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A jam submission

Beams and BiomesView game page

Tower Defense game about elemental beams - and their combinations
Submitted by Peringo, Sn4pi — 45 minutes, 42 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#5223.8954.267
Overall#6563.6113.956
Originality#7023.7124.067
Fun#11793.2253.533

Ranked from 15 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?
All towers are elemental beams that need to be placed along the track. When beams collide, they combine. Towers can be overcharged for an explosion that breaks the beams. For exact information on what the biomes do, check the games regular itch.io page.

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

Submitted(+1)

The graphics for this tower defense game are phenomenal for a game jam submission! The gameplay is super addicting and easily made me feel powerful. Well done :D

Submitted(+2)

Fun twist on the tower defense genre. Difficulty is way too low, never lost a single live. At the same time, there isn’t really a way to deal with the elemental enemies in strategic way. But not goanna lay, still was kinda satisfying demolishing all those enemies with the elemental beams. The visuals are very nice, especially really like how those mixed elemental portals look. 

Developer(+1)

True that! We kinda had to randomize the waves after 10  because we were running out of time. They do get tougher every round, but you eventually just lose to something stupid and not because of strategic errors or anything. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I only half knew what was going on, but it was fun anyway lol. I got to 38 levels and I felt like I was unstoppable so I just stopped. The presentation was super trippy.

Submitted(+2)

Feels very polished, cool idea, nice execution.
My only complaint is that i did not really had time to figure out each combination, and my original setup  obliterated everything, so I did not wanted to change it up too much.
A few word description about the combo effects would have saved me. :D

Submitted(+1)

I found it a little bit confusing at first, but I think I got it as time went by. Personally, I'm not really patient with these kinds of games, but I did enjoy my time spent with it!

Btw music do be a vibe ngl

Submitted(+1)

This is a really well-made game. Very fun, clean, and interesting mechanics as well!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool, loved the pixel art too!

(+1)

Haha tower go brr

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

I really like the idea. Beams for a tower defense is super cool and then combining them was also great. However, the icons and UI really don't communicate much to the player. The play button and the buy button should be on opposite corners since you have one corner free. And the buy button looks like a play button. While the elemental beams are cool, because the enemies are generally abstract, the player has no way to use that information effectively. With some more work, I think this could be INCREDIBLE but as it is, it needs on helping the player understand what is going on. It's like if Spellbreak was a tower defense.

Submitted(+1)

The game needs some balance changes, but overall I really enjoyed the game. I was pleasantly surprized when I saw what happend when the beams crossed. I got to level 60.

Submitted(+1)

I liked the idea of combining different towers to have different effects! The music and art is the best I've seen in this game jam.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, looks quite good and is interesting. I was a bit confused about if zones with 3 interconnected beams was better or worse than 2.

Submitted(+1)

This was really cool! I love the way the towers interact and the effect they create when beams intersect