The Monster's Cave by SumGato

made by SumGato for LD33 (COMPO)

An innocent princess is kidnapped by an evil monster, taking her away from her beloved blue prince... Or that's what the blue prince (which, by the way, is her cousin) thinks. The princess wants him to continue thinking that, and she will have to act like a monster to do so.

Control a mighty princess in this time management / tower defense game in her quest to keep the knights away from rescuing her.

Instructions are included in game.

Web (Flash)	http://sumgato.net/ld33/LD33.swf
Web (Flash - probably faster)	http://www.fastswf.com/P4cW7ns
Source	http://sumgato.net/ld33/LD33.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=26412

Ratings

Coolness	97%	2
Overall	2.70	799

Fun	2.40	836
Graphics	1.86	900
Humor	2.47	565
Innovation	2.85	561
Mood	2.23	824
Theme	3.15	614

Feedback

MrDave

24. Aug 2015 · 10:34 UTC

I found the game a little slow, once I worked out what was going on I enjoyed myself though. I really liked the mechanic of spending time to upgrade yourself.

S0rax

24. Aug 2015 · 10:38 UTC

It's a good idea, the screen who explain the story.

HolyBlackCat

24. Aug 2015 · 10:44 UTC

Nice theme interpretation.

Slashee the Cow

24. Aug 2015 · 10:47 UTC

Pretty good! The whole thing moves a bit slow though. You walk around really slowly during the build stage, and attacking during the defense phase is pretty slow. I was hoping for more of a clickclickclickclick rather than click-recharge-click-recharge.

cgriff

24. Aug 2015 · 11:47 UTC

Interesting premise - I like the different stages to the game. I would recommend separating the backstory notes from the control instructions, though - it makes it harder to see exactly how you are meant to play at the very start.

Azure_Kyte

24. Aug 2015 · 12:27 UTC

I agree with cgriff, but once I figured out what was going on, I had a fair bit of fun with it; good job!

Kaev

24. Aug 2015 · 15:55 UTC

A bit slow and you can build like every stone on the same place infront of the queen. Besides that, it's a good game.

peterkirk

24. Aug 2015 · 16:26 UTC

It took a bit to understand what was happening. I think there was a bit too much text involved and it needed to be explained in game more.

pixzleone

24. Aug 2015 · 17:11 UTC

Cool idea, could use some music.
Well done!

Empyrealhell

25. Aug 2015 · 03:22 UTC

Loved the non-literal theme interpretation. Mechanically it was interesting, if a bit hard to pick up at first.

crucknuk

27. Aug 2015 · 11:54 UTC

The beginning of the game is really too slow. The instruction and backstory are too long to read. The game need to be more nervous but mechanics are interesting.

jofra

27. Aug 2015 · 15:22 UTC

The beginning of the game is really slow and hard to understand i would liked to hear some sounds.
But it is a cool little game :)

Vladirien

27. Aug 2015 · 16:12 UTC

Cool concept, a bit too hard to know what to do when planning but I love the overall idea.

wicht

28. Aug 2015 · 08:56 UTC

Funny mechanics, i liked it. Only critics would be that my finger now hurts from all the clicking :)

TackoramaLtd

29. Aug 2015 · 19:22 UTC

It was a bit of a slow game. The EarthQuake and Roar didn't work (was I not doing something?). Why was the monster baby pink?

adsilcott

31. Aug 2015 · 14:18 UTC

Fun Tower defense game. A little more explanation about how the build/character build affects the attack mode.

gilborn

03. Sep 2015 · 22:30 UTC

A very original twist on the theme!

bukt

09. Sep 2015 · 02:59 UTC

As addictive, as great Tower Defence implementation.
Such an theme interpretation! I'm amazed!