Tower of Abominations

Category	Rank	Score
Humor	99	2.73
Innovation	175	2.93
Audio	231	2.58
Overall	349	2.67
Graphics	349	2.60
Community	370	2.40
Fun	416	2.20
Mood	418	2.11
Coolness	533	22
Theme	622	1.79

mwhannaman 2011-12-19 06:23

Good beginnings of a story/theme here and if it was more clearly defined as the comedy it wants to be, it would be a large improvement. There were too many clashing theme elements that made it feel pieced together. Also, each room felt as if it had only one answer to solve the 'puzzle' of the fight, and the penalty for guessing incorrectly was to be restarted at the beginning. Perhaps displaying more numbers so the players can decide what attacks to use better. Finally, some sort of checkpoint or save system would be nice (maybe I didn't get to it?). Good job though, keep at it.

increpare 2011-12-19 17:47

It's cool, though I'd appreciate it a *lot* if I could repeat battles than having to restart it. As is, the arbitrary nature of fighting means it's not something I can enjoy playing.

mrpiglet 2011-12-19 21:26

Loved the intro transition, and the billboard chars in 3d are surprisingly endearing. The RPG combat as puzzle idea was nice, but it was kind of awkward to actually figure things out. Also wasn't clear why by abilities kept on appearing and disappearing.

paulsb 2011-12-19 23:55

Cursing myself for not adding some sort of level checkpointing now, this is clearly a bit of an oversight. Thanks for the comments!

pierrec 2011-12-20 20:11

Rhaaa Y U NO add checkpoint ?
Aside from that, it's a very clever idea

bzizi 2011-12-21 07:23

First turn-based game i played! The combat needs more balancing tho...

justinmullin 2011-12-21 20:36

Kinda cool, the puzzle aspect was interesting. It's been beaten to death here already, but checkpointing would have kept me in the game longer. The trial-and-error nature of the fights didn't bother me so much, but since there's clearly a single solution to most fights, playing through them again was a bit annoying.

summaky 2011-12-26 12:39

I join the chorus about the level checkpoint, given this is a puzzle game more than anything. The title transition was cool the first time, but got tiresome each time I had to wait for it to appear and the disappear to start over. The music was somewhat repetitive, but didn't annoy me much. The sound effects were OK.

winterblood 2011-12-28 14:29

Yeah, checkpoints would REALLY help, or more clues about the relative strengths of spells and monsters so you didn't have to use trial and error. Graphical style a little disjointed, but the core concept is sound. Would make a cracking iOS title with a little polishing up.