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Resetting in the room you first fall down in after using the ability causes an error, and  it got suuuuper laggy in some rooms for some reason!

Other than that, it was neat! :D

I considered banking the attack a while back, like, you skip it and the next time it pops up, it's stronger, but I really liked the loss of time by waiting and not positioning it well-enough on the grid to fit the timing of the enemies.

But another issue with it was that, in the later game, the enemies come so fast that you sort of have to use the weapon every time it pops up.
So that then counters the idea of skipping or powering up, especially when using it as fast as possible benefits you since every second you wait on using anything, causes a growing backup of timing.

Thought I already commented on this game! :V

Was a fun, though short, puzzle game! I wanted more! :V

The level ups were coming so fast! :V

Also gave me some flashbacks to SimCity back in the day.

Though this sort of game would probably be better if it didn't have a full game over state, but a "failing" state that halts progress and requires demolishing. Not that the fail state is bad. Just that it's a chill game and a fail state punches you in the gut suddenly. lol

This was my original idea before the one I chose for my game! :V
Though, more limits on the connections and more pathing like traditional TDs, but multiple paths.

But yeah, cool to see it in action! Though, after buying a lot of the upgrades, I was no longer able to see the enemies before they died. Except when I bought the bounce because I had so much money and then saw them bounce the elites enemies closer! :V lol

Beat it all! :V

Fun characters, fun story, fun gameplay -which could definitely be expanded on- and so much content! :V

I wasn't a huge fan of the ending fight though, as it became just tedious and I could have started farming points to infinity, which would just become a tedious venture at that point since I upgraded the pellets to max  and I just had to go from left to right constantly. But I'm also not a huge fan of Horde Survivals for that exact reason! :V Still enjoyed it though!

Had no clue what was happening with the attacks. I rolled both dice and sometimes I'd kill an enemy- which they'd drop things that I don't think I could use! :V

I was also confused on the dragon bit, as there wasn't one at the end of the compass. It just pointed at a spiral thing that sparkled after activating all the cubes.

But I did like the idea of the rolling attack- it just needed feedback on what was going on. Like a "Success!" or "Failure!" if the roll was bad- as well as damage numbers.

The saws are actually one of the strongest abilities later on, but have a higher skill-check to them.

The trade-off with the castle upgrade was intentional, as I didn't want players to keep choosing the castle early for more room.

As for the Rune sizes, there's no real weighting system other than a slight percentage chance for how many connections there are.
And speaking of the connections,  it is possible to trigger an Ability, swap a Rune to another Ability before the Ticker reaches it, and get that benefit. Though that's also a bit of a skill check with planning.

As far as balancing goes, it could use some work, but there's some higher level play and strategies I accidentally discovered while testing it that allowed some of the balancing to be less needed. Which was somewhat beneficial since I didn't have time to balance it as well as I wanted to.

Got so many in a row without a battery that it basically ruined everything! :V

But a great twist on Tetris!

The prequel to the Pac-Man ghosts! :V

Definitely needs some work on the collisions, as I kept dying by moving sideways on an upwards moving block, but it looked pretty trippy! :D

It froze really bad every time I killed an enemy.

But otherwise, fun game! :D

I noticed that you needed to click the pipe itself, rather than the square it was in.
It made clicking a little bothersome, but I still got it done! :V

Was there more planned?

Fun entry! No clue how the balloons worked since they started causing my bridge to rise to the left with the more I added on. lol

Wasn't sure as to how to use the flashlight. Tried using it on the dogs multiple times, but nothing! :V

Really digged the style here though, with the sprites as characters.

I was only able to get to the 469 (688? I forgot. Whichever was before the 900+ one) upgrade (with 964 cost being next) using the keyboard mouse controls. lol

MY ARMS HURT! :V

Had a weird drift constantly turning me right.
I also didn't realize it was a weapon till I hit a dead end. lol
Started pressing every key for some special thing, then clicked.

(I just noticed while writing this, that I had my controller connected, so maybe the drift was from that)

Reminds me of that era of portal games that started using light to obscure things.

Good times! :V

I noticed the gun shot faster the further you got.

