka orange bugs hurt your blue base more and blue bugs hurt your orange base more) .
Swapping towers at the right time can be the key to success.
To place a tower: click a empty space, click one of the 3 with tower icons on the selector, hit the green check mark to confirm.
Known Issues (sorry): Hitting start on main menu sometimes takes more than 1 click. I think it's a loading thing? If this happens sometimes refreshing the game seems to fix it.
When selecting towers you have to close the selector to open it again.
Apparently there is a input issue when running the web player on mac :(
I really like this! The graphics (specifically the tiles) put me off at first glance, but I took a chance on it and was not disappointed. I really liked having to micromanage turret placement to deal with the oncoming threats, though I'm not sure how the game handles which turret is placed where when I click on an unoccupied tile. Other than that though, awesome game!
I'm not usually a fan of tower defense games, but this was pretty good. It defeats the usual issue I have with TDs in that it isn't just "set up and let it run" as you have to constantly switch the towers there and back.
I'd really like to see this fleshed out to a whole game.
Really impressed with what you were able to do in 2 days, I would definitely continue to work on this game! Being able to swap the towers between the two lanes was a great mechanic.
Thanks for all the feedback guys! I hope I get a chance to flesh this out more.
Sorry gillenew, if you have trouble hitting the play button just try refreshing the game, that seems to work. I just added that trick to my description.
It was nice to have something to do in a TD game other than sit there and watch the creeps go by! Good use of the theme.
Also, nice job with the music :)
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Cake_Catastrophe26 Aug 2014, 00:09
I had a lot of fun with this. The art is simple but eye-catching, and the mix of different damage types and the ability to switch turret around gives it some depth.
I had a little bit of trouble working up which turrets I was switching in - some indicator on the tile to which turret is on its opposite number would help with that though. Overall pretty good.
I'm not going to vote because I can't get it to run. I clicked everywhere on the screen and no turret menu appeared. All I can do is press start and then I die cos there are no turrets. Concept sounds like fun though.
Cool, haven't seen a mechanic like this in a tower defense game before. It adds a neat layer of strategy and there's plenty of potential to use the switching to make things more interesting :)
Very nice use of the theme. Good game, I suck at it though. note: for the issue about the click on start button, it may be related to the bug the webplayer, to "fix it" just switch to another tab, and come back
Great entry for such a short time! Liked the concept of swapping, which felt intuitive for me. I felt the low-range tower was useless though. Great music track!
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I'd really like to see this fleshed out to a whole game.
Sorry gillenew, if you have trouble hitting the play button just try refreshing the game, that seems to work. I just added that trick to my description.
Also, nice job with the music :)
I had a little bit of trouble working up which turrets I was switching in - some indicator on the tile to which turret is on its opposite number would help with that though. Overall pretty good.
Good game, I suck at it though.
note: for the issue about the click on start button, it may be related to the bug the webplayer, to "fix it" just switch to another tab, and come back