{"author_link":"\/users\/steffo","author_name":"Steffo","author_uid":"1003405","comments":[{"author_name":"Lamasaurus","author_uid":"1077942","time":"2018-04-24T10:44:55Z","epoch":1524566695,"modified":1524566695,"text":"I love the idea and the art! Your onto something here!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"1000209","time":"2018-04-24T11:10:45Z","epoch":1524568245,"modified":1524568245,"text":"This is a bit weird but also a pretty fun game. I love the art style and the music. I would have liked if the shooting from the \"towers\" has automatically following the beats in the music. But overall a fine LD game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CodeKoto","author_uid":"1080608","time":"2018-04-24T11:37:48Z","epoch":1524569868,"modified":1524569868,"text":"this game's idea is pretty nice, the art is quite nice but the rhythm is a bit too hard to follow and the beat becomes repetetive.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"PsilocybeGames","author_uid":"1078381","time":"2018-04-24T11:40:40Z","epoch":1524570040,"modified":1524570040,"text":"I loved the pencil graphics, the beat mechanic didn't work that well for me, but maybe i'm just musically challenged.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"RAFFE","author_uid":"1048630","time":"2018-04-25T08:47:20Z","epoch":1524646040,"modified":1524646040,"text":"Odd but a nice game! I think the rhythm thing works nicely. Good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"iamtalin","author_uid":"1014459","time":"2018-04-25T08:50:34Z","epoch":1524646234,"modified":1524646234,"text":"Fun concept and I really like the sketchy aesthetic, well done!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Detobel36","author_uid":"1073476","time":"2018-04-25T21:22:27Z","epoch":1524691347,"modified":1524691347,"text":"Very good concept !","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"1005348","time":"2018-04-25T22:22:35Z","epoch":1524694955,"modified":1524694955,"text":"I'd love to see a version of this that had more music and an easier beat to track... but I must say I'm amazed to find a tower defence game I actually enjoyed playing, this is a first haha","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"GroverTheGrovekeeper","author_uid":"1016814","time":"2018-04-26T01:25:03Z","epoch":1524705903,"modified":1524705903,"text":"Great game! I wish there was a better variety in music and I wish there was some sort of upgrading system for your items because I found it really hard to kill some enemies because I overall just didn't have a high enough damage output for.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Aaronacus","author_uid":"1079264","time":"2018-04-26T08:56:37Z","epoch":1524732997,"modified":1524732997,"text":"I love the mix of the two genres, the design is well done but the hitbox of the enemies or the \"bullets\" are a little wonky in my opinion...\nThe music is nice and this sketchy art fits well!\nNice job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Marcenat","author_uid":"1006507","time":"2018-04-26T19:24:55Z","epoch":1524770695,"modified":1524770695,"text":"On of the best idea I'v seen so far. The tempo is maybe a bit to high, that makes the game difficult.\nThe art style works wonderfully and the visual cues on the tower convey very well if the beat was correctly hit. \nWell done.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"CG_Fred","author_uid":"1042058","time":"2018-04-26T19:51:19Z","epoch":1524772279,"modified":1524772279,"text":"Awesome graphics! But the game got very repetitive fast and I felt like I was invincible after just placing a few turrets. The art style is very unique and I would like to see more levels with more variation and higher difficulty. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Subhajit Nath","author_uid":"1080331","time":"2018-04-26T19:51:51Z","epoch":1524772311,"modified":1524772311,"text":"Love the sketchy theme with minimalistic backgrounds. Felt like I was playing on paper. Had fun playing.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Hopeen","author_uid":"1050547","time":"2018-04-27T12:33:21Z","epoch":1524832401,"modified":1524832401,"text":"An amazing idea for the theme. The game does get quite repetitive, but it's indeed challenging with the fast beat. The artstyle is unique and fits the game well IMO. I would agree with some of the other commenters suggesting different tracks (maybe different map different track) and possibly a difficulty setting with easier and harder track choices.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"MosesG","author_uid":"1066092","time":"2018-04-27T12:44:39Z","epoch":1524833079,"modified":1524833079,"text":"The idea for this game is really nice but the execution lacks a bit. The graphics and music are really good but the mechanics are a bit weird. It's difficult to be in the rhythm because there isn't a clear indicator for it. That would have helped a lot with the gameplay.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Avon","author_uid":"1000122","time":"2018-04-27T12:53:42Z","epoch":1524833622,"modified":1524833622,"text":"Very interesting concept, it was fun to play, but the beat was a bit too fast for me, was hard to time it right. I would have preferred if the enemies came in waves so I had some downtime to place the towers. Loved the art.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Aerosavior","author_uid":"1076443","time":"2018-04-29T16:08:16Z","epoch":1525018096,"modified":1525018096,"text":"It would be helpful if the main menu played the given beats for you or showed you in a better format. Yellow flashes were very hard to distinguish beat notation. Really liked playing it and it was innovative","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Erkberg","author_uid":"1000213","time":"2018-04-30T21:30:45Z","epoch":1525123845,"modified":1525123845,"text":"Very well excuted combination of genres! As others have mentioned, it is a little hard to keep the beat, but it felt awesome when it worked out. Also, I really, really like that art style. Good job overall!