Minimalist TD by Gama11

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made by Gama11 for LD26 (COMPO)
Minimalist TD is a Tower Defense game that consists of one endless level with one tower and one enemy type. There are 3 upgrades for towers (Range, Damage and Firerate) and only two colors (Black and White) have been used.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1236
Overall 3.63 171
Audio 3.00 374
Fun 3.48 173
Graphics 3.31 370
Humor 2.10 648
Innovation 2.05 1233
Mood 3.03 443
Theme 3.90 224

Feedback

Frigolit
29. Apr 2013 路 07:23 UTC
Simple and cute little TD. Seemed quite balanced as well during the time I played it. Thumbs up!
evelyn-jolli
29. Apr 2013 路 07:59 UTC
got to lvl 20 it's fun
馃帳 Gama11
29. Apr 2013 路 12:22 UTC
Glad you're enjoying it. I appreciate the comment about the balance, I worked quite a bit on that.

Wave 20 is pretty solid - that's where it gets pretty tough. I don't think it's possible to get much farther. My current highscore is wave 23.
Leebo86
29. Apr 2013 路 13:48 UTC
TD games aren't really my thing, but it's definitely one of the more "complete" games you'll see in this kind of game jam, so that's worthy of respect.
AyCe
29. Apr 2013 路 14:00 UTC
I quit at level 50 because there is still so much more to try out^^
Good choice with the upgrade system. I noticed how range is actually bad, because it makes towers target enemies which are already targeted by towers farther to the right thus wasting shots.

It's actually also grey ^^
馃帳 Gama11
29. Apr 2013 路 14:15 UTC
@AyCe Wow, level 50 is impressive. I guess I'll have to try again using another strategy. The range thing is really interesting... I guess the tower AI isn't perfect, and if two towers happen to be charged and target the same enemy in a single frame, one shot will be wasted (assuming only one shot is needed to kill him).
However, towers only charge when an enemy is in range.. So yeah.
rab236
29. Apr 2013 路 15:14 UTC
A very nice, clean tower defense game
Merkoth
29. Apr 2013 路 15:15 UTC
Very nice, good job!
aquilicoco
29. Apr 2013 路 15:16 UTC
I like it.
glisk
29. Apr 2013 路 15:17 UTC
It's a really cool minimalist tower defense. Like it ^^
Ysty
29. Apr 2013 路 15:18 UTC
I'm not usually a big fan of tower defence, but I had fun with this. It works really well, and I especially like the music.
BradleySmith
29. Apr 2013 路 15:19 UTC
Fun game, excellent work for 48 hours.
mikelovesrobots3
29. Apr 2013 路 15:19 UTC
Nice job! Attractive, simple, easy to play. I liked it.
robertcalvert
29. Apr 2013 路 15:23 UTC
Minimalist and well balanced. This was really fun to play.
馃帳 Gama11
29. Apr 2013 路 15:30 UTC
@Ytsy: Wow, I didn't expect a compliment regarding the music. It's the first time I've ever created music myself, and I was wondering whether to include it at all, since I feared that it could actually make the game worse. Thanks! :)
pl0xz0rz
29. Apr 2013 路 15:30 UTC
A good TD. Simple, and yet addictive, at least for some minutes.
optimality
29. Apr 2013 路 15:52 UTC
Quite enjoyable. I especially like the graphics and the audio.

Seems a bit easy though; not really any interesting decisions.
Chman
29. Apr 2013 路 16:38 UTC
I'm a sucker for TD games, this one is no exception ! Pretty well done except the balance seems off. I played until wave 52 and quit because I was crushing the enemy easily. I guess that's to be expected because there's only one tower and one enemy type.
JAH2488
01. May 2013 路 03:25 UTC
Awesome game. Lots of fun. Very solid in all aspects!
robotality
01. May 2013 路 15:02 UTC
not innovative but well done and plays very well :)
grayhaze
04. May 2013 路 11:00 UTC
Well done. Crashed the browser for me at wave 69 though!
lightsoda
04. May 2013 路 21:30 UTC
A decent little TD game. Good job!
Ditto
06. May 2013 路 12:22 UTC
Addictive. Awesome job man!
Tiago Ling Alexandre
06. May 2013 路 19:33 UTC
Nice little TD, congratulations! Did you use HaxeFlixel?
michail
07. May 2013 路 01:34 UTC
Nice and polished entry. It seems there's nothing interesting to happen after some 30 waves, but I like it anyway.
馃帳 Gama11
08. May 2013 路 13:41 UTC
@Tiago Ling Alexandre: Yeah, exactly, that's what I used. :)
pirate-rob
16. May 2013 路 17:23 UTC
Power failure at wave 135 T.T Good game though!
Erunaamo
19. May 2013 路 17:15 UTC
As a TD novice, I found this satisfyingly tense for about 30 waves, then too easy...but still fun until about wave 80. I like the old-school graphics.