{"author_name":"homeworld","cat":"LD #37","comments":[],"epoch":1481912940,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"959","p_author":"homeworld","p_authorkey":"41111","p_urlkey":"35806","p_title":"Third Ludum down, woo!","p_cat":"LD #37","p_event":"LD37","p_time":"1481912940","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"41111","us_name":"homeworld","us_username":"homeworld","event_start":"1481241600","event_key":"81","event_name":"Ludum Dare 37"},"text":"

Hey guys!<\/p>\n

I’m Dan, one of the artists working on our third Ludum entry “Alien Barnage”<\/a>; we wanted to make a fast-paced base defense game, and used the “one room” theme as a great opportunity to play with a wildcard mechanic to spice it up a bit!<\/p>\n

We framed it as the player defending his farm from alien invaders, and having a tractor beam from the UFO jumbling up the base defenses and obstacles that the player builds.<\/p>\n

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Randomly generating the obstacles strewn around for the aliens to get stuck in was also important for making a replayable experience, especially as the initial difficulty of the game was steep.<\/p>\n

Allowing the player to build his own turrets to fight off the enemy, as well as a repair mechanic, was a big help in making the difficulty manageable<\/p>\n

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Our last Ludum entry<\/a> involved hunting down a randomly expanding shapeshifter truck boss, which changed in response to the player’s actions, so we wanted to keep the same element of replayability in this game.<\/p>\n

I hope you guys can spare the time to play the game, preferably via the download, which includes higher visual settings that didn’t make it in the web build: Alien Barnage<\/a><\/p>\n

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