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Creative Defense by sharp911

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made by sharp911 for LD31 (COMPO)
This is a pretty typical tower defense game. I wanted to add an upgrade system to it, but ran out of time. The graphics are more of place holders than anything, but they work.

You basically are in control of defending a valley that is important do defend as it lies between the enemy and your base. If the enemy units get past you, they gain access to your base and you loose a point and some money.

I am sorry to say that there is no end to the resources of this enemy. They will just continue to send their forces trough your position. Defend the beast you can. However, if fail to stop the enemy we will have to let you go and you will get demoted.
Web http://creativedisciples.com/ld/web/web.html
Windows http://creativedisciples.com/ld/win.zip
OS/X http://creativedisciples.com/ld/osx.zip
Linux http://creativedisciples.com/ld/linux.zip
Source http://creativedisciples.com/ld/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=36736

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.73 995
Audio 2.32 765
Fun 2.62 946
Graphics 2.32 1029
Innovation 1.81 1188
Mood 2.60 837
Theme 3.35 862

Feedback

MegaMasterX
08. Dec 2014 路 02:58 UTC
Well thought-out. The purchase system shows a good bit of effort that went into this submission. Nicely done!
DanHayesGamer
08. Dec 2014 路 03:08 UTC
Hey, I'm getting an error when I try to play, something about a decompression error? I'm not using chrome by the way.
馃帳 sharp911
08. Dec 2014 路 03:11 UTC
Yeah, I am getting the decompression error as well. It is stated in the description. Not sure why, Have recompiled a few times, uploaded a few times. I get no errors playing it locally.
raincole
08. Dec 2014 路 03:14 UTC
Can't decompress the zip file :(
馃帳 sharp911
08. Dec 2014 路 03:15 UTC
ok, The webplayer is finally working.
egos
08. Dec 2014 路 03:18 UTC
you achieve this tower defense well done
kmasiulis
08. Dec 2014 路 03:21 UTC
Did not work on chrome, but worked on firefox when I used direct link. Quite fun, I liked the way building works.
AlSweigart
08. Dec 2014 路 03:23 UTC
The UI could be improved. It's too many things to click on in order to do simple actions, and moving the mouse back to the sidebar each time and having the prices separate from the item buttons is annoying. Decent game though!
馃帳 sharp911
08. Dec 2014 路 03:31 UTC
@AlSweigart Yes I totally agree that there is a lot of mouse movement, I noticed that too. If I had time, I would have done a click an area and the menu pops up right there. But didnt have time :)
Andrea
08. Dec 2014 路 03:34 UTC
Nice work! I wish it had more options for the turrets but as you said you ran out of time. See you at the next jam then :D
crewderek
08. Dec 2014 路 03:35 UTC
The game was difficult at first, got easier torwards the end. No sell system to sell those machine guns. The buying system I found a little tedious. Does show some effort into it.
ENDESGA
08. Dec 2014 路 04:06 UTC
Interesting game :D love it
Interface
08. Dec 2014 路 04:36 UTC
Fun little game, I was going nuts on machine guns but that only works so long :-) Great job.
jarry
08. Dec 2014 路 04:51 UTC
a good old tower defence. Not very "creative" as the title say it but still funny. Good game ! (purchase menu is very good)
Ozcr
08. Dec 2014 路 04:54 UTC
I never played it, but the picture looks nice.

5/5 stars.
Groydis
08. Dec 2014 路 06:39 UTC
I love tower defence games, they are a pleasure to play, the challenge in this one comes from the lack of balance between cost of items and frequency money is earned. Good Work!
Red Sigma
09. Dec 2014 路 01:58 UTC
I'm liking the upgrade system, simple and easy to use, however some more defined art would have contributed to the gameplay a lot.
khahem
09. Dec 2014 路 02:19 UTC
Good job !

I really loved the "end game" where the game sends more and more units until everything slow down to a crawl, not exactly an intended feature but really fun :)
RyanNielson
09. Dec 2014 路 02:36 UTC
Well thought out and fully functional tower defense game. The building controls were hard to figure out at first, but then I got the hang of them. Not sure why you have the build a base for the gun first though.

