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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #27 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Fun | #116 | 3.739 | 3.739 |
| Theme | #139 | 3.739 | 3.739 |
| Mechanics | #222 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
| Sound | #310 | 2.826 | 2.826 |
| Aesthetics | #316 | 3.391 | 3.391 |
| Music | #383 | 2.739 | 2.739 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
#Audios from freesound.org: _____ SuperGamerSVK(Puzzle (Loop) _____ Shuinvy(ChildhoodMusicBoxHalf) _____ #Other audios made by Millama-Chan on Beepbox #Art _____ Kenney at : www.kenney.nl (Monster Builder Pack, UI Pack, Game Icons, Tower Defense (top-down), Top-down Tanks Redux, Kenney Fonts) _____ Zuhria Alfitra at : https://www.gameart2d.com/ (Free graveyard platformer tileset, Free sci-fi platformer tileset) _____ xelu at: https://opengameart.org/ (Free Keyboard and controllers prompts Pack)
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Hey nice game! I'm really bad at Tower Defense games but got to the second level at least. As others have mentioned, descriptions on the towers would be nice, it's a bit trial and error at the moment and there's not a lot of room for error (I suck at TD as mentioned ;))
Hi there! Thank you so much for playing and for the feedback! \(^_^)/
Also, I'm pretty sure you are a lot better at TD than you think ^-^ It's just this version of my game ended up a little too hard and not very beginner/learning friendly ;-;
I agree that it relies on trial and error but also a lot on luck too. I'm working on an update to patch this and I'll upload it really soon along with tower descriptions ^-^
Thanks again for stopping by and giving it a shot :D
Very nice game. I like Tower Defense and had a lot of fun with it. Really great work. One thing that would be nice would be descriptions of the towers in the help. Thanks a lot for the game.
Hi there, thanks for playing and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I did forget about the tower description section but I'll definitely add them in the future, thank you for the feedback ^-^
O jogo é ótimo! Difícil >< mas se fosse fácil não tinha graça rsrsrs. Não consegui terminar mas nem por isso vou deixar de jogar ^^ é viciante até (eu diria). Parabéns pela criatividade e principalmente pela jogabilidade, pois jogos bons são assim: deixa a gente apanhar bastante mas quando consegue terminar dá um alívio, sensação de missão cumprida. Que seja o primeiro de muitos! =)
Muito obrigada pelo super feedback! Fico contente que tenha gostado e garanto que logo logo vc conseguirá terminar o jogo também, a prática leva a perfeição rsrsrs
Obrigada novamente pela mensagem adorável e pelo apoio moral ^-^ Vida longa aos jogos difíceis porque se muito fácil realmente acaba sendo sem graça haha
good game and quite difficult tower defense.
good luck in the field of gamedev!
you did a great job.
P.S. work after death is terrible, although it would be interesting to be a tour operator or explore new lands.
Awn that's so sweet! This was one of the most heartwarming comment I could possibly get today =^-^=
Thank you so much for the feedback and I wish the best of luck for you in the gamedev field too! \(^_^)/
And yeah I agree, working after death sounds terrible haha >_< but I also like your idea about a tour operator in hell, it would be one of the coolest jobs :D
I mean, I'd be pretty pissed too if I had to work after death...
Unless they put me in the TD department, 'cause that was fun :)
A couple pointers: first, I think it should be more obvious were the souls are coming from and the direction they're going; the story already helps with this: just putting a portal at the end of the path would be good.
Second, maybe an explanation for the different towers would be helpful? I guess they don't really have abilities, other than different range and damage but... I'm not really sure?
Anyway, the game was a good few minutes of fun and it was hard enough that I had to retry the levels a couple of times, but not so hard as to be overly frustrating. Good job!
Hi there! Thanks for the feedback!
I actually placed a sign with a red symbol in the end of the paths were the souls should not get but I agree that an actual portal would have been better to see and understand>_< About the towers, I ran out of time and left them without a section on the how to play, but you got it pretty right, aside from the damage, range and fire rate they don't have any special features...for now haha
Also, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one wh would be pissed to work after death, this idea has always haunted me so I thought it could work as a rebelion reason in the game.
Thank you again for playing and for the feedback! I'm happy you had fun and that the difficulty didn't make it overly frustating >_< I made it a little too hard hihi
Very creative nice job
Hello ^-^Thanks for stopping by and giving my game a try \(^_^)/ I really appreciate it
Very polished tower defense. I really like the story to give context to your game. I think there should be tutorial level to give the player a chance to try out and get a feel for the different units. Art was very nice. Great job!
