Mech & Aliens
Somewhere far away, on a dry desert planet...
A powerful Mecha has been vaporising some alien bugs!
Sounds like a hell of a lot of a familiar story, alright?
Well, in this game we are not trying to fight the inevitable formulaic of such a scenario - we revel in it!
What if... Mecha the Exterminator wasn't the hero we needed?
What if the aliens were merely protecting their home?
Would they be able to stand up to the aggressor?
Up to you to decide!
RULES:
- Control just about nothing and watch endless aliens die gruesomely
- Gather the XP (extermination points) and get new levels of Alien badassery!
- Develop new alien types, make existing ones totally OP (overpatched) and hand this Mecha's rear end to it with the overwhelming waves of incoming brutality!
- Do not allow Mecha to kill your little buggers for more than 10 minutes - he will get bored eventually and the game will inevitably be over in that case!
- Have fun!
P.S. By the way, you are not the only one getting upgrades out there. Mecha's getting stronger with every slain creep.
CONTROLS:
- Mouse - click the Alien upgrades as they come up.
- Upgrades come in 3 varieties: new Alien Types, Alien improvements and Alien waves. It's up to you decide on the winning strategy!
ALIEN TYPES:
- Crawler - the most common alien, simply tries to catch the Mecha and bite it to death (usually that does not really happen). At least there will always be a lot of them.
- Brute - a buffed up Crawler, effectively: very tough and hard-hitting, but also slow and does not spawn in same quantities as its little brother.
- Spitter - a ranged attacker that will provide a rather agile but also unreliable source of damage to the Mecha. Isn't particularly sturdy.
- Boomer - a fragile suicide attacker that will hit the Mecha for a significant damage if it manages to explode nearby.
- Spider - a reasonably healthy and quick fighter that will slow the Mecha down if it manages to successfully attack it. Can be really dangerous in a combination with other Aliens!
You might own up to 4 Alien Types in total.
A powerful Mecha has been vaporising some alien bugs!
Sounds like a hell of a lot of a familiar story, alright?
Well, in this game we are not trying to fight the inevitable formulaic of such a scenario - we revel in it!
What if... Mecha the Exterminator wasn't the hero we needed?
What if the aliens were merely protecting their home?
Would they be able to stand up to the aggressor?
Up to you to decide!
RULES:
- Control just about nothing and watch endless aliens die gruesomely
- Gather the XP (extermination points) and get new levels of Alien badassery!
- Develop new alien types, make existing ones totally OP (overpatched) and hand this Mecha's rear end to it with the overwhelming waves of incoming brutality!
- Do not allow Mecha to kill your little buggers for more than 10 minutes - he will get bored eventually and the game will inevitably be over in that case!
- Have fun!
P.S. By the way, you are not the only one getting upgrades out there. Mecha's getting stronger with every slain creep.
CONTROLS:
- Mouse - click the Alien upgrades as they come up.
- Upgrades come in 3 varieties: new Alien Types, Alien improvements and Alien waves. It's up to you decide on the winning strategy!
ALIEN TYPES:
- Crawler - the most common alien, simply tries to catch the Mecha and bite it to death (usually that does not really happen). At least there will always be a lot of them.
- Brute - a buffed up Crawler, effectively: very tough and hard-hitting, but also slow and does not spawn in same quantities as its little brother.
- Spitter - a ranged attacker that will provide a rather agile but also unreliable source of damage to the Mecha. Isn't particularly sturdy.
- Boomer - a fragile suicide attacker that will hit the Mecha for a significant damage if it manages to explode nearby.
- Spider - a reasonably healthy and quick fighter that will slow the Mecha down if it manages to successfully attack it. Can be really dangerous in a combination with other Aliens!
You might own up to 4 Alien Types in total.
Tools: Unity
Comments20
This is a very innovative idea. I can imagine it can go to either a typical idle management game or maybe it can get multiple levels and you need to find the correct strategy / upgrades to win for each :)
Full game please ;D
The fact that the mech upgrades as well is a GREAT twist to the idea. It puts a lot of pressure on you to time your upgrades well, otherwise it just keeps gaining speed and firepower and makes mincemeat out of you. It definitely feels bad to be on the receiving end of this deal for once.
The game has enough build flexibility that I was willing to try several attempts and combos. After the first run, I had a sneaky suspicion that the best build would be to power up just 2 species and then try to spawn big wave of them. That way you would be efficient. As fun as it is to upgrade the entire army, surely it's just free food for the mech.
That ended up being the right call, mostly because speed is such a huge factor so you really need to specialize. I was able to win at 3:03.
This game really does have good future potential. Having different mechs, maybe even mech parties, and having different monsters to choose from sounds like a very fun formula. Even better if you throw in branching upgrades like how other roguelites do it. You already proved it out halfway, hope you keep going with it!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1450143040?t=9h30m01s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
I failed but was sooo close haha.
Thanks for the game I had fun!