{"author_link":"\/users\/orangeoceans","author_name":"orangeoceans","author_uid":1368182,"comments":[{"id":1162660,"author_name":"haka","author_uid":"haka","epoch":1759794387,"text":"Hi there! I tried clicking the link, but it doesn't seem to be working for me.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1162679,"author_name":"orangeoceans","author_uid":"orangeoceans","epoch":1759794617,"text":"Apologies, I forgot to set it public!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1162732,"author_name":"haka","author_uid":"haka","epoch":1759795041,"text":"@orangeoceans The link is working for me now! This is a great game, and I'm very surprised you were able to make something so complete in just three days!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163867,"author_name":"fusionnist","author_uid":"fusionnist","epoch":1759810790,"text":"Super cool idea! I like the visual choices made, and the music's good too! 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Overall, great entry, good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170309,"author_name":"Tsaot","author_uid":"tsaot","epoch":1759887022,"text":"I have a soft spot for tower defenses. This was a fun one to play. I like how adding new beams makes you have to re-think how your mirrors are laid out to maximize coverage for them all.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170315,"author_name":"jomnaq","author_uid":"jomnaq","epoch":1759887156,"text":"this is a great concept, i love the twist to the classic tower defense, gets you really thinking!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170351,"author_name":"Nef1k","author_uid":"nef1k","epoch":1759887895,"text":"Interesting idea. Took me some time to get comfortable but I really enjoyed playing. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170354,"author_name":"LDJam user 410492","author_uid":"410492","epoch":1759887921,"text":"The reflection mechanic is awesome! Had a lot of fun with this one, I want some more difficulty :P","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170355,"author_name":"Anderson Job Loeffler","author_uid":"anderson-job-loeffler","epoch":1759888001,"text":"Loved the mirror concept \u2014 really fun to play! The music was great too. Solid entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170367,"author_name":"ACartlidge","author_uid":"acartlidge","epoch":1759888240,"text":"Such a cool concept!  I loved setting up the laser super carefully initially, and also realizing that I could use different lasers at different times, like some lasers that covered the start of the path then switch over to other lasers as enemies got further down the path.  I also experimented with pulsing lasers, like the poison and ice very quickly just to get the status effect then go back to damaging.  Overall I had just a great time!  I do wish the controls were a bit smoother, the the laser maybe could have 16 or 32 fixed positions instead of smoothly rotating, and i'd like to rotate the laser in place not use a slider (basically I want a gizmo like in 3d software lol).  Really really cool, I hope you keep exploring this idea further!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1170388,"author_name":"Caominh Le","author_uid":"caominh-le","epoch":1759888765,"text":"Pretty innovative concept for a solid tower defense game. If you do develop further, would love a larger rotation scroll so I can fine tune the towers easier.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172627,"author_name":"SergS Workshop","author_uid":"sergs-workshop","epoch":1759931922,"text":"Good tower defense and mirror puzzle concept! It\u2019d be great to have more visual and audio feedback to show how the beam affects the enemies.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175575,"author_name":"orangeoceans","author_uid":"orangeoceans","epoch":1759994405,"text":"Thanks for the comments! Enemy HP scales exponentially whereas tower damage very much does not, so I'm curious which wave you all were able to make it to.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177988,"author_name":"SirRed","author_uid":"sirred","epoch":1760053099,"text":"The mirror defense was really fun. I managed to get to wave 21. It took me a bit to be able to figure out the rotation since I thought initially it was a key bind, but once I got that figured out I set up a nice defense. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182139,"author_name":"nuzcraft","author_uid":"nuzcraft","epoch":1760272603,"text":"This is such a deep game! Introducing more light sources & modifiers makes it super interesting to try to switch up the setup. I liked that mirrors were not permanent and could get moved around. The downside was that I could keep fiddling in between each wave. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182235,"author_name":"Roroto Sic","author_uid":"roroto-sic","epoch":1760277033,"text":"it a bit unfair sometimes when wave one is deadliest, but i really like the game idea and the game design! good job! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182673,"author_name":"BlackCat508","author_uid":"blackcat508","epoch":1760298279,"text":"Interesting idea! Not sure if it was just me but i found it a little difficult to rotate the towers using the slider","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184552,"author_name":"Diralf","author_uid":"diralf","epoch":1760541861,"text":"A rather unusual tower defense combined with a puzzle. It was interesting to place mirrors to burn the snails as efficiently as possible. Good game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184814,"author_name":"Gowie","author_uid":"gowie","epoch":1760574218,"text":"Interesting tower defense game. I definitely struggled a bit with controls but I love the idea of the mirrors reflecting a laser","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1188309,"author_name":"ophiene","author_uid":"ophiene","epoch":1761247648,"text":"Amazing work! It\u2019s super interesting and has a vert unique way to paraphrase the theme, good job! 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