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CrystalsTD by Blist

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made by Blist for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

CrystalsTD is a tower defense game set in a futuristic universe.

Deep inside old planets' crusts lies precious crystals. Your goal is to go down in sublevels mine with a big plateform elevator. Plenty of monsters will attack you, so you have to build towers to defend yourself while the core building gather crystals.

Each floor is harder than the previous, get the deepest as you can !

To build a tower, click on the icon on the bottom of the screen and click on the plateform. To upgrade a building, click on a building and click on upgrade on top left of the screen.

You must protect the Base building: base.png

There is 5 towers : tour<em>projectile.png - Canon tower throw a projectile that explode on touch, affecting all enemies around mini</em>tourelle.png - Mini turret fires ammo that directly affect an enemy ElectricTower.png - Electric tower fires a strike on an enemy and touch enemy around, creating a chain reaction broyeur.png - Shredder affect all enemies around the building HealTower.png - Heal tower repair the tower around. It's an ephemeral building, it loose PVs while repairing.

Kill enemies to get crystals, blob are pretty easy to kill, spider robots will drop more crystals. Capture d’écran de 2021-04-26 23-00-49.png

Tools used

  • Unity 2020
  • Blender
  • Inkscape / Aseprite (palette creation)
  • Photoshop
  • Ableton
  • OP-1

Post update

We have made an update to fix some issues : * Enhanced stability * Fixed a bug in pathfinding leading to unfinishable level * Fixed the UI bar bug where the PV bar grow far too much after some levels

Original Submit http://ludumdare.vikindie.fr/ld48/
Gitlab https://code.vikindie.fr/vikindie/ld48
Post Submit Updated Version http://ludumdare.vikindie.fr/ld48/v2/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/crystalstd

Ratings

Overall 773th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 533th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1479th 2.788⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1002th 3.577⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 573th 3.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 691th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 736th 3.62⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

Head Tilt Games
27. Apr 2021 · 10:31 UTC
Stunning visuals, beautifully done transitions between levels and fantastic audio!!

Well done, this is awesome!

It would have been nice to see the price of what you were buying before you buy it, but other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the engaging gameplay.

Keep it up!
ThisIsMatt
27. Apr 2021 · 10:34 UTC
Wow this is awesome! What a cool tower defence game, great job getting such a goodlooking fun game in the time limit! The game bugged out for me on level 2 but it was still fun! Great job!
Ivan Grigoriev
27. Apr 2021 · 10:35 UTC
Cool, but it lagged on 3rd level and I've stuck
Nick Howard
27. Apr 2021 · 10:35 UTC
I really liked this a lot! Instantly understandable, controls felt snappy and everything was responsive. My only complaint would be when having tons of buildings and enemies on the screen, everything showing just a green glowing health bar it was kind of confusing to know just how many enemies were there just at a glance. But other than that, this is really cool!
hadesfury
27. Apr 2021 · 10:39 UTC
Congat for this classical tower defense ;)
Excy
27. Apr 2021 · 10:47 UTC
Awesome! I didn't get the bug/lag that other people are talking about but I did find out that if you don't click the "go to next floor" button, you can upgrade and build without spending. Breaks the balance but it makes for really fun enemy blasting haha.
publicidadeba
27. Apr 2021 · 10:54 UTC
Wow! Only one comment? What a shame. I played it for almost 15 minutes. The longest I played here for sure. Great visuals and the gameplay was engaging for sure. One tiny tip, re-clicking to upgrade can improved. Other than that great entry!
Phillip Scott
27. Apr 2021 · 11:08 UTC
Really fun I like the persisted layouts, I'd like to see upgrades change a little. small bug on the go to level screen tyou can build towers for free :D great fun though
Hugison
27. Apr 2021 · 11:11 UTC
Nice Game. The UI looks great! The graphics and audio are great, too.

Just some minor things I would improve:
- Different colors for enemy health bars and/or shorter health bars. It gets a bit confusing later on.
- Balance. For me it feels like the shredder is just superior to the other towers. And the game felt a too easy in total. combined with the length of the game i lost interest after the first 10 levels.

After all a great game! Well done!
Nice Gear Games
27. Apr 2021 · 11:16 UTC
Great lighting effects and models, and I love the level transitions. The game ran very smoothly for me, and it was very quick to pick up. I do wish there was more strategy involved, such as the Electric Tower doing more damage to certain enemies, etc. Right now it just feels like every tower and enemy is the same, and since you keep the same towers as you progress it feels repetitive and not very challenging. Very stylish atmosphere, great job!
TheGreenWorm
27. Apr 2021 · 11:17 UTC
I've played up to lvl -8, my thoughts:

Adding building prices to the main hud could help understanding their cost
The game is quite slow and lengthy, a "fast speed" option could be useful
Graphics is very clean, but I feel like turrets could stand out more
Audio is great, love the soudtrack. Mini turrets sfx can be quite loud and in the front, making it quite annoying after a while. The explosions feels rgeat though !

I had fun, but I don't have the patience to go to level -100 ^^
Colisan
27. Apr 2021 · 11:44 UTC
Really nice entry, I loved it! With a little more hints on the costs/rewards of things it would be perfect. Unfortunately I had to stop when I got locked with no more mobs incoming and unable to go deeper =(

Tower defences are always great =D
zimny11
28. Apr 2021 · 15:28 UTC
I love tower defense game! Great job in terms of visuals and sound design! Really satisfying for both watching and listening.

Unfortunately, the game bugged at level 6 for me. No error message. Opponents just stop comming and the game doesn't progress to the next level. Nevertheless a great game!

![Bez tytułu.png](///raw/ad6/b2/z/4144d.png)
sebbernery
29. Apr 2021 · 11:59 UTC
@zimny11 Hello, thanks for your feedback and congratulations for your well organized base ! We made an update to fix the pathfinding issue where some monsters can be blocked so the level can't finish.
paulhocker
30. Apr 2021 · 05:06 UTC
besides the path issues mentioned above, this gave was a very polished tower defense game. i liked the upgrade system too, it was a nice touch. nice game. thanks for making it.
Tris250
14. May 2021 · 22:53 UTC
Very funny little strategy game, there is just a bug when you buy or improve towers at the end of a floor, you can buy almost endlessly.

This bug affects both versions of the game, including the updated one.
loveapplegames
15. May 2021 · 15:37 UTC
Great tower defense game! Nice to have so many tower types. Graphics are pretty awesome, but rather dark on my screen. Sound is very atmospheric, but the mini turret sound becomes kind of annoying after awhile.