fastDefense by little-automaton

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made by little-automaton for LD27 (COMPO)
It's very simple. Choose a ball and throw it before 10 seconds are over.

I forgot to add an exit button. You can just leave when you are dead.

The game becomes gradually faster. I thought it would be to difficult at the beginning.

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 2.79 814
Audio 2.41 629
Fun 2.79 666
Graphics 2.20 955
Humor 2.05 668
Innovation 2.93 574
Mood 2.29 875
Theme 2.11 1132

Feedback

evilentity
26. Aug 2013 路 14:47 UTC
Wont exit without killing the process.
馃帳 little-automaton
26. Aug 2013 路 15:59 UTC
I'm sorry. I forget to change this because I opened it in the editor where i could exit.
The Program doesn't react if the game is in progress. If you are dead you can close.
Rabbits...
26. Aug 2013 路 20:38 UTC
I liked the drum beat cannon balls, a bit faster of pace would have been better.
tiffi
27. Aug 2013 路 16:57 UTC
Its sooo cool, but so depressing, every second ball jumps back to you. very hard, but very cool
MrBlade
27. Aug 2013 路 19:51 UTC
Pretty nice. I am glad you added sounds, and the physics were a nice touch. Somethings I would like improved.

-Sling shotting the ball seems to be pretty unreliable and with some balls they would fly miles even with the slightest touch.
-The sounds were unrealistic, and annoying. (At least you add them. More than I can say for my games. Ha.) Consider adding background music.
-The only way to close the program is to kill the process (add a quit even. :c)

Nice work! Keep it up! 7/10 Might play again.
supersammy7000
27. Aug 2013 路 19:59 UTC
need to be able to close and needs to be faster and less bounce back
ZYXer
28. Aug 2013 路 02:26 UTC
Great idea to add bouncing physics to a cannon game. But the fun one has is highly dependant on the generated map. If there are many 45 degree slopes pointing towards the cannon, the balls will nearly always bounce back.
whiteravens
28. Aug 2013 路 16:24 UTC
"9:" is an invalid integer.

Error window pops out when I press enter to start the game.
Cthulhu
28. Aug 2013 路 16:39 UTC
The physics is really funny!
I like the different types of balls but I was really disappointed by the holemaker ball than did nothing (and no hole!) :(

Also I wish the enemies were moving faster and there were more of them because they are very hard to hit when they are at the other side of the map. By the way, nice level generator.

Good job.
berkano
29. Aug 2013 路 17:16 UTC
Really fun to play! Sounds are hilarious. Reminds me of the good old days of Scorched Earth (yes, before Angry Birds) </hipster> Nice job!
doonay21
30. Aug 2013 路 19:50 UTC
Fun game. I like the sounds, it was fun experience.
imef
30. Aug 2013 路 20:05 UTC
Nice concept! Maybe a bit too slow paced in the first levels.
Marcellus
01. Sep 2013 路 16:48 UTC
very fun game, I really enjoyed playing it. Didn't understand why enemies came endlessly tho.
馃帳 little-automaton
01. Sep 2013 路 17:25 UTC
"Didn't understand why enemies came endlessly tho."
The idea was that you should not wait until the enemies stand befor you and you can shot them easily. If you shot an enemie he starts again behind the map. To reach the next level you have to kill the enemies when they enter the map.
Snail_Man
01. Sep 2013 路 17:37 UTC
Nice game! I actually played this for quite a while. If I had one complaint, it would probably be the very slow moving enemies, which didn't get much better over time. Still, the game itself was very fun, so good job on that :) I also liked the sound effects.
ZeppelinCaptain
01. Sep 2013 路 19:22 UTC
Seems like a neat concept, but it definitely needs some polish. An obvious part of that would be to speed up the enemies a lot, since the game is mind-numbingly slow right now.
But some cool bomb ideas and nice throwing mechanic.
X-0r
01. Sep 2013 路 19:33 UTC
Big remote ball is the best. The enemies can never reach my castle! The automatic level increment is good to keep players on their toes, especially, if the enemies spawn close to "your home". Still, there's not really much to do, nor an actual goal... in any case, solid entry =)
Binary Gambit
05. Sep 2013 路 15:12 UTC
"9:" is an invalid integer.
I am sad as this game looked to be awesome!
Sh1rogane
05. Sep 2013 路 15:36 UTC
Fun game, love when the ball just bounce around everywhere. Gets a bit easy with "big remote control"
LonelyTimeLord
05. Sep 2013 路 15:37 UTC
Not a bad game, I wasn't very good at it though :P
jwolf
15. Sep 2013 路 23:55 UTC
Pretty entertaining entry that you have here. Bouncing shots around is fun. As I'm sure you're aware, the game could be faster / more difficult. Also, I'd prefer if the default shot was always enabled, so you don't have to click on it every time, but that's a minor thing.
RawBits
16. Sep 2013 路 18:37 UTC
Various bugs in this one.
Like enemies are coming in from the bottom and get teleported up on the hills after they are fully visible.
You don't redrow the upper row of pixels so junk stays when ball goes out of the screen.
...things like these.
I would let the gamer abandon the current ball and choose another instead. Also it's very oring at first as enemies are slow.