Defender of the Energy! by BesSlaaneshi | LudumData

Defender of the Energy! by BesSlaaneshi

made by BesSlaaneshi for LD 39 (JAM)

Hello all! We are finally finish our first game for Ludum Dare 39. It was a fun time to make something, and we proud that we finish it. I wish you will get fun playing it, like we get fun making it :)

05.08.2017

HUGE UPDATE OUT NOW!

Featurings:

BRAND NEW Super Attack!
More polished art!
Sound effects!
Ingame options!
Reworked main menu!
New "How to play" screen!
Better translation!
Bugfixes!

You WILL like it! VERSION 1.1 IS ON!

More monsters will be in NEXT update! Follow the news!

Our latest record is 2:54, can you beat us? ;)

Thank you all!

Many people liked Audio in this game, so we make OST. You can listen it on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tokatsu/sets/defender-of-the-energy-ost

Unity: MagicSpore and Voal

Art: MagicSpore

Game-design: Bes Slaaneshi

Audio: Tokatsu

Links added later:

Version 1.1

itch.io: https://besslaaneshi.itch.io/defender-of-the-energy

Windows: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrMjdxd1M3RHl2T1E

Linux: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrY1djZ0c2Sm1ySkU

Mac OS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrdkc3TFhsOG4wLWs

Version 1.0

Linux: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrMXlLakp6ZllZeE0

Mac OS: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrraFZUQlRDZ2JrT0U

Windows	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrTUJrV2tIN0lManc
Source code	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8F7LDwihKrrTXBGT0tvTEw0dmM
Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/6cj015ly4w2d0dt/Defender_of_The_Energy.rar?dl=0
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/defender-of-the-energy-finally-out

Ratings

Overall	80^th	3.984⭐	63🧑‍⚖️
Fun	44^th	4.017⭐	62🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	402^th	3.082⭐	63🧑‍⚖️
Theme	85^th	4.066⭐	63🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	73^th	4.4⭐	62🧑‍⚖️
Audio	70^th	3.95⭐	62🧑‍⚖️
Humor	175^th	3.148⭐	56🧑‍⚖️
Mood	153^th	3.737⭐	59🧑‍⚖️
Given		161🗳️	51🗨️

Feedback

31. Jul 2017 · 23:43 UTC

Got 1:49 and failed to defend my ground. Sadness is instilled in me since I couldn't cope with it T.T.

Amazing horde-mode defense mode. Awesome setting, art, animation and music. It was only lacking a couple of sound effects.

Good job!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

31. Jul 2017 · 23:45 UTC

Thank you for your response!
In first idea we was think about adding sound effects, but have no time to end it coz of time and some problems. But we will make them later, i wish! :)

31. Jul 2017 · 23:51 UTC

Wow this is really well polished. The art is amazing, the music is really great. The only bit of feedback besides that it is awesome is that it gets hard. The difficulty spikes all of a sudden.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

31. Jul 2017 · 23:54 UTC

We focused on 2-3 minuts of gameplay, so in the end u will look on the ending :) and we have no time to make gameplay more... uhm... various, and because of that we make it hard.
You cant "win" in this game. You can only complete it. If you understand.
Sorry for my bad english

01. Aug 2017 · 00:00 UTC

Unfortunately I can't play this. You made it with Unity, you should really do a WebGL build so people without Windows can play/vote.

Update: thanks for the WebGL build. I was able to play now.
It's a good little game, simple easy-to-learn mechanics are important for games like this. The player controls could have been a little more polished (shooting while walking for example). Graphics and sound are good.

01. Aug 2017 · 00:06 UTC

It is a quick an simple game, but it is very fun to play. It forces me to think quickly. I like it

01. Aug 2017 · 00:09 UTC

Really, really great art. Simple, yet enjoyable gameplay. I made it to 2:10 before I finally died.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 00:13 UTC

@shaolin-dave
we will try do a webGL, but it will be later, our programmer go to sleep, he need to wake up on work soon.
@anthony-dunlap @connor-hagan thank you!

01. Aug 2017 · 01:34 UTC

Yea.. Echoing @shaolin-dave .. I dunno if a WebGL build would work on Linux machines or not, but it would be nice to have builds for other OSes. Provided you're not using any external libraries in your game simply building for the others via standalone should work just fine.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 01:54 UTC

Working on that! thank you @cornelia-xaos

01. Aug 2017 · 03:11 UTC

Holy, best game on this jam I played so far

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 03:12 UTC

Thank you @pandorfa

01. Aug 2017 · 04:07 UTC

Art is gorgeous. Lack of sound effect really prevents it from going a step further. The gameplay is also too simplistic for my taste. But it's still quite fun!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 04:14 UTC

@kurangceret thank you for review

01. Aug 2017 · 04:58 UTC

Love the art, the gameplay is excellent too, it has story :D...

