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Micro Jam 022: Desert ($$ Cash Prizes)

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Warden of the DunesView game page

Submitted by chokow — 1 hour, 26 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of theme#13.9233.923
Controls#53.0773.077
Concept#73.0003.000
Overall#73.1413.141
Use of prerequisite#83.1543.154
Enjoyment#82.9232.923
Presentation#172.7692.769

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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TeyoSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That was so fun! I love the in game tutorial, really great work for the time limit! 

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Royal Sands
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chokowDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much!!

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RaisinRiotSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really enjoyed this take on the Tower Defense game 🦂

Its like a special abilities you would normally get but without the towers. Thinking where to place things and how to best manage your health between levels was fun to do. If i screwed up a level it made me want to go back and do it better to make a harder level easier.

Great Job 😀

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chokowDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much!! 🙇‍♂️

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DeanDoesDevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Definetly a cool concept, I felt like it lacked a lot of the "strategy" aspect, waiting for them to get close then dropping a sandstorm seemed to get me through every level no problem but definetly could turn into a fun game if expanded on it! Maybe giving the player more agency over his resources or something?

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The Nile God
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chokowDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing and for the feedback!

That's definitely something I felt as well, but sadly ran out of time to increase the complexity and player agency. I had planned to have two additional enemy types: one faster and one a lot beefier and stronger. Then I was also going to add a new small area spell for heavy damage.

So you would have more strategy with using scorpions to stall, sandstorm for groups and entomb (the new spell) for tough / close groups.

Thanks once again!

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Goblin Mode GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice take on the prerequisite, plus overall just a really fun game jam game. Scaling of the window seems a bit messed up in the export, the instructional message wasn't in the right place and there's a big gap of empty dune area, but i think that's something maybe the window stretch mode setting would fix? Nice submission!!

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Deserted
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chokowDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much!
You are absolutely right, I had a few issues trying to make the game adjust to the screen size, which is why I ended up setting a fixed viewport to the game. I did not consider the possibility some would download it 😅

Thanks for the feedback once again!

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Goblin Mode GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

No problem! And just FYI I was playing in the browser, here is what it looks like for me, not sure if others saw the same. (Macbook using google chrome)


 

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chokowDeveloper2 years ago

Oh damn! Thanks for the heads up!

I'm not sure why that would happen, but I'll look into it!

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chokowDeveloper2 years ago (2 edits)

I followed your suggestion and it fixed the issue! 💖

Thank you for the AMAZING feedback!! 🥇 I've uploaded a new version, if you want to give it another shot

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NyakiwaySubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This really has a desert theme! 5 stars, beautiful graphics

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Desert Run
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chokowDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you!

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LizardWizardSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That last level is pretty tough. Does your health carry over between levels?

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Lizard is Abandoned
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chokowDeveloper2 years ago

Yep, health carries over! I tried to play with the idea that your health is also scarce in a way. There was a tutorial message in the second level highlighting that, but maybe it should have been more pronounced.
Thank you for playing!

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