THEY CANNOT DIE by Mango Malarkey
THEY CANNOT DIE
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My very first entry in a ludum dare. Unfortunately, my weekend was kind of fully booked, so out of the 48 hours I have only had about 10 to work on the game, so it lacks polish.
Nevertheless - here it is: THEY CANNOT DIE.
A tower defence/top down shooter type of game in which you get chased by monsters. You have a powerful gun, and can build towers that will destroy your foes. The only problem is, they cannot die. With every new wave, defeated enemies will reawaken - and they have shifted shape. How long will you survive?
Version Description
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Version 1 - This is the original, in which a few things didn't work properly, including the towers and the enemy re-spawn. I have since fixed this and recommend that you don't play this version.
[Post compo]
Version 2 - In this version, the game is fully playable as the major bugs has been fixed. However, nothing else has changed so this game is too easy and unbalanced.
[Post compo]
Version 3 - This is the version I recommend you play. No big bugs and the gameplay has been balanced. Note that the only things I have changed is tweaking of numbers and variables and that no new content has been added.
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I recommend you playing with low sound volume and in as a large resolution as possible, as the sound is a bit loud and the UI doesn't work well with small resolutions.
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Controls
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Movement: WASD
Aim: mouse
Shoot: LMB
Build Tower: RMB
Tools used
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Unity 3D
Blender
SFXR
Audacity
GIMP
Links
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Project: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fgqkrmu2quw1y5i/AABIaP-R3Kf-79-9dhaLhlOua?dl=0
Source code: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ys75re40krgkivx/TCDSourceCode.zip?dl=0
Game uncompressed: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/03l4v29x6ujhlhr/AABQIqWqL-7YPEUGzDu08F2pa?dl=0
Game zip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3eobuqo889ijez4/THEY%20CANNOT%20DIE.zip?dl=0
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My very first entry in a ludum dare. Unfortunately, my weekend was kind of fully booked, so out of the 48 hours I have only had about 10 to work on the game, so it lacks polish.
Nevertheless - here it is: THEY CANNOT DIE.
A tower defence/top down shooter type of game in which you get chased by monsters. You have a powerful gun, and can build towers that will destroy your foes. The only problem is, they cannot die. With every new wave, defeated enemies will reawaken - and they have shifted shape. How long will you survive?
Version Description
-----------------------
Version 1 - This is the original, in which a few things didn't work properly, including the towers and the enemy re-spawn. I have since fixed this and recommend that you don't play this version.
[Post compo]
Version 2 - In this version, the game is fully playable as the major bugs has been fixed. However, nothing else has changed so this game is too easy and unbalanced.
[Post compo]
Version 3 - This is the version I recommend you play. No big bugs and the gameplay has been balanced. Note that the only things I have changed is tweaking of numbers and variables and that no new content has been added.
---------
I recommend you playing with low sound volume and in as a large resolution as possible, as the sound is a bit loud and the UI doesn't work well with small resolutions.
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Controls
--------
Movement: WASD
Aim: mouse
Shoot: LMB
Build Tower: RMB
Tools used
--------
Unity 3D
Blender
SFXR
Audacity
GIMP
Links
-------
Project: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fgqkrmu2quw1y5i/AABIaP-R3Kf-79-9dhaLhlOua?dl=0
Source code: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ys75re40krgkivx/TCDSourceCode.zip?dl=0
Game uncompressed: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/03l4v29x6ujhlhr/AABQIqWqL-7YPEUGzDu08F2pa?dl=0
Game zip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3eobuqo889ijez4/THEY%20CANNOT%20DIE.zip?dl=0
Ratings
| Coolness | 52% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.06 | 591 |
| Audio | 2.34 | 555 |
| Fun | 3.10 | 487 |
| Graphics | 2.70 | 636 |
| Humor | 2.18 | 473 |
| Innovation | 2.84 | 636 |
| Mood | 2.59 | 667 |
| Theme | 2.90 | 740 |
The enemies hoard together though.
You really should embed a WebGL build or UnityWebPlayer version of the game.
Also - most of my turrets doesn't seem to work :/
Nonetheless, really good job for 10 hours!
Hope you had fun making it =)
Cons:
- audio too loud and didn't fit
- towers can't get destroyed
Pros:
- good controls
- gets more challenging over time
- nice map
Overall good job :) Keep it up
I really like an idea if mixing shooter with tower defence. But I think it would be nicer if the gameplay was focused more on building, than shooting.
Well done!
Seems like there needs to be more to the enemy AI, though, if you want to improve it...right now you can sort of just kite the enemies around in a big clump and drop towers near the spawn points.