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Protect the Realm by Nnnnneeeedddd

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made by Nnnnneeeedddd for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

Hiya, hope you enjoy my game :).

Goal:

  • Protect the 'king' tower (the one with the crown on it)
  • Every tower contributes to the score per-tick, so you want as many as possible before the zombies get too hard to bare.
  • You basically want to have a kingdom of towers, all surrounded by troops to stop the zombies getting to the towers.

Instructions:

  • WASD to move camera
  • SPACE to toggle whether the camera is high or low.
  • Left click to 'lead' troops
  • Right click to pay for (summon) troops
  • You have to press SHIFT and RIGHT CLICK in order to place a new tower.
  • Press 'E' to bring the camera back to the king tower (for if you lose it)

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Screenshots:

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Link https://gitlab.com/nedboulter/ld55
Link https://nedboulter.itch.io/protect-the-realm
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/protect-the-realm

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Mirtol
16. Apr 2024 · 20:50 UTC
A really unique imaginative game. Love the carboard cutout graphics. Absolute carnage! 9.5/10 <3
marleeeeeey
19. Apr 2024 · 04:40 UTC
The game is delightful. The mechanic of placing little characters is straightforward. I just couldn't figure out when and where new towers can be added; with just one tower, the game reaches a point where there's a crowd around a single tower. The binary file is very small, which is pleasing. I found your code and glanced through it. I think I'll look into how the graphics were made later; I liked the pseudo 3D from cardboard textures. Good luck with developing new games.
Jeremy Ryan
30. Apr 2024 · 03:48 UTC
Had a lot of fun with this one!

I like the 2.5D look, and the camera movement felt very fluid and was easy to use. Moving around the units, building towers, and the slowly escalating carnage were really satisfying.

One nitpick is that it felt like the units could have been "smarter"... often I had a tower completely surrounded by troops, but some zombies were at the base of the tower damaging it because they hadn't actually collided with any of my units. It would be nice if they had some range they would attack zombies within without direct instruction so you don't have to micromanage quite to the same level.

My best score was 104391!

I drew a doodle of the friendly unit:

![guest_11.gif](///raw/aba/3/z/64e3c.gif)
🎤 Nnnnneeeedddd
21. May 2024 · 15:11 UTC
@marleeeeeey @jeremy-ryan really honoured you guys played this. Didn't rate this time around, because have only really had access to my work laptop (can't download stuff, could've just rated web I suppose, but that seems a bit hypocritical). @jeremy-ryan I totally agree I termed the troops 'meat shields' for this reason. (EDIT: also I looove that doodle :D )