Spoiled Harvest: Defend your plants from tiny critters by FrontiersEnd

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made by FrontiersEnd for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

This is my first time joining the Ludum Dare, so hope y'all like this tiny game. It is a tower defense inspired by Bloons.sunnyDayCOverImage.png

Ratings

Overall 998th 2.917⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 950th 2.817⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1001th 2.517⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 644th 3.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 939th 2.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 851th 2.37⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1020th 2.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

Halgendy
07. Oct 2024 · 19:43 UTC
They do be spoiled
konstantin u33rn4m3d666d
07. Oct 2024 · 20:49 UTC
very cool! i like the idea
TDev
07. Oct 2024 · 22:16 UTC
Nice game
LDJam user 279610
08. Oct 2024 · 02:35 UTC
Fun concept. I love that you built a tower defense game that isn't a top-town grid. It's probably too easy - my strategy was just to spam a lot of turrets and then sit back and watch as all the ants and caterpillars just died without any real tension. Still, I was very entertained and I think this could be developed into a larger and very fun game.

Well done.
Nasturra
08. Oct 2024 · 03:10 UTC
Lovely game!
TheChadRampage
08. Oct 2024 · 04:49 UTC
Love a simple style tower defense game! Rock On!
Wesel
08. Oct 2024 · 04:52 UTC
I like the art style. It got relatively pretty easy fast, but it was still a good game that I enjoyed. I also like the viewport, it’s different from just a widescreen game.
Pachino55
08. Oct 2024 · 04:53 UTC
Tower Defense games are so fun, nice game!
ProstoCupOfTea
08. Oct 2024 · 14:49 UTC
Nice turret defence! Even if at some point you can just span turrets at one place and ants get annuhaleted there :)
I like the idea a lot
Jesse Martin
08. Oct 2024 · 14:54 UTC
What's not to like in tower defense
ccollider
08. Oct 2024 · 16:58 UTC
I too solve a lot of my day-to-day problems with glocks on balloons
Kirass
08. Oct 2024 · 17:45 UTC
I really liked this game! It's awesome!
ArtAllester
09. Oct 2024 · 08:16 UTC
Your tower defense map being a plant and not random top down grass was clever thinking, but game was too easy and need some upgrades.
dhim
09. Oct 2024 · 15:32 UTC
Great first entry ! It was nice to play.

With some strong elements to make it a game
+ Having levels
+ Having a menu selector
+ Having a score system and an end-game

Some possible improvements :
- The difficulty doesn't ramp up as fast as your cash:
maybe to add difficulty you could have two circle :one for kill zone and one for an exclusion area where you can place another turret.
- More instructions/tutorial, since you have multiple levels, one where you explained the concepts/weapons would be nice (even if the game isn't difficult per se) I was not sure how the weapons worked (the fire in any direction in the circle, do they block line of sight...)
- Basic sound sfx on element placement adds a lot of depth.

I hope you participate in more ludum dare in the future!
LDJam user 233347
10. Oct 2024 · 20:03 UTC
Good first entry, congrats on finishing.

As others have already mentioned, the levels are too easy (IMO). I would also disallow the user to place multiple towers on top of each other. for instance: I placed all my towers at the spawn point, using tower 2, and just spammed it until I ran out of money (impossible, I would have to use an autoclicker fo that).
ruruie
21. Oct 2024 · 14:08 UTC
Congrats on the first entry. We've been there! This is the first step!