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Steel Swarm: Arthropod AssaultView game page

Casual run-and-gun tactics.

Submitted by Xed (@XedIndustries) — 1 day, 10 hours before the deadline

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AchieSubmitted1 year ago

I really like the base idea, reminds me of the Starship Troopers series! Some control over the units would be nice in the future! I was playing the we build, and units stopped from time to time, even tough they were in friendly territory. This caused a few troubles. Let them just move forward even if slowly.

Sounds are nice, but waaay to loud on normal sound levels, please check it next time before publishing!

Other thing I was missing (probably because of the time ran out) is the bullets! Would lift the whole gameplay experience up!

Overall well made, just needs a few tweaks!

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Lina: Suika Hunt

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing. I have some post-jam updates planned - but don't want to leave it alone so while jammers are playing they are commenting on the same game. Good feedback. :)

eejitgamesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is a cool game - I really like the strategy, choosing and deploying reinforcements !
Advancing to contest/capture territory is good battle fun :)
Time to show those mech arachnids who is boss !

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Fishing with Anchors !

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Get 'em! Show them who's boss!

DennisMagnussonSubmitted1 year ago

Cool idea, and those graphics sure do look banging! It took a while before I understood how to play, and I couldn't get past the second level (maybe because of the web version I guess?) but I liked the idea of making a RTS game 20 seconds long.

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Get to the Top of the Pyramid Before the Boi

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing! I need to put a better tutorial/intro level together that explains the mechanics a little better.

MegaMeloneSubmitted1 year ago

A cool reverse tower defense game! You don't really see to much of those, and this was executed quite well albeit with the goal and gameplay flow being a bit difficult to understand at first, but I got there eventually. Besides the weird bug that occasionally happens where the camera just hangs on the first screen and doesn't move at all, this is really good stuff

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XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing! The levels need to present some of the concepts in a better way that also keeps the player wanting to move forward. The camera will get 'stuck' if you haven't captured all of the consecutive territory from your home position: you need to drop an Assault in there to capture it. There needs to be some kind of intro that better explains this mechanic. (or it's just possibly a bad mechanic and I need to scrap it)

ProYdSubmitted1 year ago

The game mechanics are interesting. Cool game

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Welton's Fruity Business

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving it a go!

samu1407Submitted1 year ago

Im not sure why but sometimes the camera just stays still looking at a soldiers body, the art looks good and the soldiers are cute.

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The Pixel League: 20 seconds edition

XedDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

If you don't have an assault troop who can reclaim the next territory in-view, then you can get stuck. I really need a tutorial/how-to-play to demonstrate how this works, because the situation you've described doesn't offer the player any feedback to why the camera feels stuck. Appreciate you giving it a go!

Harry TortusSubmitted1 year ago

I like the look of this game and the game seems really close, but in the time I played I couldn't figure out a strategy that worked better for me than spamming the assault troops.

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Don't Be A Stranger

XedDeveloper1 year ago

This is something that I need to address: the levels/scenarios that I have loaded up right now don't do a good job of rewarding the player for different troop combinations -- I think some of this is just that the level is too long even without the enemies. It takes at least 10s to get across without having to wade through the baddies. Thanks for the playthough and feedback!

Bonko GamesSubmitted1 year ago

Love the tactics/ strategy gameplay! I can easily see this expanded

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Where's the Remote?

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks so much for playing! I definitely want to tinker some more with it. Gotta play through some more 20s games first.

Erza Lotus ArcaneSubmitted1 year ago

Nice work! I can see a lot of potential in this game! imagine if you add cards system in this game lol

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Red wire: 20 seconds remaining

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks! What kind of cards are you thinking of? I hadn't considered that idea before: curious what you have in mind...

Erza Lotus ArcaneSubmitted1 year ago

I was referencing some buff, orbiter strike, healing, reinforcement pods, etc being stored in "cards". The same also applies to units, since "I think" the square box will be more suitable for rts top-down game. And "maybe" the cards will allow you to show players the units' representative icon? (like you have a good frame around that unit icon? And will be able to display some info on that card like HP, Power, . . .)

And imagine if the enemy has an earthworm that eats your units from the back to cut off the supply lol. Maybe consider adding some defense towers/sentries on the path that you already occupy to slow enemy down??

Fava BeansSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

This is a pretty neat game with a load of polish! And a hard one. 8/9 controlled areas on Bring 'em is the best I can do on either build. Both of which ran fine for me

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Catila's 20 Second Dash

XedDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing! I don't know if SWARM can be beat, but the others I was able to play through. I think I need more of a ramp up on the level progression: something to do for a future update. :)

GrayStarGamesSubmitted1 year ago

This is cool! I like the sort of reverse of the tower defence idea where we're the attackers instead, and the overall presentation is great. I'd love to see a longer version that goes further, with bosses and new units. Only thing I would have liked is some more dramatic music to fit the theme, but great work!

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Your Battery Is Low and It's Getting Dark

XedDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Awesome! I definitely want to tinker more with it. Lots of ideas. Thanks for giving it a whirl!