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Game Jam Brain

By purpledartfrog

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD46Ever
Overall5493.404345.556.2
Fun5853.214343.152.4
Innovation7872.964327.437.8
Theme6943.494337.051.8
Graphics8972.784311.021.2
Audio6852.684211.323.7
Humor2673.304266.072.8
Mood6283.074329.840.1

Comments

rohit-pai 2020-04-18 10:31 ♥ 1

Can't see the sourcecode and the game no instructions on how to play the game

rohit-pai 2020-04-18 10:33 ♥ 1

Looks unfinshed

purpledartfrog 2020-04-18 11:22 ♥ 1

@rohit-pai I'm just preparing the page the actual game is still being developed.... It still says work in progress 😉

Have a great day 😄

peanud 2020-04-18 11:33 ♥ 1

I dont know what to do x_x

purpledartfrog 2020-04-18 11:36 ♥ 1

@peanud - not really done yet ... just prep'ed the page 😄

dejoker 2020-04-18 15:18 ♥ 1

You could maybe put the (NOT DONE YET) at the beginning of the title for now.

thooom 2020-04-20 08:44 ♥ 1

Fun take on the TD genre. I like that it's several levels and different towers. Lots of good keyboard shortcuts is a bonus.

motley 2020-04-20 09:06 ♥ 1

The fact that you included the "lose on purpose" button in a game about a jam makes me laugh :)

barelos 2020-04-20 09:14 ♥ 1

Very nice and fun little TD game. Very impressive how you were able to put so much content in it.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-20 13:25 ♥ 1

@thooom Thanks 😄 👍

@motley Yeah seems like that's kind of a topic 🤣 😉

@barelos Thank you very much 😄

I will have a look at you entries as well 👼

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dimling 2020-04-20 14:16 ♥ 1

Cool! Clever way of doing tower defense. I wish programming was this easy 😉 coffee is magical, but not that magical 😅 Anyways, was maybe a bit to simple. But enjoyed playing it.

Very good UI. Easy to use.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-20 14:22 ♥ 1

@dimling - thanks 👍 😄 - yeah it still lacks some content - and I'm not too familar with tower defence games and wasn't really planning on doing one 😄 well that was my defence speech 🤣

I'll have a look at your entry as well

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adamwatters 2020-04-20 15:04 ♥ 2

Really great game. Loved the 'Game Jam' idea. My only issue is that I found it to be a bit too easy. Apart from that though good job for something done in 2 days.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-20 15:18 ♥ 2

@adamwatters thank you very much - I actually tweaked it down a little bit right at the end because it was too difficult - but it seems it might have been too much 😄 Thank you very much for playing 👍🏻

I'll go have a look at you entry as well

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tomas-selmeci 2020-04-21 08:30 ♥ 1

I enjoyed this take on tower defense because it's so relatable 😄 . I love shooting debug code at bugs 😄 Good job!

nineteeen 2020-04-21 08:53 ♥ 1

good game.It would be nice to have a tutorial

mikydev 2020-04-21 09:20 ♥ 1

preetty nice:)

purpledartfrog 2020-04-21 11:12 ♥ 0

@tomas-selmeci Yeah - I was guessing that most could relate 😉 @nineteeen - sorry - was actually on my todo list but ran out of time - so the first level is actually kind of the tutorial 😉 you can buy all the towers you want and I don't think you can actually loose the first level. @mikydev Thank you very much 😄

Thanks for playing all of you ☀️

thepelranthean 2020-04-22 00:59 ♥ 1

Thoughts whilst reading through the comments: A "lose on purpose" button?! I gotta press it!

I was not disappointed. 😄

For not being too familiar with tower defense games, you did great. I know my own attempts at tower defense have been... less than stellar. It's been a while since I last tried though, so maybe it's time to try again.

I don't know that I ever used the buy back button, but that's probably a balance issue. If focus had been more scarce, I would have been forced to reallocate resources more during the game. Alternately, adding a build delay may have made me think ahead more since towers wouldn't be immediately available.

In any case, I enjoyed the game, even though the balance may have been slightly in my favor. Thanks for sharing it.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 06:22 ♥ 1

:spoiler:

@thepelranthean Thank you very much for the constructive criticism 😄 The balancing was pushed towards the player within the last hour of development to hopefully ensure people got the full playthrough 😉 wanted the last level to play where the bugs try to overrun the project 😉 But yeah it was made a little too easy so I absolutely agree 😄

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mehigh 2020-04-22 11:49 ♥ 1

Nice game. I feel you should explain what each tower specializes at. Other than that and the little bit confusing interface you've done a great job.

ryano 2020-04-22 11:58 ♥ 1

Very nice. No issues with my playthrough, really enjoyed it. Good job. I liked that I had to manually unpause the game at the start as it gave me time to investigate the UI and figure things out before the mayhem started :) Thanks for the game.

tudvari 2020-04-22 12:11 ♥ 1

It's been a long time since I last time played a tower defense, but I enjoyed it, and played through it. It wasn't too easy, but wasn't too hard either. Maybe there could have been some twist on the tower defense mechanics.

One thing I didn't like is the UI. It's a bit cluttered and overwhelming, and I had to stop for a few seconds to let everything sink into my brain.

Anyway, more fun to play than most of the entries, so good job! 🙂

fabula-rasa 2020-04-22 12:18 ♥ 1

Extremely engaging! I found myself replaying and replaying until I achieved true mastery 😉

You have some solid mechanics and very well-chosen theme. I will go get that coffee to slow my own procrastination!

