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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Adherence to the Theme | #70 | 4.588 | 4.588 |
| Overall | #221 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Design | #273 | 3.926 | 3.926 |
| Originality | #645 | 3.735 | 3.735 |
Ranked from 68 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The game was nicely paced and the enemy variety was pretty good. Some of the enemies were a little less intuitive on what they do and what their weakness was but after you learn their weakness it's all good. I really like killing like 10 blue robe guys at the same time. One thing I would suggest is to add a bit more visual feedback on the death tower's attack animation/projectile; maybe like a death laser or something.
I really did want to do a laser, however Draw events in gamemaker are scary for me and i didn't really find a way to do it with sprites that was worth the time investment, so i had to cut it! I really want some kind of laser lightning thing, a la Kingdom Rush's leveled mage towers. Thanks so much!!
Your game is the first i'll play when i can, i said on discord i would but oh man reviewing one game at a time takes time, and i had a backlog ):
At least people are enjoying the reviews, so it's fun. Playing C|Type tomorrow!
Nice game. The control are so simple to grasp and master but the game get very hard too quickly. Also, It would be nice if there was a tutorial to explain the effect of each tower type on each enemy type since I couldn't infer it myself from observation (maybe bcz I'm stupid). Anyway, it was fun even while I was getting rekt. Well done.
Don't worry about that, there is definitely some problems with feedback on certain things, that as soon as the jam ends i'll fix!
Thanks so much! Gonna play yer game tomorrow pal!
The art is really cool, it makes things feel chaotic in a good way!
In other shameless news, if you are interested in a puzzle game you can check out what we worked on.
Thanks so much!!
Sure will! gotta sleep now, but tomorrow for sure!
The visuals of the game are really beautiful. The animation to make another tower appear is well done. It's very pleasant to play. It's cool that there's so much variety in towers and enemies. Great job :D
Thanks a bunch, asue! I'm glad you felt that way! Just played your game, it was very charming <3
Good idea! Preventing the player from staying at the same location, switching spots in general is satisfaying!
Thanks a lot!! Had to give a spin on the idea, hahaha
thanks for playing! <3
This game is definitely one of the better games in the jam.
The level design is nice, and the "one tower defense" mechanic is quite polished. There's quite a variety of monsters but they all feel balanced!
My favourite is the 3rd dark tower which I felt is the coolest one.
Good job guys this is awesome.
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Hey, we made a GMTK game too. Check it out!
Hey, thanks a bunch!! Looks like the game is doing great, and i'm really humbled. And yes, blowing away a bunch of robed blue ones is the best, haha
Satisfying animations. Satisfying to figure out which tower was the right tool for the job. Could have used a bit more initial explanation on what the tower types do. Also didn't realize that Can report that I had the waves stop spawning. It was at the end of wave 8 the second time.
I tried to make it more natural by giving new enemy types one at a time, so giving the player time to discover them and their interactions with the enemies, but feedback is telling me i didn't do a good job at a organic tutorial, haha! Gotta see what i can do next time, as i generally dislike tutorials.
Wave 7 is the only wave where enemies come exclusively from the right. The upper spawner has some code sheananigans that checks if there are enemies left and reduces the countdown for the next wave, but the right one is really wonky, as it was added late in development and needed to be adapted. my bad!
i need to do a master script that just says what spawns from what spawner and leave it at that.
Thanks for playing the game, wanderingshadow!
Amazing submission! One of the best tried so far. Well balanced as well
Thanks a bunch, pal!! Had fun with your game as well <3
Really good game that removes the tedium of passive waiting of traditional TD games and instead forces you to be active and focused all the time. Looks great, difficulty on point and with later mechanics like flying enemies or the mortar really secures the fun factor of the whole thing.
One of the best I've tested during this jam. Really good work!
AHHH thanks so much!!! glad you liked it, Burazek! And more is coming as soon as the jam ends! You are always welcome around if you fancy, hehe
Thanks for rating!!!
What a fun game ! This has to be the best one I have tested all day !
Seems already very well balanced too, a rare thing for a jam game.
