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Operation Tower Defense by cornfab

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made by cornfab for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Help your patients help themselves. Delay the inevitable by taking out their organs and letting the patients' immune systems fight off the germs for you. Don't leave the organs out for too long though...

Controls * left click and drag to place towers * right click a tower to return it to the body

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Attribution (or, list of reasons why I'm opting out of graphics) * Kenney.nl Splat Pack link; license * Heart, lungs, liver, and brain adapted from link; license * Intestine adapted from link; license * Body adapted from base meshes by thehumbug: link; license * Palette: DawnBringer 32 by DawnBringer link * Fonts: Macintosh 128k, Super Mario 64 (public domain) * Portraits generated in Artbreeder

Link https://cornfab.itch.io/operation-tower-defense
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/operation-tower-defense

Ratings

Overall 183th 3.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 333th 3.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 52th 4.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 382th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 664th 3.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 422th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 495th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 53🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

GrossGiirl
05. Apr 2022 · 00:59 UTC
This was really interesting. I've never seen specifically gameplay like this, but at the same time once I got accustomed to how it all comes together, it was also pretty familiar. I wish there was an indicator whether or not I could place an object down rather than it just jump back to the menu if I was too close to the light grey track, and the beeping for the health of the patient was a bit annoying. Overall I dig the aesthetics a lot, and I found the game itself challenging and engaging. I'd love to see a full version of this.
cottontshirtz
05. Apr 2022 · 01:47 UTC
Real gross!

I like the idea of a TD game where you move the towers around!
I wish the second enemy type was a "heavy" instead of fast though, they would always catch me off-guard.
PashaLoban
05. Apr 2022 · 11:41 UTC
Cool game
OrangeDragon
05. Apr 2022 · 11:53 UTC
Ahaha, really cool concept, I like it :) Dark humour is really strong with this one (you save lives though!). Style is distinct. gives this feeling of something gross and not very legal going on :) Gameplay is pretty great too, I was glued to my screen for 20 minutes straight :) Thanks for the game!
KobaHawk
05. Apr 2022 · 11:54 UTC
I am perplected about how did you get this idea LOL Cool concept!
Huntrt
05. Apr 2022 · 13:32 UTC
Unique concept for an tower defense that execute very nice, great job.
BiOs3008
05. Apr 2022 · 20:04 UTC
Mh, realy a TowerDefense to use organ as a Tower fire?? Very strange Ideas xD
Gelthan
05. Apr 2022 · 20:09 UTC
The idea is awesome! sadly the game looks kinda weird because u have to remove the organs from the path but i think it is for add and extra difficulty layer. Also the beep sound is kinda anoying when u play while long time.

Anyway, the idea is awesome and with some polish could be a cool game!
ljol3
05. Apr 2022 · 20:28 UTC
the presentation was great! I just wish there was some sort of music to listen to rather than just the beeping. I appreciate the option to turn it off though!
FireSlash
05. Apr 2022 · 22:54 UTC
Neat concept.

The UI and stylization somewhat get in the way of the game in spots; like grabbing the wrong organ because they're too close to eachother in our fleshy meat sacks. I also found placement a bit annoying at times where I'd get it a bit too close to an edge and it'd snap back to the body. I would have rather it just snapped to the closest valid position instead.

Overall super cool take on the tower defense genre!
Niklas Zhaga
06. Apr 2022 · 13:18 UTC
So addictive! :scream_cat: Can't stop playing this, this is amazing! 5 stars for gameplay!
Jani Brezavscek
06. Apr 2022 · 17:38 UTC
Awesome idea! It has a nice twist, removing "towers" to stay alive! I really enjoyed it!
Allax
09. Apr 2022 · 11:38 UTC
beautiful visual style, but I didn't understand how to play
Jul._.li
09. Apr 2022 · 13:09 UTC
Strange, confusing and extremely fun! Not sure, where you found all these people with liver instead of brains, but great job on that. And sound effects are just perfect. Loved it.
Applestreet Games
09. Apr 2022 · 23:04 UTC
Lots of fun! I love a good twist on a defense game. Thank you for sharing!
deighta
10. Apr 2022 · 02:48 UTC
We were considering a tower defense game but went another way because we thought it'd be too hard. You've inspired us for next time!