The Tiny King Who Had A HUGE Desire For Gold by dagon

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made by dagon for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

You are the Tiny King, and your goal is to collect 50 massive piles of gold! :D

Tiny King Screenshot


Controls

  • Arrow Keys → Move
  • Z → Interact
  • X → Toggle Quick Mode

Hint

The Pile of Gold buffs adjacent mines and defense units.


Log

  • 10/08 → Fixed a bug where the boss enemy could spawn during the first waves

Ratings

Overall 83th 4.023⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 22th 4.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 432th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 635th 3.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 283th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 92th 3.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 153th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 255th 3.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

TubyUwU
Oct 07th · 01:17 UTC
Addictive and cute!
Grizwhirl
Oct 07th · 14:33 UTC
That was by far my favorite so far, super fun and rewarding loop.
pro4
Oct 07th · 20:12 UTC
Great tower defense implementation with pretty good balancing for the tight constraints of a jam. I was able to get pretty decently deep into the game until I got overwhelmed. I think if I invested more accurately in the gold mines I mightve been able to get farther.

Really nice work!
gYziger
Oct 08th · 01:35 UTC
Really great entry!! a lot of polish and great game loop. Sounds was cohesive as well as art, no bugs! was a bit hard to figure out what to do at first but I figured it out. Great game!
gamesplusjames
Oct 08th · 01:43 UTC
Very cute artstyle and a cool twist on tower defence. A really fun one. Great job!
magnapanther
Oct 08th · 01:43 UTC
REALLY well put together game!! could be a fully fledged title honestly, fun concept and good execution as well!! i can see myself getting really into this lol it's probably one of my favourite entries so far
Tsaot
Oct 08th · 01:43 UTC
This is a good TD! It feels balanced and the buffing/collecting mechanic is a neat one.
automatonvx
Oct 08th · 23:53 UTC
Very solid tower defense, played till the end. Would have like a little more info about what damage the extra upgraded units did or how much more gold I got from the upgraded mines etc. After the first few waves my army was so built up that thye never even got close, so maybe some little tweak to the difficulty curve would have been good to keep the tension going. Graphics were nice and the was nice too to keep me bopping along while mowing down the hordes. Solid work
Ausstein
Oct 09th · 07:12 UTC
Really cool game! I liked it a lot!

I hit an integer overflow or similar bug and suddenly had almost endless gold. (or do gold piles add ridiculus multipliers?)

The main critique would be that it was not clear which upgrades did what. Some stats on hover or short explanation of the differnt ability would have been nice

![Screenshot 2025-10-09 090938.png](///raw/7a3/22/z/6f0ce.png)
![Screenshot 2025-10-09 090933.png](///raw/7a3/22/z/6f0cf.png)
🎤 dagon
Oct 09th · 11:50 UTC
Hi @ausstein!
Wow that's a lot of gold lol!
Thanks for the feedbacks <3
Re-Markable
Oct 09th · 14:12 UTC
Really lovely game! Like someone else said, my only main critique is that the game could use some more clarification on what does what. Other than that, perfect game!
Derek Glennon
Oct 10th · 03:18 UTC
Really solid tower defense game. Could have played it for a lot longer and honestly might come back to it. Art style is super cute too. Honestly you could ship this. Nice job!
Ansible
Oct 10th · 12:33 UTC
This was fun and addictive! I took the win condition at round 20 but could have kept going. The art, sound and level design is great and all works super well together. I had a bug where the gold collecting sound stopped playing. Fun, thanks!
Rogaven
Oct 10th · 19:36 UTC
The logo is awesome! The game’s fun, but it was really inconvenient that the controls use Z instead of Enter/Space. At the start I got confused before realizing you can place someone on the grass, but it’s understandable that there’s no time to make a tutorial during a jam.
Patatje
Oct 10th · 21:30 UTC
Banger game, the pixel art and color pallete is super nice to look at.
This game defenitely reminds me of rock on island from ufo50 lol. but that isn't a bad thing! (cuz thats like one of my faves)
i also like the win condition of the game. dunno if the games goes on forever if you dont place 50 gold stacks, but i love that the oppertunity is there. once again, great job :)
InfernalWolf08
Oct 11th · 01:50 UTC
love the spin on the tower defense genre!