Goat Tower by klianc09

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made by klianc09 for LD27 (JAM)
Have you ever wanted to be a goat? No? However, now you can!

Smash your head against a wall, eat grass, smash your head against your foes, jump around, smash your head against another wall, jump on clouds, take a shit on your enemies, make that awesome sound that goats make when they are angry (or happy).

And then defend that tower of your's from those pesky little robot-frogs, who send a new wave every 10 seconds. Do you have what it takes to beat the ultimate challenge and prove you are a true goat?

You can fight against the frog hordes alone or with a friend in awesome Co-op mode.

Controls:

---Player 1:
- Move with: W, A, S, D
- Dash with: F
- Make that noise that goats make: G
- Eat grass: H (Heals your Health)
- Take a shit: T

---Player 2:
- Move with: ArrowKeys
- Dash with: J
- Make that noise that goats make: K
- Eat grass: L (Heals your Health)
- Take a shit: I

--Post-Compo---
Post-Compo Version has several bugfixes and an easier difficulty curve.

So, if the game is too hard for you, you can try the post-compo.

Now also implemented Powerups falling from the sky from time to time.

--BUG-Notice--:
You can enable the music in the Options-Menu, but it sounds distorted and crashes the game after a restart.
This doesn't happen when I execute it in Eclipse, so if anybody has a lot of experience with LibGDX, maybe you could give me a hint.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 2.96 361
Audio(Jam) 2.34 423
Fun(Jam) 2.98 274
Graphics(Jam) 2.86 400
Humor(Jam) 3.58 56
Innovation(Jam) 3.04 264
Mood(Jam) 2.49 436
Theme(Jam) 2.20 566

Feedback

archaeometrician
27. Aug 2013 · 05:13 UTC
Hahaha cute game ;) You made me laught. Good goat sound effect ;) It's kinda hard to kill all the ennemy but interesting gameplay anyway !
naufr4g0
27. Aug 2013 · 05:17 UTC
Game is fun in the first minutes. Later it becomes impossible to fend off enemies. Anyway I really like different actions! :)
lcass
27. Aug 2013 · 18:02 UTC
how fun!
Canobie
27. Aug 2013 · 18:04 UTC
Very fun... and funny. Good work!
Xgor
27. Aug 2013 · 18:15 UTC
It felt almost impossible to kill any enemies.... It felt that my dash worked 33% of the time.
🎤 klianc09
27. Aug 2013 · 20:40 UTC
@archaeometrician & naufr4g0: Yes, I added nearly all the waves in the last hours and wasn't able to play-test it enough, so it's really hard to win. But I rebalanced the difficulty in the Post-compo version.

@Xgor: The dash only gives a sudden speed burst that you lose very fast again. And the damage you deal depends on your speed at impact.
Therefore: the faster you can smash the dash button, the faster you go and the more damage you deal.

(In the Post-Compo version you can also hold the dash-button to run faster, but it's still not as fast as rapidly smashing the dash-button)
tompudding
27. Aug 2013 · 22:04 UTC
I appreciate the digestive accuracy, though I wish the goat poop could be used to damage or dissuade the enemy!
mochalematazi
27. Aug 2013 · 22:06 UTC
At first, I was confused since I only thought dash was used to go fast. Had to look in the comments to figure out that it's used to hit them! Haha. Overall, it was very silly and pretty fun. Difficult to kill the flying crows, though.
sP0CkEr2
27. Aug 2013 · 22:17 UTC
i liked the goat stuff, but that was about it -- funny concept tho -- nice effort
wintermute
27. Aug 2013 · 22:41 UTC
Awesome when played with a friend. Really made me feel like being a goat. But yes, the flying enemies are too hard to kill!
Diptoman
28. Aug 2013 · 12:47 UTC
That was fun!
Like others said, enemies are a tad bit too hard though. :S
euske
28. Aug 2013 · 13:37 UTC
Both links didn't work for me?
JHollands
28. Aug 2013 · 13:43 UTC
Great fun. Upgrades would be hilarious.
🎤 klianc09
28. Aug 2013 · 13:55 UTC
@euske: Strange, they work for me and everyone else. Did the server not respond or something?

@JHollands: Yeah, Powerups had been planned in the original brainstorming, but time-constraints and stuff...
But I will certainly implement them in the Post-Compo version sometime in the next weeks.
monosacharride
28. Aug 2013 · 21:01 UTC
super awesome
goat tower is the best title
h_double
28. Aug 2013 · 23:39 UTC
I couldn't figure out if I was supposed to be able to kill enemies, but goats own and I had fun running around doing goat stuff. Well done!
Sebby
29. Aug 2013 · 06:44 UTC
Goats, hell yeah! :D I enjoyed head-butting things very much.
lopiky1
29. Aug 2013 · 11:51 UTC
very fun good job :D
Tanser
29. Aug 2013 · 12:31 UTC
Love the idea!
ashdnazg
29. Aug 2013 · 12:40 UTC
Now that I've had the opportunity of being a goat I can die in peace. :D
haxpor
30. Aug 2013 · 12:16 UTC
I can't download the game, it's say something about server problem and the website directs to ads-page.
🎤 klianc09
30. Aug 2013 · 16:59 UTC
@everyone who has troubles downloading: I put up a mirror on dropbox, hoping that they are more reliable.

So if downloading it didn't work for you, try the mirror.
Antidote
31. Aug 2013 · 20:56 UTC
Lol played with 2 players, kinda fun xD Wish it was easier to kill the enemies
ratalaika
01. Sep 2013 · 10:19 UTC
good job
Gaspard_
03. Sep 2013 · 15:37 UTC
Yeah it was hard, and I didn't care about that at all to!
Nice idea!
zconnelly13
03. Sep 2013 · 19:06 UTC
lol, goats.
manuq
03. Sep 2013 · 19:17 UTC
The mirror works, the other URL gave me a corrupted file.
manuq
03. Sep 2013 · 19:18 UTC
The authentic goat controls were great :) I wished the poo was useful to attack your enemies. Or it is and I didn't figure out how to use it?
theholychicken
05. Sep 2013 · 10:19 UTC
Haha I am very amused...
It would be great if the enemies could be easier to steamroll though. That would make this even more epic.
Also the goat poop should really be a special attack XD
crueltear
14. Sep 2013 · 23:00 UTC
Really funny game. Simple, but humor and fun is highlight of this game.
Rick Hoppmann
15. Sep 2013 · 16:32 UTC
Cool idea, but poorly polished. The sounds are annoying (especially the ones in the main menu). The pixelart is good, but may use more "funnier" colors. The difficulty really needs to be more balanced, the singleplayer mode is too hard.
TobiasW
15. Sep 2013 · 19:25 UTC
That game has everything that I expect from a goat defense game: Making the sounds that goats make, shitting on enemies, muching delightful grass, holding down flying enemies with my weight and walking on clouds.

No seriously, the gameplay was good, but it was those fun touches that made the game great, haha. And it's super cool that you added a co-op mode, pity I don't have a friend near!
BradleySmith
16. Sep 2013 · 21:26 UTC
I love the way the goat shits. xD