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Egg Problem

By bry

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD45Ever
Overall254.035092.893.9
Fun94.135097.197.2
Innovation3862.815025.228.8
Theme4002.915024.220.9
Graphics1213.745064.968.0
Audio1963.245041.553.0
Humor993.234867.970.0
Mood2463.164637.945.5

Comments

dragonsbeardgames 2019-10-06 23:26 ♥ 1

Nicely done, A bit hard at the start but then I was too strong :P

pedromgdo 2019-10-06 23:26 ♥ 1

Really enjoyed this one, eggcellent.

pfeyffer 2019-10-06 23:32 ♥ 1

Nicely balanced. Cute graphics. Good job!

theseusinabottle 2019-10-06 23:35 ♥ 1

Really good. Really liked the sound effect for shooting. You didn't have any music but the shoot effect seemed to oh most turn into a nice beat for the game. My only complaint is that I would have liked for there to be a pause between waves as it felt a little like once I started losing I quickly started heading downhill.

tobias-froihofer 2019-10-06 23:41 ♥ 1

I have never played a tower defense game where you can move towers. Really good idea and still well balanced.

becher 2019-10-06 23:53 ♥ 1

It's easy when you understand how you move your birds X). Nice art and concept good work

brandon-js-lea 2019-10-07 00:17 ♥ 1

Nice game. Was this by chance inspired by TowerBag from the GMTK jam?

Really like having a more active tower defense and it's quite a charming game, just enough dialogue to understand.

Only real issue is not having some kind of break, or at least I didn't reach one. Not having a wave system meant I was basically always overwhelmed by my performance at the start of the game when I was still figuring it all out.

Would also be nice if there was a little more leniency to play strategically. I decided to tank a few hits earlier on to save up for the second tier bird but that basically screwed me the entire game, though again a round/wave system might help there.

bry 2019-10-07 00:24 ♥ 2

@brandon-js-lea Thanks for the great feedback. I've never heard of that game (TowerBag), I'll have to check it out!

ossi 2019-10-07 00:36 ♥ 1

A cute and simple tower defense game! I really liked how each bird had it's own intro animation as they set themselves around the path. It started off pretty tough but by the end I was spamming so many birds it was hilarious! Really nice art as well, I really enjoyed the egg running animations!

geoff-nagy 2019-10-07 00:37 ♥ 1

It seems I can't get past the initial "Help" message dialog. Please let me know if you'd like error logs or system specs.

bry 2019-10-07 00:42 ♥ 1

@geoff-nagy Hey, what browser & operating system? You're clicking the button and nothing happens? Thanks.

stefanie-leitch 2019-10-07 02:13 ♥ 1

Overall very fun take on a Tower Defense game. I don't have a lot of criticism about the game as a whole, beyond maybe letting you upgrade individual towers, plus it seemed a little bit easy. Good work!

bry 2019-10-07 02:48 ♥ 1

@geoff-nagy I added support for devices that don't support WebGL, which I think might fix your problem if you're interested in trying again!

xacur 2019-10-07 02:49 ♥ 1

This was very well done. Birds and eggs, natural enemies!

lanalux 2019-10-07 03:16 ♥ 1

So fun to play! I'm determined to beat it. >_<

bry 2019-10-07 03:21 ♥ 1

@lanalux Thanks, I enjoyed watching you play on your stream!

6smith 2019-10-07 03:45 ♥ 1

Awesome, very solid tower defense

igoreshka 2019-10-07 03:56 ♥ 1

Nice birds, good sounds, wonderfull balance. Thank you for game ;D

bagenzo 2019-10-07 04:08 ♥ 1

A good TD focused on being proactive instead of just sitting back and letting the towers do the work. Also, the birds are super cute. Great game!

ruby-interactive-games 2019-10-07 04:11 ♥ 1

Loved playing it! Played through the entire thing :D

geoff-nagy 2019-10-07 04:19 ♥ 1

@bry: Never mind! It seems to be working now. Thanks.

