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LD53 - Box Crush

By furtive-pygmy

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5513.6034
Fun2273.8234
Innovation10582.7534
Theme11552.8934
Graphics5563.7334
Audio4733.3833
Humor3933.4131
Mood6123.5031

Comments

naganen 2023-05-01 13:56

I like the game but i think if you double the gold amount of kills it will be good :)

rolferm 2023-05-01 14:06

Awesome stuff!

got to level 14, then I became a bit optimistic with how hard enemies i could kill.

Fish all the way!

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-02 00:31

@naganen Thanks for playing and the feedback, I added a 'cheat' function to the game to allow increasing enemy gold payout based on your review. @rolferm Thanks for playing! Yeah, goldy is underrated but definitely my favourite.

quanta-studios 2023-05-02 21:23

Super chill game, great graphics and relaxing to play. Good job :D

cabjhegas 2023-05-02 23:22

From what I understand it's better to always save money and put the cat. As his attack is guided, it ends up being worth putting him alone. The fish almost always seemed useless to me haha It was a pleasant experience to play. The essence of tower defense is there!

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-02 23:33

@quanta-studios Thanks for playing and the feedback! @cabjhegas Yeah, I wasn't sure how it'd turn out and the balancing was non-existant. My aim was trying to make it so the cat was the best end-game. I think anything is viable with enough gold though... :turtle: is my favourite. Thanks for playing!

cheesepencil 2023-05-03 21:55

i love these sprites <3

pixelverse 2023-05-03 23:43

It’s seems like a very decent game to me!

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-04 01:40

@cheesepencil @pixelverse Thanks for playing and the feedback!

wiredoverload 2023-05-04 07:22

It look like you got a lot done in the time you had! I can see how balance didn't quite make it in though as the goldfish can solo anything from wave 1. That said, you implemented more than I would have expected out of a simple TD including cheats(!) and an autostart(!!) so I can see why you didn't have quite enough time. Solid game overall and I loved getting rewarded every now and again with voiced sound effects!

pralista 2023-05-04 07:47

tower defends!

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-04 20:57

@wiredoverload Thanks for playing and the feedback. Yeah, it was one of those things where I realised half way through it was going to be a struggle but kept pushing. It honestly came together into a game in like the last 3hrs. @pralista `One does not simply tower into defends!` :D Thanks for playing!

yumykon 2023-05-05 00:12

I'1m sorry to heart that you couldn't implement everything you wanted in time, but what's important is that you're doing well and not putting too much pressure on yourself or pushing yourself beyond your limits! Congratulations anyway on the result you managed to bring, the gameplay is very fluid, the graphics are very cute, and the bg sound is very chill. I'm not sure if it was in your plans, but I missed having a button to speed up the gameplay when the wave is passing (like in Bloons TD) and more sound feedback from the enemies' SFX and our cute animals. Congratulations by your job, it's a great game! ♡( ◡‿◡ )

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-05 04:51

@yumykon Thanks for the kind words, I am doing a lot better now!:smiley: I completely forgot to add buttons for speeding up/down, the logic is there but it completely slipped my mind when finishing it up! I'll add it into a post-jam version. Thanks for playing and the feedback.

vilius 2023-05-05 06:01

Very addicting!

A tower defence game with simple mechanics, but overall a fun gameplay. I found all the buttons a bit confusing and overwhelming in the beginning but learned quickly what they did.

I ended up using mainly goldfishes with their high base attack speed and penetrating projectiles while only increasing their damage, as the other stats have very negligible returns in terms of gold spent.

Good job!

smoky01 2023-05-05 06:12

This game is very interesting, thanks for making it

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-05 11:45

@vilius Thanks for playing and the feedback. I agree, the balancing was pretty shonky with anything but damage. @smoky01 Thanks for playing and the feedback!

cabritta 2023-05-05 15:24

Really well done! Cute visuals, gameplay works even with the balancing issues, it was a nice experience.

felin 2023-05-05 16:34

Solid TD game, could do with having some type of goal/variation of wave types so it doesn't become so static, but considering I've sat 30+min with it, I have to say it is satisfying even in it's current state.

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-06 01:28

@cabritta Thanks for playing and the feedback! @felin Yeah, I agree. It was on my TODO list, but ran out of time. Thanks for playing and the feedback, appreciate it!

yuriscat 2023-05-06 03:40

This is a good game, I like its art style and the thoughtful cheat design. At the same time, I hope you have recovered from your illness! Anyway, this is a great work, so please don't feel regretful. I sincerely wish you all the best!

(*^▽^*)

ravernt 2023-05-06 15:32

Fun little game! Love the combination of tower defense and incremental. Good job!

reed-molbak 2023-05-06 15:40

I had fun with this, I generally like TD games and this was a fun one. I think some of the HP is either buggy or maybe I just wasn't following, but there were times where I was pretty sure I should have lost but didn't take any damage.

quinn-patrick 2023-05-06 15:52

You're pretty hard on yourself, but the polish is pretty solid. I like the CRT filter, and the music is pretty good, too. I wrote off the goldfish at first, until I realized it had an insane rate of fire, and real magikarp power once you invest in its damage.

olddog 2023-05-07 13:25

love this game ,spent a lot time on this ,while I think some data so not reasonable,5 gold to buy a speed from 2 to 1.98? and there is not enough coins to upgrade at all!! but it is a good game,good job ,wish for more content of this game

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-07 21:01

@yuriscat Thanks for your feedback and playing. Yes, I'm much better now, thanks again! @ravernt Thanks for playing! @reed-molbak Thanks for playing and the feedback. I did see that issue occur in earlier builds, but haven't been able to replicate it after applying a fix :sob: debug.png @quinn-patrick Thanks for playing and the feedback! I think I expected to be able to get a lot more done than I did, I'm happy with what I got done, but just wish I had more time to get everything even more polished :smile: @olddog Thanks for playing and the feedback! I agree, I definitely want to tweak some of the values around as I feel some are too cheap and others are prohibitively expensive.

ominusgalaxy44 2023-05-09 13:29

really cool and polished game. however, sometimes the fish has a bug where it fires randomly and then just stops firing. i reached level 41 only losing one health before i realized i should work on something else. addicting and cool game :)

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-11 03:32

@ominusgalaxy44 thanks for playing and the feedback. I'll have to see if I can replicate that bug, thanks for pointing it out!

mnemosynevl 2023-05-12 10:39

Great game! I noticed a bug while playing: if you have 4x game speed and you place new "tower", the tower projectiles are still at 1x speed, so enemies just walk past them unharmed. Apart from that, this was a smooth game jam experience. Thank you!

furtive-pygmy 2023-05-13 23:33

@mnemosynevl Thanks for playing and the feedback! That is a weird bug, I'll have to check that out today. Thanks for letting me know!

shp 2023-05-14 13:58

Cool, lots of nice TD mechanics in place, even if thigns aren't quite finished, it's still pretty addicting to build and upgrade stuff and push the limits of your defense, well done!

flying-dog-fish 2023-05-14 15:36

Nice tower defense game, but there are some balance issues.

2023-05-20 00:12

Lovely tower defence. I had a great time with the self-made sounds; matched nicely with the art style. The game was too easy though. Basically, I kept buying and upgrading randomly and went unharmed for 15 minutes. Still, I had a great time.