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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #71 | 3.841 | 3.841 |
| Game Design | #86 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Audio | #122 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Overall | #148 | 3.594 | 3.594 |
| Theme | #165 | 3.698 | 3.698 |
| Graphics | #216 | 3.802 | 3.802 |
| Innovation | #582 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 126 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?
My game is all about making quick decisions before chaos hits. The currency system in my game forces you to choose between saving and spending, which if done incorrectly or at the wrong time can pose a risk later on. All of the interaction with the game also happens before the 'storm' and during it you are left to hope you made the correct decisions. The game tries to make that 'calm' before the storm just a little less calm and the storm itself just a little more intense.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, the code, assets and sound effects were all made by me completely from scratch (outside of some sound effects coming from Pixabay).
The music used was taken from the YouTube Creator audio library.
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Thank you for adding a great tutorial at the beginning of the game! I like the graphics and the sounds in the game, very calm. I think the game needs a bit of balancing, a tower was more then the other one but the initial accuracy was very bad compared to the cheap one. Good job on making this game by yourself!!
Thanks for playing!
I love the UI, main menu and game design, the tower-defense type never old. Good job guys !
Thanks a lot! It's just me so I'm glad you enjoyed my work. I put a lot of time into the UI and UX 😁
This is a gem and I think people recognize it, I even shared it with some friends. Really good job on polish, visuals and feel! Actually enjoyed this one for quite a bit. Theme also fit great.
Feedback:
- Speed up should definitely be a toggle not a hold
- Needs a bit of balancing, furnaces for example felt really strong while the tesla coil felt meh especially early on.
- Scaling could also use some work, it is a bit too easy for my liking and I found myself just skipping and holding space most of the time without thinking.
Thanks a lot for the feedback. You're not the first person to point out the speed up should be toggle and after the rating period that's definitely one thing I'm going to change.
The balancing was definitely the hardest part for me even with my friends playtesting. I think it's also a matter of with how limited tower spots are so there's just no benefit to placing towers other than spears and furnaces.
Scaling I feel like has mostly to do with how easy the interest mechanic makes the game if you use it correctly. A potential fix I've been thinking of would possibly be to nerf the max. interest, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, thanks for playing my game and I'm really flattered by your kind words!
I forgot to mention that but the interest is really nice and interesting, I play TFT from time to time and had to think about that. There the interest is actually capped at +5 which helps with balancing a lot. Capping at a max could make it more interesting for sure!
Damn fellow TFT player here haha. It was most definitely inspired by the interest system there and a +5 cap instead of +10 would probably do wonders. But that's for after the rating period . Glad you enjoyed it!
This was SO fun to play, awesome job! Speedup mechanic felt great.
Thanks a lot! I'm really glad you enjoyed my work :>
Very calming game! Very good simple tutorial to explain everything in game, I would have hoped the speedup would have been with clicking on off than holding spacebar. Game was balance got harder very slowly. Good job!
Thanks a lot for playing! I get your frustrations with the speedup mechanic and I'll definitely take them into account.
I was hoping to see a tower defense game and this one really impressed me. The vibes and music are really relaxing and sound effects really give lot of depth. Maybe it gets a bit repetitive with time and enemies are simple, but this game hooked me more than others did. Great job :)
Thanks a lot! With more time than a week I'm I could've dished out a few more enemies and maybe some maps but it is what it is :)
I'm happy you enjoyed the game!
I enjoyed this! After a few tries, I beat Bert and made it to wave 29 on endless. The interest mechanic was unusual for a TD game, and added a little bit of extra depth. Also, unlike in most TD games, I sold my towers very often to replace them with stronger ones.
The bomb towers were too weak to be useful. I would just place a bunch of arrow towers and then replace them with ovens, alongside a couple of orb towers.
Damn, I haven't even made it further than wave 28 myself. Although I wasn't testing that far into the game often. Good job!
The bomb towers are indeed a bit weak and that's mainly because of their targeting and just overall scaling. They don't fit that well together with the other towers.
That aside, thanks for playing and I'm glad you enjoyed it :).
It's really chill and engaging. I think I messed up when I sold one of my defenses too early but I'm curious about the south beach :D I'll be trying later to reach a higher wave. Nice job guy!
