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Evil Dudes Need Evil Towers

By jujule

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness277
Innovation1093.53
Humor4192.35
Fun4432.68
Audio4892.00
Overall5112.73
Mood5162.51
Graphics5252.53
Theme6622.35

Comments

eshredder 2012-12-17 19:08

Feels like a nice mix between Tetris and a bullet hell. Pretty hard though. I kept getting trapped and killed against the screen walls.

geoege 2012-12-17 19:15

A bit to hard for me but like it well. Nice game ;)

sonnybone 2012-12-17 19:57

WOW. I never thought I'd see Tetris mixed with a bullet hell shmup before. It needs some fine-tuning to make it really fun, but the potential is there for something really great. I really appreciate the attention to innovation, here. Good job!

yogr 2012-12-17 19:58

Cool game. I like the idea. VERY hard though, but it made me only want to beat it more!

worse 2012-12-17 20:10

Innovative combination of tetris and bullet hell shmup!

superfluid 2012-12-17 20:58

An interesting concept well-executed, but I found it really hard, I think with a more gentle learning curve it would have been more fun, but I liked the presentation a lot, nice one! -J

tyranus 2012-12-17 21:19

I like it! :)
But its pretty hard, more than is needed. The bullet hell, I think, it's not important for the main mechanic of construction.

jujule 2012-12-17 21:45

Hey, everybody !

Thanks for the kind words ! That really feels good after this tough weekend !

Yes, I know : the game is hard but that's a manic shooter genre prerequisite, isn't it :)
I reckon the game elements are rather small and make reading the screen somewhat difficult but here are a few tips that might help :
- keep your eyes firmly on the little demon at all times
- play with static / movement to lure the bullets where you want
- don't be greedy, wait for the right moment, especially pattern changes.
- you have to pack the blocks, of course, but not too much either.

In all honesty, I didn't beat the game myself. I was too exhausted. But I managed to get to 71 % completion. I guess with a little bit more training and pattern learning, it is doable.

Anyways, thanks again for giving it a try !

alexrose 2012-12-18 09:38

This was a really interesting idea!

catburton 2012-12-18 09:42

A really nice concept but a bit too difficult for me unfortunately.

dek 2012-12-18 23:16

Nice concept, interesting graphics, but I could not finish it :/

jiddo 2012-12-19 09:40

Fun little game that I could see myself returning to if the screen was a bit larger. It's very hard to see what's going on at times, and it's a bit unclear where the green monster hitbox thingy is. I really had fun with this though, nice concept!

bigbadwofl 2012-12-19 09:42

Cool concept and well executed. It should start out a bit easier though and ramp up from there.

Well done.

blob 2012-12-21 06:20

Funny game mix ! Got 50% max and it seems hard to get blocks in between areas where you ve built in a messy way. Its a cool idea and i d love to see more though.

illugion 2012-12-22 13:47

Nice mix, i liked that thing but i really suck at bullet hell games LOL nicely done!

cakencode 2012-12-23 11:18

Pretty great mix of a bullet game and tetris! I kind of disliked how difficult it started off. I felt like having it ease into the difficulty would really help develop a learning curve to how the game worked. Great job!

goerp 2013-01-06 19:39

I like the idea, but I didn't see what kind of things killed me and what didn't. It seemed kind of random.
Funny texts, though.