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Buggy, Tank and Missile Launcher!!!

By vic

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall203.88
Graphics54.63
Innovation373.63
Fun423.41
Mood473.41
Audio703.27
Theme863.22
Humor2051.69
Coolness74841

Comments

jeffz 2012-04-24 01:19

Nice work, felt like an original game :)

vic 2012-04-24 02:13

Hi guys, talked on IRC, add your link below so I can review your games ;)

lansiir 2012-04-24 02:17

Alright, here's my game: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5874

darkfrost 2012-04-24 02:20

Wow, this was amazing! Graphics looked *really* good, darn your unity pro? :D Great fun, especially when you can actually tell how much money you have ;) It's hard, but awesome fun, good job!

benw 2012-04-24 02:26

The art is incredible. The only things that I didn't like were that it was difficult to see what was coming at me and that I couldn't see how well I was doing without scrolling a lot. Also, it wasn't clear what some of the upgrades did at first. Maybe tooltips would help. Fun game.

netguy204 2012-04-24 02:26

Wow, that was really tough. Very original and innovative. I've never seen a game to compare this to. The graphics were excellent and the audio was very appropriate.

The side to side scrolling of the window wasn't intuitive to me for some reason and was frustrating to have to discover. I lost thoroughly before I found out what was killing me. I still lost thoroughly once I knew... but at least I had purpose!

Overall, to me, because of the difficulty, the game wasn't fun. I think it could definitely be fun with a more gentle introduction and I think your concept is fantastic and has a lot of potential. I'd love to play a post-compo version.

My game if you wanna try it: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5044

radthordax 2012-04-24 02:38

This is a really good entry! My only complaint being that it never lasted long enough for me to really play with the upgrades, or even use more than the first module of the second floor! :P

The option to pause, or go back to the main menu would ahve been nice, but makes no real difference.

Overall, this is a really good game, well done!

If you'd like to review my game, it can be found at:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12627

radthordax 2012-04-24 02:45

I want to add that I didn't feel it was terribly difficult. I lost the very first try, but i was just figuring out the mechanics. Since then I've won without really having to go into mass production.

I found that an easy win can be achieved by first getting an extra income module, then a factory. send a buggy down all 6 paths, make a quick check to see if any thing is coming (if it is, send a tank down that one too), build another income mod, get the 2nd floor, checking for incoming every 15 seconds or so. By the time Ive unlocked the second floor, i've usually won!

lidfrid 2012-04-24 12:42

Stunning graphic and concept.
Love that!

jigxor 2012-04-24 12:52

Best graphics in the whole LD! A very well polished game. I like how you even did the UI nicely too. Sounds were great as well.

I beat it and got victory :) It was easier once I got a fair bit of income.

Really fun game, well done!

If you get a chance to review some games, check out mine!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=3289

garethjenkins 2012-04-24 12:54

Great stuff -- would have like keyboard control for panning the world, and a mini map. Appreciate this is only a weekend's work though so the latter is obviously unreasonable to expect.

Strongest aspect was probably the RTS/TD hybrid -- works really well. Could totally see this being iterated on into something pretty fun.

I also did something with resource management and such like, though for a completely different kind of game -- it's here -- http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7693

johanp 2012-04-24 17:46

Yes, it was hard. :) Looks are extremely nice though and plays pretty good too. Easier rotation of the world and maybe a minimap would have made it easier for me. And perhaps a little more cash at the beginning to get started. Otherwise, top notch!

As requested, feel free to try out my entry here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=608

orgarus 2012-04-24 18:09

Simply one word: A W E S O M E!!!! The graphics, the gameplay and the sound.
(well, I wrote eleven :P)

There's not much to review and my entry is far that what a game is suposed to be but my mom likes it :D:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=11198

fireblend 2012-04-25 01:36

Really enjoyed this one! Great job with the graphics and the whole strategy factor :)

sonnybone 2012-04-25 02:51

Easily one of the best games I've ever seen come out of LD. Your core idea is PHENOMENAL... and you've got a great start. Keep going! This could be HUGE if you can pull it all together just right. LOVE IT!

papayajuice 2012-04-25 04:43

Game seemed like it could be absolutely amazing. My camera froze and was unable to move, but from what I did play it was really awesome. Great job!

tentontoon 2012-04-25 07:06

Awesome! Both concept and content are top-notch, for sure. It's hard to believe that this much quality is the product of just 2 guys working for 72 hours O_o What could you not accomplish with simply a month of work?? :D
Congratulations!!

vic 2012-04-25 08:52

Thank you for all the great comments, it makes Cavit and me very happy :).

A minimap would have been so useful! And we had not even thought of using the keyboard to rotate around the planet! Funny how we missed such things, because they are so easy to implement. Thank you for the feedback.

I am going to play the LD games you all put in the comments right away :D.

catman 2012-04-25 09:47

Awesome graphics and quite original! I also liked the music!

Btw, you can check games by clicking on commenters' names! :)

orni 2012-04-25 09:54

incredible
the concept is just amazing - I really hope you continue working on this

william_edwards 2012-04-25 11:35

Really fun!

Never won though I tried a few times; its quite hard. Could use in-game tutorial level and gentler start.

Artwork absolutely superb.

bytegrove 2012-04-25 16:54

Really nice game, the only thing that annoyed me was that I couldn't rotate the view with a/d or left/right keys. Other than that, great work, awesome graphics, it felt really polished!

Nahya 2012-04-25 17:01

I really enjoyed this game. It looks awesome and has a lot of potential! You and Cavit should definitely make this game into a full minigame.

What I missed was a minimap and moving the camera using the keyboard :P
Also, you win/lose so fast that there isn't enough time to play around with floors and upgrades.

keirua 2012-04-25 19:51

Really hard game. It lacks a proper tutorial, but wow !
Please keep improving it, it's already really nice !

oye-beto 2012-04-26 06:48

Yay! I totally owned red team on level 2 :D

- Graphics are great, I see some Airmech inspiration there ;)
- You could add music on later version.
- Such a fun game, good job guys!

You can play my game by clicking my username.

vic 2012-04-26 08:25

That is funny, I didn't know what Airmech was until you mentioned it ^^. But yeah! It looks very similar in style! Hmmm...I should go play airmech now.

tlaine 2012-04-27 22:07

Nicely done. That second level was _hard_ though, and it was really rather hard to keep track of the lanes. Maybe allow world rotation via arrow keys?

make-a-game 2012-04-29 22:50

Great work! I like that tower defence like idea, fits well with the theme. Just missing a few GUI help and a background music. But overall it's pretty well done, you should work deeper on the games idea. :)

dotacreepy 2012-05-02 09:27

This game is fantastic! It's a bit tough in that it's hard to see the enemies. There's no real reason to have it so zoomed in. More of an angle looking down and the camera further out would make it easier to see everything. And not being able to click to build tanks while you have the build for the other menus was irritating and uneccessary. It'd also work better if you could keep upgrading your tower and get higher and higher and have endless waves of enemies coming to attack you. Anyways, I really liked this game!!!

matthias_zarzecki 2012-05-08 19:12

Nice idea! Optics are pretty impressive too. Could use a bit tweaking in the gameplay-department.

codexus 2012-05-13 09:23

Very nice graphics, well produced game. The gameplay wasn't that fun though. One problem is the limited view of the world: it would be more fun if you could actually see what's going on.

christinaneofotistou 2012-05-13 13:31

Fantastic graphics, Top marks!