There's a surprise at wave 20 waiting for you if you haven't got there yet! There's also an endless mode after that.
Thanks for playing and good luck!
Tutorial was nice. tower defence mechanics are good, well done.
Here is my submission if anyone wants to check: https://abdullahsevin.itch.io/allican
Thank you!
nice game. despite that I personally don't love the "interest system" , it is a unique spin on classic tower defense games! furthermore the detailled tutorial is clear and easy to understand. overall a fun game.
Thanks a lot for the feedback!
Love how simply you incorporated the theme, love tower defence games, and there's actually a full tutorial no way.
Indredible job!
Thanks a lot for playing and for leaving a comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)
Awesome job. Very polished game. At wave 20 the boss got to my base, and the game said I lost, but also that I won. So that was funny. Again, great work!
Oh my that's a bug and I know exactly how to fix it. Thanks for letting me know and I hope you had fun playing!
I've fixed it now!
Awesome. Are you actually allowed to make changes after submissions closed? Like if I want back and fixed a bug and updated the html build for my game would that be against the rules? God I'm such a dweep. *rules*. But still I'd like to know
The rules stated this:![]()
So I think it's safe to assume a bug like the one you discovered here was game-breaking enough to be allowed to put out a patch
Okay I just saw pictures don't upload so, the rules state "Game files are not locked so if you discover a major issue with your game file it is possible to change this afterwards... This is only for game-breaking issues, don't use this feature to otherwise update your game before the rating period is over." So assumed that I could fix the issue.
The game feels very balanced and brings the correct amount of enemies in every wave. It's very cool and polished, good job!
Thanks a lot! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my work.
Favorite of the jam so far! Gameplay is super addicting, love the strategy aspect of it. Perfect for a game jam, simple graphics and logic giving way for an awesome level of polish. Nicely done all around.
Thanks a lot for the nice words and playing. Really happy to hear
Really well polished and fits the theme quite well! Looks and sounds really good too. I will say I'm not sure if I agree with some of the game design choices made, specifically I think not being able to place towers wherever we like as in Bloons TD takes a lot of strategy out of the game, which I think is a bummer seeing as how cool the towers are. It'd be a lot of fun figuring out the best placement for the spear throwers, for example. Love the interest mechanic, but would like some sort of indicator of what's in the next wave so I can come to a more informed decision, rather than just guess. Maybe call it weather forecast or something lol. Overall great game, loved it!
'Weather Forecast' would be a great name for something like that haha. I get what you mean about not being able to place towers anywhere and fully agree with you. Unfortunately the decision to make the towers be in certain spots was made very early on and I felt like I couldn't change that anymore. I'm glad you liked the interest mechanic though!
Thanks a lot for playing and leaving such a detailed comment :)
Yeah, that's very understandable! And you're welcome, I loved the experience!
These are some tough bubbles! I found zero bugs, love the UI and artstyle, great work!
Thanks a lot! The tougher they are the nicer they pop ;)
It's too pretty, I love the graphic style
Wow. I normally don't care for tower defense games, but this one was really good! I love that you kept it simple and focused. The way it scaled gave me a little too much confidence in the beginning and then the waves had me on the edge of my seat, lol. I *almost* survived wave 16... But I think I spent too much early on.
So far, this has been the most enjoyable game I've played from the Jam. Great work.
Thanks for playing my game! I'm soo glad you enjoyed the game and really felt the 'storm'. :D
Good job. I had considered doing a tower defense game to, as I enjoy them, but I didn't think I'd have the time this week. So great to play yours instead :).
Great tutorial to explain the game quickly (so many games miss this concept in game jams).
Nice range of towers doing different things. And nice "interest" mechanic, which got me being to greedy at times :P.
Possible could have done with a bit of info about the next wave being displayed, but if you continue this game, then that's something for the future :).
Great job with it all, I enjoyed playing!
Thanks a lot for playing my game! I appreciate the long comment and someone actually noticing the "interest" mechanic 😭. Good idea to add some info about the waves, will definitely be doing that if I ever do put out an update for the game.
Anyway, I'm really glad you enjoyed playing and I wish you good luck with your own game. I'll remember to check it out!
Fun game! Very addicting gameplay. Couple tweaks is all you really need.