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Deck the Zombies

By perfectsquare

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2103.6123
Fun1983.5923
Innovation2333.4723
Theme884.0923
Graphics3263.3823
Audio4172.7722
Humor3152.7321
Mood4352.9522

Comments

castitatis 2022-04-04 18:40

The start of the game feels great, the upgrades are nice too. The only thing I might critic is that the number of zombies grows way too fast and that the upgrades even if they are powerful for the first couple of turn, quickly feel weak.

Other than that good job ! :D

mixon00 2022-04-04 18:44

Cool addictive gameplay. Great job! :thumbsup:

kiddy 2022-04-06 22:59

Really cool and innovative gameplay, Easy to understand, Good game !

wilko 2022-04-06 22:59

Great game! Got some real slay the spire vibes from it and I mean that as a compliment. I found that there was a major build up of zombies on the left hand side and all my spells affected the right hand side.

lcrabbit 2022-04-06 23:09

I made it to a score of 340. It start getting some performance issues after the screen gets covered by them and their progression make it ramp exponentially fast, but it was fun and the cards ideas were really nice!

brandless 2022-04-06 23:37

Very well done, I like how quickly the difficulty rises so your actions have consequences immediately. Got me hooked for an hour!

desertmaw 2022-04-06 23:59

Nice little entry. As people have said, the number is increasing fairly quickly over time, but it should be inevitable, so I guess right on topic :smile: As a recommendation, try to add some variety visually and sound (just little differences to make it feel less copy pasteish), the different cards are well chosen, but sometimes I got a lot of shields, even though I was fully protected and there were no zombies around, maybe that's what causes it big rise in zombie count...

Nevertheless enjoyed it.

conradoclark 2022-04-07 00:34

Cool concept, it's like Plants vs Zombies meets Slay the Spire :smile: The cards are interesting, the zombies are cute and the game is very fun to play! I think it becomes too difficult too fast, I kept trying different tactics to see if I could kill more zombies but going 1000+ was a hard task haha. My best was 1438:

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I think targeting was kinda of an issue because I couldn't do much after the arena became crowded: Catapult and Firestorm would become as useless as throw rock. The real MVPs in those times were overpower + mirror + shoot, and overpower + knight, since they would usually help with the nearby fellows. Laser X is super good at the beginning, but late game it doesn't even make a dent haha.

Anyway I see a lot of potential in this, had fun playing, great work!

flawed-gamer 2022-04-07 20:04

I enjoyed the game and it kind of reminded me of slay the spire.

zimny11 2022-04-09 21:55

Super cool concept and gameplay! It was fun to try it out. I got to 825. It felt like laser X was not doubled by overpower card, or maybe I was unlucky. Anyway, great job with the game.

ramil-dev 2022-04-11 14:09

Interesting game concept. I would like to see it developed a little bit more, adding different spells, enemies and upgrades. As other people say, maybe lessen the difficulty curve too, but nonetheless great entry!

aune 2022-04-18 15:30

Easy to understand, original ! I found the balancing and difficulty a bit "strange", but for a compo (or even a jam) it's already super clean and playable! Solid entry, well done!

jakobthequizguy 2022-04-18 17:47

Card games usually don't speak to me, but I ended up enjoying this game more than I thought I would! The cards are very interesting and varied, and it feels like you actually have to use your head to strategize. I especially like the cards that affected the next card, and among those I think mirror was the coolest. Great job on this!

knexator 2022-04-18 18:17

Needs more balance and variety, but works well as a base

mikouaji 2022-04-18 18:22

Cool game, had me wanting to go again :) Could use some tune in the background. Really liked the the modifier and attack cards. Cute zombies and nice UI!

saintchristopher777 2022-04-18 19:00

Cool - fun little game! I do think the power level of the new cards you get should ramp up more quickly. It doesn't take long until you can hardly make a dent in the horde, and then you just have a few "consolation rounds" before the mob reaches the walls. Still fun though. Made it to 341, which probably isn't very good :-D

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Great work!

i1415 2022-04-18 19:38

My mans, I got to about 1000 zombies. I never knew that committing zombieslaughter could be so fun. I've spent too much time playing your game. Is nice, I liked it, work on the sounds and the UI pls. Also, maybe work on the difficulty scaling

dasmaichen 2022-04-18 20:22

Ha! I killed 1874 zombies! zombies.png Very fun! And yeah! overpower the knights!!! :D