Save the station by Alexander Termer

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made by Alexander Termer for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Tower Defense game. Here you need to defense the station from the triangles army. Build your own defense station, manage energy and survive 20 waves

Controls: - Mouse for anything - no shortcuts

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Ratings

Overall 441th 3.52⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 296th 3.58⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 444th 3.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 716th 3.46⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 417th 3.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 791th 2.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 736th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

Odeyalko
19. Apr 2020 · 18:06 UTC
looks very good, interesting gameplay
Owl_Skip
19. Apr 2020 · 18:40 UTC
Nice art, I think could do with a little more explanation in places, otherwise really good.
mhykah
20. Apr 2020 · 02:12 UTC
It took me a while to understand what was going on, but its an interesting game! The way that the bullets fly towards the enemies was very satisfying.

Would love to have an explanation and sound effects.
🎤 Alexander Termer
20. Apr 2020 · 06:25 UTC
Thank you for feedback, its really important and pleasure for me. And yes, I am agree about an explanation and sounds, I just had not time for this :)
gamurmakesgems
20. Apr 2020 · 07:31 UTC
This is a good RTS Game
Ruoyu
20. Apr 2020 · 09:17 UTC
The concept is very solid. Kind of remind me of They Are Billions (https://store.steampowered.com/app/644930/They_Are_Billions/). It would be useful to add some instructions on each of the building as it took me a while to get it. The graphics is simple yet works very well.
N.O. Games
20. Apr 2020 · 10:09 UTC
The UI in this is very intuitive. And i really enjoyed playing it. I think this could be a great small mobile game if you were to add more towers.
munkkeli
20. Apr 2020 · 10:22 UTC
Oh I like this! Reminds me of some of my favourite flash games back in the day. Graphics are sleek and clear. A simple selection of buildings, but very fun to play! I do think there should be a mechanic to force you to spread out though, I found it quite OP to just spam generators in the middle :)
justalocalhero
20. Apr 2020 · 10:37 UTC
Looks beautiful. A small set of core mechanics that work perfectly.

Could use a way to build multiple buildings faster. I'd love a version designed around building bigger or with more interaction between different building types.
K4V0X
20. Apr 2020 · 11:07 UTC
I suggest striking out the audio section from the voting pool, as it might drag your game down. The game is stellar, and the "tutorial" was enough for me to play for a dozen minutes. Great game
Scintillae_Creations
20. Apr 2020 · 12:02 UTC
I would normally hate to see my base collapse due to the death spiral design. For some reason I enjoyed watching my base collapse under the pressure of hundreds little enemies, slowly chewing through.
Great small game! :space_invader:
MrSchlag2
20. Apr 2020 · 13:06 UTC
Nice game and graphics ! The 'network' effect looks great. Quite addictive but I didn't exactly understand how generators apply there effect. Are transmitters useful when your start zone is full ? Thanks !
🎤 Alexander Termer
20. Apr 2020 · 14:20 UTC
Thank you all, you motivate me to work
@ruoyu Thanx fot the feedback, They are billions is one of references :)
@munkkeli Thanx, yes I think "spam generators in the middle" is good tactic now, but I will fix it, maybe should add temperature of generators that can be dangerous if a player will build them closely
@justalocalhero must have
@k4v0x yeah, thanx
@mrschlag2 transmitters help to balance range of towers attack (maybe only in my head:) ) also I am going to add some mechanics that will not work without transmitters
kjscott
20. Apr 2020 · 14:30 UTC
Good solid game, took me a little while to figure out the controls. I disliked that I would numerous times not realise I had clicked on the station addition I wanted then dropped it right over the controls. This meant it was wasn't energy and would die of really quickly.

With some additional polish this could be a good solid game.
BlipBloop
20. Apr 2020 · 14:43 UTC
Solid with simple graphics that are well polished. My only complaint is the lack of variety in enemies and towers, but for 48 hours this is really impressive
MisterKeefe
20. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
Very simple but effective design, I like it.

I had one issue with selecting structures to build -- sometimes I clicked through the menu and placed a tower behind it, which isn't great since it ends up with an isolated tower on the edge of the map and also doesn't change to the structure I want.
IronyGames
20. Apr 2020 · 14:56 UTC
Clean minimalistic look. I'm really digging the power line mechanics: instead of a fixed amount of spaces, here you can build your own towers anywhere -- assuming you can afford it.

As feedback I'd go one step further and create obstacles where we cannot build, and even objective zones for us to reach with transmitters and defend.
JesmoDev
20. Apr 2020 · 16:32 UTC
Took me a while to realize how it all worked together.
Using currency as bullets makes this a very interesting take on the Tower Defense genre.
And they way energy moves around before getting fired off, is so very satisfying.
Keithdae
22. Apr 2020 · 16:23 UTC
Really nice game, already very fun and could become great with some added complexity, great work!
Szieberth Adam
04. May 2020 · 23:35 UTC
Wave 25, 9:30. :) A nice and innovative short tower defense game, may favorite so far. There was one thing which annoyed me a little: I had to deploy snapped to some invisible grid.
🎤 Alexander Termer
08. May 2020 · 12:55 UTC
@szieberth-adam wow, my result was about 7minutes..