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Stop Christmas - the snowmen are coming! by Jan Peter (jpdev)

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made by Jan Peter (jpdev) for LD31 (COMPO)
Stop Christmas - the snowmen are coming!

Your mission is clear: Stop the snowmen!

They want to bring winter and Christmas cheer to everyone - so use your fire towers!

They can only bring winter if they make it across the whole screen...

It's a tower defense game that runs in your browser.

Build & Upgrade your towers using the buttons in the lower right corner or the keyboard shortcuts.

Tech:
html5, javascript using the lib Phaser.js (http://phaser.io)
Web http://jppresents.net/static/ld31/defenseV2
Source http://jppresents.net/static/ld31/defenseV2/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=34367

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1818
Overall 3.19 560
Fun 2.96 681
Graphics 2.69 816
Humor 2.67 433
Innovation 1.92 1167
Mood 2.58 857
Theme 3.35 862

Feedback

FinnMacd
07. Dec 2014 路 02:00 UTC
Either i'm really bad at it or its a bit to hard(or the more likely cause that it's a bit of both). Great game.
馃帳 Jan Peter (jpdev)
07. Dec 2014 路 11:27 UTC
There was actually a bug, so that upgrading tower damage did no additional damage. Just fixed that.
Snuux
07. Dec 2014 路 17:06 UTC
Good!
Broivula
07. Dec 2014 路 18:30 UTC
Nice game overall! Few things I would've liked to see:
1) music or some soundeffects. 2) upgrading would affect ALL of the towers. It took me a while until I realized it only upgrades a single tower. But like I said, nice game overall!
Lyxilion
07. Dec 2014 路 19:54 UTC
Very nice ! I love tower defense game. This is a very good game :)
BtheDestroyer
07. Dec 2014 路 20:42 UTC
Typical tower defense, nice :)
I've always liked TD, but I have a few criticisms:
1. Maybe add different enemies or at least different textures.
2. Sound is very important.
wandersenus
07. Dec 2014 路 23:28 UTC
The snowman!!!!
I am also bad at this game.
dekart
08. Dec 2014 路 11:25 UTC
Plays smoothly, nice game! Some sound effects would be good, at least shooting and enemy kills - to improve experience and feedback. Overall, I like it.
BitOfGold
08. Dec 2014 路 18:55 UTC
Yay, a tower defense that is not too slow! Cool! +1 for using phaser!
Bogden
08. Dec 2014 路 20:17 UTC
I feel so guilty trying to stop Christmas from coming!
tedling
08. Dec 2014 路 20:19 UTC
Good TD. Of course, snowmen :D
Donutttt
08. Dec 2014 路 20:20 UTC
Good stuff! Love tower defence games so this was good. Nice work!
harley77
08. Dec 2014 路 20:22 UTC
I'm a sucker for Tower defense. Good job all around.
Fanttum
08. Dec 2014 路 20:22 UTC
Fun little idea, but snowman didn't win, haha jk. but could use a lot more stuff and the idea has already been done before. could use more polish
dusho
08. Dec 2014 路 20:23 UTC
cool one.. liked the snow fading in
also, it's pretty hard
jarry
08. Dec 2014 路 20:24 UTC
I've always loved tower defence where you can update your tower. Good game
Aomeas
08. Dec 2014 路 20:25 UTC
Nice transition when you lose!
Other types of ennemies would be great rather than upgrading the snowmen : it doesn't appear on screen that they're better than the ones before and it would better reward the player.
Fede3751
08. Dec 2014 路 20:25 UTC
Cool tower defence game! I made it up to level 7! :)
Wilson
08. Dec 2014 路 20:31 UTC
Tough game, but fun. The gradual approach of winter as the snowmen get through was really nice.
cmayhem
08. Dec 2014 路 20:35 UTC
Got to level 7 but then they just marched through pretty much unharmed. Very fun game!
Jupiter_Hadley
09. Dec 2014 路 03:11 UTC
Really nice game! I Included it in part 1 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/v6qOf-i7cO4
alwaysinbeta
09. Dec 2014 路 11:43 UTC
Good tower defense game. Like the upgrade options. Was fun!
rantt
11. Dec 2014 路 03:25 UTC
Fun tower defense game. I like how the screen transitions into winter, very neat effect. I enjoyed it, nicely done :)
mrexcessive
13. Dec 2014 路 19:54 UTC
Hi there. Really fun. Still tough at wave 8. Shame no sounds. Pretty good balance, maybe needs slow and other types of towers. Like the 'winter is coming' gradual death by snowman. Good job!
billrizer
14. Dec 2014 路 18:35 UTC
Nice use of Phaser.js :)

Would have loved a little SFX and BG music