Defender of the Energy!
It was a fun time to make something, and we proud that we finish it.
I wish you will get fun playing it, like we get fun making it :)
05.08.2017
HUGE UPDATE OUT NOW!
Featurings:
- BRAND NEW Super Attack!
- More polished art!
- Sound effects!
- Ingame options!
- Reworked main menu!
- New "How to play" screen!
- Better translation!
- Bugfixes!
You WILL like it! VERSION 1.1 IS ON!
More monsters will be in NEXT update! Follow the news!
Our latest record is 2:54, can you beat us? ;)
Thank you all!
Many people liked Audio in this game, so we make OST. You can listen it on soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tokatsu/sets/defender-of-the-energy-ost
Unity:
MagicSpore and Voal
Art:
MagicSpore
Game-design:
Bes Slaaneshi
Audio:
Tokatsu
Links added later:
*Version 1.1*
itch.io: https://besslaaneshi.itch.io/defender-of-the-energy
Windows: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrMjdxd1M3RHl2T1E
Linux: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrY1djZ0c2Sm1ySkU
Mac OS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrdkc3TFhsOG4wLWs
*Version 1.0*
Linux: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrMXlLakp6ZllZeE0
Mac OS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrraFZUQlRDZ2JrT0U
Comments67
BesSlaaneshi31 Jul 2017, 23:45
Thank you for your response!
In first idea we was think about adding sound effects, but have no time to end it coz of time and some problems. But we will make them later, i wish! :)
In first idea we was think about adding sound effects, but have no time to end it coz of time and some problems. But we will make them later, i wish! :)
tinykidtoo31 Jul 2017, 23:51
Wow this is really well polished. The art is amazing, the music is really great. The only bit of feedback besides that it is awesome is that it gets hard. The difficulty spikes all of a sudden.
BesSlaaneshi31 Jul 2017, 23:54
We focused on 2-3 minuts of gameplay, so in the end u will look on the ending :) and we have no time to make gameplay more... uhm... various, and because of that we make it hard.
You cant "win" in this game. You can only complete it. If you understand.
Sorry for my bad english
You cant "win" in this game. You can only complete it. If you understand.
Sorry for my bad english
Shaolin Dave1 Aug 2017, 00:00
Unfortunately I can't play this. You made it with Unity, you should really do a WebGL build so people without Windows can play/vote.
Update: thanks for the WebGL build. I was able to play now.
It's a good little game, simple easy-to-learn mechanics are important for games like this. The player controls could have been a little more polished (shooting while walking for example). Graphics and sound are good.
Update: thanks for the WebGL build. I was able to play now.
It's a good little game, simple easy-to-learn mechanics are important for games like this. The player controls could have been a little more polished (shooting while walking for example). Graphics and sound are good.
Anthony Dunlap1 Aug 2017, 00:06
It is a quick an simple game, but it is very fun to play. It forces me to think quickly. I like it
Connor Hagan1 Aug 2017, 00:09
Really, really great art. Simple, yet enjoyable gameplay. I made it to 2:10 before I finally died.
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 00:13
@shaolin-dave
we will try do a webGL, but it will be later, our programmer go to sleep, he need to wake up on work soon.
@anthony-dunlap @connor-hagan thank you!
we will try do a webGL, but it will be later, our programmer go to sleep, he need to wake up on work soon.
@anthony-dunlap @connor-hagan thank you!
Cornelia Xaos1 Aug 2017, 01:34
Yea.. Echoing @shaolin-dave .. I dunno if a WebGL build would work on Linux machines or not, but it would be nice to have builds for other OSes. Provided you're not using any external libraries in your game simply building for the others via standalone should work just fine.
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 01:54
Working on that! thank you @cornelia-xaos
PanDorfa1 Aug 2017, 03:11
Holy, best game on this jam I played so far
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 03:12
Thank you @pandorfa
Kurangceret1 Aug 2017, 04:07
Art is gorgeous. Lack of sound effect really prevents it from going a step further. The gameplay is also too simplistic for my taste. But it's still quite fun!
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 04:14
@kurangceret thank you for review
PixelSplash1 Aug 2017, 04:58
Love the art, the gameplay is excellent too, it has story :D...
ledez1 Aug 2017, 05:03
Great Game art and game concept, Great game.
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 05:05
@pixelsplash @ledez thank you all
Apple Dash1 Aug 2017, 05:23
It's great! Art style and music are great, gameplay is quite fun. But yeah, as people pointed earlier, you need these sound effects to make gameplay even more fun. Still, enjoyed it a lot
bmacintosh1 Aug 2017, 05:24
Nice game, I really dig the player animation. The slightly incorrect English actually adds a funny mood to the game that I like. Got 1:28.
pixelgriffin1 Aug 2017, 05:26
Really solid game, no bugs to be seen and has a really high-energy fun to it. Easy to forget that this was made in such a short time. Feels like something you'd see on the front page of a flash game site.
