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A jam submission

Human HoardsView game page

A diffrent kind of Tower Defence
Submitted by Luxenor — 3 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#26302.8292.829
Presentation#31322.8572.857
Overall#32192.8382.838
Creativity#36682.8292.829

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Unlike a normal tower defense game, where you place the tower and they shoot the enemies. In this game the towers are already placed and your job is to control them.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Submitted

Refreshing take on the theme! The execution was good and the ability to select multiple towers at once was nice! Controls were a little strange at first but I got used to them after a while. Great job!

Submitted

The concept is interesting and also its execution! The art style reminds me atari 2600 games XD

Submitted

Interesting concept! The controls were quite tricky but this was fun, and the style was quite cute tbh.

Submitted

Interesting idea but I found the controls hard to get used to. Im so used to left click being the way to select towers in this kind of game. Some more feedback like sound effects for selecting a tower, killing an enemy, etc would make the game feel a lot more satisfying and easier to understand. Controlling multiple towers at once is satisfying and I could see that mechanic being expanded further with more towers. Good job!

Side note: I found a bug in level 1 where as soon as I kill the first enemy that spawns I win, even though more enemies spawn after the win screen

Submitted

Works nicely and easy to get into

Very intersting ideia. Can you play my game?

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2023/rate/2157589

Submitted

Nice idea! I also made a tower defense game 😅. They seem to be popular!

Submitted

A lot of people did a take on reversing a tower defense game, but I like the twist you had about controlling the towers instead of placing them. Some of the latter levels had a nice challenge when you have to manage multiple towers across multiple lanes in real time.

Submitted

Super cool idea. You started with the same game idea of changing up a tower defense game as I did, but created a completely different game and I really enjoyed it. 

The tower controlling mechanic really feels nice, but is slightly hindered by not greatly indicating which towers are currently selected. I also needed some time to understand that I could select multiple towers at once. But both of these things are minor problems.

Such a great game with a lot of potential. Keep it up!

Developer

Thanks for the great feedback, I definitely agree that it was hard for someone to understand that you could select two towers at once. If I release a post Jam update I will add a proper tutorial and a better way do indicate towers, some better visuals and maybe a couple more levels and towers.

Submitted

Interesting game! I think the game would really benefit from a few more mechanics and some layers of complexity to the gameplay, but it's a great concept and executed with good graphics. Well done!

Submitted

its really cool

Submitted

I like this take on the role-reversal of tower defense. The "set-and-forget" aspect of turret management is neat!

Submitted

Very nice art and good gameplay !

Submitted

Good job! The gameplay is very nice, the game looks great!