Aww man, you are so sweet! Thanks!! :D
And it's gonna get improved whenever i get time!
love the graphics and the animation! cool concept and a nice take on the theme!
Thanks arthur!! Loved your art in Chronodog dude!!!
I actually kinda like the idea of switching tower types, this changes the genre from slightly passive to a more active gameplay. There's one type of enemy that needed two different tower types to eliminate, I think that plays nicely with the mechanics you have and that's something you should build upon if ever you're thinking of expanding this ! Like units with layers of armour you'll need to strip away with different attacks.
Hey, thanks a lot!!!
Switching and avoiding artillery was the whole thing to make it more active, i'm glad you noticed it, hehe
I had one more i wanted to add, but sadly couldn't! A horseman that would charge until you made any kind of damage to it. Of course, in masse it would be hard to stop, so it would have to be bomb tower to dehorse, and then death glare tower to kill the dehorsed soldier. Fun idea!
and OH MAN. That's actually a fantastic idea. Gotta add more of those when the jam ends!!
thanks again for the review!!
Really cool idea and great art
but it sounds familiar(yours is probably better)
https://furettto.itch.io/only-one-tower-gmtk2019-bt-furettto
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I know! hahahah
its not the only one! there are like three Only One Towers out there, it's kinda funny
dont worry pal, I'm pretty sure they are whole different games x)
Cool and well implemented! I really liked how moving the tower itself becomes significant due to the artillery. The powers of the different towers and their advantages aren't very clear to the player, though, and in addition, I think it would be nice to add some "beam" effects where you could shot a straight line which would hit several parts of the enemy track
man that's a good idea O:
something that wouldn't do much damage but would be excellent croud control if they are many, huh!
also, hehe, that's exactly the purpose of artillery!
thanks a lot for playing it!!! gonna play yours later if you submitted <3
I haven't submitted anything myself, but a friend of mine submitted Dis/Assemble which I think has some cool potential. You can try it here https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/464022
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sure gonna!! thanks for sharing!!
It's a very good game! I like the way you have to handle the different types of enemies according to their weaknesses. The art is top notch too.
For the negative : I'm not a big fan of how the "weapon" switch works (I would maybe prefer only one button but it's just me) and I think you're too quickly overwhelmed.
Other than that, great game as I said.
thanks a bunch!!! you can also change with Spacebar, though it's only one at a time
I wanted to add a weapon wheely kind of choose-your-own-tower thingamajig but didn't have enough time time, oops
thanks so much for playing!
of course, gonna play yours later!!
Fun game and well executed! :) My friend actually made a similar concept but didnt get to finish.
thanks a bunch!!! gotta say, I didn't expect the amount of "only one towers" submissions hehe, (some even with the same name) but all of them are different, so it's cool!
playing your game when I get home! danke!!
Very fun game, the visuals and animations are amazing. Sound is sometimes too loud. Moving the tower feels good. The fire attack doesn't feel that good in my opinion, as from what I saw it only slows enemies down. Compared to the sniper, which kills soldiers in one hit and the bomb which is the most satisfying tower.
thanks!!! I really suck at sound normalization hahahahah
yeah, I kinda gave little power to it
enemies take x5 damage from the sniper tower when on fire, and it's needed to kill the boss and the tree ents, but other than that is very underused
maybe for flying enemies, hehe
thanks again!
Great idea ! The only bad point I found is that ennemies life bar is pretty hard to read, else it's a perfect for me ^^
Sorry for that! it was quite a hackneyed approach to making lifebars, hehe
playing your game later! <3
Really liked those colors and art. Could be a great phone game. Good job!
not the first one to say it! I might need to actually do it O:
thanks a lot fisky!! when I get home I'll play yours!
I absolutely love this game. My only problem is that enemies would occasionally stop spawning and I would have to restart. Other than that, the art, sound and music, and gameplay are all solid. Great work.
thanks a lot, ginger ale!! Man, if you have any idea of.how to replicate it, tell me! I haven't had a problem with the spawning as of yet o:
though they do sometimes take more than normal to spawn!
thanks for playing my game! gonna play yours later when I get home if you have one!