Halt the Annihilation by WillTurner

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made by WillTurner for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

​My entry for the 50th Ludum Dare game jam. The theme was "delay the inevitable". I decided to create a game where you have to purchase upgrades to stop the world from dying.

All music can be found here: https://spaceranger114.bandcamp.com/album/halt-the-annihilation-ost

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I would strongly recommend doing the tutorial (click the question mark) before starting your first game.

Ratings

Overall 595th 2.607⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Fun 602th 2.321⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 537th 2.679⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Theme 353th 3.571⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 554th 2.679⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Audio 403th 2.821⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Humor 357th 2.571⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Mood 411th 3⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

yellow
04. Apr 2022 · 00:53 UTC
The last explosion shook me! Well done!:laughing:
robert18
04. Apr 2022 · 03:26 UTC
Took me a bit to find the sweet spot ;) Immediately upgrade to an income of $398 and then spam upgrade population to always win
JCMonkey
04. Apr 2022 · 03:27 UTC
interesting game i would definitely put a volume control on the game. the game got kind of confusing, the tutorial made it seem pretty easy, then playing it my money never really went up, but the ppl went down super fast. i would probably figure out a way to balance the game out to let the players get used to the game. most my games lasted less then 30 seconds.
CrazyKittens 892 YT
04. Apr 2022 · 04:43 UTC
That was really cool. I liked how you had to balance the gaining money aspect with the fact that many people are disappearing. Overall, really nice!
Wogabi
04. Apr 2022 · 04:56 UTC
Wow simply incredible. I halted the end of the world. Great game, good job!
sirJupitron
04. Apr 2022 · 05:04 UTC
Hi!
Loved the idle vibes, nice music, specially tutorial one. Thanks a lot!
haztro
04. Apr 2022 · 06:16 UTC
Nice entry! Props for the full tutorial - pretty rare for a jam. Small suggestion for the UI: it'd be useful to have some sort of indicator for when you're about to lose, maybe the population text flashes red or somethin. Neat game :)
the_nacho
04. Apr 2022 · 07:37 UTC
Pretty easy once you figure out the winning strategy; I kind of wish there was a little more to it strategically. But enjoyable nonetheless. I liked the music, and the tutorial was a great addition!

Oh and at first I thought the money and population ticks were synced to the beat of the music and got excited, but then they got out of sync eventually :frowning2:
LDJam user 281060
04. Apr 2022 · 18:56 UTC
Great tutorial, great consistent art. I just spammed the two buy options and won. Some choice or strategy could turn this into a very fun clicker!
squimmy
08. Apr 2022 · 11:17 UTC
It's not often you see such a fleshed-out tutorial for a game made on such a tight schedule!

The basic idea of the game confused me at first, but once I was able to win eventually.

The music was good too, but I found it a little bit too loud. I got similar comments for one of my games so I looked into some solutions and found [one that seems to work pretty well](https://godotengine.org/qa/24377/change-global-volume-in-3-0?show=24463#a24463). You can wire this up to a button or a simple `Input` listener and tweak all the game volume in one place!
Phil C
10. Apr 2022 · 20:24 UTC
Agree with most people above:

Nice tutorial, gameplay simple once you figure the strategy, music loud but pretty nice. Wish there was more depth but overall a nice entry good work!
zimny11
21. Apr 2022 · 12:12 UTC
Nice, little clicker game! Cool music too.