Defender by MatejaS

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made by MatejaS for LD31 (COMPO)
This is my game for LD31!
I'm very pleased with how I made it because I'm 13, so I'm still practising! :)
EDIT: Fixed bug when some of the variables don't reset when game played multiple times without exiting.

Ratings

Coolness 94% 2
Overall 2.85 911
Audio 2.13 833
Fun 2.77 850
Graphics 2.72 793
Humor 2.28 716
Innovation 2.57 913
Mood 2.61 829
Theme 3.13 1005

Feedback

Mixer
08. Dec 2014 路 10:56 UTC
Hey dude! I am 13 too :D Fellow game dev right here :) Great job with your game, it's pretty cool!
Louisload
08. Dec 2014 路 11:28 UTC
Hey friend, I can't play your game ):
When I open it, it says "A Java Exception has occurred"
hadesfury
08. Dec 2014 路 11:28 UTC
How to reload?
馃帳 MatejaS
08. Dec 2014 路 11:48 UTC
Thanks, @Mixer! :)
@Louisload, what version of JDK are you using?
@hadesfurry, you can't :D...I haven't realised that until it was too late :(
Louisload
08. Dec 2014 路 13:06 UTC
@MatejaS I just updated my JDK and the game opened :D thank you!
Jayson
08. Dec 2014 路 13:17 UTC
I love defense games. Thank you this was fun.

Would have loved some gun sounds.

Keep up the good work.
Merixx
08. Dec 2014 路 15:49 UTC
It's great! I can't stop playing it :D
Eponesh
08. Dec 2014 路 20:55 UTC
Nice concept! Greate controlls!
馃帳 MatejaS
08. Dec 2014 路 21:43 UTC
Thanks guys :)
Emkani
09. Dec 2014 路 11:47 UTC
Audio can add a lot to the game, for you next game try looking up Vlambeer and juicyness if you havent yet.
Skills641
09. Dec 2014 路 13:46 UTC
can't run game. Java exception error
馃帳 MatejaS
09. Dec 2014 路 19:08 UTC
@Emkani thanks, I will.
@Skills641 try to update your JDK :)
abdurrahmankh
09. Dec 2014 路 21:11 UTC
this is actually really cool. the lack of sounds and Music was disappointing. I liked how there is modes for firing. I wish the tower was in the middle to increase the challenge. but good work.
Omer
10. Dec 2014 路 03:07 UTC
Hey now a bad game! Better than mine I'd say. Great job buddy!
floorman
10. Dec 2014 路 19:46 UTC
Like the graphics, but I couldn't figure out how to reload or anything like that. I ran out of ammo really quickly.

Otherwise it's a really fun game. =)
Wilson
10. Dec 2014 路 20:28 UTC
I really liked the ammo resupply mechanic, made me have to think carefully about shooting which makes a change in these sorts of games :)
馃帳 MatejaS
10. Dec 2014 路 20:54 UTC
Thank you very much everyone :D
Jed T.
11. Dec 2014 路 10:33 UTC
I love the cute pixel graphics and the defense gameplay mechanics. The artwork is consistent (except for the grass) I wish you had time for sound and music so I would be immersed with your game longer. I got bored quickly though after 3-4 tries because it got repetitive. Good luck and keep on shipping games!
Crushenator
11. Dec 2014 路 11:14 UTC
I made my first game when I was 13. Glad you are using Java . Cool game.
馃帳 MatejaS
11. Dec 2014 路 21:02 UTC
Thanks :)
ramonparaiba
13. Dec 2014 路 14:56 UTC
11/09??? (Joke)
Congrats, dude!
pjimmy
13. Dec 2014 路 17:26 UTC
nice game, it's a great accomplishment considering how young you are, looking forward for your next games, well done :)
scias
16. Dec 2014 路 14:03 UTC
I think I'm the only one here, but I can't get it to run. Win7 64bit.
馃帳 MatejaS
16. Dec 2014 路 15:23 UTC
@scias if it says "Java exception has occurred" or something similar please update your JDK :)
oh_andrej
18. Dec 2014 路 22:38 UTC
Very solid entry! I appreciate the added complexity of being able to avoid fire and blowing up TNT with the right timing. Graphics are nice too, I especially like how your tower actually gets destroyed bit by bit. I only have two quibbles and one issue with this game:

1) The bullets seem a bit slow, making it hard to hit TNT or ammo boxes when they are far away; making them faster however could potentially make them too hard to dodge and the gameplay too chaotic. Maybe make it so you can shoot the parachute as well and not just the box? That way things would be a bit easier to hit. (Maybe I just suck at aiming though.)

2) The gun seems to fire a bit higher than the mouse cursor. You can get used to it after a while, but coupled with the slow bullets and small targets this can lead to some problems early on :P

The only real issue I ran into is running out of bullets...at that point you have basically lost the game, since you need to shoot the ammo crates to get more bullets, which you can't do when you're out of bullets :D

All in all a very fun game with a solid execution and nice attention to detail. Good job!
馃帳 MatejaS
19. Dec 2014 路 13:35 UTC
Thank you very much, @oh_andrej :)
You are right about the quibbles, but I think they make the game what it is :) (I could have made it better, though).

About the running out of bullets, I wanted to make the plane drop a box with ammo just above you when it happens, but didn't have time :(
OttersDen
20. Dec 2014 路 20:59 UTC
This is good, great effort on your part. Keep practicing, and don't stop!
Hellequin
22. Dec 2014 路 20:42 UTC
Awesome game! I found it really fun to play! Congrat
cxsquared
22. Dec 2014 路 20:47 UTC
Nice work. I liked the sprites. The game was quite fun. Good work.
馃帳 MatejaS
23. Dec 2014 路 16:04 UTC
Thank you :)
rd127p77
24. Dec 2014 路 17:57 UTC
Great Game, though it could be for mac and linux not just windows
rd127p77
24. Dec 2014 路 17:57 UTC
Loved it
el-pepi
28. Dec 2014 路 21:52 UTC
Pretty nice for your age! Quite challenging and fun.
I really wish you had added some sound.
Dans17
28. Dec 2014 路 23:29 UTC
Very nice game. However, I found the shooting to be very slow and inaccurate.
馃帳 MatejaS
29. Dec 2014 路 16:07 UTC
Thank you all :D
@Dans17, what do you mean by inaccurate?
lxd1
29. Dec 2014 路 16:26 UTC
Fun
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 路 17:33 UTC
Awesome graphics!
馃帳 MatejaS
29. Dec 2014 路 23:14 UTC
Thanks @lxd1 and @01rafael :)
maxmetallica
30. Dec 2014 路 00:21 UTC
nice work
AMS
30. Dec 2014 路 00:37 UTC
Nice game, simple but fun ^^
mohammad
30. Dec 2014 路 01:13 UTC
Pretty addicting gameplay! I liked the variaty the game had roboffer