Ball Defense by Itskdog

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made by Itskdog for Ludum Dare 57 (COMPO)

I made this in only 12 hours!

https://youtu.be/tI9TrDOa9B8

Press Spacebar to launch balls.

Red balls explode when clicked.

Purple balls create multiple balls when clicked.

Bug Fix: Troops do correct damage to enemy base https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hV2QNhFGwa0k9tVlug86JDfDXaXLJsX6/view?usp=sharing

Ratings

Overall 215th 3.219⭐ 18πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Fun 116th 3.441⭐ 19πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Innovation 190th 3.083⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Theme 278th 2.472⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Graphics 245th 2.917⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Audio 205th 2.765⭐ 19πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Mood 220th 3.083⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Given 17πŸ—³οΈ 11πŸ—¨οΈ

Feedback

thisyc
07. Apr 2025 Β· 09:20 UTC
Nice chaotic fun! I think it has a lot of potential in roguelike territory. Troops can add different modifiers to the game. I liked it
🎀 Itskdog
07. Apr 2025 Β· 15:44 UTC
@thisyc Thanks for playing. I wanted more interactions with the troops, but not enough time since I did the whole thing in 12 hours.
oeueGHa
17. Apr 2025 Β· 01:51 UTC
Good concept!
Hacktier
23. Apr 2025 Β· 00:00 UTC
cool game
commanderstitch
23. Apr 2025 Β· 02:26 UTC
charmy little game i beat this thing!![ballgame.png](///raw/b24/z/6c67b.png)
Wadoral
25. Apr 2025 Β· 08:21 UTC
This was fun! Maybe the SFX were a bit too loud compared to the music. I figured quite quick that the best strategy is to just spam troops as fast as possible. Unfortunately the submission itself was too tedious to beat, even though I had a lot of fun playing this. Great job!
moi93101
25. Apr 2025 Β· 11:28 UTC
I didn’t realize you could interact with the troops after launching them...
I think that part could maybe be automated β€” I spent quite a bit of time trying (and failing) to trigger them, which was a bit frustrating 😒

That said, I ended up beating the game twice, so clearly I got hooked! πŸ˜„
It’s all good β€” I think this could turn into a really cool game!
croze
25. Apr 2025 Β· 16:00 UTC
Super impressive that this was done in 12 hours, there's definitely something here! Solid base for a game that could be reminiscent of something like Peglin
Untitled Studios
25. Apr 2025 Β· 16:28 UTC
Really cool! I had a lot of fun right in the beginning, but once I figured out how long it would take to beat the enemy base, I quickly lost interest in the game.
Samudin Ziberi
26. Apr 2025 Β· 12:27 UTC
better than i expected, fun game overall