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Heroes Scramble by tive

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made by tive for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Turn based strategy game where you get 10 seconds to decide your units next moves. Move your units by clicking and dragging them. Their actions will then be performed simultaneously and the screen will scroll to the right. There is no ending.

The ranger fires diagonally, the wizard shoots in a straight line.

This is my first entry! Unfortunately due to personal matters I could only spend around 12 hours on this. If I had more time I would have added a lot more things, like more enemies, shops and items.

The font is https://www.dafont.com/04b-30.font

Edit: Added Windows and Linux build.

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/heroes-scramble

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Slush
03. Oct 2022 · 21:14 UTC
Congrats on your first entry, this is a really cool idea with nice pixel art. Not sure if there's a way to end your turn early, but that would be a nice addition as moving 3 units didn't usually take a whole 10 seconds.
Ruben Christoffer
03. Oct 2022 · 21:22 UTC
I like the look of the sprites!
Nakami
03. Oct 2022 · 23:14 UTC
A good take on the theme the first couple of rounds it's really hard to do usefull stuff in 10sec and it's the same when more and more enemies come.
For 12 hours it's very nice, and nice art too !
Krasimir Balchev
04. Oct 2022 · 01:16 UTC
Really nice concept, I like the idea. I think you should mention somewhere how you move the characters, took me a while to realise you're supposed to drag them
Gangrue
04. Oct 2022 · 10:35 UTC
I'm getting an error on the html5, is there a downloadable version?
Dawnreaver
04. Oct 2022 · 19:35 UTC
Fantastic first entry! Hope everything is ok?! You should consider to continue working on this ^_^ Lots of potential!
🎤 tive
04. Oct 2022 · 19:37 UTC
@slush Thanks! I debated whether or not to add that feature. The original plan was to have enough strategic decisions to fill the time. (Maybe the wizard could heal other units, do attacks that would damage multiple squares at once etc.). Oh well.

@krasimir-balchev Thank you, I updated the post.

@gangrue I've added Windows and Linux builds. Can't test the Linux one though.
Empty Set
10. Oct 2022 · 04:18 UTC
Cute little game. I kinda wish it was possible for the mage and ranger to move and then attack in the same turn (unless I'm missing a way to do that). It would also be nice to be able to automatically start the turn if you're ready early. Good work here!