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Sleep Tight Dear Child's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Accessibility | #3 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Theme | #6 | 4.182 | 4.182 |
| Originality | #9 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Overall | #9 | 3.584 | 3.584 |
| Fun | #10 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Graphics | #15 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Audio | #16 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Controls | #31 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
3.5.1
Wildcards Used
Guiding Light, Take it easy (at least slightly, you can set enemy health+speed in the options)
Game Description
A spooky Platformer x Tower Defense. Light up your path using the lanterns and torches that also expel the attacking ghosts.
How does your game tie into the theme?
The attacking ghosts want to cause nightmares to your children. You must protect them by placing lights.
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username
TypeScriptTeatime
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0
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Comments
Really cool and unique idea combining a platformer with a tower defense game. I really liked how the towers created light fitting with the wildcard. It was fun placing them around. I was able to survive a few waves. :)
Great job!
Thank you for playing! Glad you liked it. (^^)/
Great concept. I love mixing genres. I did have some trouble keeping the kids safe, so either I need to git gud, or I need a softer introduction. It wasn't clear to me why I should choose the torch or the lantern. (Of course, our submission had exactly the same problems, so I'm not saying I can do better.)
Great entry.
Thanks for playing and for the feedback, plexsoup! I appreciate it. Probably I should have just added the info torch vs lantern to the itch.io page. It’s actually on the github README (which has to be closed-source due to asset licenses :( ) I will remember it next time. In fact, an ingame glossary (like in Hero’s Hour) was planned but didn’t have a high enough priority to make it to the end of the jam. Thanks again for your time!
I loved playing it! The controls felt kind of awkward -- I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to place lanterns or torches sometimes -- but other than that, fun and doesn't overstay its welcome.
Thank you for playing and for your feedback, @aFoolsDuty! I can only imagine what went wrong on the placement but I suppose it’s either because there was already a tower (which should then be marked in red on screen), or you didn’t have enough coins.
Probably the latter as I didn’t make it obvious how much each tower costs to not clutter the UI too much. There’s probably an elegant solution to that too though. I just didn’t came up with one :) Again, thank you!
I like the combination of tower defense and platformer! It was really fun to play. I felt awful for abandoning all the children except one, but I couldn't win the game otherwise 😅. Wave 4 was especially tricky I think. Great job!
Thanks for playing and actually finishing the game, @codingkook! Glad you liked it. And yes, that was one of my design goals: making the decision sacrifice any of your objectives emotionally hard. If I continue on this project, it would be nice to give each child an individual personality so the urge to protect them gets enhanced.
😠that’s diabolical, i love it