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Orchid by darwinpek

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made by darwinpek for LD28 (JAM)
You must be the last one standing. Destroy all enemy fabricators to win.

You will have to beat the game to understand how it is related to the theme; I don't want to spoil it for you here.

Use WASD to move around, click on one of your fabricator points to bring up the construction menu, buy units by pressing the F, B, or I images that pop up, and then click on an enemy point to send those units. If you misclick, the order will be canceled and you will have to do it over again.

NOTE: The web build has some weird aliasing issues; to avoid this issue please download a native build.

Team:
Darwin Pek - http://darwinpek.net
William Vickery - http://wvickery.com
Jim Nguyen - whatwhatwhoa@gmail
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2382871/temp/orchid/web/web.html
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2382871/temp/orchid/win/win.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2382871/temp/orchid/mac/orchid-mac.app.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2382871/temp/orchid/linux/linux.zip
Source https://github.com/dpek/orchid
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=15471

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.30 173
Audio(Jam) 2.97 243
Fun(Jam) 3.16 164
Graphics(Jam) 2.97 337
Humor(Jam) 1.75 417
Innovation(Jam) 2.81 277
Mood(Jam) 2.88 267
Theme(Jam) 2.50 353

Feedback

ryanmurakami
17. Dec 2013 · 02:35 UTC
like the graphic style. instructions were a little confusing at first.
Lacutis
17. Dec 2013 · 08:15 UTC
Nice game, I liked the difficulty, it was hard but I won the first try once I figured out my fighters in flight would shoot their fighters.
Will Edwards
17. Dec 2013 · 11:57 UTC
How do you launch attacks? I've got a mac with touchpad and I'm struggling to work out what to do.
wvickery
17. Dec 2013 · 15:23 UTC
You click the blue square, and then a fighter/bomber/ICBM type, then click on a red square/city or a world wonder
Ariake81
17. Dec 2013 · 19:14 UTC
good style and clear pixel art. good take on tower defense
tiffi
17. Dec 2013 · 19:24 UTC
Needed some time to get it, quite complex for a LD game. Good work!
WojWorks
17. Dec 2013 · 19:24 UTC
A nice little strategy game. Good fun.
Scifer
17. Dec 2013 · 19:25 UTC
Very nice! Reminds me of defcon, one of my favorite games. Good jorb ^^
Jago
17. Dec 2013 · 19:26 UTC
Nice graphics and great action!
Keith Evans
17. Dec 2013 · 19:26 UTC
really like the art. Great job!
Miltage
17. Dec 2013 · 19:29 UTC
I had a problem with font rendering, made the text hard to read. Interesting game, and well executed. Good work.
LexGarza
17. Dec 2013 · 19:31 UTC
Awesoooooomee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LexGarza
17. Dec 2013 · 19:32 UTC
Got to say i loved the game, Awesoooooome!!!! :D the tutorial was a little... not good XD, but once you learn how to play its a great game :D
Kayelgee
17. Dec 2013 · 19:35 UTC
Fun game. Reminds me of defcon. I don't know what the buttons on the bottom right should do. Was it intended to reasearch stuff before you can use?
🎤 darwinpek
17. Dec 2013 · 19:44 UTC
@Miltage: Yeah, we have some weird anti-aliasing problems with the web build. If you download the native client it should render correctly.

@Kayelgee: The buttons at the bottom right are meant for researching upgrades for your fighters, bombers, and icbms (you already have basic versions of these units when you start)

We did indeed take some inspiration from DEFCON and I would have liked more time to make the tutorial, hahaha. I more or less slapped some images together and I didn't have time to make it better.
Defräg
17. Dec 2013 · 19:49 UTC
A soundtrack would've been nice. Graphics are nice and pixely.

Easiest strategy is to keep peaceful and stockpile up a bunch of nukes. kinda what the US is doing ...

Nukes are the methods of least collateral damage... heh
Gamelabbers
17. Dec 2013 · 19:54 UTC
Good game! Not entirely sure what it has to do with the theme, but the replayability is awesome, the music is awesome, graphics are sweet... so who cares :) aaaargh I want to win this game now!
Gamelabbers
17. Dec 2013 · 20:18 UTC
Ah I won, awesome :) so... now I understand what it has to do with the theme!
🎤 darwinpek
17. Dec 2013 · 20:22 UTC
@Defräg: There is music in the game, perhaps you've left something plugged into your headphone jack or muted your volume?

@Gamelabbers: Yuuuup, that's how it is.
_zulli
18. Dec 2013 · 01:28 UTC
Great game. I like the art style and the gameplay. However i think that would be better to use the keyboard keys to choose which attacks would come from the fabricators, because it is too time-cosuming to click on which option.
Very addicting! Great job!

If you have time, please rate my game! I would really appreciate it! :))
Bloated Hippo
18. Dec 2013 · 01:31 UTC
Pretty cool!
ocathalain
18. Dec 2013 · 01:31 UTC
A little confusing at first, but really good for something made in the time given!
Lolshouse Dev Team
18. Dec 2013 · 01:36 UTC
Though it took a little while to learn, this was a fun, interesting game. Very much like a fast paced version of DEFCON.
ryangatts
18. Dec 2013 · 02:02 UTC
I won, but I had a hard time triggering the deployments I intended. I'd often queue up a bunch of fighters and click on the base only to have the order canceled and my money refunded. Also, I feel like the delivery of the theme was a bit of telling without showing. It could have been better conveyed as part of the gameplay rather than as an ending.
psychomonster
19. Dec 2013 · 21:21 UTC
OMG this is awesome. Cool game... remembers me to play defcon again. Really nice liitle gfx, cool gameplay... yeah there are some gfx bugs... no problem bugs looks like features if you want to :D! Let's do some more polishing ... two player mode or something ^^
kibertoad
25. Dec 2013 · 00:22 UTC
it's a good looking, excellently sounding cheerful clone of Defcon. not much else to say.
euske
26. Dec 2013 · 14:59 UTC
Kinda guessed the ending. Well done.
eskivor
27. Dec 2013 · 00:08 UTC
I don't know how to attack someone, I clicked on the 50$/100$ icons or on any city on the map, nothing happened (web version)
OnlySlightly
27. Dec 2013 · 08:02 UTC
Loved the aesthetic
🎤 darwinpek
29. Dec 2013 · 03:11 UTC
@eskivor: Sorry, it is a little unclear. If it helps anyone: Click on a fabrication point, which look like the corners of a square, click on one of the three unit icons that pop up, then click on an enemy point to send those units
laaph
02. Jan 2014 · 21:10 UTC
Awesome work!