Heaven Fallen by Lighty_the_Light | LudumData

Heaven Fallen by Lighty_the_Light

made by Lighty_the_Light for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Warning: this game's audio may be too loud. Please don't use earphone until you adjusted the volumn.

Intro

Welcome, human!

You are the leader of your village, but one day, your people found that something is falling from the sky!

It's your god and their world in heaven!

You must stop them from destroying your own world.

How to play

说明.png

Collect materials by producing them or defeating enemies!

You may even find materials that you cannot produce from enemies!

More blocks will be unlocked during the fight.

When you are ready, build a crown tile to start FINAL WAVE and CHALLENGE GOD!!!

It's really hard so don't build this during your early game stage PLZ.

And when you build this crown, you will lose all your materials!

Screenshots

And...

Thanks to my teammates, they are:

Arcobalneo, the programmer.

WDust, the artist.

And also myself: Lighty, the programmer.

Have fun playing our game, and if you like it(or hate it), leave a comment below so we can improve!

Oh and...

Our arrangement was quite tight so... Some art resources and tiles that we intended to make were not finished.

The game is still playable though, but you may have a really hard time trying to win.

Maybe, just let the inevitable come.

Love you all <3

Bugs & Updates

Update 01

Web version fixed! You can now try it online!Remember to play in full-screen!

Update 02

Added text to display tile's description. But it seems only work in EXE version, still trying to fix that. Try out EXE version if you find the description is missing. And WHY Unity has so many problems :cry:

Update 03

We decided to remove the WebGL version since this game is hard and we would prefer to deliver a better game experience. If you do want to play Web version and you've learnt how to play, you can find the link in my itch.io website.

Update 04

We fixed the WebGL display problem... but not fully fixed. And we adjusted the power of tiles so that the game may be harder now. And the crown tile now needs more material to unlock and build to prevent players from building it too early.

Update 05

Yeah... Here we go again. We fixed the web version 100%! Try them out on your browser now!

Itch.io(EXE version)	https://breakender233.itch.io/heaven-fallen
Itch.io(WebGL)	https://breakender233.itch.io/heaven-fallen-web
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/heaven-fallen

Ratings

Overall	472^th	3.689⭐	63🧑‍⚖️
Fun	434^th	3.613⭐	64🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	188^th	3.831⭐	64🧑‍⚖️
Theme	867^th	3.5⭐	64🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1044^th	3.145⭐	64🧑‍⚖️
Audio	694^th	3.145⭐	64🧑‍⚖️
Humor	833^th	2.705⭐	58🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1040^th	3.133⭐	62🧑‍⚖️
Given		54🗳️	103🗨️

Feedback

crotonyl_alcohol

04. Apr 2022 · 12:49 UTC

Really good game!Hope to see more in the future!!!

04. Apr 2022 · 13:15 UTC

Game doesn't start for me - stuck on the unity loading screen (just played a few other entries so I doubt it's my browser ?)

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:26 UTC

@leorid I'm really sorry. It seems that my Web Build has some problem that cannot be loaded properly.

Maybe try out our EXE version?

We are still trying to fix this problem but I can't promise anything...

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:26 UTC

*This is a removed message*

*Because my WI-FI is so laggy that it repeated several times and I can't find where to delete it, sorry.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:26 UTC

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*Because my WI-FI is so laggy that it repeated several times and I can't find where to delete it, sorry.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:26 UTC

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*Because my WI-FI is so laggy that it repeated several times and I can't find where to delete it, sorry.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:28 UTC

I was so laggy that my message repeated several times... Sorry!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

04. Apr 2022 · 13:58 UTC

@leorid Hi! We just fixed our web version! It seems that the error has something to do with compression.

Enjoy it!

firescape games

04. Apr 2022 · 14:05 UTC

Nice game.

04. Apr 2022 · 16:15 UTC

Looks interesting, there's a lot gameplay going on.

Some kind of tutorial would help a lot, or perhaps tooltips for various tile types.

04. Apr 2022 · 16:29 UTC

My avast removed .exe couse of "IDP.Generic" xD
For 2d unity project to work with WebGL you can try to go into "Project Settings -> Player -> WebGL Tab -> Publish Settings ->Compression Format" and set this to disable, hope it helps.

04. Apr 2022 · 19:50 UTC

Fun game! Definitely could have benefited from particles, and screen shake though. Also, I couldn't really tell what I was doing, and what I was supposed to be doing, or what all the blocks did. Other than that, it was alot of fun! I especially liked the feeling of impending doom as the stuff started crashing down on my fort

04. Apr 2022 · 20:08 UTC

I like what this game seems to be aiming for: some kind of tactical reverse tetris where you need to carefully plan out your resources and offensive capability in order cope with an increasing threat from above. However, what I ended up just clicking on a bunch of icons to see what they did. I think the next step for this would be some kind of in-game inspector that presents the player with data on what each block does. The little rockets seemed the most useful, as they actually keep the god tiles from pressing down too far.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 00:05 UTC

@genpaku Thank you! We've fixed the WebGL version with your method and it works! (At least for us) Thanks a lot!

