Treewatcher by xpost2000
Building and Note?
This is my first Ludum Dare and this was amazing, although I think I want to take a rest now :P. To build the game if you're not going to use the pre-built provided will require the following:
- A C++14 compatible compiler (TDM MinGW, and GCC 8.3 are the compilers used for prebuilt)
- SDL2, SDL2image, SDL2mixer, SDL2_ttf (as of typing this I don't provide versions in the repo, sorry!)
- GNU make was used but the game was made in one 2.6k line file so you can easily compile without hassle.
I might not be able to package a Linux version until later today, because I don't know how you package this... If someone could tell me I'd like to know!
Game Description
In a future where humanity has drained nearly all of it's natural resources, a group of oddly armed environmentalists have found the last tree on the plant.
Apparently they're somehow still able to receive nearly endless shipments of low-tech turrets. In their infinite wisdom, they decide to make a last stand to preserve the last piece of green in a sea of gray and dirt...
How long can you last?
Controls
The menus in the game are primarily controlled by arrow keys unless explicitly stated.
The only mouse interaction is used to place and remove units.
- Enter : In-game will start the wave. Take your time :D
- Tab : In-game will show you the order and amount of enemies that will come.
- Escape : opens menu or quits game.
- M : can mute the "music"
| Youtube | https://github.com/Xpost2000/ludumdare-46-game |
| Youtube | https://xpost2000.itch.io/treewatcher-ld46 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/treewatcher |
Ratings
| Overall | 545th | 3.404⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 598th | 3.192⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 800th | 2.942⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 470th | 3.731⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 638th | 3.25⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 556th | 2.981⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 565th | 2.66⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
- libtiff-5.dll
- libpng16-16.dll
- libjpeg-8.dll
- libwebp-7.dll
libjpeg-8.dll
libpng16-16.dll
libtiff-5.dll
libwebp-7.dll
Wasn't able to find downloads, are these external libs?
Don't use the direct download if you still see it! It holds the version with missing dlls. So sorry for the inconvenience.
- libportaudio-2.dll
- libreadline8.dll
It was a good take on the tower defense game. There was a good variety of turrets and enemies. The balance and difficulty curve were great.
I really like how the instructions are laid out like a briefing. It's clear and entertaining. Although in the game, I don't think that there's the instruction to press "Enter" to start.
The music was too repetitive.
A little more feedback on what the different turrets do and their cost would have been great but that didn't detract too much from the experience.
Really nicely done!