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We Must Protect Lich House!

By madjackmcmad

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun254.05
Overall653.87
Mood1413.51
Humor1752.97
Theme2013.84
Innovation2183.38
Audio2303.06
Graphics2333.38
Coolness85647

Comments

enepomnyaschih 2016-12-12 15:46

For some reason, souls don't get spent on some upgrades. Is it a bug or a feature? Besides some balance issues, this game looks very nice.

vertigon 2016-12-13 08:19

This was a badass twin-stick with a really impressive feature set for a 48-hour game. I loved buying the upgrades, and the idea of building hype by dropping in lures for the enemies was awesome. When those MFers stole the weapons or tomes and hulked out was a great moment.

xclementx 2016-12-14 16:28

Pretty impressive for a compo entry ! Really addictive ;)

obvious-industries 2016-12-14 16:37

I am amazed that you build this on your own in 48 hours. I For me it was a bit too hard, but I really appreciate your work. Go on!

sapoi 2016-12-14 16:43

Cool game!

psilon 2016-12-14 17:06

The gamepad worked flawless. Good concept.

warmlemon 2016-12-14 17:12

well i like it.

alexramallo 2016-12-14 17:22

Hahaha lmao this game is ridiculous. There are some serious balancing issues in here, and those poor, foolish heroes have suffered greatly because of it. At one point I gained enough money in a single wave to spawn 20 destroyer of mens. I quit after that point because the game would crawl to under 1 FPS with all of the projectiles and enemies on-screen.

With that said, it's hella fun. If you could fix those balancing and performance issues, add some music, and maybe mouse aiming for those without controllers (like me; 8-direction aiming with the keyboard isn't that great), you'd have a real gem on your hands.


Maybe add some restrictions on tower placement, because the easiest way to become overpowered is to spam a bunch of towers in a cluster together. Since the enemies can only kill one tower at a time, getting attacked by twenty at the same time pretty much guarantees they won't make any progress. Maybe make the enemies stronger too.


Definitely one of may favorite entries so far! Great work!

madjackmcmad 2016-12-14 17:44

@Alex thank you very much! Once you get to placing multiple Doom of Mens (Dooms of Menses?) the game is basically over, the heroes can't compete, the physics can't keep up, and the fun checks out for the evening. Still, I'm glad you had a good time!

teamscripta 2016-12-15 16:10

Really amazing work for just 48 hours!

skullpixel 2016-12-15 16:11

This is a really fun game. Well done. :D

jsmars 2016-12-15 16:20

Nice work!

meta-link 2016-12-15 16:24

Cool game ! Easy to undertand, and fun to play.
Need more ingame feedbacks maybe, but good job !

dodormeur 2016-12-15 19:20

Nice game ! It's maybe a bit unbalanced, but it is quite fun :)

thescragglyman 2016-12-15 19:35

I'm basically on the hype wagon with this game, A surprising number of features have made it into the game, i really enjoyed playing it, it took me a while to realise i could actually fire at things with space. all was not lost XD

yami-no-tenshi 2016-12-15 21:56

Really good entry, the concept is really smart and the gameplay is also good !!! The room customization options are really nice, I liked it :)

redbutton 2016-12-15 23:05

Give me a total 80ies arcade feeling.
If I was 12 again, I would spend my whole pocket money for it.

darkavenger211 2016-12-16 00:43

Great game liked it a lot

automatonvx 2016-12-16 01:13

maybe a bug - I downloaded the windows version, with an xbox 360 controller i couldn't seem to fire with any button although could move. in the web version it worked ok. Anyway great work, impressive amount of features for 48 hours and nice retro styles.

beardybard 2016-12-16 03:11

Your art style gave me retro vibe. And I liked it!
Game-play's fun and simple. And therefore very addictive.

peachtreeoath 2016-12-16 04:25

Was having a great time but seemed to freeze on stage 7 :( I've seen a few games do the whole defender the dungeon schtick, but I haven't seen a twinstick do it and it was a blast.

pkenney 2016-12-16 06:58

Nice work - a lot of content, and it looks, sounds, and feels nice. I was terrible at dodging the projectiles while baiting the foot soldiers. Curse that thief, too!

infin8 2016-12-16 14:28

Wow, I love it! Great job on this

khaos_fang 2016-12-23 01:41

Great work!didn't find the fire key at the beginning:)

pixelstuff 2016-12-25 16:46

great game, lot of content and upgrade, cool graph. Pretty hard with a zqsd keyboard :).
I specialy like the upgrade system.