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Minimalist RTS

By aaron9000

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun1033.62
Overall1353.70
Theme1424.03
Graphics1633.75
Mood3263.18
Innovation3593.38
Humor4282.42
Audio6702.51
Coolness161936

Comments

toestee 2013-04-29 03:01

Very cool, love the idea.

bloogloo 2013-04-29 03:02

That was really fun! Cool idea, too. I'm not sure if it's even possible to win on medium (let alone difficult), but uh... yay!

vegard1992 2013-04-29 03:08

nice

davedobson 2013-04-29 03:13

Neat; I beat medium on my first go, so it's possible. Very nice graphics; the gameplay is fun. I wasn't sure of exactly what the strategy should be, other than to try to hold the other guy's bases where possible and then flood all the channels. Fun, and very nice looking.

jonrb 2013-04-29 06:58

Lovely! Wonderful concept! I'm a fan of RTS games as it is, this is truly superb! The audio leaves something to be desired but it's amazing how this minimal game can be so complex at the same time!

aaron9000 2013-04-29 07:32

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was a little worried that having only one unit would make the game boring, but it seems like there is still some strategy to it.

unclejunkie 2013-04-29 08:04

Short and sweet, good concept, the very sense of the Capture the Points type of game.

gafblizzard 2013-04-29 08:20

Nicely done graphics. On Firefox I could not see the lightning bolt increasing, so I did not know how much I could reinforce, but that may be a known thing.

nicotuason 2013-04-29 09:42

Soo much blood! There seems to be a bug where the energy always reads 0, but I can still build units.

aaron9000 2013-04-29 16:18

Hmm sounds like there is indeed an issue on Firefox. If you have Chrome installed, that should play the game better. Thanks for the heads up!

travischen 2013-04-30 02:43

Simple fun. Great stuff. Would make a great mobile game.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 03:03

The CPU was evil on hard, and amassed a huge army in one lane XD Good game.

2013-04-30 17:21

Rock on

sythe 2013-04-30 21:51

Excellent. This game would be perfect for mobile, IMO. Check out CocoonJS, it'll let you package it up nicely into an APK.

phocker 2013-05-01 04:09

this was really alot of fun -- like a tower defense rts -- great job!

greenpixeldev 2013-05-01 05:07

Great concept! The game is simple yet you've managed to cram in a good deal of fun and excitement into it :D Way to keep it minimal in an awesome way!

manax 2013-05-08 02:42

Nicely done. Good attention to details. Enjoyed it.

erunaamo 2013-05-08 14:55

Satisfying minimalization of the genre. Maybe "Easy" level could be a tiny bit easier?

I'd like to see the buttons flash or something. Because units are created under the buttons and emerge seconds later, there's no immediate, consistent feedback that you've made a unit, except that the number goes down by 1. I guess there's a sound too, sometimes, but not always. I found that I was watching the number or watching for units to eventually emerge from the under-the-button area to make sure they'd really been created, when I should have been watching the field. More button feedback would fix that.

Sometimes it's hard to see the enemy amidst all the blood: both are red. (Why are tanks making blood splashes anyway? Hmmm.)

kvisle 2013-05-11 00:40

A lovely take on the theme, great fun, great graphics - an overall good game. And incredibly suitable for IOS/Android as well. Add a multiplayer-option and you've got yourself a hit.

ecool377 2013-05-11 01:22

COOOL!!!

gungnir 2013-05-11 04:41

Nice minimal take on the genre.

realyuniquename 2013-05-11 06:16

I had a lot of fun! Played from easiest to difficult, and didn't make it on the last difficulty )

m-gryko85 2013-05-11 07:11

cool game concept. I liked that it's simple but very nice.

mollymus 2013-05-11 07:30

Not sure if the resource-meter is bugged or if Im just not understanding it? It kept saying "0", yet I could buy loads of soliders..

jod 2013-05-11 08:50

This is actually a really cool take on minimalism. I really enjoyed it. Took me a while to figure out to win, but then I realized it's not about matching all the lanes, just winning in one of them. Well executed!

ashdnazg 2013-05-11 14:43

A nice game that fits the theme very well, though I didn't find it very challenging.

madball 2013-05-11 17:19

So minimalistic! The soldiers were a bit slow though, they take a lot of time just to appear on screen. Completed each difficulty on the first try.

ethankennerly 2013-05-12 19:07

Clicking one of the four lanes to build a green tank to defend or overrun that lane interested me. I managed the incoming red tanks. If you continue to develop this, I'm not sure yet how to improve my technique.