Mordor Must Resist! by ArkadyDracul

made by ArkadyDracul for LD25 (COMPO)

You are Sauron and you have to face the army of humans, hobbits, wizards and eagles that are coming to destroy you! Take careful aim and fire, let them explode in a cloud of blood! YOU ARE THE AWESOME VILLAIN!

[CONTROLS]
Navigate the menu - Arrows and Enter to confirm.
In the game - Aim with the mouse and shoot with the left mouse button.
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[ADDED CONTROLS IN V2.0 - POSTCOMPO]
- Auto fire (no need to spam the left mouse button)
+ Highscore board implemented (Each player can challenge your friends at home or, as I do, work colleagues)
+ Spells: Added 4 spells: 3 unlockable to the score of 650/2000/4500.
- [D] Spell 1: Arrows (orc archers will shoot two arrows to hit the eagles coming from above)
- [F] Spell 2: Trolls (2 large trolls come out from the tower that will kill the first 10 enemy units that will be on their way)
- [G] Spell 3: Meteors (A meteor shower will wipe out a large number of incoming enemies)
- [H] Spell 4: Heal (The tower will regenerate 30% of his life)

Enjoy it!

Windows (Installer)	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43604780/Mordor%20Must%20Resist%21-Default-1.3.4.7.exe
Windows (.zip)	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43604780/Mordor%20Must%20Resist%21-Default-1.3.4.8.zip
Post-Compo Version	https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6eGS-d-QaipNEZONFRwMjJLQlE
Source (.gmz)	https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43604780/Mordor%20Must%20Resist%21.gmz
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=14249

Ratings

Coolness	70%	3
Overall	3.13	288

Audio	2.56	317
Fun	3.21	192
Graphics	3.31	225
Humor	2.69	312
Innovation	2.26	637
Mood	3.00	245
Theme	3.87	82

Feedback

Razion

18. Dec 2012 · 08:47 UTC

Despite the questionable copyright, pretty fun albeit quite repetitive. Good job! I like the art.

Deril

18. Dec 2012 · 08:47 UTC

Well done! I wish mordor had MORE powers... :) fire balls... lasers.. meteor showers... :)

Alex Rose

18. Dec 2012 · 09:36 UTC

This was really fun!

The graphics were stylistically great; it was always obvious who the units were meant to be, and the actual physics were really nice. I really enjoy velocity prediction so this was perfect for that.

Nice one.

Ardale

18. Dec 2012 · 11:04 UTC

Good entry! But mordor is destined to fall, it's too weak!:)

metadept

18. Dec 2012 · 15:38 UTC

Hobbits are truly fearsome enemies! Their shortness is supreme.

jurnacsr

18. Dec 2012 · 15:40 UTC

Fun little game right here - The graphics were really well done. Some more powers would be nice, and damn when the enemies start coming they never stop!

Amoaeba Junior

18. Dec 2012 · 15:41 UTC

The game is well balanced. The waves get greater and greater. However it wears out pretty fast, should have more powers

Pitoum

18. Dec 2012 · 16:06 UTC

Pretty cool. A bit hard maybe!

Markavian

19. Dec 2012 · 11:46 UTC

Tidy game, but no strategy, just lots of clicking. Could have done with more evilness mechanics.

Grouflon

19. Dec 2012 · 12:04 UTC

I have always dreamt of one-shotting Gandalf, thank your for that :D

atraxgames

19. Dec 2012 · 16:30 UTC

Liked the LOTR theme. Well done!

blackmagic

19. Dec 2012 · 20:51 UTC

Grrrreat :)

🎤 ArkadyDracul

20. Dec 2012 · 01:13 UTC

Thanks for the comments, as requested by many, I added the link to the zip (no installer) and the GM export file with an extension .Gmz rather than the zipped project folder. Sorry for the inconvenience

caranha

20. Dec 2012 · 14:07 UTC

Heh, I have a weak spots for games that go "pew pew pew", and the pews in your game were really satisfying :-) Although I must complain about your decision to require frequent clicking - My wrist was hurting after playing your game twice. It would have been better if I could just hold the button to keep shooting.

I liked the graphics. The horses were kinda bad, but the people and the eagles were nice.

It would be nice if your game stored the best scores in a session, so that the player would know if he was improving or not. BTW, I got about 1200. Not such a great score, I guess.

On an aside, have you ever heard of the book "The Last Ringbearer"? It is a retelling of Lord of The Rings, with the point of view that Mordor were actually the good guys :-)

Cheers!

naufr4g0

21. Dec 2012 · 13:42 UTC

Go Mordor, go! Kill these f@#ç£%& Hobbits! I wish I have an autofire mode, my index finger is totally KO! :)

ceronman

22. Dec 2012 · 17:07 UTC

Wow this is one of the best I've played so far. Very nice. Great fun, great graphics, animations and sound! well done! thanks for participating!

LoneStranger

24. Dec 2012 · 05:40 UTC

I liked the graphics of the attackers. Would have been cool to have weapon upgrades or minions to send out, but I think it is pretty obvious that you'll eventually be overrun.

juaxix

25. Dec 2012 · 20:56 UTC

Wow, there are few really badasses like the Eye :)

epiplon

25. Dec 2012 · 21:01 UTC

So many Gandalfs...
But I loved the stylish graphics. You did it really good.

BrothersT

26. Dec 2012 · 12:03 UTC

I'll try this later.. In the meantime, don't you think you rated our game a bit brashly?.. I mean.. 1 for everything except graphics.. That's a score I reserve for only the most broken games and ours definitely isn't. In any case some sort of explanation as to why you hate it so much would be really helpful, even if you've made up your mind..

Cheers,
Rob

schnerble

28. Dec 2012 · 13:56 UTC

Quite cool :) Nice work: graphics are good, and the sound works well. Gameplay is a bit limited, and when you start getting hit it's generally because you're overwhelmed so you don't last long - but it's a good entry.

goerp

28. Dec 2012 · 17:49 UTC

The eye is great and a good choice of villain. Also agree that the heroes are good recognizable, but the game could use a goal, that there is hope for evil to destroy good, forever.
Something like that. You always get overwhelmed after a while.
Not that my game had an end, I didnt have enough time for that as well ;-)

TehSkull

29. Dec 2012 · 19:26 UTC

Loved the idea :) Mouse finger got a little tired as the game went on though. Maybe either try reducing the amount of enemies early on, or increasing the shooting speed of Sauron. All in all though a fun game.

Jezzamon

02. Jan 2013 · 00:13 UTC

FYI, you have to create all game content within the period yourself, so taking images like the volcanos and sky seems kinda cheating.

I can't play this game on my mac, so I won't rate it, but that's my feedback.