Long Live Dacha!

co-authored: @knenkne, @yepstepz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Instructions and Dev Notes included :)

What is going on?

Some people have flats. Some buy houses. However, people from post-Soviet countries have dachas! A dacha is considered a summer house where you grow seasonal crops, such as food, flowers, and more. How cool is that? Of course, sometimes you are disturbed by mice, who usually squeak peacefully under the floors and prefer not to bother you; or worse—RATS!

Rats are very clever, and it’s hard to get rid of them. Bad news: your dacha has been attacked by rats. Oh no, RATS!

*Quick*, use everything you have in your dacha to fight these creatures, or your house will be destroyed!

Screenshots

If you think that rats are too cute to die, don’t worry; the weapons won’t harm them—they will just leave your dacha for good. (P.S.: If you think that rats are disgusting and deserve to perish, don’t worry; they will all meet their end in the Grill's fire!)

Instructions

You have a few seconds before the first wave. Click on the tablets to choose something from your arsenal: Tire Swan, Grill, or Fridge! Remember, it costs money. You earn money by fighting rodents. Later, you can upgrade each weapon; just click on it again.

The Tire Swan does single damage and is the cheapest option.
The Grill is AOE and very costly.
The Fridge slows down the crowd and does little damage.

Have fun!

Tips

Try different combos and upgrades!

Possible Challenges

– try to get through the level without deaths (it is possible);

– try to get through the level without *THAT* item (yes you know what I am implying. or you don't. or we have different *THAT* objects. well... try)

Dev Notes:

*Mobile version included!* You can play on your phone too.

We had a team of three people: myself, Mikhail, my wife Tatiana and my friend Maxim. We used my own game engine, Remiz (the name is a work in progress) and the editor for this game engine.

We used Pixquare to draw on iPad with a pencil. Overall, the game was built on Javascript + WebGL, with the help of three.js and my own code.

Known Bugs

– [FIXED] ~~sometimes little mice run away from the screen. won't influence your game progress, but we'll fix it during the week;~~
Tools: Three.js

Comments13

mremmeleauthor8 Oct 2024, 09:25
Hotfix: Rats no longer skip road turns.
inre-dan
inre-dan8 Oct 2024, 12:15
Very simple concept, but it's done so well that it's more of a strength. Nice visual art style too!
The logical next step would be more complex upgrade trees - would have loved to see those in a longer jam :) but this is already pretty decent scope and pretty fun.
maruvihane8 Oct 2024, 12:21
Looks very cool, kind of difficult
An4058 Oct 2024, 12:23
It's a really cool game, liked it a lot.
lolhopen8 Oct 2024, 12:25
A fun tower defense! Though level 3 was a bit too hard and took a lot of retries to succeed even with the sole setup that can make it through.
Shamiya8 Oct 2024, 22:12
Very fun, but level 3 was pretty hard!
ILDr8210 Oct 2024, 01:07
Авторы позабавили, классно!
magopian11 Oct 2024, 06:35
Nice one ! I like how you use a fridge to slow them down 🤣
Very nice graphics too!
Jaker
Jaker11 Oct 2024, 11:04
I love those little rats. Too bad we have to fight them.

The limited locations to place towers is an interesting concept that I haven't seen before. It forced me to think instead of clumping everything around a chokepoint :D. The choice of towers was limited but not limiting, if you catch my drift. My dacha broke a few times, but I eventually found a strategy that would work on the final level.

The pixel sprites and animations were lovely.
ElliotS13 Oct 2024, 05:04
Solid tower defense game, I have a 5 year plan to beat it. Genuinely enjoyed the challenge of the 3rd level.
Pimping13 Oct 2024, 08:06
I love dacha =), also art is great for me, good job
Urfoex14 Oct 2024, 17:42
Little fast start, little time to chose and place your buildings in the first try. And missing some explanation on the different buildings and their effects.
Would like to use the fridge, but it seems too weak for the given levels.
Really nice to have the progress saved!
All in all: solid 👍
LDJam user 246128
LDJam user 24612823 Oct 2024, 21:21
Very cute, I wish there were more upgrades/choices to choose defenses from and kinda more dynamic maps. And some sound would be nice (unless I don't have any due to some bug and it's actually there).

Long live the tyre swans!

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