GMTK Game Jam 2023

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Terminally Skill(ed)View game page

A tower-offense game with a puzzling twist!

Submitted by Ethan Vance (Wattmelon) (@Wattmelon) — 44 minutes, 19 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#1119	3.405	3.405
Overall	#1386	3.477	3.477
Presentation	#1497	3.568	3.568
Creativity	#1851	3.459	3.459

Ranked from 37 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?
It's a tower defense where you send the enemy waves, but with a puzzling twist!

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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ParisSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

So this game looks really great! and the concept is really clever, I love the visual design, the transitions look amazing too!

My main issues were with gameplay, I could easily pass all the levels by just spamming my units and I didn’t feel like I had to strategize, understandable that the game was bit unbalanced for a 48hour jam and can easily be fixed up after!

I would also liked to have some BGM / SFX I don’t know if it was bugged on my end but I couldn’t hear any.

Really cool concept and a unique take on the reverse tower defense mechanics!

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Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for playing the game!! Really glad you liked it :D

There’s actually a Perfect Rank system for each level that requires you to get all of your units to the end without losing any of them, which often requires a lot more strategy ;P

Although, there’s a bug with the game on refresh rates higher than 60hz that speeds up a lot of the game functions (I had no idea what deltatime was and that Construct 2 has it before the jam lol), so if that’s been happening to you, I totally understand feeling like there’s no strategy ^^'

Preposterous_productionsSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very nice puzzlers, love the lore and the smooth gameplay.

One small thing, even after you have corrupted the file, you still need to send out all your remaining malware before the level ends, don't know if that's intentional?

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Noob Raiser (GMTK 2023)

Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago

Glad you liked the puzzles!

And yea, that’s intentional ^^'. Every level has a secondary completion goal of getting every unit to the file without any deaths (the “Pure Evil” rank), which requires all units to be sent out.

FlorisLSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I had a lot of fun playing the game. The combination of the styles was done in a very good way. I also liked the art style you used.

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thewizofpantsSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great combination of the puzzles and tower defense!

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ACarrSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great stuff! I really love how each level is designed so that it's possible to beat them with every single unit alive; it adds a whole new layer for players who want to perfect their strategy. Solid presentation and concept with a lot of thought put into each level's design.

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Alexio GamesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really fun, made me feel smart while playing it! BTW love the game name and your username!

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hivack1 year ago(+1)

Fun easy to under stand three unit system, I like that there is a perfect no units lost solution to every puzzle but you can still progress but just getting the par. Sound effects and music would go a long way but the art itself is quite fun!

TinYtusSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Best TD game I have played this Jam - got to level 7

more units and sound effect and this is really fun!

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CalireSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice little game. I like concept, the tower defence is really good. Good job !

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Froggy: The Revenge

BlinkSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

It's a very polished reverse tower defence game. I like it!

Also I like the game page design. It's polished too and it's great.

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dragonkieSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A very nicely polished take on tower defense, I could see there were clear uses to the timings of summoning units to make the puzzles, but would have loved to see more variety for the units so its less of a "This is the order" puzzle and more figuring out which units you need

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I used to be an Adventurer

personionSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great game! Really polished, and the mechanics are fun to play around with. I couldn't find any better puzzle solving strategy other than just spamming random units, tho, lol. I could definitely see this turning into an official steam game that I would pay at least $10 for! Love the banner/thumbnail as well.

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Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago

I JUST FOUND A NEW BUG WITH THE GAME THAT AFFECTS DIFFERENT DEVICES

For some reason the game runs at double the speed on some devices and I have no idea why? As far as I know it's happened on my other laptop that runs Windows 11. If anyone else has encountered this bug, feel free to let me know!

Esther Terol MartínezSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Looks very polished, I like the animations and aesthetic. I thought something was wrong with my audio but it's the game, it would have been a good point to add some music. Good game!

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Ale & Adventures

BarneySubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Great take on the reverse tower defense idea, the unique targeting for different enemy types is a really good basis for a puzzle game, the actual targeting for each tower was really clear once I threw my units in, no text tutorials needed. You even managed to keep the puzzles inventive enough that I wasn't really using the same solution multiple times in a row, really good work given the 48 hour time period!

A shame about the lack of audio, I think with some more enemy types and a some sound, this could work really well as a full release. ~~My only real criticism is I think the "Pure Evil" flag could show up for a fixed "Maximum" amount of possible units for each level, since some levels make it literally impossible to save everyone.~~ (Nevermind, this was a skill issue!)

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Last Minute Slime Session

Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Really glad you liked the game! ^^

It actually is possible to beat every level without losing any units - otherwise I wouldn’t have left the level designs in lol. Some of the later levels are pretty finicky, notably levels 8 and 10, but they’re all possible to get perfect scores on ;P

Can’t deny the lack of sound effects though. I was also planning on adding more unit types, like one that’s immune to turrets but has only 1hp against everything else, but time got the better of me and I had to reduce scope lol.

Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago(+1)

Omg wait... I just found a bug that makes it move TWICE AS FAST ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS FSR???

I switched to my work computer, which runs on Windows 11 (idk if that's what's causing it). Not sure if this same thing is happening for you, but if so, I totally understand how much harder it is to beat every level that way xP

BarneySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Going off the pacing of the game, I highly doubt I encountered the bug. Personally I think I'm just bad, haha

I'll definitely be going back to try and complete every level flawlessly, now that I know each level is possible. Wish me luck!

daniawfSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Love the gameplay and aesthetic! Hopefully you can add sounds after the jam ends :D

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Cobble Stone Colossus

Soul-KnightSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I loved it and above all it's strategic. It's a good game!

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Poly Dash (GMTK 2023)

MESLewisSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I really liked the minesweeper esque grid and how it transformed into the level. Just as I thought there wasn't strategy in the levels I lost one due to lack of strategy! Great difficulty curve, made it into a fun puzzle game

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Claire PoinsignonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great reversed tower defense game, I had fun playing it :)

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The 100 Ears' War

EmatteSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very cool idea, loved the puzzle approach. Going for "pure evil" rating is definitely the best way to play since without it the game is too easy. Would've been great if there was some ui for which units survived and which didn't (for pure evil runs) since in some levels it's hard to fine-tune your strategy without that knowledge. Really cool artstyle too

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Don't Get WHACKED! | GMTK Game Jam 2023

Ethan Vance (Wattmelon)Developer1 year ago(+1)

That's actually a really good recommendation! I was gonna do something like that if I had the time to implement sound effects, as each unit would've probably had their own hurt/death sounds, but a visual indicator sounds like a great idea as well ^^

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