@eboatwright Thanks for your feedback, we will add an introduction of each tile when you point your cursor at it and upgrade the game soon :heart:

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 00:19 UTC

@defrag Thanks for your advice! Hope we can finish that function before Jam ends :heart:

05. Apr 2022 · 01:25 UTC

@lighty-the-light Great! :D

05. Apr 2022 · 01:40 UTC

Pretty fun game! Love it! I just think that the sound should get a little more attention. But, good job and great game!

05. Apr 2022 · 02:29 UTC

nice work! :D

05. Apr 2022 · 03:36 UTC

I find the concept very interesting but I have troubles finding how to play it. Maybe a clearer instruction next time. I don't know what the stuffs are doing.

05. Apr 2022 · 04:48 UTC

Really good work, wouldnt mind playing this for a few hours. A game of this scale however i wouldnt even try with the webgl.

05. Apr 2022 · 05:22 UTC

took a moment to understand what i was doing, but I did like it after I got it

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 06:10 UTC

@danonino Thank you for your reply! And we decided to remove Web version from our LDJAM page to provide a better experience for new-comers. Glad that you enjoyed our game!

05. Apr 2022 · 06:13 UTC

Had taken a bit to understand how it works because I had not read the instructions :D

05. Apr 2022 · 08:05 UTC

This was a really enjoyable game with a impressive amount of mechanical depth.
It's unfortunate you ran out of time to create all your graphic assets, because the ones you got round to finishing were quite good, especially the level background.
A few things could have been conveyed better, like the resource cost of units (There's not much contrast on the resource text, and I didn't realize it was changing to show cost) and what the valid squares for placing a unit are. Also, having the final-wave trigger either unlock late in the game or require an end-game resource might have been a more intuitive way to stop people building it earlier than intended rather than call it out in the game description.
Overall, I really liked this one. It was really satisfying to generate heaps of resources every turn and eventually have groups of the best units wiping out the enemy waves. Nice work guys!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 09:24 UTC

@skyward4d Thank you for your advice! We actually designed the crown to be unlocked after 20 waves of normal levels. But we haven't start making the crown tile until late in the 3rd day so we have to adapt what we've got here. If we are making a full version for this game, we'll surely adapt your advice.

Anyway, thanks for playing! :heart:

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 10:29 UTC

@skyward4d We updated the game so that player will have a much smaller group of tiles that they can use at the beginning of the game. And we also made the crown tile much harder to build. Thanks for your advice again!

05. Apr 2022 · 13:18 UTC

I loved the design of this, such a cool idea and got very addicted well done

05. Apr 2022 · 13:38 UTC

You've got a really fun idea here, it's tower defense-y in some regards but also a bit of a puzzle game. A tutorial would be very useful here as I found myself pretty overwhelmed by choice at first. The ability to see what the buildings do that the enemy has built between rounds would also be nice, I found myself building incorrectly because I didn't know what was coming.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 13:59 UTC

@thomas-higgins Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed our game :D

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

05. Apr 2022 · 14:01 UTC

@pwnofprophecy Thank you for your advice! We will definately add some tutorial if we are going to develop this game further :thumbsup: And maybe add a Codex system for player to review those blocks they've encountered :thinking:

05. Apr 2022 · 15:01 UTC

A codex is a great idea actually, so your first experience with a block is a mystery but you'll have it recorded for the future runs. Encourages multiple playthroughs and all that, would definitely recommend.

05. Apr 2022 · 16:01 UTC

It was confusing at first, but it quickly became one of the most fun games in this LD that I've tried so far!
It'd be nice if you could check what the enemy blocks do so you can plan accordingly.

The graphics add a lot to the fun, it's enjoyable to watch. So good job on that (the sound too). The resource numbers could be a bit more contrasting to the background. I'm also personally not a fan of mixed pixel sizes, it makes some of the icons appear to be a bit sloppy than the others.

05. Apr 2022 · 17:30 UTC

I love the effort that went into this game. Good job!

Few things I noticed:
Keep the art style consistent. Also the text was very blurry.
Maybe sort the building-blocks by "resource", "block", "attacker" for a better overview of the build options. It was a bit confusing :)

LDJam user 279610

05. Apr 2022 · 17:34 UTC

Wow this was really fun. I got super into it. I like how clear the icons were for everything. Not an art masterpiece but extremely functional and clear. I like the slow progression of things you can build.

