LD53 - Box Crushing by Furtive Pygmy

made by Furtive Pygmy for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Didn't get as much done as I wanted as I was sick over the weekend, but was able to put something together. I also seem to have submitted to Jam rather than Compo, fun times.

There was no playtesting, everything is in a somewhat placeholder state as I just couldn't force myself to do it :(, and just gave up so I could get some rest.

The aim of the game is to stop the evil box people from escaping their city by employing some cute animals. If they escape, they will deliver slapped bottoms and broken purchases! Don't let it happen.

Theme was hamfisted in, had some more plans but couldn't get it done unfortunately.

An incremental(ish) TD(ish).

With that said, the controls when you get into the game are: - Click on a box to recruit a tower - Click on a recruited tower to upgrade / delete it - Click on 'Next Wave' button to generate a new wave - Click on Wave + button (bottom left) to increase number of enemies per wave - Click on Enemy + to increase HP and Gold value of enemies spawned

Score is the sum of damage done to enemies

Tower 'Plot'

Buy Screen

Tower Upgrades

Level: Arbitrary level of tower
Cost: The cost of upgrading either Damage, Attack Speed, or Projectile Move Speed
Damage: The amount of damage each tower projectile deals
Speed: The rate at which each tower project is fired
Move: The move speed of each tower projectile

Upgrade Enemies

Increases strength of enemies per wave (health and gold reward)

Upgrade Waves

Increases number of enemies per wave

Health and Gold

0 Health will result in game over with a restart screen.

Gold is used to buy and upgrade towers as well as waves and enemies.

Next Wave button

You control the action, release the next wave of box people!

Link	https://noskill-games.itch.io/ld53
Link
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/ld53-game

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Feedback

naganen

01. May 2023 · 13:56 UTC

I like the game but i think if you double the gold amount of kills it will be good :)

rolferm

01. May 2023 · 14:06 UTC

Awesome stuff!

got to level 14, then I became a bit optimistic with how hard enemies i could kill.

Fish all the way!

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

02. May 2023 · 00:31 UTC

@naganen Thanks for playing and the feedback, I added a 'cheat' function to the game to allow increasing enemy gold payout based on your review.

@rolferm Thanks for playing! Yeah, goldy is underrated but definitely my favourite.

Quanta Studios

02. May 2023 · 21:23 UTC

Super chill game, great graphics and relaxing to play. Good job :D

LDJam user 261208

02. May 2023 · 23:22 UTC

From what I understand it's better to always save money and put the cat. As his attack is guided, it ends up being worth putting him alone. The fish almost always seemed useless to me haha
It was a pleasant experience to play. The essence of tower defense is there!

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

02. May 2023 · 23:33 UTC

@quanta-studios Thanks for playing and the feedback!

@cabjhegas Yeah, I wasn't sure how it'd turn out and the balancing was non-existant. My aim was trying to make it so the cat was the best end-game. I think anything is viable with enough gold though... :turtle: is my favourite.
Thanks for playing!

cheesepencil

03. May 2023 · 21:55 UTC

i love these sprites <3

Pixelverse

03. May 2023 · 23:43 UTC

It’s seems like a very decent game to me!

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

04. May 2023 · 01:40 UTC

@cheesepencil @pixelverse Thanks for playing and the feedback!

WiredOverload

04. May 2023 · 07:22 UTC

It look like you got a lot done in the time you had! I can see how balance didn't quite make it in though as the goldfish can solo anything from wave 1. That said, you implemented more than I would have expected out of a simple TD including cheats(!) and an autostart(!!) so I can see why you didn't have quite enough time. Solid game overall and I loved getting rewarded every now and again with voiced sound effects!

LDJam user 359614

04. May 2023 · 07:47 UTC

tower defends!

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

04. May 2023 · 20:57 UTC

@wiredoverload Thanks for playing and the feedback. Yeah, it was one of those things where I realised half way through it was going to be a struggle but kept pushing. It honestly came together into a game in like the last 3hrs.
@pralista `One does not simply tower into defends!` :D Thanks for playing!

yumykon

05. May 2023 · 00:12 UTC

I'1m sorry to heart that you couldn't implement everything you wanted in time, but what's important is that you're doing well and not putting too much pressure on yourself or pushing yourself beyond your limits!
Congratulations anyway on the result you managed to bring, the gameplay is very fluid, the graphics are very cute, and the bg sound is very chill.
I'm not sure if it was in your plans, but I missed having a button to speed up the gameplay when the wave is passing (like in Bloons TD) and more sound feedback from the enemies' SFX and our cute animals.
Congratulations by your job, it's a great game! ♡( ◡‿◡ )

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

05. May 2023 · 04:51 UTC

@yumykon
Thanks for the kind words, I am doing a lot better now!:smiley:
I completely forgot to add buttons for speeding up/down, the logic is there but it completely slipped my mind when finishing it up! I'll add it into a post-jam version.
Thanks for playing and the feedback.