Awesome work!
Awesome work!
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 05:29
@apple-dash thank you!
@bmacintosh thank you too! Sorry but our native language is not English. But i glad you like it ;)
@pixelgriffin thank you! and good job, you beat my record
@bmacintosh thank you too! Sorry but our native language is not English. But i glad you like it ;)
@pixelgriffin thank you! and good job, you beat my record
WalterP1 Aug 2017, 05:48
Super neat art style! The game was very solid and fun! I loved that the enemy got faster and angrier when they ate the power too and I thought that was a very smart idea.
Would like to see a more polished version of this game!
Keep up the good work; also my high score was 1:50 :joy:
Would like to see a more polished version of this game!
Keep up the good work; also my high score was 1:50 :joy:
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 05:54
@walterp thank you! we are working on it, but need a some time to rest :)
MagicSpore1 Aug 2017, 05:58
@walterp Thanks, my score 1.48 :wink:
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 08:06
Now support Linux and Mac Os!
sgstair1 Aug 2017, 11:48
Nice work - the graphics and music are really impressive and well done. As others have said, sound effects are noticeably absent - they would add a lot. Gameplay is pretty intuitive and solid and it quickly becomes difficult to "cope" as the enemies swarm more and more. It works quite well as it is, but more enemy types would probably make it more interesting.
I played this on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163569305 - timestamp 1:11:20
I played this on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163569305 - timestamp 1:11:20
James Dunlap1 Aug 2017, 16:19
An interesting twin stick shooter -- without the twin sticks! No, I can't beat your score, but I have never been very good at twin stick shooters. My mind just doesn't handle the hands doing two things that are complex and very different. This was even worse since one hand was a mouse. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the game, though. I thought it was very enjoyable, and I wanted to keep playing. I will after I rate more games!
The soundtrack was amazing, and I really liked the art style for the game. I wish you had a WebGL build (I know you already addressed this), though. Sound effects would also have been a nice addition.
The soundtrack was amazing, and I really liked the art style for the game. I wish you had a WebGL build (I know you already addressed this), though. Sound effects would also have been a nice addition.
MrSerp1 Aug 2017, 17:02
Love the art style and simplicity of the game. The music and quick gameplay bring everything together and the only thing that's lacking is enemy variety, but that's not even a fair complaint given the time constraint! Great entry overall!
Xarras1 Aug 2017, 19:25
Very solid game! Feels good to shoot and enemies are understandable and fair, it feels very very polished.
BesSlaaneshi1 Aug 2017, 19:38
@sgstair thank you.
@james-dunlap our unity crushes when we try to build web version with vierd error. But we have linux and mac :D
@MrSerp @xarras thank you!
@james-dunlap our unity crushes when we try to build web version with vierd error. But we have linux and mac :D
@MrSerp @xarras thank you!
Delalandii2 Aug 2017, 01:48
Great game! One of the most polished I have tried so far.
Cornelia Xaos2 Aug 2017, 02:22
Wow.. I am REALLY glad you built for Linux, @besslaaneshi .. It is a LOT of fun! I made it to 2:41 before they swarmed me and I lost. I really liked the mechanic that the enemies could use the energy as well. It was a nice balance.. and opened up for interesting strategies of luring the enemies to one spot where there was an energy orb sitting around. All in all, an awesome game!
BesSlaaneshi2 Aug 2017, 04:11
@delalandii Thank you! We working on polishing it more :)
@Cornelia-xaos Thank you too! You beat record :)
@Cornelia-xaos Thank you too! You beat record :)
aevek2 Aug 2017, 04:54
So incredibly well polished! Loved the art and audio, but would love it even more if the combat had a little more depth to it!
BesSlaaneshi2 Aug 2017, 04:55
@aevek thank you for your stream and review :)
Robber2 Aug 2017, 11:07
Really Enjoyed this. At a certain point the game becomes impossible because the amount of enemies. Making the player more powerfull over time, or introducing new mechanics could help here, hell it could even transform in some tower defence kind of crossover, well im sure you guys are thinking of ways to expand on this. Thanx for linking it in stream.
BesSlaaneshi2 Aug 2017, 11:45
@robber thank you! We are working on polish and expand our game :)
zee2 Aug 2017, 12:00
Sorry, I beat your record! First try too!
CobaltRisen2 Aug 2017, 12:35
I got 1:02 on my first try. It seems like you need to append a zero if the second counter is 1 character, because the score display said 1:2. That doesn't really matter though, this is still an outstanding game. 5 stars overall!
