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Mini Jam 174: Defense

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A jam submission

Deflation DefenderView game page

Play as the balloon in a reverse balloon tower defense type game
Submitted by AfterTheRainGames — 1 hour, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#133.6673.667
Concept#153.8333.833
Overall#373.2923.292
Use of the Limitation#473.1673.167
Presentation#652.5002.500

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
After the Rain Games (myself)

Software used
Unity

Use of the limitation
The player has to survive only using a shield

Cookies eaten
1 Salted Caramel Chocolate :D

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Comments

Bowen WangSubmitted70 days ago

Very fun and also the game not to hard

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No Peeking
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FacchiSubmitted70 days ago

Very creative, clearly not the classic tower defense :)

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CORE of AMMO
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KhyiSubmitted70 days ago

A simple concept executed well. I would have liked to see more complexity with the mechanics, but the presentation is nice and it's a good example of a game with a small scope that's actually doable within a jam deadline.

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Project AUGUR
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AccipiterChalybsSubmitted71 days ago

Having to quick shield from multiple incoming attacks was fun, felt kind of like one of the undertale bosses.

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The Queen and The Dragonfly
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hopemSubmitted71 days ago

The game is fun and the levels have good design since you have to move sometimes back into the range of a tower, while also being in the range of other towers so you have to manage the direction you're facing based on that. Just needs more levels.

(The music choice is very good too)

Submitted
Vampire Defense
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revange1671 days ago(+1)

This was such a good spin on tower defense games.

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AfterTheRainGamesDeveloper71 days ago

Thanks for playing :)

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DragonJaegaSubmitted71 days ago(+1)

This one has lots of potential for sure. Nice sound when deflecting a bullet. Would like to play more levels :)

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Thirstbound
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AfterTheRainGamesDeveloper71 days ago

Glad you liked it! I'll be sure to make more levels in the future.

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Ry645Submitted71 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Everything I saw in this game made me like it more and more. The blocking mechanics are simple in concept yet complex in practice, the player feedback with sound design is high quality, and the inspiration is goated. 

An interesting part of this game I liked was predicting when the towers will shoot the bullets, and whether the bullets would overwhelm me due to them clumping up in many different directions. I would then have to jitter the shield around to catch all the bullets, or take damage. In fact, it reminds me of a certain fight in Undertale ;)

In fact, literally the only gripe I have about this game is that there are only two levels. That is a complement. I had so much fun that I was disappointed when there wasn't more.

Bravo, mate. Bravo.

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Power Bunker
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AfterTheRainGamesDeveloper71 days ago

Haha as I was making it I did think of Undyne a few times. Thanks for playing. I think this might be one of those games were I work on after the jam to make more levels so more to come in the future :)

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