Defender

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★94%
This is my game for LD31!
I'm very pleased with how I made it because I'm 13, so I'm still practising! :)
EDIT: Fixed bug when some of the variables don't reset when game played multiple times without exiting.

Comments41

Mixer
Mixer8 Dec 2014, 11:01
Hey dude! I am 13 too :D Fellow game dev right here :) Great job with your game, it's pretty cool!
Louisload
Louisload8 Dec 2014, 11:33
Hey friend, I can't play your game ):
When I open it, it says "A Java Exception has occurred"
MatejaSauthor8 Dec 2014, 11:53
Thanks, @Mixer! :)
@Louisload, what version of JDK are you using?
@hadesfurry, you can't :D...I haven't realised that until it was too late :(
Louisload
Louisload8 Dec 2014, 13:11
@MatejaS I just updated my JDK and the game opened :D thank you!
Jayson
Jayson8 Dec 2014, 13:22
I love defense games. Thank you this was fun.

Would have loved some gun sounds.

Keep up the good work.
Merixx8 Dec 2014, 15:54
It's great! I can't stop playing it :D
Eponesh
Eponesh8 Dec 2014, 21:00
Nice concept! Greate controlls!
MatejaSauthor8 Dec 2014, 21:48
Thanks guys :)
Emkani9 Dec 2014, 11:52
Audio can add a lot to the game, for you next game try looking up Vlambeer and juicyness if you havent yet.
Skills6419 Dec 2014, 13:51
can't run game. Java exception error
abdurrahmankh
abdurrahmankh9 Dec 2014, 21:16
this is actually really cool. the lack of sounds and Music was disappointing. I liked how there is modes for firing. I wish the tower was in the middle to increase the challenge. but good work.
Omer10 Dec 2014, 03:12
Hey now a bad game! Better than mine I'd say. Great job buddy!
floorman
floorman10 Dec 2014, 19:51
Like the graphics, but I couldn't figure out how to reload or anything like that. I ran out of ammo really quickly.

Otherwise it's a really fun game. =)
Wilson
Wilson10 Dec 2014, 20:33
I really liked the ammo resupply mechanic, made me have to think carefully about shooting which makes a change in these sorts of games :)
MatejaSauthor10 Dec 2014, 20:59
Thank you very much everyone :D
Jed T.11 Dec 2014, 10:38
I love the cute pixel graphics and the defense gameplay mechanics. The artwork is consistent (except for the grass) I wish you had time for sound and music so I would be immersed with your game longer. I got bored quickly though after 3-4 tries because it got repetitive. Good luck and keep on shipping games!
Crushenator
Crushenator11 Dec 2014, 11:19
I made my first game when I was 13. Glad you are using Java . Cool game.
MatejaSauthor11 Dec 2014, 21:07
Thanks :)
ramonparaiba
ramonparaiba13 Dec 2014, 15:01
11/09??? (Joke)
Congrats, dude!
pjimmy
pjimmy13 Dec 2014, 17:31
nice game, it's a great accomplishment considering how young you are, looking forward for your next games, well done :)
scias
scias16 Dec 2014, 14:08
I think I'm the only one here, but I can't get it to run. Win7 64bit.
MatejaSauthor16 Dec 2014, 15:28
@scias if it says "Java exception has occurred" or something similar please update your JDK :)
oh_andrej18 Dec 2014, 22:43
Very solid entry! I appreciate the added complexity of being able to avoid fire and blowing up TNT with the right timing. Graphics are nice too, I especially like how your tower actually gets destroyed bit by bit. I only have two quibbles and one issue with this game:

1) The bullets seem a bit slow, making it hard to hit TNT or ammo boxes when they are far away; making them faster however could potentially make them too hard to dodge and the gameplay too chaotic. Maybe make it so you can shoot the parachute as well and not just the box? That way things would be a bit easier to hit. (Maybe I just suck at aiming though.)

2) The gun seems to fire a bit higher than the mouse cursor. You can get used to it after a while, but coupled with the slow bullets and small targets this can lead to some problems early on :P

The only real issue I ran into is running out of bullets...at that point you have basically lost the game, since you need to shoot the ammo crates to get more bullets, which you can't do when you're out of bullets :D

All in all a very fun game with a solid execution and nice attention to detail. Good job!
MatejaSauthor19 Dec 2014, 13:40
Thank you very much, @oh_andrej :)
You are right about the quibbles, but I think they make the game what it is :) (I could have made it better, though).

About the running out of bullets, I wanted to make the plane drop a box with ammo just above you when it happens, but didn't have time :(
OttersDen20 Dec 2014, 21:04
This is good, great effort on your part. Keep practicing, and don't stop!
Hellequin22 Dec 2014, 20:47
Awesome game! I found it really fun to play! Congrat
cxsquared
cxsquared22 Dec 2014, 20:52
Nice work. I liked the sprites. The game was quite fun. Good work.
MatejaSauthor23 Dec 2014, 16:09
Thank you :)
rd127p7724 Dec 2014, 18:02
Great Game, though it could be for mac and linux not just windows
el-pepi
el-pepi28 Dec 2014, 21:57
Pretty nice for your age! Quite challenging and fun.
I really wish you had added some sound.
Dans17
Dans1728 Dec 2014, 23:34
Very nice game. However, I found the shooting to be very slow and inaccurate.
MatejaSauthor29 Dec 2014, 16:12
Thank you all :D
@Dans17, what do you mean by inaccurate?
lxd1
lxd129 Dec 2014, 16:31
Fun
01rafael29 Dec 2014, 17:38
Awesome graphics!
AMS30 Dec 2014, 00:42
Nice game, simple but fun ^^
mohammad30 Dec 2014, 01:18
Pretty addicting gameplay! I liked the variaty the game had roboffer
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