i enjoy this game! would it be better if you create levels?
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Tower Commander's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2453 | 2.885 | 2.885 |
| Presentation | #2851 | 2.962 | 2.962 |
| Overall | #2863 | 2.962 | 2.962 |
| Creativity | #3113 | 3.038 | 3.038 |
Ranked from 26 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?
Instead of being the "God" in a tower defense, you are out on the battle field, managing the towers.
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
Comments
Pretty tough, especially with the green enemies spawning before we get to upgrade anything. I also wish it were more obvious if a tower is cooling down, or if it overheated, since there’s a delay before towers shoot when you switch, and you gotta wait for that delay to notice if it overheated
Very cool concept however! And the upgrades were fun and satisfying to unlock!
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Drunk Space OdysseyThe difficulty does jump up quite quickly in the beginning, but otherwise a nice simple strategy game.
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Against the WindI really enjoyed this, it had a deeper strategy element than classic tower defense games. I think having multiple levels, more tower, and/or the ability to control when and where they shoot could take this game to the next level (just some ideas). Overall, great job!
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Lab EscapeActually really like the gameplay, only wish it would start out a bit simpler and then build the difficulty up. The minimalistic artstyle works really well here too!
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WallflowerNice game! Really simple and creative. but every time you switch your tower, there is a short delay to when the tower will start attacking - this decourages fast and dynamic switching between the towers, which makes the gameplay slower than it has to be
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ROLL reversalI love the stress of managing. It's a reaaaaally fun game but it feels unfair when youre forced to sacrifice health :(
Maybe don't spawn the fastest guys at the beggining? I dunno
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Ghost shoesI agree with others that it's a bit hard to know what's coming, having that shown would be nice ahead of time! Also difficulty ramps up REALLY quickly in the beginning, which is fine if I'm replaying this a bunch, but sucks for the first run or two. Overall I really like the restriction of one tower!
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Conquest Of ShadowsIt's a neat idea. Only controlling one tower is an interesting restriction. The current implementation is a bit too zoomed in: if you can't see what's coming, you can't make an informed choice as to what to prioritize.
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Snake WranglerInteresting idea, you've got to make do with the placement of the towers and learn when each one is most effective. Definitely difficult, but did much better after a first learning round, and it was satisfying to get a handle on the concept.
I'd like to see it with a longer path and more towers available (maybe it takes longer to run between further towers?) If enough got past the first two towers, there wasn't always a lot you could do to get the situation back under control.
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Nature's Boundythis is neat concept that i think has a lot of potential! it's a little difficult at first, especially as you first learn how to play but once you get the hang of it, it's fun! though the art is simple, it conveys everything you need to know and doesn't distract from gameplay
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The Amazing GoobVery cool concept, I like it!
I think the difficulty from the start is too much I don't mind the game getting hard quickly but pace it out, I think making the tower cooldown ticking while it is not selected would be easier so that I can switch tower and it shoots immediately. Maybe make the first upgrade almost free (like kill 2 ennemies and get an upgrade) but make the cost go up for all of them at once, so I can spec in one or the other at the start?
I really like the design, I get some minimalistic mini metro vibes, perfectly fits the game :-)
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Kinetic HealingThanks for the feedback!
I agree with the difficulty curve being off, causing hard gameplay. Was a result of me not having too much time to go back and change things.
As for the tower cooldown being reset when a tower is selected, this is due to a potential "cheat" I imagined being quickly switching between towers to fire them, hence totally skipping the cooldown. But I also see your side of the feature. Perhaps there is a better fix.
I suspected that this cheat was the reason for the cooldown because it is the first thing I tried to do on my second run :-D if you think about it as being a mechanic then you can balance it an make it somewhat mandatory to use to combat the high difficulty curve ;-)
For time, I keep a log of previous game jams to help me improve, it's not perfect but so far it's helped me keep organized before each jam: https://github.com/foxtrot-roger/game-jam-stuff
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