Hello there, thank you so much for playing, for the review and for the great idea! I'll definitely add a playable tutorial in the next version ^-^
Very fun and challenging tower defense game!
I liked the clean UI and cute style. Also interesting storyline.
Each level starts off "easy" but things get hectic really fast and you have to think quickly to avoid getting overwhelmed by the rush of souls.
I managed to clear level 1 after 4 tries. Level 2 cleared in the second try!
Improvement suggestion: Add a tooltip when hovering over a tower to know its stats. Something as simple as shooting speed (fast, normal, slow, very slow) and power (weak, medium, strong, very strong). This helps a lot to set your strategy of when and where to place each kind of tower.
Great game!
Hello there, thank you for playing, for the review and feedback! I'm happy you had fun and once I learn how to modify the placed towers in addition to tier upgrades for them, I'd love to add their stats as you mentioned too! That's something I was thinking about implementing in a more complicated way so you saved me lots of time by suggesting an easier effective option \(^_^)/ thanks again!
This is one of the best Tower Defense games I have played in this Game Jam. Great Job. The game feels really polished. The towers are easy to place. The costs are clear to see and understand. The radius is well indicated. Awesome Job!
Hello there and thank you so much for the kind feedback and compliments! This makes me really happy and honoured that you think my little game is good as the other amazing tower defenses submitted here, this really means a lot to me ^-^
Really good game, took me 2 attempts to finish it.
Loved the story line
Hi thanks for playing my game ^-^I'm really happy you enjoyed the story and congrats for finishing it with only 2 attempts :D
nyc game i really enjoy it
Thank you for playing ^-^
I'm terrible at tower defence games but I beat the first level. It shows that you put effort into this. I would have loved to see more details about what the towers do and what they are good at. As well as upgradeable towers. Other than that well done!
Thank you for playing and congrats for beating the first level! (because the levels are a bit too hard haha) and also thank you for the feedback! Actually my original plan was to have only 3 towers and 3 upgrades for each but I couldn't get the code to work :P to make it worse I totally forgot to add the towers guide section while I was fixing bugs. But in the future I will bring all of these features to the game \(^_^)/ Once again, thank you for giving it a shot :D
Glad to see a godot game in this jam , fun idea for a tower defense , and love the plot .
Hey thanks for playing and for the compliments! I'm really glad you loved the plot too \(^_^)/
And I also love Godot, it's one of the few programming engines that works in my old laptop so it has a special spot in my heart hihi =^-^=
First off, great name and concept! I echo what was said below about the nice art. I enjoyed having a bit of an anime-style plot alongside a fun tower defense game!
Thank you so much for stopping by and playing my game! I'm really happy you liked, especially the name since I'm usually bad at naming things haha :D
pretty fun, but the main tower kinda overshadows the rest of them, as an artist I also find it pretty impressive that you decided to draw your own characters for this game too.
Hey thank you for the review! Yeah the main tower is a little bit too much, I'll try to balance it better so all of the other four can shine too next time.
And thank you for the compliment! In fact, my drawings of the characters were the thing I was mostly insecure about in this project since I had to rush to make them, reading this makes happy and feel that it was worth it ^-^
Also, happy to find a fellow artist here and :D
Cool game! I thought it was fun, and I like the art style for the levels and the story scenes.
Hi there :D I'm glad you enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun mixing my little ghosts, lava and drawings with kenny's tilesets for the levels and I'm happy you liked it too ^-^ Thank you for playing and for the sweet message \(^_^)/
I enjoyed Hell's New Strategist, it's a fun tower defence game. As others have said it's a little on the hard side but it's got great replayability so I didn't mind. I also appreciated the effort that was put into the story.
Well done.
Hello and thank you for playing my game! I'm really happy you had fun with it :D
Yup I totally agree about the difficulty, but I'm also relieved to read that you found the replayability great and appreciated my effort on the story, this makes me feel much better and means a lot to me! \(^_^)/
Great tower defense style game with a unique take on the theme. As previous comment, was a bit hard, but still very enjoyable. Great job!
Awnn thank you so much! I was really insecure about my approach to the theme in this game so reading this makes me feel much better ^-^ Thank you for playing and for the feedback \(^_^)/
I like the way you fit the theme and the game is great too, but it's kind of hard lol
Thanks for the feedback and being interested in my game! Also sorry, I did indeed make it a little bit too hard >_< I'll make sure to make my next project more fair :D