Could change it to, similar to how you have it, where holding it down slowly fires faster, but the speed up is MUCH faster, but you also lose speed, so there's a risk/reward.
Then there's the classic roguelike spice of upgrades that affects gameplay, as well as different weapons.

Short, but I really like the ideas.

With more work on the graphics, I think you'd have something here.
Can even give it a light story and you have yourself one of those classic mascot horror games. Without the mascot currently, of course! :V

I basically ended up putting them closer together and playing it like Galaga with a 4 streak attack! :V

Although, if this were more turn-based, or slower paced with some tweaks, it could have some stronger legs.

Zerglings the Game! :V

Fairly bare bones, but it was still enough to keep me going and win!

I wasn't able to tell if I was supposed to do anything more than pick up clothes, despite it saying you were supposed to do other things. But I can see the vision! :V

With some slight changes in pacing and adding other mechanics, I can see this as being pretty cool.

If it's the one I think it is, you might be talking about the "connection" window, which goes away when you connect 2 Runes.

At least, that's the only one I've seen people mention.

You gain attack Runes over time (It's a cycle, so you always get them), and getting the castle too early can screw you over for the exact reason you said- which is intended.
There's also a Rune you can get that will increase the Charge Speed, but it's not needed, just helps.

Really liked some of the characterizations! :V

I'm also not a fan of reading like this, but it was hooking me! :D

I think I got the bad ending because the stick lady smiled at me! D:

It also didn't want to go to the next line at the end and I was spamming on my keyboard to get it to go.

Couldn't figure out the password! :V

I REALLY loved this idea! :V

Honestly surprised I've never ran into a game where you click to move and shoot while it's moving.
Then, combined with the little ship that breaks your focus, it adds a very nice combination of attention-splitting!

You should definitely expand on this idea, because it's really worth something and will make an amazing game people will want to play!

It unfortunately kept crashing for me when I tried to [E] at the first town under the starting spot..

Love the vibe of this game- especially the intro. lol

It took me a good while to understand what was happening, but after spamming space a hundred times to jump around through... trees? Walls? I eventually saw that I was infecting the enemies and then controlling them in unison!

Once I understood that, the game became a lot more fun and understandable! Really loved the concept once I knew how it worked. :V

Froze for me too!

But from the few seconds I saw of gameplay, it was a neat twist on the caravan genre- where you follow a thing around and protect it.

Really liked the concept of using the environment assets to give abilities! :V

It chugged quite a bit for me in the web build, but was still playable.

I was confused on what triggered the combos, but I tried to use them any time I had one!

Quite a few UI things I'd complain about, but overall, it got the job done!

I know almost nothing about stocks. A lot of the jargon just flew over my head, which was made even worse by the changing language! :V

But I think I got some of it down, I was just overwhelmed by the UI and what I had to do.
Introducing elements over time would help a lot, like "Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator".

A tutorial is definitely needed- and not really a complicated one.

I just needed to know which elements there were and which were weak to which. (The page description said the elements, but I wasn't sure on what was weak to which entirely. Like, could 1 be weak to 2, like a Pokemon thing?)

Other than that, after getting the hang of it, it started to get really fun.

I see the vision, and I like the concept! :V
I was able to cheese it a lot by just switching between the 2 realms and taking advantage of their pathing though.

I did eventually get caught on a fence and some trees though while jumping around.
But with some extra work, I can see this being expanded on!

All 10 completed with a score of 1007! (Or a number like that. Immediately forgot after closing the game) :V
The mix of buying the webs and not knowing where they'd go definitely made it a challenge.
I ended up taking advantage of the auto-capture on waves though with Barrier (for stragglers) and Lure being my strongest pieces- aside from long pieces of course.

I don't know if it was my browser or if the game was supposed to be how it was, but it felt like the screen was cut off.
It made controlling the character a bit difficult as well, or maybe the player's movement speed was too high.

I like the name and the idea though! It's like a Nuclear Throne with bodies instead of guns.

Could definitely use some "Click to proceed" style of tutorial, tooltips, and UI fixes for overlaps and spacing.
Was confused as to why it connected sometimes, and not others, and the auto-powers not autoing!

But overall, I see the vision and it's nice! :V