Land defender by kpded

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made by kpded for LD 42 (COMPO)

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Defend your land from horde of zombies. Zombies are coming they spoil our fields and are trying to get into the town. Recruit an army and defeat them.

Choose barracks to the left and then type of troops in the bottom of the screen (or with keyboard keys 1-4). Recruitment requires grain, current grain balance in the bottom right corner. And grain can only be grown on fields that are not spoiled by zombies

The game is created with Phaser 2, art with Inkscape and music is created with Audacity out of samples from freesound.org

Ratings

Overall 447th 3.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 340th 3.292⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 635th 2.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 554th 3.104⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 350th 3.271⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 371th 2.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 376th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

dxk2294
13. Aug 2018 · 09:03 UTC
Great visuals, enjoyable strategy game. It would be nice if there was more of a tie-in to the theme. Maybe you have options to upgrade tiles that are under your control, or once you lose a tile, it's gone for good. Still, really fun!
Wizard
13. Aug 2018 · 09:04 UTC
Really Fun, could spend hours playing.
🎤 kpded
13. Aug 2018 · 09:28 UTC
@dxk2294 thanks a lot! Those visuals took a bloody ton of time)

Yeah, the theme, I understand your point. Well, the idea was that as zombies are spoiling a space to raise crops player runs out of it... and this is running out of space. Unfortunately, the final balance of the game eliminates resource constrain, i.e. the player almost always has enough money and place to grow grains. And the key player's aim is not to miss any line where zombies can run into the town. So the theme is formally in place but not that highlighted in gameplay
🎤 kpded
13. Aug 2018 · 09:29 UTC
@wizard wow, this is a best feedback ever) Thank you so much. Just do it man, play
Derek Volker
13. Aug 2018 · 10:24 UTC
I liked it, fun and simple to understand but soon the zombies overwhelmed me (i guess im not a good player). The keys 1-4 didn't worked to me (using Firefox) but it didn't degrade the game experience.
Barrier
13. Aug 2018 · 10:27 UTC
It's a nice lane defense game, I would want it to become a bit harder over time because it was easy to win on my first try. Second time through the first 2 lanes never spawned any zombies, so that might be a bug?
🎤 kpded
13. Aug 2018 · 10:28 UTC
@derek-volker thank you! I'm on my way to investigate that bug with keys
CoffeeOwl
13. Aug 2018 · 10:35 UTC
The game is great. Maybe a little bit too easy if you catch the point of it or find the ultimate tactik :smile:
🎤 kpded
13. Aug 2018 · 10:55 UTC
@coffeeowl thanks, yeah there is a dominant strategy there) This is a gameplay balance failure, I've spent too much on visuals and not enough on balancing the gameplay
REBDC
13. Aug 2018 · 15:43 UTC
Bullet points really fast:
- Nice Graphics
- Nice Audio
- Fun Gameplay

I really like it, great job.
🎤 kpded
14. Aug 2018 · 17:12 UTC
@barrier thank you for feedback! I think I'll tweak the zombies stats and AI a little bit. As for two lines, yeah, it's possible since AI puts zombies randomly, although two adjacent clear lines definitely give advantage to the player. So I think I'll fix that
justin_largo
14. Aug 2018 · 19:54 UTC
Nice graphics and the audio goes well with it!
🎤 kpded
14. Aug 2018 · 19:56 UTC
@justin-largo thanks a lot!
SkyreX
14. Aug 2018 · 20:02 UTC
Nice idea for game, something like Plants vs zombies, there are pretty graphics too, I liked it, you could expand game and sell it.
🎤 kpded
14. Aug 2018 · 20:24 UTC
@skyrex thank you!

Yeah, plants vs zombies... I know. Interestingly, that I understood that at Sunday's evening, that I'm making plants with legs vs. zombies :smile:
Jin9310
15. Aug 2018 · 09:57 UTC
cool Idea and that is pretty nice handled. Good job! ;)
theslate
15. Aug 2018 · 11:51 UTC
Nice vector art animations! I wouldn't call it a balance failure, since it is fixable. I liked the mechanic where the archer could shoot over the other dudes.
mcarrera
15. Aug 2018 · 13:13 UTC
Cool graphics, looks done and pretty. Good Job!
Hugimugi7
15. Aug 2018 · 16:35 UTC
Pretty nice little game, Reminds me of Plants vs Zombies! :slight_smile:
Of course needs more _depth_.
Flaterectomy
17. Aug 2018 · 17:03 UTC
A strong concept, but perhaps a little too easy. I won my first attempt, in any case. Once I Could afford the knight with an archer or two behind him no zombies got past anything.

Graphics, music and sound effects are decent. For the graphics, if you're looking to improve, I'd advise looking into what makes a good colour scheme and a walking animation tutorial or two. That's probably the best way to make a big leap visually.

All in all an enjoyable entry!
saoi-games
20. Aug 2018 · 04:32 UTC
Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames

I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream. It was close to the beginning.

You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299357576?t=01h14m36s