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kr4ft3r","author_uid":"1021925","time":"2018-05-01T10:40:04Z","epoch":1525171204,"modified":1525171204,"text":"Love the hand drawn style, there should be more hand drawn games. At first I only used hat towers as I failed to read up on what mouse wheel does. Catching half beats was fun. But when I tried other two towers it became unplayable hard for me. Green signaling color, while psychedelic, doesn't really help explain when the right moment is. Nice work in overall.","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld41\/79459-69f21163e611ac1273202087fd9a0602.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/steffo.itch.io\/beat-td","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"41125","g_author":"1003405","g_event":"LD41","g_eventkey":"72","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"223702","g_title":"Beat TD","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"341","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"79459","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"79459","n_urlkey":"223702","n_parent":"73256","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/beat-td","n_slug":"beat-td","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"3405","n_created":"1523978137","n_modified":"1524521238","n_version":"258683","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":79459,"parent":73256,"superparent":9,"author":3405,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2018-04-23T22:07:18Z","created":"2018-04-17T15:15:37Z","modified":"2018-04-23T22:07:18Z","version":258683,"slug":"beat-td","name":"Beat TD","body":"A Rhythm-based tower defense game!\n\nThe Masks are invading your base to silence it forever! Stop them by using Beat Towers.\n\nPress the **Z**, **X** and **C** keys to trigger the attack of your towers: the more your attack is on beat, the more powerful it will be!\n\n![BeatTD_2018-04-23_23-35-23.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ebc.png)\n\n## Towers\n\n### Hat Tower\n![ticktower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ee3.png)\n\nShoots four sparkles in a cross, alternating between straight and diagonal.  \nShould be triggered every **half-beat**, and deals **medium damage**, but has **short range**.\n\n### Kick Tower\n![drumtower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ef8.png)\n\nCreates a shockwave around itself, dealing **low damage** in a **big area**.  \nShould be triggered in the **first and third beat** of a measure for the maximum range.\n\n### Snare Tower\n![beatower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11f4e.png)\n\nShoots a sonic wave downwards, dealing **high damage** to a **single enemy**.\nShould be triggered in the **second and fourth beat** of a measure for maximum range, damage and size.\n\n\n## Controls\n\n**Scroll wheel**: select tower  \n**Left click**: place selected tower  \n**Z**: trigger attack for the Hat Tower (two times per beat)  \n**X**: trigger attack for the Kick Tower (one time every two beats, on the downbeat)  \n**C**: trigger attack for the Snare Tower (one time every two beats, on the upbeat)  ","meta":{"author":[3405,91059],"grade-06-out":"1","allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/Steffo99\/ld41","link-02-tag":"42337","link-02":"https:\/\/steffo.itch.io\/beat-td","cover":"\/\/\/content\/d4d\/z\/11fcd.png"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/beat-td","parents":[1,5,9,73256],"love":0,"notes":19,"notes-timestamp":"2018-05-01T10:40:04Z","grade":{"grade-01":30,"grade-02":30,"grade-03":30,"grade-04":30,"grade-05":30,"grade-07":28,"grade-08":29},"magic":{"cool":119.67292108159,"feedback":15,"given":35.625,"grade":29.571428571429,"grade-01-average":3.679,"grade-01-result":341,"grade-02-average":3.5,"grade-02-result":381,"grade-03-average":3.821,"grade-03-result":183,"grade-04-average":4.036,"grade-04-result":237,"grade-05-average":4.143,"grade-05-result":183,"grade-07-average":2.615,"grade-07-result":740,"grade-08-average":3.352,"grade-08-result":537,"smart":20.761472884912}},"text":"A Rhythm-based tower defense game!\n\nThe Masks are invading your base to silence it forever! Stop them by using Beat Towers.\n\nPress the **Z**, **X** and **C** keys to trigger the attack of your towers: the more your attack is on beat, the more powerful it will be!\n\n![BeatTD_2018-04-23_23-35-23.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ebc.png)\n\n## Towers\n\n### Hat Tower\n![ticktower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ee3.png)\n\nShoots four sparkles in a cross, alternating between straight and diagonal.  \nShould be triggered every **half-beat**, and deals **medium damage**, but has **short range**.\n\n### Kick Tower\n![drumtower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11ef8.png)\n\nCreates a shockwave around itself, dealing **low damage** in a **big area**.  \nShould be triggered in the **first and third beat** of a measure for the maximum range.\n\n### Snare Tower\n![beatower1.png](\/\/\/raw\/d4d\/z\/11f4e.png)\n\nShoots a sonic wave downwards, dealing **high damage** to a **single enemy**.\nShould be triggered in the **second and fourth beat** of a measure for maximum range, damage and size.\n\n\n## Controls\n\n**Scroll wheel**: select tower  \n**Left click**: place selected tower  \n**Z**: trigger attack for the Hat Tower (two times per beat)  \n**X**: trigger attack for the Kick Tower (one time every two beats, on the downbeat)  \n**C**: trigger attack for the Snare Tower (one time every two beats, on the upbeat)  ","title":"Beat TD"}