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Build'em All ! by tenshi42

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made by tenshi42 for LD 41 (JAM)

A mix between a Shoot'em up and a City Builder!

The game

You control a ship with which you can build a city and defend it against a horde of enemies.

Enemies

  • Little ship:
    • 5 life points
    • can shot simple bullet or guided missiles
  • Big ship:
    • 30 life points
    • slower, can shot simple bullet or guided missiles

Enemies can destroy buildings.

Buildings

  • House:
    • costs 100§
    • consumes 1 power unit per second
    • increases your maximum population by 10
    • if not supplied by a power plant, max population decrease by 1 per second
  • Power plant:
    • costs 200§
    • produces 5 power unit per second in a limited range
  • Ship repair center:
    • costs 350§
    • consumes 2 power unit per second
    • heals you by flying nearby (needs power to work)

Controls

| Action | Keyboard/Mouse | XBox controller | PS controller | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Forward/Backward | W/S | Left stick Up/Down | Left stick Up/Down | Stafe Left/Right | A/D | Left stick Left/Right | Left stick Left/Right | Rotate Left/Right | Q/E | LB/RB | L1/R1 | Fire | Left click | A | Cross | Build House | F | X | Square | Build Generator | G | Y | Triangle | Build Reparation center | H | B | Circle | Fire direction | Mouse move | Right stick | Right stick | Pause game | Escape | |

Screenshots

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Note

The game jam release is not well balanced (enemy waves spawn time, money, moving speed...) but we are working on a post jam (non evaluated) release more equilibrated (and with better graphics).

To do list

  • Balance difficulty
  • Add max population to final score
  • Add better buildings models
  • Add more intricated behaviors (links between two genre)
  • Add more enemy types
  • Add more projectiles types
  • Add attack patterns
  • Add player upgrades

Known issues

  • Aiming with mouse is not totally accurate
Windows https://tenshi42.itch.io/buildem-all
macOS https://tenshi42.itch.io/buildem-all
Linux https://tenshi42.itch.io/buildem-all
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/buildem-up

Ratings

Overall 756th 3.306⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 592th 3.292⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 576th 3.361⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 624th 3.569⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1013th 2.542⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 698th 2.6⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 876th 2.929⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 41🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

DrAsylum
19. Apr 2018 · 14:23 UTC
Oh my God, so much skilled people here 😆
Lacre
24. Apr 2018 · 11:08 UTC
Love the idea!
Maloy Quinn
24. Apr 2018 · 11:29 UTC
This is a great concept! I’m not a huge fan of the graphics though. Otherwise great execution too!
Nehvis
24. Apr 2018 · 11:36 UTC
Pretty cool idea! The game lacks a goal though
Jani Nykanen
24. Apr 2018 · 16:18 UTC
Maybe I missed something, but apparently the controls are not listed in game? Not a big problem, but now I had to play in the windowed mode and keep the Ludum Dare page open.

Anyway, this game has a nice concept.
🎤 tenshi42
24. Apr 2018 · 16:50 UTC
@jani-nykanen Hi and thanks for playing our game !
You can find controls in the options menu.
Have fun !
tenshi42
Iaaac
24. Apr 2018 · 17:37 UTC
Really loved the work you put in here. The timer between each spawn is really long through. Makes the game really boring while waiting for things to happen. Some special effects when killing the ships would be a great addition as well.
🎤 tenshi42
24. Apr 2018 · 18:44 UTC
@iaaac Thanks for your feedback!
As said, the ballancing has not be done so it is "normal" that it is so much time between waves.
Thats also something we cannot implement in times but will be in future post-jam release.
Kubenexion
24. Apr 2018 · 18:46 UTC
@iaac Thanks for your review. For the moment the game is not well balanced, but we're working on a post-jam version with improved graphics and gameplay.
Lewis Quaife
24. Apr 2018 · 19:28 UTC
Love the idea - The graphics need a lot of work, and I think the music did not fit. If this game was properly balanced and fleshed out its the type of thing I could se myself playing for hours. Nice job
🎤 tenshi42
24. Apr 2018 · 19:55 UTC
@lewis-quaife Thanks !
Be sure to follow our updates if you like the genre.
Lewis Quaife
24. Apr 2018 · 19:58 UTC
@tenshi42 Will do - do you have a website?
🎤 tenshi42
24. Apr 2018 · 20:00 UTC
@lewis-quaife Not realy but you can follow us on itch.io.
Rapter
24. Apr 2018 · 21:11 UTC
Nice game and idea 5/5!!! Good Luck!
Serious07
24. Apr 2018 · 21:21 UTC
I'm like th game. Controlls of the game are prity well. But I'm found this game, is to easy for me, just flying around and shoot the enemies, they don't attack often. Sometimes I'm see some enemyes what was looking on th ground after spawn. Music is awesome! Grade 5!
🎤 tenshi42
25. Apr 2018 · 11:02 UTC
@rapter Thanks !
@serious07 Thanks and yes, balancing has not be done ^^.
3DLeon
25. Apr 2018 · 11:46 UTC
Good idea and the bullet hell is so funny. Maybe with the graphics more developed it can become a very good game.
PUR3
25. Apr 2018 · 12:52 UTC
Really liked the game, the bullet curvature was cool! Liked the concept and the choice of music. Nice work. :)
quijipixel
25. Apr 2018 · 12:53 UTC
Great game!! Interesting and entertaining! Would love to see it expanded!
dmanzano101
25. Apr 2018 · 12:54 UTC
Really nice idea and a great Jam game. It's good that you work on a postJam to fix all thoose tiny things mentioned before that can give your game an extra push to become really funny.

