Defense the Base by Jordan Kniest

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made by Jordan Kniest for LD31 (COMPO)
Defense the Base is an top down Tower Defense kind of game. After the time there are more enemies with special functions like canons.

You can unlock Lasers, Rocket Launchers, Automatic Guns and a little bit more.

Controls:
A-D / Arrows -> Rotate the Tower
Space -> Shoot

Ratings

Coolness 44% 1605
Overall 2.92 838
Audio 1.29 923
Fun 2.68 906
Graphics 2.34 1022
Innovation 2.13 1118
Mood 2.21 1047
Theme 3.45 753

Feedback

Andrea
08. Dec 2014 · 01:51 UTC
Love it! A little frustrating at first but then you keep on buying the rotation speed upgrade and it gets freaky :p
BaneStar007
08. Dec 2014 · 02:25 UTC
Yes, Very good, I spent 15 minutes playing, and want to go again. I'd allow some kind of partial heal.. I was trying to heal, but each time I'd check the price was higher than I had, and the next 2 rounds would take me even lower.. just a 'spend $x to gain 10%' would have saved me.

oh and the arbitrary.. not all elements were in one screen.. tanks came from off screen..
SolomaZ
08. Dec 2014 · 02:52 UTC
It's really nice to get instant direct deposit cash for each kill!
Xenolupus
08. Dec 2014 · 03:00 UTC
It's lots of fun, and I could play it for a long time. My only complaint is that it's hard to line up the barrel when the health bar is in the way.
crewderek
08. Dec 2014 · 03:08 UTC
It was a fun game, not sure if glitch or feature but when I would fire the MP bullet it would actually collide with the bigger bullet which kind of made them useless. Slow start but other than that it was a fun game
nexyon
08. Dec 2014 · 03:16 UTC
Tried it on Linux, there's no UI showing up unfortunately.
Jqmfg
08. Dec 2014 · 04:01 UTC
Good game, but would have loved some sound effects. Seems like it starts off too slow, and some instructions would have been nice. Also would be cool to see more upgrade paths.
salmonmoose
08. Dec 2014 · 04:23 UTC
A bit slow paced, and hard to tell when you could fire next - perhaps a cooldown timer?
Sublustris
08. Dec 2014 · 04:29 UTC
Too slow :(
Lynx
08. Dec 2014 · 04:43 UTC
I liked it, quite fun. Added visual and audio feedback would be cool, like a sound and lighting up the purchase button when and upgrade is unlocked and anding general SFX. But I must say: I love that fluid camera swoop animation when you go into the store!
karlipoppins
08. Dec 2014 · 05:49 UTC
Good game, I loved the progression. Add a bit of sound, decrased the size of the player health bar and the game is golden :)
daviosmash
08. Dec 2014 · 06:13 UTC
Took a bit to get used to, clearly I've played too many the first night, kept forgetting to shoot with space bar, but once I got going, had some fun. Nice and clean, good job!
Jayson
08. Dec 2014 · 08:03 UTC
I like defense games so thank you. Pace at start a bit slow and needs sound effects. Like the enemy models or sprites.

Keep up the good work.
paperweight
08. Dec 2014 · 08:34 UTC
Far too slow to start!
Pcholt
08. Dec 2014 · 08:42 UTC
Oh I was disappointed until I saw what you did with the power-up purchase system! That was nice!
revolter
08. Dec 2014 · 08:57 UTC
Yeah, a slow start. I didn't have the patience to play more than 5 minutes, but I'll believe all the other comments saying that it gets more fun later )
caporaltito
08. Dec 2014 · 09:24 UTC
Excellent! Took me some time to get in but then I was hooked! Reminds of those nice little tower defense game I used to play! Simple, yet addictive!
wilpel1234
08. Dec 2014 · 14:28 UTC
Cool game, like the upgrade feature!
Johan Blade
08. Dec 2014 · 15:48 UTC
Fun game. I had two main problems, 1: health bar was in the way for aiming, 2: I would have liked a partial healing option
Cake_Catastrophe
08. Dec 2014 · 16:38 UTC
Cool game! Love the zoom-in effect for upgrading the turret.
Shampop
08. Dec 2014 · 16:46 UTC
Not a bad tower defense. I like the zoom on the tank, the possibilities. But it could be cooler with sound and EXPLOSIONS. But still prety cool !
Blockers
08. Dec 2014 · 17:07 UTC
i really love the way the camera pans inward when you go into the buy menu. ill have to agree that it was frustrating at first (Andrea) but it definately makes up for it once you have a few upgrades under your belt :D
crazyrems
08. Dec 2014 · 18:16 UTC
A nice rendition of a unique screen game.
Maybe having some waves to pause between in order to buy upgrades would be better.
grid96
08. Dec 2014 · 18:33 UTC
Nice game, a little slow though. And a cool background would have been nice ;)
DesignerNap
08. Dec 2014 · 19:59 UTC
I was hoping the upgrades would do more. Could benefit from a little more balancing as even tho I spent all I had and took minimal damage, those "V" shaped wheelie enemies swarmed me and killed me very quickly. Good idea tho and feels nice to play.
vogon101
08. Dec 2014 · 20:56 UTC
Nice game. Some flaws good goodoverall
Geckoo1337
08. Dec 2014 · 22:10 UTC
Simple concept which seems to me similar with a good tutorial in order to understand instantiate and controls functions. Il like too the system in order to buy features. Thank you for this pleasant entry. Well done ++
liquidmedia
08. Dec 2014 · 22:41 UTC
It is just like the title, no twists.
skeeto
08. Dec 2014 · 22:55 UTC
Cool upgrade menu. I thought I was playing something incomplete until I clicked that, but it changed my mind.

I'm not really a fan of left/right rotate controls like this. Some of the other games have the same issue. When the turret is facing down, left/right gets inverted.
goblin
08. Dec 2014 · 23:48 UTC
Hey! very nice game. its funny!! look my game ;)
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 · 12:47 UTC
Hi there. Liked the idea and implementation, just the right frustration on rotation speed at start I think. Shame no sounds. Be nice if the upgrades menu was keyboard operated as well, especially when closing it then jumping back into middle of battle. Probably could get harder faster after initial learning to first couple of upgrades. Good job!
TimtheBo
09. Dec 2014 · 16:03 UTC
Too slow at the beginning! I colud'nt figure out where my rockets wehere going either.
Other than that, a great game!
Murchurl
10. Dec 2014 · 08:18 UTC
The camera animation when you entered the shop was pretty neat, nice entry!
🎤 Jordan Kniest
12. Dec 2014 · 13:29 UTC
Thank you all for the comments!