We wanted to make a bit of an RTS and a bit of a tower defense with the quick gameplay and crushing difficulty of a rogue-like. Control info is in the read-me, and the game is winnable, though punishing. This was the first jam for each member of our 3 man team, and we are pretty happy with the result. Snowman easter egg, for the theme none of us wanted to win.
Edit: I wanted to give you guys a heads up since the people I've seen trying it seem a bit stumped. You hold space to generate more soldiers from the rations on the ground, and the enemies have a bit of AI that will punish you if you press forward too early. If you send a small part of your force out for rations and leave the majority back to defend the base, you'll dramatically increase your chances to win. The enemies respawn forever, so wear them down a bit before you press in to destroy their base. Good luck.
-@CalebByrd0
And finally, here is a video to show that the game is actually winable, got it in the second round, have won it as late as the 7th. Thank you all for playing, it's already a lot more than we expected
Super, super hard game. I Included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Z4bPWwSnLLA
This is great. You don't even care you're losing because of how spectacularly you get overwhelmed. The trees-of-war really add to the humor when the enemy swarms in.
The difficulty has already been mentioned. Or maybe I just suck at it ;) Love the graphics. Bonus points for making an RTS. There are too few in LD imo.
Took me a while to figure out. The readme and in-game explanations are not what I would consider well-written. I just send out two or three men to the upper left and bottom right corners, stocking on rations, and all the while holding space. Once I had 200 men, I won with an all-in attack.
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They should be brutal and make you work for it.
But they also should be winnable as you said.
Love the graphics. Bonus points for making an RTS. There are too few in LD imo.
I need to come back for this one later.
I just send out two or three men to the upper left and bottom right corners, stocking on rations, and all the while holding space. Once I had 200 men, I won with an all-in attack.