BesSlaaneshi2 Aug 2017, 12:37
filippy2 Aug 2017, 12:40
Great art/music. reminds me of those old school side scrollers like TNMT (the good one)
BesSlaaneshi2 Aug 2017, 12:54
@filippy Thank you :)
KungKras2 Aug 2017, 21:53
Woah, the music in this game is absolute god tier. It's amazing.
The visual style was really nice and charming too. And the gameplay both controlled well and got really intense, but it felt fair.
At first I missed sound effects, but after a little while I realized they aren't really needed because they would interrupt the music anyway and the visual feedback is really good so you still know what's happening clearly.
This is a seriously impressive effort.
The visual style was really nice and charming too. And the gameplay both controlled well and got really intense, but it felt fair.
At first I missed sound effects, but after a little while I realized they aren't really needed because they would interrupt the music anyway and the visual feedback is really good so you still know what's happening clearly.
This is a seriously impressive effort.
Kapricorn Media2 Aug 2017, 21:57
The music is perfect, very retro-wavey. Thank you for taking the time to actually explain the story! Nice art and slick attacking animation
fx_soares3 Aug 2017, 03:49
i realy like your game :)
BesSlaaneshi3 Aug 2017, 08:03
Thank you all! we will make update soon! It will be more polished and new things added :D
PeachTreeOath4 Aug 2017, 05:27
Wow that was a really well animated explosion! Most LD games have pretty simple ones or they use particles effects, but you handmade it all. Same goes for the cutscene in the beginning, I'm impressed you guys put forth the effort on those, it really shows. As for the gameplay, I think it's a bit simple but at least it was very easy to get into. Great job on the music, it didn't really fit the gameplay for me personally, but I still appreciated how it sounded.
MagicSpore4 Aug 2017, 05:36
@peachtreeoath Thank you, it's very nice, I like to make a frame-by-frame animation, it looks more attractive)
CurseTats6 Aug 2017, 09:47
Awesome Graphics and Sound Effects
Particles where used nicely
Overall, Loved the gameplay
Particles where used nicely
Overall, Loved the gameplay
BesSlaaneshi6 Aug 2017, 11:59
@Cursetats thank you very much! :)
LERPish6 Aug 2017, 16:16
Great game i loved the grafics and its core ideia im so sad for the little robot i just cant do it
TheFlyingKeyboard6 Aug 2017, 17:18
Amazing game to play, really nice graphics and audio. Have not found any bugs while playing. Really nice animations and music. Opening scene was short, but fun. I really like the mechanics, when enemy collects energy pickup and starts rushing to the base. One of the best games I've played so far.
BesSlaaneshi6 Aug 2017, 19:16
@theflyingkeyboard Thank you very much!
Yetman6 Aug 2017, 19:30
I enjoyed it a lot. the gameplay is fun and easy to grasp, the graphics and animation are well done, the music and sound effects are really cool. In general, it is a fun and addictive short game.
Drums6 Aug 2017, 23:49
Really fun game! Also, best Escape Menu I''ve seen this competition so far!
ezaudiolabs6 Aug 2017, 23:50
Awesome game! Really fun to play and both graphics and audio are really well polished. Great job!
BesSlaaneshi6 Aug 2017, 23:54
@Drums and @ezaudiolabs thank you very much!
SimplePotential8 Aug 2017, 21:02
I absolutely love the art in this game! It set a great tone for the game which was pretty fun to play. Good sound as well. Nice job!
BesSlaaneshi8 Aug 2017, 21:57
@simplepotential thank you very much! :D
NORRIMO9 Aug 2017, 13:17
Great game. Was a lot of fun and really challenging. :D
The art style is nice and you builded a menu too, that's awesome.
The art style is nice and you builded a menu too, that's awesome.
BesSlaaneshi10 Aug 2017, 14:59
@norrimo Thank you!
TheOneThatNeverWas10 Aug 2017, 20:31
Very good game. The audio and the art style are amazing and made it a great and fun experience. Congratulations to the team!
BesSlaaneshi11 Aug 2017, 03:42
@theonethatneverwas Thanks! :)
Defratino11 Aug 2017, 11:09
Wow! this game's graphics are sooo good, also the audio. Great work!
BesSlaaneshi13 Aug 2017, 13:56
@defratino Thank you!
SiegfriedCroes15 Aug 2017, 11:37
Really awesome game you made here :D The I loved the intro and the overal presentation, really love the music too! Too bad sound was missing but I'm glad you added that in 1.1. I did see a small textual mistake that wasn't fixed in 1.1: The end screen says "Play agin" while is should be "Play again" :wink: Anyway, congrats to all of you :smile:
BesSlaaneshi15 Aug 2017, 19:32
@siegfriedcroes thank you! we will fix it in our new update. Soon :D
Amazing horde-mode defense mode. Awesome setting, art, animation and music. It was only lacking a couple of sound effects.
Good job!