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Cheesy Defender by SledKnight

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made by SledKnight for LD32 (JAM)
*** First ever Ludum Dare (and first game), ever!
*** I did this in 48 hours, under Compo rules. I just missed the deadline. :)

Help defend the cheese for 3 minutes and 20 seconds, with super sharp paper airplanes... because... why not?

INSTRUCTIONS
Tap the ground and save the golden goodness!
(tap to the left for slower planes, to the right for faster planes)
[the ground has three tap sensors, for near, middle, and far]

SCORING
-5 to throw a plane
+100 per rat
+1000 per cheese bits remaining at end of level 10

NOTES
*** time spent ***
~30 hours

*** tools used ***
Unity 5
Adobe Cloud
iPhone 6 Plus
Wacom Tablet
Web http://sledknight.itch.io/cheesy-defender
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=52123

Ratings

Coolness 90% 2
Overall(Jam) 2.94 749
Audio(Jam) 2.81 492
Fun(Jam) 2.98 575
Graphics(Jam) 3.10 610
Humor(Jam) 3.30 302
Innovation(Jam) 2.87 654
Mood(Jam) 2.59 829
Theme(Jam) 3.49 417

Feedback

Huo-cuo
21. Apr 2015 路 05:08 UTC
Kvik. I made to level 10, but it seems that the paper airplane flyes slightly unpredictably.
pi_pi3
21. Apr 2015 路 05:21 UTC
I like the idea. And I love the sound effects <3
馃帳 SledKnight
21. Apr 2015 路 05:31 UTC
Sorry Huo-cuo, I've added instructions for where to tap to the description.
(tap to the left for slower planes, to the right for faster planes)
[the ground has three tap sensors, for near, middle, and far]
pixzleone
21. Apr 2015 路 05:41 UTC
Cool game!
bpleonvong
21. Apr 2015 路 05:45 UTC
The sound effects were, cool, wished there was a funny bgm. And these rats won't just die. Airplanes fly too much(If you know what I mean).
Almost
21. Apr 2015 路 05:47 UTC
The airplanes indicator is not great since it's just a gray number instead of a color or a bar that changes size. I think that for some of the fast mice it's not possible to hit them before they reach the cheese, unless I get lucky and throw the plane before they come onscreen. Also I couldn't figure out how to aim right next to the cheese, it would usually overshoot.
ZQMony
21. Apr 2015 路 05:49 UTC
Great job on the game. The difficulty is not to easy, but it also isn't too hard.
lucidsheep
21. Apr 2015 路 06:33 UTC
I like the three-dimensional element of the field!
43iscoding
21. Apr 2015 路 14:19 UTC
Very fun concept! I liked those mice, especially their standing animation :D And very lovely "squeek") Congratulations on your first LD entry and game!
richiebranson
22. Apr 2015 路 01:51 UTC
I gave you 5 stars for the audio, those chewing sound effects had me pretty shook, lol. I hate rats...but love this concept!
Garris
23. Apr 2015 路 22:27 UTC
This game is really funny and also fun. Loved the squeaks from the rats when you hit them with the paper planes. Nice job!
hbocao
24. Apr 2015 路 01:14 UTC
hahah loved the sound effects! Simple but fun :)
At first was kinda hard to hit the rats that were too close to the cheese.
gruhn
24. Apr 2015 路 02:35 UTC
A funny idea for a first game!
As a tip, there could be some visual indicator showing in which row the plane would be landing.
Frenchie
24. Apr 2015 路 03:50 UTC
"Squeak!" I laughed out loud. Very funny =)

I found the airplanes to be a little hard to control, but still had fun
TeamFlare
24. Apr 2015 路 06:18 UTC
funny game :) a bit hard to aim at the beginning but after some time i got it ;)
peecestudios
29. Apr 2015 路 23:45 UTC
got to lvl 10 but ran out of cheese, nice game! could use some background music, and a bit easier controls when it comes to aiming. overall great game though
Mykaelos
30. Apr 2015 路 00:57 UTC
That gets intense at the end. The rat animations are fantastic! Fun game!
jprogman
30. Apr 2015 路 05:36 UTC
The mice started to appear and move too fast for me to throw an airplane at them. The delay of throwing a plane at the mice is rather long. I ended up just shooting as many planes as I can at such a short distance. Sort of worked... made it to the end.
Funny little game.
defacid
02. May 2015 路 13:40 UTC
I wish that the aiming system was clearer because this game was pretty cool. Great graphics, great feel (when it feels like the airplanes are doing what I want), but it's just not a consistent feeling of fun due to the aiming.
recursor
06. May 2015 路 17:43 UTC
I really like how you did the art with photos. That cheese pile looks quite appealing. The sounds are also great. My only critique would be that I wanted a bit more control over the planes. The difficulty seemed to ramp up pretty nicely, and it is pretty hilarious too. There was one instance where a mouse seemed to jump up almost as if it was dodging the planes. It grabbed a piece of cheese and scurried off.
Interface
07. May 2015 路 03:39 UTC
Squeek! I guess they can dodge too! Had some difficulty to correctly aim for a particular row (depth?). Simple but fun game. Plane spamming only works for so long :-)
idoadler
09. May 2015 路 15:21 UTC
Poor Rats!
Nice first game :)
freeholdgames
10. May 2015 路 16:24 UTC
Awesome first entry. I would like if it was more clear when and when you can't throw an airplane, as I'd have gaps in when I could throw that weren't completely clear. Great first entry though!
chromebookbob
10. May 2015 路 17:08 UTC
great paper airplane mechanic
Luminar
10. May 2015 路 17:35 UTC
Interesting concept :) I've almost lost all of my cheese :D
Borkleby
12. May 2015 路 00:10 UTC
Cute game, great art! But dang... those rats die in like the most gory and gruesome way possible. I almost feel bad for them. Almost.
MrShoestore
12. May 2015 路 00:57 UTC
Great idea and game play. Would have really liked if the shoot button was another button other than mouse. Really like the graphics.