Final Bastion

by kusaji
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.89
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Created for Ludum Dare 51

Final Bastion is an interesting take on the Base Defense genre. Gameplay is based around generating population, and allocating said population to different towers to strategically build your defenses.

Survive for as long as you can.

Comments19

ComicSans
ComicSans4 Oct 2022, 01:23
Wow, so fun! I love the graphic style. I didn't understand the boulders... are they random?
thedude36004 Oct 2022, 01:29
Base Defense games are one of my favorite genres! This was a good job! Definitely difficult, but felt fair. The screen shake effect was a little disorienting at times, especially when trying to place a building. but overall, Good Job!
Kusajiauthor4 Oct 2022, 01:31
@comicsans Yes, the boulders are random. It both fits with the theme of every 10 seconds, as well as it's a way to where sometimes they'll clear out a giant pack of enemies for you, sometimes they'll absolutely wreck your towers.

More balancing and tweaking is needed, but we're quite happy with where the project is for a weekend game jam.

Thanks for trying it out.
AngularBlade
AngularBlade4 Oct 2022, 01:32
This was really fun! Reminded me of some old flash games I used to love.
infecsean
infecsean4 Oct 2022, 01:46
Tower defense fits really well with the theme! Boulders tho, kinda like the random crits from TF2
Kusajiauthor4 Oct 2022, 01:48
@infecsean I'm a bit biased as I made the meatball, but it probably does need toned down. It helps break up the pace of the game, as throughout development repair hubs were quite strong.
LDJam user 299367
LDJam user 2993674 Oct 2022, 02:00
Really awesome game, what a time sinker.
I think ill come back to it to play it more in the future.
How to expand your territory was not clear to me.

Suggestions:
- diff settings like damage and option to deactivate boulders.
- more content overall and a slower difficulty curve
MrMaico4 Oct 2022, 07:34
Made it to wave 17 and quite enjoyed it. We also made a TD game so I totally understand how the theme works here. It gets quite difficult quite quickly which is totally fine.
Love the art style and the background music. Good job!
Embedder72
Embedder724 Oct 2022, 16:06
Loved it. I found the jerking to be a little overly aggressive but I love how it contributed to the feel.
JuanRod707
JuanRod7074 Oct 2022, 18:01
Very cool game, great atmosphere
stonkystoges6 Oct 2022, 03:42
very fun game! very addicting! really nice graphics and the music nice and spooky!
Niklas Zhaga
Niklas Zhaga6 Oct 2022, 17:32
So moody game and nice visuals. Nice game to spend some cold nights in the upcoming winter :relieved:
Ronn Fever7 Oct 2022, 06:48
Nice touch with the pixel-style shader to give the game a neat look. Classic Tower Defense -- I felt comfortable and powerful and like "oh man so easy" and then the next wave taught me another lesson in hubris! Great job.
Urggann
Urggann9 Oct 2022, 13:17
a really great game, well done. There is someting pretty near than mine ;) but in a better way. Thank you :)
SuicidalMango11 Oct 2022, 00:20
Loved it. Great job. Furthest I got was 32
JonnyLynx15 Oct 2022, 16:50
So much oldschool vibes ! Loved it :) artstyle and music are great.. gameplay is very clean an responsible..

Keep on doing !
WehTeheFf16 Oct 2022, 14:08
Nice little game, liked the pixel graphics. The screen shake was a bit too much for my taste at times.
PoshDan
PoshDan17 Oct 2022, 05:20
I found myself completely fixated on the shader effects. It's pretty cool
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