I really had a fun time playing this!!! :)
The missing enemy hit feedback threw me of the first couple of seconds but then I already noticed that I'm hitting the enemies :D
Gameplay felt nice and challenging and the used assets were well selected and put together.
Great Job! :)
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Last Stand's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #108 | 3.771 | 3.771 |
| Music | #145 | 3.557 | 3.557 |
| Aesthetics | #158 | 3.843 | 3.843 |
| Story | #179 | 2.971 | 2.971 |
| Sound | #203 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Mechanics | #214 | 3.371 | 3.371 |
| Theme | #369 | 2.957 | 2.957 |
Ranked from 70 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes, I listed them on the Itch page.
Link to your source?
Attached as a download on the Itch page.
Comments
It took me a second to figure out how to finish level one, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty fun! I like the how you made the theme of this game and the tower defense idea is a good one. Nice job!
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Necro HunterReminded me of Plants Vs Zombies. If you plan on expanding this game, you are off to a really good start.
I can imagine the coding difficulties you went through given the limited time frame, so excellent work on that front.
If there are future updates, I hope you will make the first level easier. 😀
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CastleTriviaThank you for playing my game and for the kind words! I will definitely be working on it some more. I have quite a bit more ideas for it and things I want to make better from all the feedback I've been given. Player onboarding is something I really want to work on for the game as well. I think I had a certain feel in mind for the difficulty and coupled with me being the developer I started wondering if the game was too easy. So I left it, but I can definitely see now that wasn't the case.
Not usually a fan of tower defence so I was unable to complete this game :(. But I really liked the cohesion between artstyle and music. Also liked the lotr reference.
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The Ruined KeepThank you for trying the game! I'm glad you liked the art and music. I was a bit surprised with how well it came together since I had to Frankenstein so many assets from different artists. And yeah!! Haha, you're the first person to have mentioned the LOTR reference. I was going to go with Rohan backwards but I didn't like the way Nahor rolled off the tongue so I swapped out the O with an E.
Fun! Really liked the presentation, the music is very fitting, too. Overall nice pacing, gameplay felt fluid. As others have noted, better player feedback would be great. I lost some time clicking back and forth when I apparently hadn't succeeded in selecting a defense at the bottom. Sometimes items stayed black, even when I had enough currency again (selecting them still worked, though). And better feedback on hitting enemies would be great. But still, fantastic job, congrats!
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AscentThank you for playing my game! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And as far as selecting goes, the selection would only turn white if the player selected it not if they had enough money. Although, that would be a great QoL feature to add for players to let them know if they have enough to purchase defenses. Thanks for the idea!
Took a while to get the hang of holding down fire and moving but I did eventually clear the first level and got upgrades but you start the level with no currency - it would be nice if you accumulated currency on the previous level so you could get set up for the next wave. I found once I had some currency I also had so many enemies I couldn't stop shooting to put up defences!
Nice job of making a Plants vs Zombies game in your first game jam.
I hope you enjoyed the experience and will be back for more.
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[2022/Jam] GDTV - OzballPlayed and rated.
Really enjoyed playing! I liked the concept a lot. The music was nice, the gameplay was balanced and rewarding.
I would say what's missing is hit feedback, as I felt like my fireball disappeared when it simply hit and didn't kill. The delay for shooting was also a bit bothering.
Overall a great game with a fun gameplay, that only lacks some feedback and smoother attacking. Great work :)
Would appreciate if you check out and rate our game as well: https://hadilepanda.itch.io/rise-of-necromancy
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Rise of NecromancyThank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed my game! Player feedback is definitely a thing that will be remedied in the future. And maybe the delay felt off because I was calling it in an animation event? Or maybe the animation needs to be sped up. I'll play around with it and see what feels better!
And of course! I'll get to your game some time today!
I agree with everyone else about the comparison to Plants vs Zombies, and I love it! Excellent effort for a jam game indeed!
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HYDRA TANKS!!!Great submission! A little bit like plants vs zombies but more interactive. Great submission!
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Alliance RebornMan I'm a sucker for such games great job! It is pretty though I got to say and I always felt that I could use more resources than what I had available or rather that my "towers" where not strong enough. I would also increase the hit feedback on the enemies and maybe make the colliders a little smaller as I first thought that my fireballs where not reaching them even though I think they did but skeletons take two hits to kill? Your story telling with the small bits after the levels was great!
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Growth CirclesThank you for playing my game! I'm glad you enjoyed your time with it! And I completely agree with both points. Even playing it myself I feel like the resource drops could be tweaked a bit more so that it doesn't feel unfair in some situations. As far as player feedback goes, that has been the main point of criticism for most players and I completely agree with that. The collider definitely needs to be smaller and I think adding some sort of particle effect or making the enemies flash red or something would be just what the game needs.
Pretty fun game.
I liked the music you chose as well as how you managed to make a relatively cohesive visual style from all the different assets you used. Good job!
At first it was hard to kill the zombies with the magic attacks because I was clicking individually to shoot and the magic balls stopped mid-air without reaching the end of the field. I later learned that you can hold down the attack button and just move.
If that's the intended way of shooting, maybe it would help to just make it autoshoot and the player only has to focus on moving up or down and placing barriers.
Another idea would be have a magic power bar that fills up when you're not shooting and the first shot after a full bar is super powerful and clears a whole row of enemies.
Fun game!
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Death's DriverThank you for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the game. I definitely agree. I had thought that an auto-shoot might be a better option. I would like to incorporate other spells to the mix so I hope that can break the gameplay loop a bit so that the player isn't just constantly holding down spacebar. I really like your idea about a power bar filling up though! I might try that and see how it plays.
Solid game! The story and theme were well done! I quick explanation of the score and the cost of the defenses would be nice. Also it seemed like some fireballs went further than others.
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Necro HunterThank you! I'm glad that you liked my game. And I definitely agree! I would like to improve the player onboarding so that it's less confusing. Also, the fireball game objects would be destroyed when they hit an enemy. The biggest problem is that there is no player feedback letting them know their fireballs actually hit something. I'll be changing this as well lol. Thanks for the feedback!
Awesome game, It's hard to find a feed back to give as everything is good. The game could use more polish in animations and visuals. But other than that, pretty good game, all things fit together here.
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A Reaper's Job is ToughThis was a fun game to pass some time with. Though I have to admit to being very bad at it!
The design all fits together well, especially the background on the first screen :D
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This Way UpGreat pixel art and good gameplay! A little overwhelming the amount of undead just on the second wave!
Me too I've created my first game e first gamejam!
If you want to give it a shot at mine :)
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Brainy Mummy RushThank you for playing my game! I can't take any credit for the pixel art as it was all done by other people. I would absolutely love to be able to produce a game with all art assets of something I created though. If I continue working on this post-jam, I would like to have some sort of difficulty options for better accessibility.
And, of course! I'll make sure to give your game a try a bit later today. Thanks again for your feedback!
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