Ludum Defendare

by cievers
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.34
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The Game


The Ludum Dare jam is in danger! Protect the innocent developers from the dreaded bugs at all costs.
Join the Ludum Defendare, a highly trained team of hammer-wielding heroes, squishing bugs left and right, to keep the jam alive!

Screenshot Bugs.png

The Controls

Use your mouse to squash the bugs, but be warned! You can also damage the posts and the Publish button.
You win when the game jam is finished, with your score equal to the amount of posts you saved.

Screenshot Smash.png

The Team

This game was made by Cas Sievers, Christiaan Biesterbosch, Jarik Karsten and Rens Leendertz, four students from Enschede. If you enjoyed this game please rate and review our game.

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Comments18

JAsonsumm1
JAsonsumm121 Apr 2020, 10:08
I clikced about and then it crashed :/
bittripbrit21 Apr 2020, 10:16
An incredibly fun meta game that really captures the spirit of the game jam as a whole. Just the right amount of challenge versus simplicity. Wonderful game, guys!
Voidsay
Voidsay21 Apr 2020, 10:17
There is a bug! (lol)

There are no posts spawning after the initial one! After a restart even this one disaPEARs (whats with the puns today?)

Also, how do I exit?
Phenix21 Apr 2020, 10:18
Very fun, I enjoyed it a lot ! Only downsides are the underwhelming AoE of the hammer in comparison of its size and the lack of mean to quit the game without alt-F4. Very nice overall.
Berlm
Berlm21 Apr 2020, 10:23
Fun game! The theme is very well thought off, but the game has some bugs. They have been mentioned above.
simonemueller21 Apr 2020, 10:26
the idea is amazing! really liked the game. SMASH ALL THE BUGS!. if it would only be that fun in real life fixing the bugs :D
awerar21 Apr 2020, 10:27
Really neat game! The bugs and the art are looking really clean and the sound design is on point. There's only one flaw that I noticed though, and that's that the bugs sometimes appear behind the panels on the right making it really hard to spot them sometimes. Well done though!
koljam21 Apr 2020, 10:27
I liked it. The only thing I would improve is *adding a health bar*. I didn't know when I would die.

Also I really liked the idea. That was refreshing!
TimeTravelHamster21 Apr 2020, 10:28
You got nice mood in game simple and addictive i like it!
BiOniKMonSTeR
BiOniKMonSTeR21 Apr 2020, 12:03
So smart! Simple but fun! Good entry there! Good job!
memoryFloater
memoryFloater21 Apr 2020, 16:08
Very cool clicker game! And a really creative way to the topic!! Some really easy improvements i'd like to suggest: replace mouse cursor with a "target" image (super easy in unity), reduce camera shake, spawn some particles and a splatter image that dissolves over time when bugs get squashed. :)
SkelleRoznik21 Apr 2020, 19:25
The game is so great and creative! I enjoyed playing to the end so much! I liked the fact that you can smash literally everything. I loved it. So well done!
Risist21 Apr 2020, 19:53
Making a game about ludum dare at ludum dare :D Well, thank you for this, this time servers worked the whole time.
edj99
edj9922 Apr 2020, 11:28
Funny concept with well balanced gameplay. Clean and simple, but well executed.
Lymze
Lymze23 Apr 2020, 08:36
Great game! Really creative idea, and I also like the concept of being able to destroy the posts and publish button.
My only problem was the enemies spawning right above the publish button so I have very little time to react
cvetk023 Apr 2020, 14:40
Cool idea :slight_smile:. Aiming was a bit hard for me at first, until I figured out to just look at the pointer. Good job!
fatPenguin
fatPenguin6 May 2020, 18:01
What a cool, 4th-wall breaking humor :D
I loved it! also, I discovered new games I have to try that way ;)
Really an awesome idea, this felt like one of those cool google games where suddenly the screen just turns into a whole game :D :D
I liked that the hammer showed where you will hit, I'd maybe have replaced it with a little bull's eye or something :)
and maybe add a stain sprite for every bug squished that then quickly fades :D but I know no one ever has enough time at gamejams, especially since you also had to protect our games O:
A job I'm lousy at btw, I only ever managed to get to the last day :(
Welp, don't rely on me, fellow gamdevs!

Btw, sometimes it felt a little bit unfair, like hitting next to the publish buttun (on the left) it then damages the button because while hovering the hammer is above the button? other than that, great game :D

Also, pretty accurate portayal of the Countdown ;)

Really a great entry, congrats! :D

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