05. Apr 2022 · 21:22 UTC

Great Game！Lots of fun.![11.png](///raw/c7b/64/z/4cdc3.png)

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

06. Apr 2022 · 03:02 UTC

@siskan @stefan-funke @david-york @fed44 Thanks for playing! You guys really encouraged us a lot! We'll add category system into next build for sure! (If it exists :p)

LDJam user 279610

06. Apr 2022 · 03:06 UTC

Wow @fed44 You're a beast! That is such an impressive build!

06. Apr 2022 · 09:41 UTC

Really nice game, good ideas and quite a balanced mechanic already :D
Great work !

06. Apr 2022 · 09:54 UTC

Very smart mix between a tower defense and tetris. Good job!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

06. Apr 2022 · 12:57 UTC

@minusc @bastienre4 Thanks for playing! Good to see you guys love this game :heart:

06. Apr 2022 · 16:19 UTC

adding a tutorial will make it easier for players to understand more about the game. But a nice game! Well done!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

06. Apr 2022 · 16:38 UTC

40 Ratings! Congratulation to myself!

06. Apr 2022 · 16:43 UTC

had a great time playing this! something about it is just especially fun. the fact that you cant remove blocks after you've placed them definitely adds a huge challenge... maybe not a fair one. perhaps if you allowed block removal with a resource cost? i just keep dying to a single column lol

06. Apr 2022 · 18:23 UTC

Really addictive game I gotta say. Nothing much to complain here at all. It has a nice difficulty scaling, alot of content andit's fun! Keep up the good work!

06. Apr 2022 · 19:00 UTC

This is very innovative! It took me a moment to learn how to play, but once you get the hang of it, it plays great! The graphics and music fit togeter very nicely :-)

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

06. Apr 2022 · 23:52 UTC

@6smith Thanks for playing! We actually designed our gameplay with the idea that tiles can't be removed by ourselves, but we've prepared TNT tiles (which we have not completed) to destruct nearby tiles along with it.

Will finish TNT tiles in the final build(if exists) for sure :heart:

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

06. Apr 2022 · 23:52 UTC

@sn4pi @wouter52 Thank you guys for playing!

07. Apr 2022 · 00:54 UTC

It's annoying to not be able to remove my own blocks, I spammed cheap farms and now can't upgrade them :(

LDJam user 242787

07. Apr 2022 · 01:01 UTC

Great game, it really grew on me after learning how it worked. I also really like the general color palette and the unique defense/puzzle aspect of the game. Well done!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

07. Apr 2022 · 01:03 UTC

@dkmk100 That is actually a part of the design. We want our players to fail and try again for couple of times to reach a balanced building arrangement. But without a proper tutorial it seems hard to get the hang of it though...

Also there are other players had adviced us that we can make it possible to destroy blocks with some cost...

Anyway, thanks for your feedback! We'll discuss on how to fix this problem in the future!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

07. Apr 2022 · 01:06 UTC

@matterlinx Thank you for playing! :heart:

07. Apr 2022 · 01:15 UTC

Placing cheap blocks feels really punishing because you permanently loose that space, so currently you're encouraged to avoid growth for as long as possible which is... odd...

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

07. Apr 2022 · 01:28 UTC

@dkmk100 Thank you for your reply! I'm thinking that, maybe we can make more levels and unlock tiles accordingly. The strength of enemy also grows over stages. And tiles will be cleared after each level.

Just like Plants V.S. Zombies!

Players may not feel the burden of space at the beginning. But after they went through a few levels and understood the ability of each tile, we can bring up this challenge. The tutorial can also just blend right in!

Also we can unlock a tool to remove tiles after a few levels!

Wait a minute... Is is exactly what PVZ did...

07. Apr 2022 · 01:45 UTC

the game looks interesting but need a lot of time to invest. i am going to try it again later when i have more time. it looks like a lot of effort was put into it. thanks for making it.

Bottled up Dark Peace

07. Apr 2022 · 07:33 UTC

I recorded myself playing, message me on the Jam’s discord @ Dark Peace and I’ll send it to you. This is really good but I got f* up by the metal spawning way too late. I was ready to build metal stuff but got no metal, and the time metal arrived, my units didn't survive.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

07. Apr 2022 · 07:38 UTC

@bottled-up-dark-peace Thanks for playing! Sadly I can't use Discord in my area. But I'm so glad that you recorded!

It is hard to collect locked resources to unlock new buildings if the player choose to destroy enemy's building early... We once decided that to be a game feature but now I guess that'll cause confusion. Will fix that in fully-developed build!

