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Hexzilla

By bernhard

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Overall683.86
Fun763.71
Graphics2083.65
Mood2193.33
Audio2493.22
Innovation3163.43
Theme6733.42
Humor8391.86

Comments

markavian 2013-04-29 00:35

Well presented game, feels very complete. Felt constantly harrased by the enemies to the point where I couldn't keep up my defenses.

pickehut 2013-04-29 13:23

Wow, this feels like a game that you could buy on steam!
Nice graphics and sounds too.
The only complaint I have is that it seems to be too easy.
I don't know if it gets significantly harder later on, but after I placed a lot of shields around my base I had no problems surviving.
But this is only a balancing problem I guess.

lrdkzrth 2013-04-29 13:25

Very addictive...

qrchack 2013-04-29 16:35

just loved this one. Android

swizzcheez 2013-04-30 00:09

Very nicely done. Will refer back to this from time to time.

toonheart 2013-04-30 00:12

very nice :)
And I was thinking no one's gonna build a tower defense :D

Done rating.

Please do show some love on my game too :)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=rate&uid=21211

shohs 2013-04-30 00:19

Very nice game, it seems very well thought out. The only problem I had with it is that everything seems too cheap - the fact that every upgrade costs $1 made me always have a ton of money, which in turn made it pretty useless to build extra farms.

kingsman142 2013-04-30 01:04

Extremely difficult game, but it is one of the best ones I have seen so far.

grambler1 2013-04-30 05:55

Played this on my way to school on Android, and I made it to the 210th wave on my third try. Also tried it on the PC just to see the difference.

The game is well presented and the graphics have a clean finish, but the pacing seems kinda off. The start can be very hectic, but when you get a decent base esatblished, you just sit there and wait with $500+ in your inventory to spend on nothing in particular.
It could definitely have used some more expenesive upgrades to drain your cash. With a little more polish, I think this could become a great game! (:

tater_hater 2013-04-30 20:12

didnt work for me on chrome, but if the app is on the android market, ill defiently try it out. Looks good from the screenshots

HelkeGames 2013-04-30 20:32

Cool and nice game well done! ;)

tiffi 2013-04-30 20:40

loved the game, one of the best games ive seen so far (tested about 60 games). awesome work!

pentaphobe 2013-04-30 20:58

Oh wow, I totally started working on a prototype of this last week after having a dream about it - thanks so much for letting me play it without having to work more :)

Pretty damn cool idea, and really smooth implementation (and a tutorial!)

It'd be nice to have a little more build time at the beginning, but it's highly playable and a fantastic job

bernhard 2013-05-01 01:23

Thanks for all the comments everyone, really appreciated!

@Tater_hater: It's on the Play Store now \o/
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.nukular.hexzilla

stqn 2013-05-01 02:08

Great presentation, good audio, very smooth (played the Linux version). Well done! The game itself lacked some goal to keep me playing, although I played much longer the second time I tried and then eventually lost/abandonned after 200 ~ (whatever this number means :) ).

psenfilip 2013-05-01 03:06

The game is overall very polished, especially the GUI. Pretty smooth experience.
I spent quite a few time on it; pretty good game session.

Only complaint is that the mouse wheel should be inverted IMO (scroll up when zooms in).
Keep it up

freezx 2013-05-01 19:05

Zerg rush! Love the game!

mrexcessive 2013-05-01 19:21

Most excellent... bookmarked to come back to later. I have a penchant for hex based games, nice to see that too. very slick for a tower defence.

f7f5 2013-05-01 19:43

The is very well presented. Played it on chrome and loved the audio and the overall feel. The only downside is that everything was a bit cheap, so at a point I had over $1000 and growing. Also could do with some final objective: I just abandoned after a while. But for a 48hr game, it's great.

ryusui 2013-05-02 06:20

That was amazing - a very professional-looking product. The only thing I think was missing would be some kind of keyboard shortcut for the build/repair/upgrade process - things get pretty hectic after a while!

wonderwhy-er 2013-05-02 08:48

Seems fun and challenging, hard to put a finger quickly on what's best strategy :)

junt74 2013-05-02 08:50

Very addictive!
Well minimalized, and upgrade system is well worked.
Excellent game!

xblinkedx 2013-05-02 13:50

Really well made game, the graphics look nice and the touch screen works very well. My only complaint would be that the game gets very easy once you have a fair enough defence. But overall outstanding game!

grimfang4 2013-05-02 15:08

Pretty good and pretty fun. I found that farms are overpowered (maybe because there's no upkeep for other types. I only had a couple of farms and got all the money I ever needed. I was able to build a very strong defense of turrets and shields before I even realized you can upgrade. Then I just waited for a few hundred waves.

lizengland 2013-05-02 19:36

Great game! I had a lot of fun playing this, and it seems a really good match for a touchscreen game. It has that kind of frantic minimalist 'war' that reminded me of Galcon.

toki-anholmes 2013-05-02 19:44

very polish game, well done ! Maybe another goal beside the score would be appreciate...

playvue 2013-05-02 21:35

Absolutely loved it! That said, mouse-only control made it heart to spend the money I had fast enough to keep up. Keyboard or simplified click options would go a long way. =) Great job!

realyuniquename 2013-05-02 21:47

Felt like i was limited to my clicking speed )

jellycakes 2013-05-03 00:51

Pretty nicely made game. Very easy to set something up without running out of money but nonetheless a pretty fun game. Nice work!

bernhard 2013-05-03 01:06

Thanks for all the comments guys!
Further balancing and something more besides the current endless mode seems like next steps for this game!

@playvue @RealyUniqueName , the game would play quite differently with hotkeys yeah, would be ineteresting. I kind of like how it is almost equal between touch screens (Android and upcoming iOS) and desktops.

I added two screenshots from my highest score round. I started the base with 3 farms and reduced to 2 and made it until wave 408. I kind of wish that the tutorial stated something about many farms not being required. Or maybe even limit the number of farms available for building.

moomoo112 2013-05-03 05:29

made it until the enemies could destroy bases in one shot, and then I kinda lost..

jlauener 2013-05-04 15:43

Hey I remember trying your binary during the Dare to see if it run on my setup. But didn't had time to play back then. This is now fixed :)

I enjoyed it a lot. The controls are very intuitive and the core of the game is interesting. Played it for a while and it was fun. I stopped because I noticed I had too much money and the creeps didn't seemed to be a threat anymore. Would definitely be interested by a post compo version. Don't hesitate to send me a tweet :)

hd408 2013-05-06 01:12

Cool design. While I played this game, I felt really inspired. My next LD entry would probably be a tower defence game.

depp 2013-05-12 04:00

Once I figured it out it was easy until late waves. Addictive gameplay! Would love to see a more developed version. I actually filled up my high scores board, got 3768 credits. The main complaint is that it's so much clicking speed.

rafaelsales 2013-05-13 15:44

Fucking awesome game! Great game to build smart strategies and get master playing a simple but deep game mechanic. Congratulations!

nimblegorilla 2013-05-13 23:53

Cool game. I think it needs hotkeys - I couldn't spend my money fast enough!

kill0u 2013-05-14 00:19

Nice game :)

jamioflan 2013-05-18 16:02

Awesome game!
I'm very impressed with iPad support too!
I agree that the money seems a little worthless; maybe you could make higher level upgrades cost more?

sestren 2013-05-20 20:28

Cool design. The title screen audio was very nice, and the gameplay was fun.