BARRAGE by egawag
Defend your core from oppressive bombardments of debris in this exciting base-building strategy game!


How To Play:
Use Keys 1-3 to select a Building
Rotate it with Scroll or Q and E, then press LMB to place it down on the field
Use these buildings to defend your core
Destroy Debris, or your own buildings, by holding RMB on them to collect more Resources
Build Siphons to grow your core, once it's big enough, you'll win!
Credits:
Noah "Nobongo" Matheu - Visuals
Gage "Egawag" Johnson - Programming & UI/UX
Zach "ThePirateNun" Northrop - Music & Sound
| Link | https://egawag.itch.io/barrage |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/barrage |
Ratings
| Overall | 3th | 4.574⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 3th | 4.481⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 11th | 4.407⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 4th | 4.611⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 27th | 4.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 4th | 4.6⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 12th | 4.54⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
Good job!
I could gush about this game forever - you totally knocked it out of the park. You should all be very proud - an absolutely 'stellar' entry 🤩.
I particularly loved collecting resources. The strike coming in was fast with just the right ease out, and when collecting from a pile the collection expands to nearby shards creating a cascade of light and sound! I though the hollow, geode like sound was perfect.
Really tight gameplay loop, and was just as close to winning as losing up until the end!

Great feel, super hectic, like an economic RTS action game. The visuals and sound were both executed well and added a lot. Well done!
My main critique is that its pretty easy - but that doesnt really deminish the fun. Another surprising find when scrolling through the danger category - there are a few real gems still out there waiting to be played. I will definitely recommend this one. Outstanding job!
- I wasn't sure how to balance the walls and the fields, and the storm happened so quickly and with the graphical flashing I wasn't able to get feedback. Maybe a subtle slowdown when the storm hits, clearer animations, or sounds, I dunno.
- Rotating the walls was slow so I just ended up never doing it and placing a bunch in the wrong direction. Maybe they could rotate to face the correct orientation (perpendicular to the storm) initially when you buy them? or have them only rotate a 45 degree angles and press to rotate? not sure, probably a bad idea, would need to try out.
- Loved the music especially the 20 second musical queues, but it started getting pretty out of tempo with the storms which made things hard.
Here is my playthrough:
https://youtu.be/GfiRQiblz_8