Again, thanks a lot for playing my game! :heart:

Oh, you may be able to send the video to my email, which is lighty@mail.ustc.edu.cn

07. Apr 2022 · 18:37 UTC

Really well done game! Nice take on tower defense games. It would be nice to give player info about what buildings it is missing and what to do to unlock them, so the player is no completely blind. Just some balancing and some music are needed :) Simply impressive.

07. Apr 2022 · 19:43 UTC

Very cool concept! Never seen another game quite like this one and I think that with more polish it could be a really fun time! It did take a while to get a hold of the mechanics, but once I did I started enjoying the game a lot. There's a surprising amount of depth, so it would have been nice to have the start of the game be more limited (I think my first playthrough I ended up wasting all of my wood on walls and since no enemies drop wood, I never got to build tree farms/food farms) Other than that, it's a pretty solid base for a great game! Great work on this!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

08. Apr 2022 · 00:19 UTC

@zimny11 Thank you for playing! Tutorials will surely be included in our full build :thumbsup: We'll make sure the difficulty just goes up step by step next time :p

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

08. Apr 2022 · 00:21 UTC

@candlebird Thanks you for playing! We surely missed some guidance and tutorials... Will fix that in the future! Glad you enjoyed our game! :heart:

08. Apr 2022 · 17:42 UTC

Never seen anything like this, that's definitely innovative. Not only that, but a solid game as well, really cool entry!

08. Apr 2022 · 19:55 UTC

Nice game and definitely very innovative, art is cool and sound effect as well. Well done.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

09. Apr 2022 · 03:14 UTC

@quadape @mar3k Thanks for playing! :heart: :heart:

09. Apr 2022 · 17:16 UTC

Cool entry! Took me a while to figure out how to play, but was fun once I did! Lovely art and sound too. Good job on the submission.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

10. Apr 2022 · 03:34 UTC

@sophiablabla Thank you for playing! :heart:

10. Apr 2022 · 05:17 UTC

this is really fun game. reminded me of Loop Hero but i cant really articulate why... I am really bad at this but it didnt stop me playing through 4 times.
Get the art finished, polish the sound design and slap a price tag on this, its great

10. Apr 2022 · 05:46 UTC

Great fun game! I think it really a good idea to let the players put the resource blocks and defensive blocks in the same frame, just like I'm playing a complex strategic game in a simple tetris-like scene. Congratulations. Btw, i think the frame around the firework shooter icon is quite confusing because I often think I was placing a firework shooter but I'm actually not. Maybe being able to sell some blocks will help?

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

10. Apr 2022 · 07:02 UTC

@radmccool Thanks for playing! Maybe oneday you'll see this game on steam! (At least we hope so!) :heart:

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

10. Apr 2022 · 07:06 UTC

@yukimiitsuka Thanks for playing! We'll fix that art resources in Complete Edition! The only reason it now has a frame is that, we have to make every tile looks like a cube to let the player know that they can build blocks upon that... And the block destruction system, we'll figure out a way to make it more balanced, like having a cost to remove blocks, or unlock this feature in late game.

Really glad that you enjoyed our game!

10. Apr 2022 · 07:16 UTC

Really cool concept! :smile: There could be a tutorial at the start, maybe 3-5 rounds, and then it resets and starts normally or something. With a little bit more polish, I could see this on Steam or somewhere else :smile: Great job!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

10. Apr 2022 · 11:31 UTC

@noiyy Thanks for playing! We are actually considering making it into a game that has a PVZ-like level management, with tiles unlocked after each level, and minigames, and tools that are unlocked after a few levels...

Not sure if it's a good idea. But there'll be tutorials for sure!

12. Apr 2022 · 09:35 UTC

This is a really well designed and balanced stradegy game. The tower defence setup with the Tetris layout worked great, I definitely found myself testing out different layouts and approaches in each play through I attampted.

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

12. Apr 2022 · 12:55 UTC

@lenny-rudeberg We are so glad that players are really investigating into this game! Thanks for playing!

16. Apr 2022 · 15:37 UTC

Really a nice work reminds me the <The Legends Creature><Loop Hero> and other concept, Good and has a lot of potential!It's kind of overwhelming for the new player to get it , but it's really fun! Hope you guy make a complete version ! Good Job!

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

17. Apr 2022 · 01:19 UTC

@zitao-ye Thank you so much for playing! We are looking forward to make a complete version of this game! But it may took quite a while though, since we are getting busy doing homework. We might complete this game in May!

18. Apr 2022 · 04:42 UTC

Amazing Game!Hope to see you in Ludum Dare 51

🎤 Lighty_the_Light

18. Apr 2022 · 06:42 UTC

@haoyun-zhang Thanks for playing! (We may not have that time for LDJAM 51 though, gotta work for our bread :p )

Still, glad you like it!