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Mechanical Defender by mar3k

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made by mar3k for LD32 (COMPO)
MECHANICAL DEFENDER is a fast action brawler game.
You play as a mech, CT-4485 aka Clawbot, and your goal is to beat as many enemies as possible and get upgraded to be the most bad ass mech in the world.

!!! DON'T FORGET to use your upgrade points at the end of each level otherwise it the game will be almost impossible (challenge?) !!!

The game contains 6 unique enemies (who level up with you) and 2 awesome BOSSES. And not to forget your hero (or heroine?) has two cool unconventional weapons - CLAW and FIST ON CHAIN!

CHALLENGES FOR YOU:
- Find and kill both bosses
- Get your mech up to level 15
- Kill enemy with projectile from another enemy (team kill)
- Get your mech up to max level - 30;

Have fun, thank you for playing and don't forget to share your thoughts with me. Thank you.

PS: I have tested the Linux version only once and for few minutes, there might be some flaws.
Windows http://www.mediafire.com/download/2hyzvli92w3dnh6/MechanicalDefender_LD32.exe
Linux http://www.mediafire.com/download/2hyzvli92w3dnh6/MechanicalDefender_LD32.exe
Source http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5xgcxfp04ybqo6/MechanicalDefender_LD32_SourceCode.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=42219

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.19 536
Audio 3.24 248
Fun 3.20 418
Graphics 3.19 457
Humor 2.52 659
Innovation 2.64 860
Mood 3.08 425
Theme 2.40 1041

Feedback

馃帳 mar3k
19. Apr 2015 路 22:59 UTC
.JAR: http://www.mediafire.com/download/i2zgfb7r407bfcv/MechanicalDefender_LD32.jar

I included this .jar file, because some people had problems with running the .exe file (probably problem in converting). I'll hopefully fix the .exe soon.
Finn
20. Apr 2015 路 15:23 UTC
I don't quite see how a mech is an unconventional weapon.
Also Att2 is overpowered. I just spanned Att2 Dam+ and ocasionally put points into other things. There's not much incentive to use Att1 at all
strawfield
20. Apr 2015 路 19:48 UTC
Nice game and the UI looks good. Not very innovative in regards to the theme. Good job.
Pix3M
21. Apr 2015 路 12:08 UTC
I am not sure why, but my mouse clicks were unresponsive and getting your attacks to actually tripper was difficult.
rogberth
21. Apr 2015 路 13:18 UTC
I really liked you game, I kept playing for a long time but I quit because it got boring and not challenging. The robot gets really powerful very soon. Does it have a last level? I got to 20 thinking it would be the last haha
馃帳 mar3k
21. Apr 2015 路 15:41 UTC
@rogberth No, unfortunately it doesn't have an ending it just keeps on getting harder and harder by time, so the goal is to get highest score. Also I hope you got to the boss fights, not a lot of people get to them. Thank you for playing.
broknecho
22. Apr 2015 路 20:04 UTC
Cool Idea. The lane mechanic works pretty well in real-time although it took time running across the screen when wave was complete. Solid idea. Nice execution.
Victor RENE
23. Apr 2015 路 14:37 UTC
The music is freaking awesome. I personaly do not like the lanes (freedom of movement is so constrained). But the RPG system of choosing powerups can be really nice. I rage quitted at lvl 3, because there is no point in dodging forever. Give me a goal to aim for please, my attention span is really low =).

Just to repeat what others said, there is no point in using atk1. With such a short range, it's too risky.
馃帳 mar3k
23. Apr 2015 路 15:56 UTC
@Victor RENE Thank you very much, I really appreciate that you like the music, because I'm not musician and you are of course right on the goal for the game, next time I'll try to make a game with a goal. And on the Att1 topic, it is probably harder to use it, but it has its cons like consuming less power, more dmg, but most people might find it useless. Thank you again for your review.
Kate Kligman
25. Apr 2015 路 03:57 UTC
Had a little trouble with weapons when running this on bootcamp w/a magic mouse. I liked the mechanics and the music is awesome!
taviandir
25. Apr 2015 路 14:53 UTC
For me Attack1 far from always fired. Don't really understood why. Did Attack2 do anything at all? o_O
馃帳 mar3k
25. Apr 2015 路 21:16 UTC
@taviandir That is unfortunate, I didn't have a lot of time for testing, but that isn't an excuse. And yes attack 2 does something, it fires a fist on chain or if you thought the other attack it swipes the enemy and if you don't hit him you can still see the swipe art but if it hits it disappears. Thanks for trying out the game.
Langouste
28. Apr 2015 路 15:56 UTC
Super game! I love it, thanks ;)
馃帳 mar3k
28. Apr 2015 路 20:42 UTC
@Langouste Thank you very much, this really makes me happy that you like it :)