Vilius

05. May 2023 · 06:01 UTC

Very addicting!

A tower defence game with simple mechanics, but overall a fun gameplay.
I found all the buttons a bit confusing and overwhelming in the beginning but learned quickly what they did.

I ended up using mainly goldfishes with their high base attack speed and penetrating projectiles while only increasing their damage, as the other stats have very negligible returns in terms of gold spent.

Good job!

Smoky01

05. May 2023 · 06:12 UTC

This game is very interesting, thanks for making it

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

05. May 2023 · 11:45 UTC

@vilius Thanks for playing and the feedback. I agree, the balancing was pretty shonky with anything but damage.

@smoky01 Thanks for playing and the feedback!

Cabritta

05. May 2023 · 15:24 UTC

Really well done! Cute visuals, gameplay works even with the balancing issues, it was a nice experience.

Felin

05. May 2023 · 16:34 UTC

Solid TD game, could do with having some type of goal/variation of wave types so it doesn't become so static, but considering I've sat 30+min with it, I have to say it is satisfying even in it's current state.

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

06. May 2023 · 01:28 UTC

@cabritta Thanks for playing and the feedback!

@felin Yeah, I agree. It was on my TODO list, but ran out of time. Thanks for playing and the feedback, appreciate it!

YurisCat

06. May 2023 · 03:40 UTC

This is a good game, I like its art style and the thoughtful cheat design. At the same time, I hope you have recovered from your illness! Anyway, this is a great work, so please don't feel regretful. I sincerely wish you all the best!

(*^▽^*)

Ravernt

06. May 2023 · 15:32 UTC

Fun little game! Love the combination of tower defense and incremental. Good job!

Reed Molbak

06. May 2023 · 15:40 UTC

I had fun with this, I generally like TD games and this was a fun one. I think some of the HP is either buggy or maybe I just wasn't following, but there were times where I was pretty sure I should have lost but didn't take any damage.

Quinn_Patrick

06. May 2023 · 15:52 UTC

You're pretty hard on yourself, but the polish is pretty solid. I like the CRT filter, and the music is pretty good, too. I wrote off the goldfish at first, until I realized it had an insane rate of fire, and real magikarp power once you invest in its damage.

OldDog

07. May 2023 · 13:25 UTC

love this game ,spent a lot time on this ,while I think some data so not reasonable,5 gold to buy a speed from 2 to 1.98? and there is not enough coins to upgrade at all!! but it is a good game,good job ,wish for more content of this game

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

07. May 2023 · 21:01 UTC

@yuriscat Thanks for your feedback and playing. Yes, I'm much better now, thanks again!

@ravernt Thanks for playing!

@reed-molbak Thanks for playing and the feedback. I did see that issue occur in earlier builds, but haven't been able to replicate it after applying a fix :sob:
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@quinn-patrick Thanks for playing and the feedback! I think I expected to be able to get a lot more done than I did, I'm happy with what I got done, but just wish I had more time to get everything even more polished :smile:

@olddog Thanks for playing and the feedback! I agree, I definitely want to tweak some of the values around as I feel some are too cheap and others are prohibitively expensive.

OminusGalaxy44

09. May 2023 · 13:29 UTC

really cool and polished game. however, sometimes the fish has a bug where it fires randomly and then just stops firing. i reached level 41 only losing one health before i realized i should work on something else. addicting and cool game :)

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

11. May 2023 · 03:32 UTC

@ominusgalaxy44 thanks for playing and the feedback. I'll have to see if I can replicate that bug, thanks for pointing it out!

LDJam user 158571

12. May 2023 · 10:39 UTC

Great game! I noticed a bug while playing: if you have 4x game speed and you place new "tower", the tower projectiles are still at 1x speed, so enemies just walk past them unharmed.
Apart from that, this was a smooth game jam experience. Thank you!

🎤 Furtive Pygmy

13. May 2023 · 23:33 UTC

@mnemosynevl Thanks for playing and the feedback! That is a weird bug, I'll have to check that out today. Thanks for letting me know!

shp

14. May 2023 · 13:58 UTC

Cool, lots of nice TD mechanics in place, even if thigns aren't quite finished, it's still pretty addicting to build and upgrade stuff and push the limits of your defense, well done!

Flying Dog Fish

14. May 2023 · 15:36 UTC

Nice tower defense game, but there are some balance issues.

MowPea

20. May 2023 · 00:12 UTC

Lovely tower defence. I had a great time with the self-made sounds; matched nicely with the art style. The game was too easy though. Basically, I kept buying and upgrading randomly and went unharmed for 15 minutes. Still, I had a great time.