OH! STUPID ENGINEER by ThatzNiko
If you are over 25 and own a computer, this game is a must-have.
...No, JK.
Hi guys!!!!!!! This is my entry for this amazing Ludum Dare!
It was really hard to make it in 3 days, felt like I only had 10 seconds to finish it (AH! GOT IT?!?!?)
Anyway:
THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY IS IN YOUR HANDS. STUPID ENGINEER IS THE ONLY HOPE FOR HUMANITY. DEFEND THE BASE FROM THE INCREDIBLE AND "HURR-DURR" ENEMIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF NOWHERE.
GET IRON FROM KILLING ENEMIES AND BUILD UP TO 9(!1!) BUILDING. It's an arcade game, there's no end.
Bye bye xoxo.

CHANGELOG: Fixed a bug that prevents bullets to do their real damage after a short period of time. Fixed some crashes after clicking "Retry"
Except some bugs.
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/if-you-are-over-25-and-own-a-computer-this-game-is-a-must-have |
Ratings
| Overall | 168th | 3.945⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 208th | 3.827⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 845th | 3.018⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 387th | 3.864⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 256th | 4.098⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 252th | 3.698⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 360th | 3.245⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 393th | 3.645⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 124🗳️ | 96🗨️ |

This is the 3rd game I've played so far. A high bar has been set.
https://i.imgur.com/1P1sJLT.png
Good job ;)
Would be great to have it in .zip archive, it can be unpacked out of the box in windows
-Getting iron manually stays very risky throughout. Some sort of magnet or method for healing would have been neat.
-The "Score" seems a little redundant, as it ticks up but not in seconds. A "survival time" or getting points for iron collection might make it more enticing.
-Game becomes extremely easy as nothing can challenge a relatively early turret wall in to devastators, despite the wide variety of enemies. Something with turret resistance I have to manually hit, for example.
The gameplay itself is fun, i'd say the biggest issue might be balance, as the game is a bit too easy, thanks to the iron generators and the -20% discount buff it becomes really easy to get a basically infinite amount of iron and from there its just a matter of spamming miniguns and destructors. Besides that, the game feels polished and fun to play.
It's impressive how much content you have in there, with so many beautiful sprites and animations.
Difficulty curve could be reworked (a bit hard at first and becomes very easy with a few turrets and generators), but that's absolutely normal for a jam game!
Great job and thanks for the game 🔧
>If you are over 25 and own a computer, this game is a must-have.
I am now contractually required to play your game.
The mobs were really cute/fascinating to look at and my only regret is I wish I could look at them more fully without... having them trying to kill me.
Well done! :D
@otterfaelure thank you, amazing otter lover
I guess the only thing I can say is that since you choose a super restrictive (and coherent palette) the game is quite difficult to read. Everything has the same colors: the character, ennemies, upgrades. I had a hard time remembering wich upgrades does what because it's quite hard to differentiate them.
Here is my score (i'm pretty bad at this kind of games)

You did an awesome work on this little game!
I love the art style and the limited palette. The animations are really fluid too. The gameplay is smooth and feels satisfying. There's a very nice "whomp" feeling when hitting enemies.
The game gets chaotic fairly quickly. After not terribly long, there are so many enemies, so many explosions and effects, so much screenshake that it's really tough to see what's actually going on. It also starts to feel impossible to engage directly with the enemies or go and collect candy corn any more because even going near the horde is instant death. Also I think that the game is a balance leans a bit too heavily in the direction of spamming large numbers of turrets, unlike other tower defense games which tend to moreso discourage spamming turrets and instead have you upgrade them over time. When you only have a limited amount of time to build, it's stressful to have to place a lot of turrets in that amount of time.
Though with all that said this is still a really great entry. Well done.
Like how the timing works as well, nice one!
Without words. The game is very good!
Nice job!
