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Submitted by Tom, Jyken, Matt, Weebletmon, Forcy — 3 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Style	#978	3.884	3.884
Overall	#1434	3.512	3.512
Enjoyment	#1478	3.349	3.349
Creativity	#2426	3.302	3.302

Ranked from 43 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?
It's a tower defense where you build a tiny city fighting off giant viruses. You have a limited area so you need to build up your city and use height and elevation to maximize your damage

Development Time

96 hours

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Kyle PrudencioSubmitted137 days ago

This is a really clever game. Since making our game with a neon-synthwave aesthetic, I can't get that vibe out of my head, so this is a nice not-too-different break from my own prison. Great job!

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JustWinginItSubmitted138 days ago

This is fantastic! Please make this for mobile so I can play it all the time!

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The P.A.L.Submitted138 days ago

The visuals are awesome, there's only one music but it does the job, the overall pace is a bit slow but it is supposed to "scale"... Overall it was hard to reach the late game but it also was quite fun!

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CharkGamesSubmitted138 days ago

I would have liked to have sped up the game as parts were slow, but I liked the card pack mechanics!

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King Sized Frog

alpikespotSubmitted138 days ago

I liked how the game is in 3D which sets it apart from most of the jam games. The mechanics are nice, though it would have been better if the theme was better applied.

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ReispfannenfresserSubmitted138 days ago (2 edits)

I have played this game for a while now. It is very enjoyable. Every now and then everything started to flicker and turn black though which prevented me from continuing the run.

Since the game doesn't seem to have an end and since towers can not be removed, the game is very end game focused. The towers I got, weren't the towers I needed. I didn't want to waste precious space. I think a "remove a tower" card would be a great addition as it would allow for more experimentation in the early game.

My plan for the late game was this. It splits the maximum available dps evenly across all lanes. I sadly wasn't able to see it in action because of the flickering issue.

All in all this game has some very interesting mechanics. I feel like combining it with deck building aspects could be even more interesting since the players will be responsible for the cards they get. I am interested to see if you develop this idea further.

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JykenDeveloper138 days ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback !
It is unfortunate that some players are having the flickering issue as we have not encountered it in any of the playtests. (I wonder if you would still experience it in the executable version of the game ?)

Yes, being able to remove or replace towers would be a great addition as it would allow to try out different setups a bit more.
Deck building as well as it'd add an additional choice challenge aspect to the game and allow for more personal build setups.

That's a pretty nice setup you thought of, I usually tried to max out generators in the middle to get more cards and look for a lot of splitter cards which seem to help a lot.

Also, there is an end to the game (you need to beat the 16th lane), and you can even go infinite mode after that.
Thanks for playing !

JohnnyOlBoySubmitted138 days ago

very cool 👍

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The Scaler: a short foddian platformer

doodletofuSubmitted138 days ago

Really engaging, really good looking, really cool spin on tower defense.

I have only good things to say about the core gameplay. Well done!

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Sam-NuggetSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

The UI epic, 3D models epic, enemies and art style epic. Just needed a couple of bits of polish, would love to see changes after the jam! Please highlight the units that a card can be used on :)

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Doubledare GamesSubmitted139 days ago

My only problem was that you couldn't have towers start rotated. otherwise, wonderous game!

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That Shrinking Feeling

TalkanianSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

You owned the assignment, a scalable city of defense tower! impressed about the posishing of the game!

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James DigbySubmitted139 days ago(+1)

Wow! I'm super impressed with everything here. All the mechanics are super cool, and the strategy is addictive! Music fits great, art fits great, but the game did collapse in on itself once I spawned in a quad splitter. Great game!

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Clockwork Spire

UnrealKazuSubmitted139 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Banger of a game! The artstyle, music and gameplay are incredibly polished, so well done on that! Loved playing it for a few rounds, trying to get better. Overall I have no complaints, maybe a very minor one that after selecting a card, it would be great if I could unselect it if I didn't want to place one (in general, I don't mean switching to another card).

I had the same bug as Malic, after unlocking all lanes for two sides, the game starts glitching. The 3D view starts flickering black, until at one point it turns entirely black. The UI stays visible all this time, tho.

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Spirit of Battle

MattDeveloper139 days ago

Thank you, we appreciate the feedback!

It sounds like you might be talking about the 'spacebar' button to cancel build. Maybe calling it Unselect Card would have been clearer.

JykenDeveloper138 days ago

Thanks a lot for playing ! The exe version I believe shouldn't have the screen flicker issue in case you want to try again.

MalicSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

Quite punchy tower defense game. Had some kind of bug after a while where the game screen went dark, but until then was certainly enjoying things. Really like the designs in general, particularly the encroaching virus army.

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The Scale of All Problems

MattDeveloper139 days ago(+1)

Uh oh, thanks for bringing that bug to our attention! Glad that you enjoyed the rest of the game!

JykenDeveloper138 days ago

Thanks a lot for playing ! The exe version I believe shouldn't have the screen flicker issue in case you want to try again.

miskuroSubmitted139 days ago (1 edit)

very polished game, the art and music fit eachother so well, really enjoyed it, but it was a little laggy for me

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MidnightBakerSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

Great art and music. Nice entry!

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Isotope Fighter

JOSHUA139 days ago

Looks nice, sadly I don't know why but it was super laggy for me.

MattDeveloper138 days ago

Sorry to hear that. We worked hard to try and keep the performance stable. Thanks for letting us know!

THE_T_V1RUSSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

I enjoyed the planning required to utilize the expanded towers. Nice work!

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NantoSubmitted139 days ago(+1)

Always nice to see that the tower defense genre has made it into the Jam! I really enjoyed the concept of your game, elevating towers over multiple levels is very creative and fits the theme very well. It would be nice to change the position or rotation of a tower after placing it though. Despite that i think you did a great job!

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Guy GirmonskySubmitted139 days ago(+1)

Wow this is a good one.

Theme on point, feels smooth to play, music is spot on aswell.

I love the mix of tower defense and the card packs. Only thing I would've added is a way to control the speed of the game, since usually in tower defense game the beginning is quite slow. Regardless, this is a great submission :)

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MattDeveloper139 days ago(+1)

We appreciate that! And you make a good point, a speed control would be a nice addition.

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