01. Aug 2017 · 05:03 UTC

Great Game art and game concept, Great game.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 05:05 UTC

@pixelsplash @ledez thank you all

01. Aug 2017 · 05:23 UTC

It's great! Art style and music are great, gameplay is quite fun. But yeah, as people pointed earlier, you need these sound effects to make gameplay even more fun. Still, enjoyed it a lot

01. Aug 2017 · 05:24 UTC

Nice game, I really dig the player animation. The slightly incorrect English actually adds a funny mood to the game that I like. Got 1:28.

01. Aug 2017 · 05:26 UTC

Really solid game, no bugs to be seen and has a really high-energy fun to it. Easy to forget that this was made in such a short time. Feels like something you'd see on the front page of a flash game site.

Awesome work!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 05:29 UTC

@apple-dash thank you!
@bmacintosh thank you too! Sorry but our native language is not English. But i glad you like it ;)
@pixelgriffin thank you! and good job, you beat my record

01. Aug 2017 · 05:48 UTC

Super neat art style! The game was very solid and fun! I loved that the enemy got faster and angrier when they ate the power too and I thought that was a very smart idea.
Would like to see a more polished version of this game!
Keep up the good work; also my high score was 1:50 :joy:

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 05:54 UTC

@walterp thank you! we are working on it, but need a some time to rest :)

01. Aug 2017 · 05:58 UTC

@walterp Thanks, my score 1.48 :wink:

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 08:06 UTC

Now support Linux and Mac Os!

01. Aug 2017 · 11:48 UTC

Nice work - the graphics and music are really impressive and well done. As others have said, sound effects are noticeably absent - they would add a lot. Gameplay is pretty intuitive and solid and it quickly becomes difficult to "cope" as the enemies swarm more and more. It works quite well as it is, but more enemy types would probably make it more interesting.

I played this on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163569305 - timestamp 1:11:20

01. Aug 2017 · 16:19 UTC

An interesting twin stick shooter -- without the twin sticks! No, I can't beat your score, but I have never been very good at twin stick shooters. My mind just doesn't handle the hands doing two things that are complex and very different. This was even worse since one hand was a mouse. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the game, though. I thought it was very enjoyable, and I wanted to keep playing. I will after I rate more games!

The soundtrack was amazing, and I really liked the art style for the game. I wish you had a WebGL build (I know you already addressed this), though. Sound effects would also have been a nice addition.

01. Aug 2017 · 17:02 UTC

Love the art style and simplicity of the game. The music and quick gameplay bring everything together and the only thing that's lacking is enemy variety, but that's not even a fair complaint given the time constraint! Great entry overall!

01. Aug 2017 · 19:25 UTC

Very solid game! Feels good to shoot and enemies are understandable and fair, it feels very very polished.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

01. Aug 2017 · 19:38 UTC

@sgstair thank you.
@james-dunlap our unity crushes when we try to build web version with vierd error. But we have linux and mac :D
@MrSerp @xarras thank you!

02. Aug 2017 · 01:48 UTC

Great game! One of the most polished I have tried so far.

02. Aug 2017 · 02:22 UTC

Wow.. I am REALLY glad you built for Linux, @besslaaneshi .. It is a LOT of fun! I made it to 2:41 before they swarmed me and I lost. I really liked the mechanic that the enemies could use the energy as well. It was a nice balance.. and opened up for interesting strategies of luring the enemies to one spot where there was an energy orb sitting around. All in all, an awesome game!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

02. Aug 2017 · 04:11 UTC

@delalandii Thank you! We working on polishing it more :)
@Cornelia-xaos Thank you too! You beat record :)

02. Aug 2017 · 04:54 UTC

So incredibly well polished! Loved the art and audio, but would love it even more if the combat had a little more depth to it!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

02. Aug 2017 · 04:55 UTC

@aevek thank you for your stream and review :)

02. Aug 2017 · 11:07 UTC

Really Enjoyed this. At a certain point the game becomes impossible because the amount of enemies. Making the player more powerfull over time, or introducing new mechanics could help here, hell it could even transform in some tower defence kind of crossover, well im sure you guys are thinking of ways to expand on this. Thanx for linking it in stream.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

02. Aug 2017 · 11:45 UTC

@robber thank you! We are working on polish and expand our game :)

02. Aug 2017 · 12:00 UTC

Sorry, I beat your record! First try too!
![dtd.png](///raw/a1c/z/85b0.png)

02. Aug 2017 · 12:35 UTC

I got 1:02 on my first try. It seems like you need to append a zero if the second counter is 1 character, because the score display said 1:2. That doesn't really matter though, this is still an outstanding game. 5 stars overall!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

02. Aug 2017 · 12:37 UTC

@zee congratulations :D
@cobaltrisen thank you :)

02. Aug 2017 · 12:40 UTC

Great art/music. reminds me of those old school side scrollers like TNMT (the good one)

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

02. Aug 2017 · 12:54 UTC

@filippy Thank you :)

02. Aug 2017 · 21:53 UTC

Woah, the music in this game is absolute god tier. It's amazing.

