GMTK Game Jam 2021

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A jam submission

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Supply power to your towers to hold off the swarm and charge up your base to move to the next level.

Submitted by Friendly Warlocks — 45 minutes, 53 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Originality	#1721	3.275	3.275
Overall	#2661	2.742	2.742
Presentation	#2985	2.575	2.575
Fun	#3105	2.375	2.375

Ranked from 40 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?
An enemy becomes a resource in this unique and resource-driven tower defense game. Players rely on the barrage of invaders to refuel their turrets and supply power to their base. Players must literally join together with the remnants of their enemy, the turrets for refueling, and the home base to supply power.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

jonmerrinSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice graphics, nice music, really clever design. My only note is that I wish the camera wasn't fixed.

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Turtles All the Way Down

THX3 years ago(+1)

Neat concept! I think the game might have been a bit easier to view with a different camera angle, regardless of that though it's still a really cool entry.

elputisimoisiSubmitted3 years ago

A super interesting concept and a visual style that I am passionate about!

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CosmologiconSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Agreed that the player and camera controls were the most frustrating part. Other than that I like how the mechanics were introduced and the difficulty curve was challenging while still letting me feel like I could do it. The slope is a particularly interesting idea. Good job!

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Brandon KhanSubmitted3 years ago

great concept I would have preferred the camera to be top-down.

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JustWinginItSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really nice concept! The controls were a little tough but really loved the resource management!

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Frostburn Spirit3 years ago

Pressing escape just takes me out of fullscreen..

Friendly WarlocksDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah, you're right - building the game outside of HTML then just running some tests in the browser lead this to go undiscovered.

So, press escape twice to restart. :)

JamesWilson404Submitted3 years ago

Creative game. Would like to see some changes to camera and player physics. Overall, cool concept.

Would love some feedback on our game,

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2021/rate/1086135

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ThatANonoWordSubmitted3 years ago

The game is very creative, and has very interesting mechanics. The player has almost no inertia, so it's like playing on ice, and becomes very frustrating. Depth perception is also annoying. If the camera was fixed on the player, it could be better.

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Utopes3 years ago

The game is fine; the movement combined with the camera angle lead me to rolling around to places I didn't intend to go, and fueling towers isn't as intuitive as I would've liked. But besides that, graphics are great and the concept is pretty neat!

milk9111Submitted3 years ago

Controls were a bit tricky but looked cool.

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The Wizard and The Firefly

krumble03Submitted3 years ago

The controls were a bit difficult to understand, but otherwise I really liked the game.

OuterCloudStudioSubmitted3 years ago

Really cool concept. The camera view is a little wonky but the game was fun! Would love if you rated my game! https://outercloudstudio.itch.io/beat-link

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Ssiriss3 years ago

The controls were very difficult to use, i recommend taking the momentum based controls out since it would make it hard to stay under a station

MonkeyBusinessStudiosSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

amazing work for just 48 hours, i really like the minimalist art styl

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Canine Conundrum

Okan_TekinSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice take on the theme, I like the fueling turret mechanic. The game is hard to play though because the camera doesn't really support the controls of the game as you have to go in the depth of the screen. Also the character feels like it's on ice. As the nature of a game jam is, I think the game would be cool when polished!

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Friendly WarlocksDeveloper3 years ago

I agree the camera and controls were one of the more difficult aspects of the game (and so do most of the other reviews :P ), but as you pointed out, 48 hours is a short time to get everything perfect.

Thanks for the comment and the suggestions!