Ludum Dare #55compo
Meteor Portal Siege
Use portals to defend your castle!
Enemies are attacking during a meteor swarm! This underhanded tactic will not work against your magical portal skills.Instructions
Place portals to redirect meteors to hit the enemy soldiersControls
- Drag and drop to place and rotate portals- Left mouse button = Green portal
- Right mouse button = Red portal
Tips
- By aiming one portal towards a meteor and the other against your target, you will most likely hit
- The red portal will be placed "backwards" in order to make aiming easier
- Struggle with the meteor swarms? Make an umbrella!
Comments17
LDJam user 36031015 Apr 2024, 11:51
This a smart gam design! The game is a bit hard to play because you have to control both of the portals and their directions which is not always clear. Maybe starting with one portal or som precision training would remove the frustrations. Other that this a very good submission! Good luck!
GettingRekt15 Apr 2024, 15:09
@gorr @freakyzelga Thanks for your early feedback. I added a gif that hopefully can help future players with the unintuitive controls going forward!
jk500016 Apr 2024, 06:53
The idea is really fun and I had fun trying the game. The controls felt a bit confusing, and the game was a bit difficult. But overall it's a pretty good combo game. Well done.
Rokevicius16 Apr 2024, 15:28
It's a bit hard to predict in what exact angle meteor will get ejected out of the portal, but it still fun game!
cogcomp16 Apr 2024, 20:00
Cool idea with the portals and I liked the graphics as well. I agree with some of the other feedback that it's not entirely clear in what direction something will be flinged or at times even if the rock will enter the portal or not. Figure out a way to make dumb people like me understand what to do and I think you've got a hit. Well done!
Unx16 Apr 2024, 22:44
Nice idea. I liked the addition of meteor barrage, it helps you clear the larger waves. Nice difficulty also, it took me 3 times to beat it
deformhead17 Apr 2024, 15:18
Really fun game !
I was not ready when those 9000 meteors came at me :')
I think there is a visual issue with the orientation of the sprite of the portals, I had difficulties anticipating the trajectory of the exit of the meteor
Nice entry!
I was not ready when those 9000 meteors came at me :')
I think there is a visual issue with the orientation of the sprite of the portals, I had difficulties anticipating the trajectory of the exit of the meteor
Nice entry!
Kevinkoc1217 Apr 2024, 15:20
I really liked the art and the portal mechanics, very cool!!
TheMaxi717 Apr 2024, 15:25
Really interesting concept!! Sometimes I found it hard to kill the enemies because no meteors were spawning but overall fun game!
Baluj17 Apr 2024, 15:33
Very polished and complete game. I love this game and now I need more.
LDJam user 29626519 Apr 2024, 09:35
Super clever! Very innovative and original idea. The game is difficult, but I think it's an advantage. Great job!
jordantanner19 Apr 2024, 18:48
I really like the concept of this one. Took some practice to get used to the orientation of the portals -- I think a way to make it more visually clear which way they need to be oriented may be helpful to new players. The music was fitting and the sfx were pretty funny. Graphics are basic but work well for the concept. As others have said, the difficulty curve is fairly steep, so maybe that could be slowed down a bit too. Overall nice job!
soundgnome22 Apr 2024, 02:44
Nice, don't think I've seen a Portal/Missile Command mashup before. Love the hand drawn art!
Dissonance Generator22 Apr 2024, 19:26
This is a great idea! The simple combination of elements is more fun than the sum of their parts. Nicely done!
Bug: When I didn't click on anything at the "you lose" menu for a while, it suddenly went to the "you win" menu.
Bug: When I didn't click on anything at the "you lose" menu for a while, it suddenly went to the "you win" menu.
dvdagames23 Apr 2024, 17:27
Did not understand the drag and drop on the rotation, but had some fun with popping a meteor out and then recapturing it by moving the green portal. Definitely an interesting mechanic.
ValentinWB24 Apr 2024, 09:59
The knights sound effects are PERFECT :laughing: ! Its a cool arcade mechanic, only the portal orientation is not very clear at the beginning but you eventually get the hang of it. Good job on your game !
My brain was not ready to this