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A jam submission

The Dark Side of the MoonView game page

Submitted by Maurizuc — 32 minutes, 36 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#413.6184.000
Overall#712.8143.111
Audio#772.5132.778
Gameplay#802.4122.667
Visuals#832.6132.889

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Art
I created all of the art myself

Audio
I created all of the audio myself

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Submitted

Too hard they were coming in at a big rate and I could only place one thing and after a second it's down

Submitted

As everybody said, too hard. BUT i do appreciate the twist on the formula. Audio is meh, graphics are cool. But the real kicker are the engine flowers: such a cool concept! I would love if more pzv like games had a mechanic like that!

Submitted

Really nice concept but the enemy is way to op and it has homing bullets  and i dont.

Submitted

There's a core of a fantastic game here! I love the twist on the PvZ formula used, and the graphics and audio are great! The concept of two sides of the moon fighting via turning the moon and plants is also really interesting.

However, like a lot of people mentioned, the difficulty is really unbalanced. Either you win the first round and you win them all, or you lose the first round and lose the game. The Dark Side's plant placement is completely random and not tied to an energy meter like yours are, so they could plant 5 shooters and destroy you or plant 3 stumps and rockets while you build up a good defense and crush them.

The best way to fix this would be to force both sides to play by the same rules, and making the AI a little less random, but I understand you didn't have time to do so!

Overall, the game is still pretty good, it just would be a lot better had it not been for the high difficulty! I'd love to see this expanded into a full game, with more tower types!

Submitted

difficulty is wayy too much, but its very fun and engaging! I like it

Submitted

MY GUY, did you even playtest it, the difficulty is wayyy too unbalanced, but the concept is a good unique one, haven't seen any pvz style games in this jam. Overall good just with some major balance tweaks.

Submitted (1 edit)

A really cool strategy game! I cannot beat the game though, it is almost too difficult. Possibly needs some balance changes. I will get a lot of energy, so it would nice if there was a way to plant the same plant multiple times quickly versus rapidly clicking back and forth. A really cool game!


EDIT: Just beat it - need lots and lots of shooting guys lol

Submitted

Interesting game.  Took a little to get used to it but once I got used to it, it was fun.  There seems to be a bit of a big though whenever the moon changes, all of the spots disappear and you can't plant anymore.  I see what you were going for though and this seems like a hard game to make in 3 days so very good job with that one!