A Last Stand by RustyMonky

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made by RustyMonky for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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A Last Stand is a tower-defense beat-em-up mix, where you play as the last soldier of a fort against endless waves of enemy warbands.

It's not just them you fight, though. Their siege is running your supplies low, and if you don't make an effort to steal theirs, you'll starve.

How long will your last stand last?

Ratings

Overall 617th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 367th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 729th 3.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 867th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 948th 2.5⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

mibehu
04. Apr 2022 · 23:57 UTC
Fun to play! Very easy to learn the main controls :) Refreshingly different kind of tower-defense game. I really enjoyed this one. Music was perfect: with a sophisticated taste of medieval vibes.
Nick Saulnier
05. Apr 2022 · 03:05 UTC
Appreciated genre mix-up!
TherealMoebius
05. Apr 2022 · 14:47 UTC
Really quite fun! Would love some more towers and different enemy types, but this is a super nice mobile game.
sprngr
06. Apr 2022 · 00:57 UTC
Solid game feel, very fun, died to my own arrow tower. 10/10
Pixelydian
07. Apr 2022 · 20:53 UTC
Fun concept! I died to my own spikes lol. I would have appreciated a little more tutorial (it took me a little bit to figure out how to swing my sword) but other than that I got it pretty quick. Great job for solo work - art works well and everything came together quite nicely. I think you have something expandable here and I hope you keep working on it!
3BT
08. Apr 2022 · 00:36 UTC
I like the art and how the music starts to increase in pace, good job on this!
ditam
08. Apr 2022 · 10:19 UTC
A very cute little game, congrats! I couldn't figure out how to open or cross the gate, so every attempt I just waited for the invaders to blow it, which I think harmed my performance, heh.
Solah
08. Apr 2022 · 12:13 UTC
Very good game! It was fun to discover that I could not cheat by putting traps and hiding in my fort xDDD
🎤 RustyMonky
08. Apr 2022 · 13:00 UTC
Sorry about that, @ditam! For those of you looking to play and reading the comments, you can press "G" on your keyboard, or the "Open Gate" button in the UI, to toggle the gate's open and closed state. Hope that improves your experience!
potkirland
09. Apr 2022 · 01:58 UTC
![Screenshot 2022-04-09 04-56-58.png](///raw/828/f3/z/4d99f.png)

couldnt go for a highscore but here is the best strategy i found! good game very well made and polished only thing was the sword sound was a little too high pitched and hurting other than that great game!
ruthiepee
09. Apr 2022 · 13:57 UTC
Fun game with a lot of polish. I love the combination of action + tower defense. The music and graphics are also themed really well. I guess my only complaint is that once you get to wave 9 or so, it becomes almost impossible to lose, unless you get hit by one of your own arrows. The decision to allow friendly fire (dying by your own traps) is an interesting one. I thought the difficulty ramped up at a nice pace too. Overall this is a great game!

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eggsscrambled
10. Apr 2022 · 01:16 UTC
great idea and game! consider letting the player move diagonally however, It may make the game more fluent and playable :)
Chairshot Games
10. Apr 2022 · 22:14 UTC
Fun game! The combat was simple yet fun and placing traps was a great addition. I was a bit confused on how to steal the enemy's supplies through. Overall, I really liked the game. nice work!
CZ46
12. Apr 2022 · 05:51 UTC
Nice gameplay, however the spike traps could be used to cheese the enemies pretty easily. Wish there was a bit more variety but apart from that this is a solid entry :D
Daniel Dewaswala
12. Apr 2022 · 12:32 UTC
Wow! Really polished gameplay and art, music is great too, Very fun!
LDJam user 279546
12. Apr 2022 · 12:55 UTC
Good and fun gameplay. Nice job on the submission.