The game could use a bit more style though. Overall decent effort.
GAFBlizzard
09. Dec 2014 路 02:58 UTC
There seems to be a bug where the mute button doesn't work. Nice job with the GUI to buy and upgrade things. I never managed to get enough money for even a single anti-tank weapon though, even if I wiped out every enemy unit before the waves of tanks and only built 5-7 towers. Once you start losing money for enemies getting past it seems impossible. Maybe I just missed a trick to get enough for anti-tank weapons.
gquibao
09. Dec 2014 路 03:10 UTC
Good game. I got desperate when the first tank came lol. Really enjoying. Nice!!
SilentNight
09. Dec 2014 路 03:21 UTC
The beginning was definitely the toughest part. Afterwards I had no real issues. I wish there was a sell system, or if there was I couldnt find it. Good job!
SarahFrisk
09. Dec 2014 路 04:22 UTC
Solid tower defense game.
alvarop
09. Dec 2014 路 04:37 UTC
All I said in the stream. Remember? :)
馃帳 sharp911
09. Dec 2014 路 04:50 UTC
Yep I do. And thanks alvarop. The suggestions you made are most likely going to be implemented as I continue to develop the game :) great suggestions. Like a lot of the other reviews.
broknecho
09. Dec 2014 路 05:14 UTC
Definitely a good start! Great job!
PIXEL^3
09. Dec 2014 路 05:26 UTC
Game was fun. Was a little unbalanced but that was nice because it gives a natural end point.

-AlucardX60
Wiering
09. Dec 2014 路 05:26 UTC
If you make it through the first two minutes or so, it becomes very easy.
vladimirdlc
09. Dec 2014 路 05:31 UTC
I found it fun, classic yeah, but fun. Thanks for letting me know about the issues in my entry.
Raptor85
09. Dec 2014 路 05:48 UTC
works well, gave up after saving about 200k gold though, even though tanks were a solid gray line coming out of the enemy base my defense strategy of "nothing but anti-tank guns all over map" was basicly unbeatable.
radmars
09. Dec 2014 路 19:54 UTC
nice tower-defense game! I would have liked to be brought right into the 'choose a tower type' after building the base of the tower though. I also would have liked to be able to sell towers. :X wound up having a big tank wave and no anti tank guns for em! Nice entry. :D
Gameness Monster
09. Dec 2014 路 23:37 UTC
very nice tower defense game.
At the end physics engine's limits are passed but in general a good implementation.
olligobber
10. Dec 2014 路 04:20 UTC
Easy, boring, and uninteresting.
the31
10. Dec 2014 路 19:46 UTC
Targeting priority seemed weird, letting guys through that I thought I should be able to take out. (Hard to tell, though, without any sort of health indicator.) Other than that, good implementation of a normal tower defense, with a "turret base" idea that I hadn't seen before. Doesn't have the typical selling mechanic that would have been useful to get a anti-tank turret. I wasn't able to get very far, strangely enough, although other people apparently found it easy. Maybe I'm just no good at this genre.
ciaodavinci
11. Dec 2014 路 07:27 UTC
The audio mute button in the top left didn't seem to affect the audio of the game.
GarethIW
12. Dec 2014 路 10:50 UTC
This was surprisingly addictive up tot he point where my base was saturated and I was earning 500cr/s :)
mrexcessive
18. Dec 2014 路 19:24 UTC
Hi there. Like the basics, but found the balance too tough even from start. Be nice to have a few breaks in enemies and slightly more generous killing... Shame no in-game sound. Good job!
Dunric
21. Dec 2014 路 12:11 UTC
Works nicely! Could do with some health bars on enemies.
PIXEL^3
23. Dec 2014 路 22:32 UTC
I made a highlight of this game from my stream.
http://www.twitch.tv/alucardx60/c/5696615
馃帳 sharp911
29. Dec 2014 路 00:24 UTC
thanks for posting the video on there Pixel