Sci-Fi Lumber

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
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You stop to charge at an unknown planet, but beware, there might be something dangerous lurking in the trees...

Try to survive as long as it takes for your ship to charge. Defend the charging anchor at all costs.

Primary features:

- Dual purpose and upgradable beams used for attacking and resource gathering
- Procedural world to make re-tries more interesting
- Multiple strategies can be used to beat the game

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Comments34

Becher20 Apr 2020, 08:06
Your mecanics are so awsome! i love it ;)
NouCake
NouCake20 Apr 2020, 08:08
That game is realy awesome!
It's very challenging to manage all those beams! Nice done
Timo Strating
Timo Strating20 Apr 2020, 08:09
Really solid and nice game. As a Tip: you could have made it more clear what "charge" actually does.
MAJK_FL20 Apr 2020, 08:10
Nice game! Pretty addictive gameplay.
headchant
headchant20 Apr 2020, 08:10
Hard but a lot of fun. I like the idea of free moving beams.
James_7777
James_777720 Apr 2020, 08:13
It's a really interesting idea with a cute visual style. I like the strategy it takes to prioritise either wood or enemies. It would be nice if there was a bit more visual feedback on the enemies and the trees when you're damaging them!
Kontroman
Kontroman20 Apr 2020, 08:18
stuck in this game, great!
ilikescifi
ilikescifi20 Apr 2020, 08:19
Yea! Give me more SCIFI. Love it. Pretty solid for 48 hours as mentioned before!
Alex Chrome20 Apr 2020, 08:20
Very challenging, additional rays are weak and level 4 upgrade is very expensive! But very fun game and great concept, its like tower defence, but you can move towers and towers also gathering resources for you, I liked it a lot :thumbsup:
Bearwey
Bearwey20 Apr 2020, 08:22
I had so much fun playing this! The pixelated artstyle really suits this sort of game and i like the idea that you have to think about what to upgrade or where to place your beams. :smile:
JonahSenzel20 Apr 2020, 08:25
awesome awesome awesome main mechanic. would absolutely love a fleshed out post jam version. Really reminds me of old school browser games that feel like they're made with love. The one big issue I had was that enemies started coming way too fast in the later section (200 energy). Wave break would be great and just a slower buildup overall because at some point I just got stressed out and couldn't balance anything/direct my focus because I was being hit by so many enemies at once
munkkeli
munkkeliauthor20 Apr 2020, 08:25
@james-7777 I agree. I was planning to do some particle effect stuff, but ran out of time unfortunately. Thanks for the feedback!
Liam
Liam20 Apr 2020, 08:25
Really great and loads of fun, decent amount of challenge without seeming impossible! Although I haven't won yet!
MCjammydodger
MCjammydodger20 Apr 2020, 08:26
It was fun trying to balance the resources between different beams and working out the best placement for the beams. The game felt well balanced, although I couldn't make it to the end. Having a different level layout each time I restarted helped keep the game a little more varied.

I think the time it takes to fully charge is a little too long especially when there is not much variation as the level progresses but I had fun overall.
munkkeli
munkkeliauthor20 Apr 2020, 08:34
@jonahsenzel Thanks so much for the detailed feedback! Balancing was very difficult, and I do agree that wave breaks would be a good idea. I will definitely consider a polished version if people take interest :)
jabdownsmash
jabdownsmash20 Apr 2020, 08:36
Awesome game! I think it would fit much better on a phone than with a mouse. I like the depth between different kinds of builds. I played a few times trying to find optimal timings for upgrades and finally got a winning game. There's a lot of potential with this premise, and even this little demo is very fun on its own!
healthire
healthire20 Apr 2020, 08:39
Fun mechanics and nice progression. It's satisfying to clear out the trees. It took me a few tries to figure out a good strategy.
hastro20 Apr 2020, 11:15
Spent ages playing this haha. I love how important positioning is in this game - really keeps you on your toes. One thing I think would have been good is some sort of audio feedback when you lose health.
munkkeli
munkkeliauthor20 Apr 2020, 11:22
@hastro I agree. Thanks playing and giving feedback :)
gimblll
gimblll20 Apr 2020, 12:46
This was a nice twist on the dried old defence genre, really liked the idea. Surprisingly solid game altogether. Great work, solid base to build on if you want to take this further!
axelrinaldo
axelrinaldo20 Apr 2020, 13:49
The dual-purpose beams is a really great and innovative concept. The difficulty curve was also splendid, I could really feel myself being slowly overwhelmed. :D
RilleP20 Apr 2020, 15:25
Awesome game! Very nice balance of strategy, micro management, and building. And just the right amount of difficult.
alininavcisi20 Apr 2020, 15:54
loved idle-mehcanic and original mechanic with circle
SSStormy
SSStormy20 Apr 2020, 16:31
Pretty neat. I like the duality between resource gathering and defense that emerges.

I did end up being unable sustain circle production so I got overwhelmed :(.
PetTurtle
PetTurtle20 Apr 2020, 17:36
Really cool game, however more enemy variety and circle upgrades would help keep things fresh!
munkkeli
munkkeliauthor20 Apr 2020, 17:49
@petturtle I completely agree! This was a planned feature, I already had some icons for harvest & attack beam upgrade paths, but decided to leave them out so I could focus on balance. Thanks so much for playing and for leaving feedback :)
johnjoemcbob20 Apr 2020, 18:27
This is so cool! Really captivated me :) Great job!
dooskington
dooskington21 Apr 2020, 02:46
Really cool game. The beams were a good idea
pke1029
pke102921 Apr 2020, 09:04
Extreamly fun and very original
Evolving21 Apr 2020, 14:09
Realy cool gamedesigne! Enjoied playing)
2kah25 Apr 2020, 12:30
This is so good! I didn't manage to get to 600 charge but still thoroughly enjoyed it
Justin_C25 Apr 2020, 22:37
Interesting take on tower defense games. I like how you have to trade off between defending and collecting resources. I wish the enemies came in waves instead of a constant stream at the end, because you eventually reach a point where you are so overwhelmed constantly that you have no time to collect resources, and it just snowballs from there. Solid game, though.

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