The visual style was really nice and charming too. And the gameplay both controlled well and got really intense, but it felt fair.

At first I missed sound effects, but after a little while I realized they aren't really needed because they would interrupt the music anyway and the visual feedback is really good so you still know what's happening clearly.

This is a seriously impressive effort.

Kapricorn Media

02. Aug 2017 · 21:57 UTC

The music is perfect, very retro-wavey. Thank you for taking the time to actually explain the story! Nice art and slick attacking animation

03. Aug 2017 · 03:49 UTC

i realy like your game :)

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

03. Aug 2017 · 08:03 UTC

Thank you all! we will make update soon! It will be more polished and new things added :D

04. Aug 2017 · 05:27 UTC

Wow that was a really well animated explosion! Most LD games have pretty simple ones or they use particles effects, but you handmade it all. Same goes for the cutscene in the beginning, I'm impressed you guys put forth the effort on those, it really shows. As for the gameplay, I think it's a bit simple but at least it was very easy to get into. Great job on the music, it didn't really fit the gameplay for me personally, but I still appreciated how it sounded.

04. Aug 2017 · 05:36 UTC

@peachtreeoath Thank you, it's very nice, I like to make a frame-by-frame animation, it looks more attractive)

06. Aug 2017 · 09:47 UTC

Awesome Graphics and Sound Effects
Particles where used nicely
Overall, Loved the gameplay

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

06. Aug 2017 · 11:59 UTC

@Cursetats thank you very much! :)

06. Aug 2017 · 16:16 UTC

Great game i loved the grafics and its core ideia im so sad for the little robot i just cant do it

TheFlyingKeyboard

06. Aug 2017 · 17:18 UTC

Amazing game to play, really nice graphics and audio. Have not found any bugs while playing. Really nice animations and music. Opening scene was short, but fun. I really like the mechanics, when enemy collects energy pickup and starts rushing to the base. One of the best games I've played so far.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

06. Aug 2017 · 19:16 UTC

@theflyingkeyboard Thank you very much!

06. Aug 2017 · 19:30 UTC

I enjoyed it a lot. the gameplay is fun and easy to grasp, the graphics and animation are well done, the music and sound effects are really cool. In general, it is a fun and addictive short game.

06. Aug 2017 · 23:49 UTC

Really fun game! Also, best Escape Menu I''ve seen this competition so far!

06. Aug 2017 · 23:50 UTC

Awesome game! Really fun to play and both graphics and audio are really well polished. Great job!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

06. Aug 2017 · 23:54 UTC

@Drums and @ezaudiolabs thank you very much!

SimplePotential

08. Aug 2017 · 21:02 UTC

I absolutely love the art in this game! It set a great tone for the game which was pretty fun to play. Good sound as well. Nice job!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

08. Aug 2017 · 21:57 UTC

@simplepotential thank you very much! :D

09. Aug 2017 · 13:17 UTC

Great game. Was a lot of fun and really challenging. :D
The art style is nice and you builded a menu too, that's awesome.

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

10. Aug 2017 · 14:59 UTC

@norrimo Thank you!

TheOneThatNeverWas

10. Aug 2017 · 20:31 UTC

Very good game. The audio and the art style are amazing and made it a great and fun experience. Congratulations to the team!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

11. Aug 2017 · 03:42 UTC

@theonethatneverwas Thanks! :)

11. Aug 2017 · 11:09 UTC

Wow! this game's graphics are sooo good, also the audio. Great work!

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

13. Aug 2017 · 13:56 UTC

@defratino Thank you!

15. Aug 2017 · 11:37 UTC

Really awesome game you made here :D The I loved the intro and the overal presentation, really love the music too! Too bad sound was missing but I'm glad you added that in 1.1. I did see a small textual mistake that wasn't fixed in 1.1: The end screen says "Play agin" while is should be "Play again" :wink: Anyway, congrats to all of you :smile:

🎤 BesSlaaneshi

15. Aug 2017 · 19:32 UTC

@siegfriedcroes thank you! we will fix it in our new update. Soon :D