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Deep Space Defenders by megalukes

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made by megalukes for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

YOUR GOAL

ENEMIES MADE OF UNSTABLE MATTER ARE INVADING OUR GALAXY. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EXPLODE WHEN KILLED, BUT WE CAN USE THIS IN OUR FAVOR BY CHAINING THEIR EXPLOSIONS TO THIN THEIR NUMBERS. DON'T LET MORE THAN 250 ENEMIES REACH THIS AREA, OR CRITICAL MASS WILL BE REACHED.

GOOD LUCK, COMMANDER!

Developed by Lucas Felix and Jean Vilagrand. Special thanks to Black Mage who helped us with the spaceship designs and the Bonc Team for beta testing. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. Check itch.io for updates and more info!

Updates:

  • Changes in the Game Over screen so when the player is defeated it doesn't crash.
  • First shot bug is now fixed. Minor performance issues also fixed.

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Link https://megalukes.itch.io/deep-space-defenders
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/deep-space-defenders

Ratings

Given 21🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

OpenfunGames
04. Oct 2021 · 21:18 UTC
After first unit shoots game crashes
StrictPeak
05. Oct 2021 · 12:52 UTC
Quite a fun game! Raccoon tower spam is definetly the best as they seem to be able to cause those chain reactions more often. Graphics are fitting and the sounds and music all fit nicely! The only thing I was hoping for was some sort of explosion when your lose.
🎤 megalukes
06. Oct 2021 · 03:50 UTC
@openfungames Thanks a lot for your feedback. There was an error in the release build, but it's fixed now.
Proxy-Games
06. Oct 2021 · 04:40 UTC
This is a really fun game. It is a relatively simple tower defense-like game, but it's a comes together really nicely due to the simple, but really pleasing pixel art and due to the excellent sound design. The song during gameplay in this one is easily my favorite out of the jam, and I'd be lying if I were to try to claim that my head didn't start bobbing with the rhythm. I might be bias though since I love electronic music. Overall, this is really nice work.
Castoor
06. Oct 2021 · 04:53 UTC
Nice art, i love your pixel tower :D ! If i can suggest to put the sound down a bit for the tower, it will be great. Well played !
Gucio Miszcz
06. Oct 2021 · 05:02 UTC
Well done, nicely balanced game. Everything works fine, no bugs spotted :)
Zapturk
07. Oct 2021 · 01:05 UTC
Really fun. Love the art and music. I feel that you could have made the towers a little cheaper but I made it 13 waves
Nafe
07. Oct 2021 · 01:49 UTC
Really enjoyed this one. Might be the game that I have played most so far!

Got to wave 14, this is a difficult game haha. Maybe a couple of balance issues (not sure that the $200 is worth it at all), but overall a really polished jam game. Great work!

P.S I loved the music so much, would love to see the sound effects turned down slightly to enjoy the tune even more. :)
mitjmcc
07. Oct 2021 · 01:51 UTC
I liked it! Good music and pretty chill for a tower defense.
One suggestion I have is to have the max number of enemies shown in game too, like `XXX / 250` to be clearer.
TopperVideoGames
07. Oct 2021 · 03:07 UTC
This was pretty fun! It took a while to get past the initial hurdle, but once I made it past wave 12 I was able to get into a smooth groove up to to the 30s. The turrets were a bit odd at first to use, I wasn't sure if the second one did anything as it's projectile isn't visible. I found the best combo were the second and third turrets, as the first was pretty weak and even the last was very limited.

The music was nice but got loud with all the extra shooting happening. Still, I liked how each one added like it was their own beat.

Enjoyable game all around!
stellarLuminant
07. Oct 2021 · 03:58 UTC
love the visuals, music, and gameplay! a neat little packaged game- if i had to give any criticism, it would be that i'd like more ways to intentionally set off chains rather than placing down raccoons hoping they will set off chains. the theme link is a little weak, but that's perfectly fine
Michelangelo
09. Oct 2021 · 10:07 UTC
Not a fan of defenders, but visual and audio feedbacks were really good that they keep me engaged.
Lychee
10. Oct 2021 · 18:22 UTC
Straightforward but well polished tower defense game. Graphics and audio really enhanced the experience. I couldn't get past wave 13 because my damage just wasn't keeping up but maybe my strategy wasn't good enough. Solid experience overall!
Sagan Rayner
10. Oct 2021 · 18:41 UTC
Fun game. The chain mechanic was a really nice twist on tower defense games. Towers feel a bit unbalanced with each other, there's some that feel necessary to win. Managed to get to wave 43.
rufson
11. Oct 2021 · 15:32 UTC
I've tried a lot of strategies here and I think I got addicted to this nice shiny game :alien:
defectivemelon
12. Oct 2021 · 00:14 UTC
This was really nice! Really pretty, and I like the little twist on the usual tower defense formula. It feels great that even if my tower doesn't kill an enemy, it's still weakened for when it gets to the next one eventually.
LDJam user 267116
12. Oct 2021 · 05:06 UTC
sweet game! neat take on the genre, great looks, and enjoyed the song
LDJam user 259103
12. Oct 2021 · 21:38 UTC
A fun game with nice aesthetics and music! I wish that there was a bit more to the game - it feels very similar to other tower defense games right now. Overall, though, nice work! :)
LeYamez
12. Oct 2021 · 22:55 UTC
So much bloom! Haha fun little game
Marcadia
14. Oct 2021 · 13:55 UTC
Incredible graphics, gameplay loop is also great ! Didn't understood why some hits missed tho, but maybe it's a lack of notice reading from me
immortalnights
14. Oct 2021 · 22:05 UTC
Great game. By wave 100 I was more interested in trying to make the towers symmetrical, but I think that was my inevitable downfall...

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🎤 megalukes
15. Oct 2021 · 20:49 UTC
@immortalnights ok, we've a got a new record here! :v: Congrats and thanks a lot for playing!
730
16. Oct 2021 · 00:13 UTC
Wish there was more strategy involved, more types of enemies, different paths, etc. Right now it feels like it's just waiting it out to get more money. Maybe I'm just bad, seeing these scores above, I got to like wave 13 only.
Very nice graphical effects.
Abdul Zakkar
19. Oct 2021 · 03:20 UTC
Super cool game! Love the visuals, and it's challenging yet balanced enough to keep me trying again and again :D My only criticism would be that the audio with all the weapons firing can get a bit overwhelming, and I wanna hear some of that great music! Awesome stuff.
Hengen
19. Oct 2021 · 12:51 UTC
music and graphics were spot on, love how juicy and polished the game is. The sound effects fit perfectly with the synthwave. 10/10 one of hte best ludum dare games i played so far!
LDJam user 261284
19. Oct 2021 · 16:33 UTC
I dunno what I do wrong when I lose but it was fun
Music, graphics and soundfx are great, also love tower defense games (I played them all the time in childhood)
Great game!
anchorlight
21. Oct 2021 · 02:47 UTC
Incredible aesthetic and audio, though the game over crunching sound was a bit much volume-wise. It took me a moment to really get my bearings with the controls, and I feel like the Raccoon doesn't really serve a purpose in the game. Otherwise, this was a solid entry I might need to play more of later. Thanks for the submission!

By the way, any chance you'll release the music track separately?
🎤 megalukes
21. Oct 2021 · 12:04 UTC
@anchorlight Thanks a lot for playing and for your feedback. The music is White Bat's. You can find it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ4Of3lID84
vivyhasadream
21. Oct 2021 · 17:35 UTC
very satisfying visual design!