{"author_link":"\/users\/rubyes","author_name":"Rubyes","author_uid":1166908,"comments":[{"id":779776,"author_name":"Shampop","author_uid":"shampop","epoch":1649103535,"text":"Could not beat your score, but I had fun trying ! As the upgrade are randomly proposed, we can use different tactics ... Have to say: do not underestimate the fences ! They do a great job ! But the canon don't seem to be balanced, may be a lack of upgrades ?","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":787509,"author_name":"triggthediscovery","author_uid":"triggthediscovery","epoch":1649156803,"text":"Fun little game! I liked how different the gun feels before and after upgrades.","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":787796,"author_name":"GreenPeach","author_uid":"greenpeach","epoch":1649158293,"text":"I am a fan of defense games, good job.\nTook me a few tries to get lucky with the random items too. 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Well, it's up to players to decide all the criterias and I appreciate your take! The game doesn't have a visible game over timer, but despite doing anything you can to defend yourself, eventually you would die, so you try to delay the inevitable. Giving my thanks again to all people giving the game ratings and feedback. Much appreciated","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":788199,"author_name":"Nectanebo","author_uid":"nectanebo","epoch":1649160652,"text":"Really cool retro vibes here! I was having fun killing these turtlemen :P It gets super hard pretty quick though.\nI love the variety of the upgrades, provides great depth to the game. \nI was having a little trouble trying to figure out how to install the upgrades but i found it after a while, maybe a better indication will be helpful.\n\nGreat work overall! Keep it going!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":788285,"author_name":"akitl","author_uid":"akitl","epoch":1649161077,"text":"fun ! i survive 10 minutes !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":788297,"author_name":"Lord Shulky","author_uid":"lord-shulky","epoch":1649161143,"text":"This game has a lot of content :P the graphics could be better, but it is obviously understandable and they are good. The game overall is great :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":788305,"author_name":"NicolasJL9","author_uid":"nicolasjl9","epoch":1649161192,"text":"Almost beat it, will keep trying! Really liked the old fashion style, old pixel art is always fun to play and always fun to work with, you can make really weird or real stuff in no time! Keep up the good work. Really fn game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":788325,"author_name":"Bastienre4","author_uid":"bastienre4","epoch":1649161305,"text":"I loved this entry. Strong Vampire Survivors vibes. Good job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":788335,"author_name":"Helo1se","author_uid":"helo1se","epoch":1649161340,"text":"fast and furious game experience,and abundant strange devive provide a wide exploring space\u2764","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":789664,"author_name":"Kirill Islibaev","author_uid":"kirill-islibaev","epoch":1649167870,"text":"Cool defense game like a Vampire Survivors. But a lot depends on the case. The big gun is too weak, it should probably shoot in a straight line and kill a bunch of opponents, but it only shoots at one:(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":789944,"author_name":"Rubyes","author_uid":"rubyes","epoch":1649169333,"text":"Thanks everyone for the feedback!\n\n@bastienre4 got some inspiration from it!\n\n@shampop looks like the cannons may be underpowered until their super upgrade, but after that it is the best way to deal with big enemies \n\n@nectanebo Thanks! I agree about interfaces, they should be more informative. I will add information about them to the description\n\n@kirill-islibaev if you upgrade big gun to super level it will work as you described!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":790565,"author_name":"IzhVaryag","author_uid":"izhvaryag","epoch":1649171959,"text":"Nice game. But while killing enemies, I often accidentally took the wrong boost","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":800992,"author_name":"BiOs3008","author_uid":"bios3008","epoch":1649242449,"text":"nice work :o","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":801472,"author_name":"Tsugumi","author_uid":"tsugumi","epoch":1649246932,"text":"This is great. I quite like the art style though. lol","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":811928,"author_name":"mechanicallife","author_uid":"mechanicallife","epoch":1649360351,"text":"I\u00a8ll be honest i did not get super far, In general I think its well executed and a little addictive too :smile: Nice entry","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":812278,"author_name":"Paulsams","author_uid":"paulsams","epoch":1649363771,"text":"It was a lot of fun). At first I thought it would be very easy, but the nice complexity curve pleasantly surprised me. Only there was one small nuance in that until I tried the mines, I thought they were disposable). And with the fence as well - I thought it was purely for the sake of the walls. Of course, then I thought that the levels are not infinite, but still).","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":816434,"author_name":"Tvorojok","author_uid":"tvorojok","epoch":1649447903,"text":"\u041e\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043c: \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":823711,"author_name":"wolfpredator","author_uid":"wolfpredator","epoch":1649629211,"text":"Got 21:52. A lot of content.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":836873,"author_name":"gdesecrate","author_uid":"gdesecrate","epoch":1650568954,"text":"![\u0411\u0435\u0437\u044b\u043c\u044f\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439.png](\/\/\/raw\/fd9\/14\/z\/4e52d.png)\n\nThanks for the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/b6\/b64126815e3a24c9fd5f24d28705306535335956530e8c1b385b62dd4dda62e3.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/maratg2.itch.io\/desert-defense","text":"itch.io link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"82182","g_author":"1166908","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"386802","g_title":"Desert Defense","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"394","g_commentcount":"23","g_site2_node_id":"281803","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"281803","n_urlkey":"386802","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/desert-defense","n_slug":"desert-defense","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"166908","n_created":"1648711969","n_modified":"1776824592","n_version":"897834","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":166908,"body":"Try to defend as long as you can, but you won't survive. 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