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 12:32 ♥ 2

Absolutely loving the feedback ❤️

@mehigh I absolutely agree - and would have wanted to give a bit more info - was trying to get a tooltip up and running but after spending hour number 45 on it.... and decided to the hours 46, 47 and 48 for something more succesful 🤣 About he UI ... funny thing.. an earlier review actually praised it... just goes to show that preferences are hugely different for people... But taken into consideration 👍🏻

@Ryano I actually took note of it myself when playing in the start (even if I already knew the interface .. it just a chance to collect myself... could even have considered pausing between levels 😉 And you are absolutely welcome 😄

@tudvari Thank you very much for your criticism - you actually agree with "Mr. MeHigh" on the interface 😉 On the tower mechanic input... I thought of that after the jam.... I saw another entry where towers "failed" and had to be rebooted... and got a bit jealous 😄

@fabula-rasa Thank you very much and thank you for playing - I actually did like the idea when it popped a couple of hours of the theme was introduced ... it wasn't on my brain storm from the final voting round. So it's a nice change of pace to actually like your own idea before starting the project 😉 however there are still things that I would have liked to change 😉

Once more.... thank you all for playing 🙏🏻 🙇🏻

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 12:35 ♥ 2

@peanud @rohit-pai well now you actually have a chance at playing an actual entry.... so if you still feel up for it 😄 👍🏻

goutye 2020-04-22 13:15 ♥ 1

Nice jokes with the towers and their utilities! Lovely game! Had fun clearing the 3 waves with success! ✌️ Thank you and well done 😄

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 13:18 ♥ 1

@goutye Thank you very much 😄

pixel-error 2020-04-22 13:33 ♥ 1

Well done modular-like drums and the main rhythm is funky

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 13:39 ♥ 1

@pixel-error Thank you 😄 my wife actually said that it was a bit annoying 😉

kimist42 2020-04-22 13:41 ♥ 1

Thanks for the game !

oliver-mb 2020-04-22 13:46 ♥ 1

A very nice idea!

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 13:48 ♥ 1

@kimist42 @oliver-mb Thank you both of you 😄

noamraz 2020-04-22 14:09 ♥ 1

Like It, I didn't Plyaed tower Defense game so Much Time! Thank you!

purpledartfrog 2020-04-22 14:13 ♥ 1

@noamraz Thank you for playing - I haven't done much TD gaming either and NEVER tried to make one (except for this of course) 😄

despdair 2020-04-22 16:46 ♥ 1

nice, different tower defense. I liked the idea behind

baptiste-barreyre 2020-04-22 18:36 ♥ 1

Nice game even tho the pacing is a bit slow! And sometimes the screen was a bit too short This tutorial is a really great idea

cheesepencil 2020-04-22 23:17 ♥ 1

I was in the top 1000! That's my dream in Ludum Dare lol

gg wp

wheffle 2020-04-23 02:05 ♥ 1

Not a bad tower defense game, creatively meta with the theme. It was a little easy, but I understand difficulty curves are hard in a game jam. I always seem to bunk it up myself.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-23 06:33 ♥ 2

@despdair Than you very much - glad you enjoyed it 😄

@baptiste-barreyre Thank you very much 😄 and yes I could have actually tweaked the difficulty with speed and maybe even done a difficulty setting with it ....

@cheesepencil congratulations and mine too 😉

@wheffle Thank you and I've commented on it before 😉 but no doubt about it ... the difficulty should be changed or made into a setting ... 😄

Again thank you all for playing and rating 😉 ☀️

aplite 2020-04-23 14:28 ♥ 1

Great TD game. TD games work well with the theme. As others have mentioned the difficulty curve is low, but that is often a challenge (I seem to always screw up mine). I love the cheats and the lose on purpose options. Adds a nice mix.

selftitled 2020-04-23 16:15 ♥ 1

Solid tower defence game, would have liked some time to set up my towers before the level started but I geuss I like to procastinate.

purpledartfrog 2020-04-23 17:57 ♥ 0

@aplite @selftitled Thank you very much for playing and the feedback 👍🏻

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marbles 2020-04-25 10:56 ♥ 1

Nice concept for a tower defense game. I think focus is plentiful, I just placed towers all over or maybe the monsters are just easy to kill, never had the enemies reach the brain.

linus 2020-04-25 12:22 ♥ 1

Awesome fun. I really like the element of focus + quality since that keeps the game engaging. I got place 295, although I think that is way better than my entry will actually be placed if I manage to get enough ratings...

I think the first level could have been a bit simpler and just explain that this is a tower defense game and what each part of the game did or atleast having some tooltips. It was a lot to take in when all the UI was shown at once without really having an explanation on what they did. I managed to figure out all of these things eventually but that took a lot of my focus in the beginning *pun intended*

purpledartfrog 2020-05-01 13:34 ♥ 0

@marbles thanks for playing 👍🏻

@linus again thanks for playing and for the input 😉 sorry for taking your focus 😄 Did actually want to make tooltips - but after spending an hour not getting it done right.... I skipped and hoped for the best 😉

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jared-york 2020-05-04 15:39 ♥ 1

Hey @purpledartfrog, love your entry! By the way, the name "Coffenator" for one of the towers is just fantastic. One small thing I would've liked to have seen is for the game to pause between levels instead of starting by default. Otherwise, I really enjoy this. Great job.

purpledartfrog 2020-05-05 09:58 ♥ 0

@jared-york thanks Jared - means a lot to me 😄 And I absolutely agree with the pause thing - this and the difficulty is also a bit ... well .... too easy