gold5games 2019-10-07 04:59 ♥ 1

I love this. I had to stop playing so I could try other games, but a nice spin on the tower defense formula. Streamlined gameplay, but still plenty of depth. One of my favorites so far.

geoff-nagy 2019-10-07 05:20 ♥ 1

This came across as really polished! The feedback from the first bird ("move me!") instantly told you how the game worked. I played several times to see how far I could get. Very easy to understand, and also additive!

bry 2019-10-07 05:27 ♥ 1

@geoff-nagy Thanks for coming back to play it! Glad you enjoyed.

hcursino 2019-10-07 07:16 ♥ 1

Fun game. In the beginning I was so desperate I thought it would be a hard challenge, but as I brought more and more birds those eggs didn't stand a chance. I would like to see more of this if you ever feel like pushing the game forward.

rolly 2019-10-07 10:51 ♥ 1

I did it!

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It was a very fun game, classic but well executed. I didn't realize at first that I could move birds (yeah it's written but I didn't read till the end, I'm such a lambda-user...).

It could use some more balancing (the white bird is so powerful that the last five waves are just "sit and watch").

Visuals and sound effects are sober and efficient! I had a great time, thank you!

marcin-j 2019-10-07 11:52 ♥ 1

I really enjoyed the game, I did a few playthroughs. Cute simple graphics and clear mechanics. Fun TD game overall.

Oh, Pixi.js! Me too

kromeboy 2019-10-07 12:00 ♥ 1

Solid entry and nice take on the theme with a classic gameplay.

It become a little to easy once you unlock the "slowing" bird

ekaterina 2019-10-07 13:44 ♥ 1

Unusual setting for tower defense)) Pretty sweet happened!

joshuarabbit 2019-10-07 13:47 ♥ 1

This game is fun and I enjoy it. The penguin and the frog is so useful and good. I also love the cute pixel arts.

tasakasama 2019-10-07 14:46 ♥ 1

Very nice execution, graphically nothing wrong and everything works well. By cons I do not see too much interpretation of the theme ... WellDone !

petturtle 2019-10-07 16:45 ♥ 1

Very fun game, beat the entire thing!

kazatan 2019-10-07 17:12 ♥ 1

Works really nicely. I think the blue slow down birds are a little overpowered - in that they make everything else so much better. A balance issue like that is not something to worry about in a 48h game jam though! The graphics and SFX were great. Would have been lovely to get some music to go with it! Good work 👍

starvingindie 2019-10-07 21:44 ♥ 1

Nice little tower defense game. Well done! It was challenging in the beginning and then I thought I was getting the hang of it, but then it got difficult again. Fun game!

philarmon 2019-10-08 00:14 ♥ 1

Hehe, birds against eggs - thats a new word in the tower defence games :) Lovely implementation but the game is pretty tough :) Stiil, a very good entry

kunonooni 2019-10-08 03:01 ♥ 1

That was a lot of fun to play! Very nicely done pixel art and retro sounds. Congrats on completing the Compo!

tricky-fat-cat 2019-10-08 07:08 ♥ 0

A very nice tower defence with unconvential tower mechanics, well done, I really like it.

douglas-asted 2019-10-08 07:17 ♥ 0

I liked it a lot more than I thought i would.

adamk33n3r 2019-10-08 07:38 ♥ 0

Nicely done. Really cool ideas and fun gameplay.

adamcyounis 2019-10-08 09:58 ♥ 0

I had a lot of fun with this game. Simple and effective. The birds had distinct uses and my choices definitely made the difference between winning and losing. The game got a bit easy once I worked out where to put the white birds, which felt a little OP. Great game, you should be proud of how solid it is!

monish-vyas 2019-10-08 12:59 ♥ 0

Going through the comments and saw many people saying "well balanced" I was surprised, then I realized, I can move birds. After that I beat the shit out of those eggs. Very well made fun game

loveapplegames 2019-10-18 23:14 ♥ 0

A great tower defense game for 48h. I like the drag and drop idea. Good fun trying to optimize the strategy.