April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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Minimalist TD is a Tower Defense game that consists of one endless level with one tower and one enemy type. There are 3 upgrades for towers (Range, Damage and Firerate) and only two colors (Black and White) have been used.
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Ratings
| #171 | Overall | 3.63 |
| #173 | Fun | 3.48 |
| #224 | Theme | 3.90 |
| #370 | Graphics | 3.31 |
| #374 | Audio | 3.00 |
| #443 | Mood | 3.03 |
| #648 | Humor | 2.10 |
| #1233 | Innovation | 2.05 |
| #1236 | Coolness | 49% |
Comments
Glad you're enjoying it. I appreciate the comment about the balance, I worked quite a bit on that.
Wave 20 is pretty solid - that's where it gets pretty tough. I don't think it's possible to get much farther. My current highscore is wave 23.
TD games aren't really my thing, but it's definitely one of the more "complete" games you'll see in this kind of game jam, so that's worthy of respect.
I quit at level 50 because there is still so much more to try out^^
Good choice with the upgrade system. I noticed how range is actually bad, because it makes towers target enemies which are already targeted by towers farther to the right thus wasting shots.
It's actually also grey ^^
@AyCe Wow, level 50 is impressive. I guess I'll have to try again using another strategy. The range thing is really interesting... I guess the tower AI isn't perfect, and if two towers happen to be charged and target the same enemy in a single frame, one shot will be wasted (assuming only one shot is needed to kill him).
However, towers only charge when an enemy is in range.. So yeah.
I'm not usually a big fan of tower defence, but I had fun with this. It works really well, and I especially like the music.
Nice job! Attractive, simple, easy to play. I liked it.
Minimalist and well balanced. This was really fun to play.
@Ytsy: Wow, I didn't expect a compliment regarding the music. It's the first time I've ever created music myself, and I was wondering whether to include it at all, since I feared that it could actually make the game worse. Thanks! :)
A good TD. Simple, and yet addictive, at least for some minutes.
Quite enjoyable. I especially like the graphics and the audio.
Seems a bit easy though; not really any interesting decisions.
I'm a sucker for TD games, this one is no exception ! Pretty well done except the balance seems off. I played until wave 52 and quit because I was crushing the enemy easily. I guess that's to be expected because there's only one tower and one enemy type.
Nice little TD, congratulations! Did you use HaxeFlixel?
Nice and polished entry. It seems there's nothing interesting to happen after some 30 waves, but I like it anyway.
As a TD novice, I found this satisfyingly tense for about 30 waves, then too easy...but still fun until about wave 80. I like the old-school graphics.
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Simple and cute little TD. Seemed quite balanced as well during the time I played it. Thumbs up!