Nice work!
IainWay
25. Apr 2018 · 12:55 UTC
Great job guys! It would be nice to have enemies attacking houses and other facilities too so that you have to rebuild them.
Kubenexion
25. Apr 2018 · 15:31 UTC
Thanks all for your comments!
@IainWay Enemies targeting you in priority, but if you go away from your buildings and enemies passing close to them they will try to destroy it. But yes we have thinking about adding bomber ship, only focusing on destroying your city.
Pagi
26. Apr 2018 · 12:27 UTC
Fun game, I like it. The curved "physics" are really good. One thing I would like you to add is aiming around the planet, now it feels like the bullet doesn't go in the direction my mouse is pointing at.
TheMonsterFromTheDeep
26. Apr 2018 · 17:54 UTC
Not bad. Right now, there's not a whole lot to do, and there doesn't seem to be a win condition, but there's certainly a solid foundation here.

The main criticism I have:
- It's really annoying to use the keyboard to build things. It's not so bad here, because the icons at the bottom remind you which buttons to push, but I think it's just something to avoid. Or, at the very least, I think an option to change the keys would be good.
- I think the graphics could be improved, but, of course, this is just a Jam game.

I do think that the whole planet mechanic is really cool, and I especially like the minimap in the bottom corner. Wrapping physics like that is difficult.
🎤 tenshi42
26. Apr 2018 · 18:55 UTC
Thanks !!!
@pagi Yes the precision in really bad cause due to the spheral displacement.
@themonsterfromthedeep I think it is normal that there isn't an end to the game as the goal of a city builder is to build the bigger one and for the shm'up it's to kill a maximum of enemies but we have planned to add mini-objectives like "get 100 population", "kill 100 enemies", ...
Linus
27. Apr 2018 · 12:07 UTC
Cool game, I enjoyed playing it. It reminds me a bit of an RTS. I didn't understand the point with the city building except to get health back.

There are a few things that could be improved to make the feel better to play. The hotkeys to build stuff is good but you should definitely be able to build with your mouse as well. The planet physics is impressive and you did that very nice.

Also I wish that the money dropped from enemies would have a bigger "pickup" radius so that you didn't have to fly directly on the pickups to get them.

Overall, pretty nice entry! :smiley:
kaytrill
27. Apr 2018 · 19:05 UTC
Nice game, the game needs a bit more balancing with the enemies and wavespawning. Also you can out range the enemies by quite a bit before they will shoot at you. All in all well done and good luck updating your game.
🎤 tenshi42
27. Apr 2018 · 22:13 UTC
Thanks all !
@linus It is mainly the only one goal of the city builder part (with doing score). With a good balancing you cannot survive without heal.
@kaytrill Enemies will now going away from you if you are too far. Like that you have to be close to them and take risk to be dammaged.
a_a
28. Apr 2018 · 07:47 UTC
This game was pretty fun. It took a while to get used to the aiming, as the perspective an camera angle obscures the direction of aim. There also wasn't any good indicator of how the power generators affect the numbers. The jam release definitely is not balanced, but the author is already addressing this. It's a great starting point, and should definitely be fleshed out. I would definitely buy a game like this.
cristiano.m.garcia
28. Apr 2018 · 13:32 UTC
Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
DeepTerror
28. Apr 2018 · 20:39 UTC
This game deserves some polishing but the main idea is great!

I always loved game we can play around a planet, it's really interesting from a gameplay point of view.

I don't know if it's only on my computer, but I wasn't able to fire while moving...

Keep working on it, it could lead to a best seller in its genre !