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A jam submission

Kingfort EscortView game page

A short reverse tower defence game made in 48 hours for the 2023 GMTK Game Jam
Submitted by Dan B, Bevan Guest (@bevan_guest) — 1 hour, 37 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1944.0004.000
Overall#3243.9923.992
Presentation#4064.1954.195
Creativity#9423.7803.780

Ranked from 41 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?
We took the idea of a tower defence game, and inverted it - now you're playing as the invading force instead.

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Submitted(+2)

This puzzle game is fascinating, and one of the best I've tested.

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! 

Submitted(+2)

Great job on this, love puzzle games so this was right up my alley.

Developer

Thanks for the comment! Glad you found it fun.

Submitted(+2)

Great implementation of the theme - this is what the author intended.

Fun game which isn't as easy as it look at first glance.

Looks great too, I love this style. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks very much for the praise!

(+2)

By far my favourite game so far, big fan of the concept and cute art. Nice work bev and dan!!!!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for your kind words, shobu!

Submitted(+2)

Nice concept! Easy to understand and fun to play! Great first two levels to get to know the game! Good work!

Developer

Thanks for playing, we’re glad you had a good time!

Submitted(+2)

wow, great job on making such an interesting game! i love how you turned TD into more of a puzzle game. the art is super cute as well, nice work!

Developer

Thanks for your comment! We decided on a more puzzle-like approach to give the game its own identity, rather than having it be an exactly 1:1 reverse of a standard tower defence game.

(+2)

Really great game! I thought all of the elements tied in well together and the art was super cute. I liked that the puzzles (especially the latter ones) were all unique in different ways and overall they scaled up in difficulty well. Nice work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the kind words! glad you had a good time with the game! 

Submitted(+2)

This game is so good! Creative puzzles, and everything is perfectly timed and calculated to look and sound great. I would have liked a speed up button, but it's not necessary. Very impressive overall

Developer

Thanks very much for playing! We actually had a speed-up button during development, however it led to some bugs we didn’t have time to fix, so we had to remove it. (p.s.: I played your game as well, it was super good!)

(+2)

This game goes undoubtable hard.

Developer

Thanks for playing, we’re glad you liked it!

(+2)

This game lowkey slaps - when I beat the final level I was sad there wasn't anymore. The puzzles were interesting and watching my little king guy strut his stuff down the path dodging crossbow fire like Neo was so satisfying. Release a full version please I will buy it on steam. 100 stars!

Developer

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it! We would have liked to do more levels (and we even had ideas for other gameplay elements, like more types of towers and units), but unfortunately we didn’t have the time.

Submitted(+2)

First 5/5 across the bord I've seen in a little while! We steered clear of "reverse tower defense" because we were afraid we couldn't make it intersting with a unique spin, but you've done such a great job, I absolutely love the puzzle elements! I kinda wish there were a speed up button, bc for some levels I just wanted to throw some units out to see like where to place the archer to hit the button when I wanted him too before planning out my whole strategy. Really great work here!

Developer

Thanks for the kind words! And yeah, we actually included a fast-forward feature during development, but unfortunately we had to cut it since it led to some bugs we didn’t have time to fix.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

I also created a reverse tower defense game, and really like the approach that you took with this one! the puzzle aspect was really unique, and the music + art was really great and well fitting.  It would've been nice for the layout the player had chosen to be saved between tries/for there to be fast forward button, as dragging the characters over and over to the same spot became tedious after a bit. The levels were incredibly well made, and level 5 in particular was a really difficult but interesting puzzle. Overall great game!

Developer

Thanks for playing, and the detailed comment! We actually did have a fast-forward in the game when developing, however we took it out due to some last-minute bugs that there wasn’t time to fix. As for the resetting every time, I agree that it’s a bit annoying; it would have been another one of those things I would have implemented if we had more time.

Submitted(+2)

This is a nice puzzle game. It just took me a while to figure out that the wizard is counter attacking. Or why the wizard was disabled for a specific level. Probably to make it easier to solve. But overall a good game and nice graphics!

Developer

Thanks for playing! And yeah, we wanted initially to include a guide/tutorial in the game itself, but we didn’t have the time, so I wrote up some explanations in the description (e.g., the wizard’s ability).

Submitted(+2)

This game is really fun. The art looks good and the sound effects are satisfying. The gameplay is very easy to grasp and has a good learning curve. The only thing missing from this game is a speed up button, as the last level had a very long path and became tedious after a few attempts

Developer

Glad you liked it! Unfortunately we had to remove our fast-foward button due to a last minute bug. Thank you for the kind words!

Submitted(+2)

This was a whole bunch of fun! :D

Was a little confusing to not know what units exactly did until placed and a little strange that my unit placement got removed on retry.

A great idea!

Developer

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, ideally we would have put explanations for the units in the game and remembered unit placement on a retry, but we ran out of time; instead, we put the unit explanations in the game’s description.

Submitted(+3)

I really enjoyed playing the game. The assets are very climatic, however gameplay sometimes feels like a pure bruteforce because it's easier to try over and over rather than actually calculate proper distances tile by tile before sending troops.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the comment! We had plan on making a grade system that if you complete a level with spending the least ammount of gold you would be given a higher grade. However due to time constraints we just had to finish the game.

(+2)

This game was amazing, such a unique take on the tower defense genre. Level 5 had me thinking real hard.

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it so much! And yeah, level 5 can be a stumper XD

Submitted(+2)

This  game was really fun to play! I loved the polished art and sounds!

Developer

Thanks for playing, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+3)

amazing take on the theme. i live it very much

Developer

Thanks for playing! Glad to know you enjoyed it :)

Submitted(+3)

really interesting concept, and the levels feel pretty interesting. i think the game plays a little slow (perhaps a fast forward button would help) but i loved the variety of soldiers you have at your disposal to make it to the end. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, we actually did have a fast-forward in the game initially, but it lead to some bugs we didn’t have time to fix, so we had to scrap in unfortunately.

Submitted(+1)

understandable, it was a good amount of work for 48 hours

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