Ludum Defendare by Cievers

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made by Cievers for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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The Game

The Ludum Dare jam is in danger! Protect the innocent developers from the dreaded bugs at all costs. Join the Ludum Defendare, a highly trained team of hammer-wielding heroes, squishing bugs left and right, to keep the jam alive!

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The Controls

Use your mouse to squash the bugs, but be warned! You can also damage the posts and the Publish button. You win when the game jam is finished, with your score equal to the amount of posts you saved.

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The Team

This game was made by Cas Sievers, Christiaan Biesterbosch, Jarik Karsten and Rens Leendertz, four students from Enschede. If you enjoyed this game please rate and review our game.

Ratings

Overall 889th 3.629⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 833th 3.516⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 467th 3.688⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 457th 4.03⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1188th 3.656⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 982th 3.266⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 3.938⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1318th 3.344⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 52🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

JAsonsumm1
21. Apr 2020 · 10:08 UTC
I clikced about and then it crashed :/
bittripbrit
21. Apr 2020 · 10:16 UTC
An incredibly fun meta game that really captures the spirit of the game jam as a whole. Just the right amount of challenge versus simplicity. Wonderful game, guys!
Voidsay
21. Apr 2020 · 10:17 UTC
There is a bug! (lol)

There are no posts spawning after the initial one! After a restart even this one disaPEARs (whats with the puns today?)

Also, how do I exit?
Phenix
21. Apr 2020 · 10:18 UTC
Very fun, I enjoyed it a lot ! Only downsides are the underwhelming AoE of the hammer in comparison of its size and the lack of mean to quit the game without alt-F4. Very nice overall.
Berlm
21. Apr 2020 · 10:23 UTC
Fun game! The theme is very well thought off, but the game has some bugs. They have been mentioned above.
Cannocchiale
21. Apr 2020 · 10:24 UTC
Incredibly fun game! :)
simonemueller
21. Apr 2020 · 10:26 UTC
the idea is amazing! really liked the game. SMASH ALL THE BUGS!. if it would only be that fun in real life fixing the bugs :D
awerar
21. Apr 2020 · 10:27 UTC
Really neat game! The bugs and the art are looking really clean and the sound design is on point. There's only one flaw that I noticed though, and that's that the bugs sometimes appear behind the panels on the right making it really hard to spot them sometimes. Well done though!
koljam
21. Apr 2020 · 10:27 UTC
I liked it. The only thing I would improve is *adding a health bar*. I didn't know when I would die.

Also I really liked the idea. That was refreshing!
TimeTravelHamster
21. Apr 2020 · 10:28 UTC
You got nice mood in game simple and addictive i like it!
BiOniKMonSTeR
21. Apr 2020 · 12:03 UTC
So smart! Simple but fun! Good entry there! Good job!
memoryFloater
21. Apr 2020 · 16:08 UTC
Very cool clicker game! And a really creative way to the topic!! Some really easy improvements i'd like to suggest: replace mouse cursor with a "target" image (super easy in unity), reduce camera shake, spawn some particles and a splatter image that dissolves over time when bugs get squashed. :)
SkelleRoznik
21. Apr 2020 · 19:25 UTC
The game is so great and creative! I enjoyed playing to the end so much! I liked the fact that you can smash literally everything. I loved it. So well done!
Risist
21. Apr 2020 · 19:53 UTC
Making a game about ludum dare at ludum dare :D Well, thank you for this, this time servers worked the whole time.
edj99
22. Apr 2020 · 11:28 UTC
Funny concept with well balanced gameplay. Clean and simple, but well executed.
Lymze
23. Apr 2020 · 08:36 UTC
Great game! Really creative idea, and I also like the concept of being able to destroy the posts and publish button.
My only problem was the enemies spawning right above the publish button so I have very little time to react
cvetk0
23. Apr 2020 · 14:40 UTC
Cool idea :slight_smile:. Aiming was a bit hard for me at first, until I figured out to just look at the pointer. Good job!
fatPenguin
06. May 2020 · 18:01 UTC
What a cool, 4th-wall breaking humor :D
I loved it! also, I discovered new games I have to try that way ;)
Really an awesome idea, this felt like one of those cool google games where suddenly the screen just turns into a whole game :D :D
I liked that the hammer showed where you will hit, I'd maybe have replaced it with a little bull's eye or something :)
and maybe add a stain sprite for every bug squished that then quickly fades :D but I know no one ever has enough time at gamejams, especially since you also had to protect our games O:
A job I'm lousy at btw, I only ever managed to get to the last day :(
Welp, don't rely on me, fellow gamdevs!

Btw, sometimes it felt a little bit unfair, like hitting next to the publish buttun (on the left) it then damages the button because while hovering the hammer is above the button? other than that, great game :D

Also, pretty accurate portayal of the Countdown ;)

Really a great entry, congrats! :D