Lich Rising

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
Hail, oh great and merciless Lich, for you have risen once again. The Dark Lord calls!

You play as the Lich, a master of the unliving. You want to end the world, if only those pesky humans would let you. Defend the sacrificial altar, don't get yourself killed again, and put a stop to the humans once and for all by destroying their settlement.

Controls:
WASD: move around the map
Left click: select a unit
- Click and drag: select a group of units
- Double click: select all units of the same type
Right click: move or attack selected units to the target
Space bar: select the lich, or center the screen on it
F: halt previous actions for selected units

Spells:
Select a spell with a key or the on screen button. Your spells use dead bodies to spawn minions. After selecting a spell (it will turn blue) right click on a coffin to cast the spell. Each spell has a cooldown after being cast.
Q: Zombie - a slow, but tough minion
E: Spider - a fast close range minion
R: Skull - a floating skull that spits fireballs

Enemies:
Humans come in waves. Several types are brave enough to fight you.
Villager: a weak idiot, but there are a lot of them
Archer: uses a crossbow to attack from a distance, like a coward
Knight: a weak idiot, wearing armor
Balista Tower: buildings that will fire at anything that approaches

Comments16

DrZanuff26 Aug 2015, 12:37
Fun game! I destroyed the last Tower. It remembers the good old RTS, and a bit of Dota. Cool game!
duskpn
duskpn27 Aug 2015, 05:09
Pretty good! I like how functional it is, I can even double click an unit to select all of the same type!
stupidmindlessf
stupidmindlessf27 Aug 2015, 06:22
Wow this is really impressive. Probably one of the most complex and yet fully functional LD game I played so far. Even with a full tutorial! I really like the idea of using your dead enemies as the ressource to spawn your own new units.
Slashee the Cow
Slashee the Cow27 Aug 2015, 07:05
Wow, I'm surprised to see how complete this is. I don't think I could do a basic RTS like this in two days.
CheesyRamen
CheesyRamen27 Aug 2015, 07:16
Great job with implementing the functionality of an RTS in such short time!

For my ancestors!
AzureAspect
AzureAspect27 Aug 2015, 10:33
Attaaaack!
*ow oowoow ow oow ow*
For my ancestors!

Your ancestors are my zombies now and your towers are burning :)
Kizler
Kizler29 Aug 2015, 19:28
I'm impressed with what you did in such a limited time!
zeid30 Aug 2015, 04:44
You put together a pretty solid RTS framework in a pretty small amount of time good work
rotpar30 Aug 2015, 06:39
Wow. I'm impressed with what you could do in such a short time. Good game.
Strike
Strike30 Aug 2015, 12:47
Sweet ! A RTS game !

Very complete mechanics for this type of game in such a short time. I like the "resources" management system.

May the Dark One rise in peace.
Jelinib3 Sep 2015, 05:37
Wow, great job implementing all those RTS controls! Quite enjoyed the top-down-but-still-3D style with clear and vivid units, and the voices were great too! Very nicely done. :)
berkano
berkano4 Sep 2015, 20:08
Really impressed by the quality of the controls (selecting/ordering units) and overall balance of the game, slickest LD entry I've seen in a long time! nice job
Keon
Keon5 Sep 2015, 04:31
The controls are a bit hard to use, but it's an incredibly well done RTS for a Ludum Dare. Well done!

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