Lone Tower: Against All Odds by zuzupd

made by zuzupd for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Story:

You are a lonely defender of the city against an army of treacherous skeletons. You want to fight, but you are limited to your tower equipped with multiple cannons. Take up the weapons, search for enemies from narrow windows, shell the roads, and save the city!

Changelog:

1.1 Fixed mouse sensitivity and fonts issues

Controls:

W, S, A, D move the character
Shift to sprint
Use E to mount and unmount the cannon turret
Move the camera with the mouse and fire the cannon with LMB

How to play:

Your defense tower has several cannons, but none cover all approaches. You must move between guns as enemies converge on different paths and progress toward the city gate.

Team:

@Alex_Flow - music, SFX
@DrLizard - level design, 3D models, 2D graphics
@hacknick - coding, animations
@nolahimmel - game design, 2D art
@stosmykj - 3D models, animations
@zuzupd - game design, coding, food delivery

Tools:

Godot 3.6 (+ Heightmap terrain asset), Blender, Procreate, Logic Pro, Mixamo

Screenshots:

Info:

We did not created all SFX, some are from the Ovani Sound Medieval Fantasy Sound FX Pack and fonts Prince Valiant and Goudy Medieval from Dieter Steffmann

Link	https://zuzupd.itch.io/lone-tower-against-all-odds
Link	https://zuzupd.itch.io/lone-tower-against-all-odds
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/lone-tower-against-all-odds

Ratings

Overall	750^th	3.383⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Fun	579^th	3.435⭐	33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	649^th	3.25⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Theme	606^th	3.583⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	669^th	3.433⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Audio	510^th	3.259⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Humor	577^th	2.86⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	724^th	3.346⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Given		30🗳️	36🗨️

Feedback

Casper935

02. Oct 2023 · 22:39 UTC

Great job! The graphics are really good and the game is fun to play. My only complaint was the mouse sensitivity was a tad bit high even on the lowest setting but other then that I had a fun time playing!

Taeghen

03. Oct 2023 · 13:13 UTC

Fun game, good job !

Markus Sihler

03. Oct 2023 · 13:21 UTC

Nice music, but the constant background clashing noises were a bit unfitting and too monotonous. The graphics were beautiful and the models left a nice impression.

Bastienre4

03. Oct 2023 · 17:18 UTC

Nice entry. Very stressful, haha.

JOZGames

03. Oct 2023 · 17:26 UTC

Só queria comentar que quando a gente pula parece que ta na lua, hehe

LDJam user 233138

03. Oct 2023 · 19:28 UTC

Quit hard but fun, a 3D Tower Defense is a good idea. Even if the ennemys are hard to see, they are so thin + the small cushions. Good game !

luminarts

03. Oct 2023 · 21:20 UTC

I loved how the Limited Space theme was explored on the vision side of things as well as the actual space you can move around in the cannon room, it's frustratingly fun! I love it! The only caveats I'd say are the audio which didn't seem much explored and the mouse sensitivity which was a little delayed on my pc at least.

Arnazian

03. Oct 2023 · 21:26 UTC

Always impressive to see 3d entries for game jams!

I liked: Shooting skeletons with turrets
I disliked: Moving between turrets

I think this is similar to how ship combat is done in some games, but unlike ship cannon games where you generally always know where the thing you're shooting is, this game disorients you when moving between turrets / stairs and it is very hard to keep track of which way you're facing, where the skeletons were originally, and which way they moved.

How I would personally improve it if it was my game:
-Make a UI element that shows where live enemies are, so you don't lose track of them when moving between turrets
-Drastically increase skeleton spawn count and make it happen early in the game, less waiting for skelies to spawn, more killing skelies.

I liked the idea, the single tower defending city is thematically appealing, the cannons were fun to shoot, and making 3d games in short timespans is impressive as heck. Good submission overall.

Derek Glennon

04. Oct 2023 · 04:03 UTC

The little skeletons are pretty hard to see, but overall the game was well made! Nice job

M.Kusy

10. Oct 2023 · 21:27 UTC

Pretty fun! The game looks and controlls pretty sweet. It could probably work with just a single floor and a bit more angle on the cannons, but the idea itself is neat.

LocalPhilosopher

15. Oct 2023 · 19:40 UTC

Good idea

Blueman

19. Oct 2023 · 02:03 UTC

I love tower defense games and this is a cool take on tower defense. I found it a bit tedious and difficult to keep track of all of the enemies. Perhaps the tower could have more windows, or just add an minimap/other HUD element that would show where the enemies are. Overall, great job.