I was a bit confused at the start with the special tiles, but once i got more upgrades it made a bit more sense, it felt a bit to easy after i got to around 3 special tiles, the "More drops" buff is op ;) Good work
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Machine Defense's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2497 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Creativity | #3003 | 3.135 | 3.135 |
| Overall | #3217 | 2.964 | 2.964 |
| Style | #3891 | 2.757 | 2.757 |
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?
You buid and scale you machine.
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Had a good time playing it. Felt like it was a bit hard to get out to the special tiles, and then I got absolutely annihilated on the first boss wave lol. But really great idea and theme, feels like just needs a bit of tuning.
Fun game, it reminded me of thronefall while playing, although different gameplay, same idea of having a tower defense with you also helping around. I think the economy doesn't scale as good as the enemies, also I played several rounds and I only got once one "currency" that wasn't a gear.
nicely done, could still use a bit more polish, but good game regardless ✿
This is definitely the most literal growth that I've experienced in a tower defense game, so it definitely fits the prompt.
It wasn't very intuitive, though. Without reading the description, I had no idea what was going on or what to do. it would've been nice to see something guiding me in the game itself, rather than just the Itch description. I also never figured out what towers 1 and 5 did. 1 I guessed was just a basic block, which could be used to expand your machine or be a wall, but I wasn't sure, and 5 I only managed to place down one of, and wasn't able to see what it did amidst all the other chaos.
small thing grow big fun
I don't know if it's a bug, but all of the enemies would spawn at the very end of the wave. It would be nice if at least at first there was a slow trickle of enemies so you can get used to how the towers will work. I like the base building mechanics and I think you fit the theme well. Good job!
A classic tower defense that works weel and is easy to understand and play, that was cool !
Nice game, I like it. I'm no much fan of the tower defence game but this is very interesting to play. Thank you!
As a fellow Tower Defense game jamer it was fun to expand your small base with those differents tower type ! I didn't exactly understand which tower was doing but I got by the standard of ... the costier the better ! So i could eliminate those pesky rats :)
Good job of actually finishing the jam !
I survived 14 rounds though I didn't know what the gimmick of this game is till this moment and I've only gotten gear drops and nothing else past round 5 I think. My strategy was to spam turrets because I had nothing else to do.
Interesting game idea, I had fun with this! The idea of scaling-up production is a cool take on the theme! As an improvement, it would be helpful if there was an off-screen indicator for where enemies are located, so I don’t have to look everywhere for them at the end of a round. Cool game overall!




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