Kougeki by Valerien

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made by Valerien for LD27 (JAM)
The controls are mouse-based !

The game plays in 2 phases :
1- Planning
Before a wave, you can set traps and give orders to your units.
2- Battles
Once a battle begins, you only have a single skill available to help your troops, otherwise your success boils down to your planning.


- NOTE -

The links provided will give access to the right builds of the game only right before the end of the jam - my collegue is currently working on the game's balance.

- About the design -

Our take here was to create a big contrast between long planning phases and very short, action-packed battles (10 seconds long).
The gameplay still lacks depth to my taste, but the two of us couldn't go much further in 3 days.

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1156
Overall(Jam) 3.31 201
Audio(Jam) 3.57 80
Fun(Jam) 2.92 300
Graphics(Jam) 4.10 84
Humor(Jam) 2.27 334
Innovation(Jam) 2.66 414
Mood(Jam) 3.21 181
Theme(Jam) 2.96 344

Feedback

blackotus
27. Aug 2013 路 02:35 UTC
I don't remember seeing a lot of Tower Defense games on LD, so it's nice to see this here!
The graphics are nice and colorful, and it plays well, too!
Moving the soldiers was a little clumsy at first, but it didn't take me long to get used to it.
Nice work!
馃帳 Valerien
27. Aug 2013 路 07:42 UTC
The game is still a bit rough around the edges, but we unfortunately didn't have the time to go much further !
Satyre
27. Aug 2013 路 08:37 UTC
Nice gameplay, I like the music and the graphics and how the whole asian style was used in this special TD.
bitserum
27. Aug 2013 路 10:29 UTC
Its really well polished for few days of work, not much to progress in game but very good job anyway.
FanFan
27. Aug 2013 路 10:30 UTC
Loving the color tones you used, although the game is kinda buggy (i lose one of my soldiers by accidentally clicking outside of the screen... Then i supitdly selects another soldier).

The "Hai!" still ring in my ears.
timtipgames
27. Aug 2013 路 10:30 UTC
The graphics are absolutely awesome. I think it doesn't have to be fullscreen though (at least the webversion is stretched to fill the window) because it just blurs the images without addint too much immersion (but thats obviously a matter of taste). The gameplay was ... aehm... towerdefense :)
kannas
27. Aug 2013 路 10:31 UTC
nice game! i would have liked a bit more variety on units , but 3 days are 3 days :P awesome art and selection of music and sounds :)
Nerlin
27. Aug 2013 路 10:31 UTC
Beatiful game! I like it.
Larzan
27. Aug 2013 路 10:33 UTC
Great grafix, nice idea to put the tower defense into a japanese setting.
RetroEpic
27. Aug 2013 路 10:42 UTC
Fantastic little game man. It is a little shallow as you mentioned but it's still great. I think you guys did well on your graphic style and the mechanic is simple and intuitive, it's easy to place things and change unit modes. Good going!
Also the audio for me was top notch!
gre
27. Aug 2013 路 12:17 UTC
Nice graphics and audio.
Kimidori
27. Aug 2013 路 13:25 UTC
great game! 5 stars! :D
Alexander Ponomariov
27. Aug 2013 路 16:23 UTC
Well done ! I like this tower defence game, can't believe you made it so quickly! You rock! \m/
Diogo Muller
27. Aug 2013 路 17:24 UTC
Nice game! The art and the music really shine on this one.
psychomonster
27. Aug 2013 路 18:31 UTC
Nice game. Defense mechanics are well designed and the art design is fantastic. I enjoyed it very much.
Zerkruemler
27. Aug 2013 路 18:36 UTC
Cool sound and Graphics. I haven't really understood how the planning phase affects the battle phase.
Healing or upgrading my defenders would be nice.
killmonday
27. Aug 2013 路 19:49 UTC
Loved it! Highfive for TD and sound effects!!
sgehlich
28. Aug 2013 路 08:57 UTC
Great to see a Tower Defense game on here - I loved the graphics and the sound, but I would have loved to place more units :)
nicotuason
28. Aug 2013 路 12:18 UTC
Great defense game with fantastic art! This could be a really fun game with some bugfixes and more units/levels.
馃帳 Valerien
28. Aug 2013 路 12:45 UTC
@everyone thanks

We'd like to push it further some day, add content and mostly extend a lot the range of possibilities for the player, but at the moment we have 2 games in the making.

Kind regards,
Nathan
flavio
28. Aug 2013 路 21:04 UTC
Waow, very nice graphics and sound design !
Upgrades and new stuff would have been a great feature !
Nice work !
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
29. Aug 2013 路 00:01 UTC
Amazing artwork, bravo you two!@!
Tegu
29. Aug 2013 路 18:47 UTC
The drawings and the soundscape are so beautiful. The game started a bit abruptly and I almost missed the first turn but fortunately decided to click around before hitting "Play" for the first time. It could be a bit more clear. Also it doesn't have any kind of instructions, but on the other hand it was fun to find out what it is possible (just click everything to try what it does). A restart option after game over would be nice since now the game has to be reopened.
I had placed the guys to each path and it was nice to see that they moved to help the other guys if they had finished their enemies. Also it felt a bit weird that the enemies retreated from the town even though all my soldiers were killed, but then I realized that it was due to the 10 seconds timer. In the next turn I just placed the traps but obviously they didn't help much.
It's amazing how cool games people can do in 72 hours. :)
canvapps
31. Aug 2013 路 14:03 UTC
nice game! The graphical artist made a great job :)
matthias_zarzecki
01. Sep 2013 路 09:17 UTC
Solid TD! love the artstyle.
The Evil Cult
02. Sep 2013 路 22:58 UTC
Nice game, really like the concept. I found that the gameplay itself was a bit limited and that my planning phases mostly just consist of me resetting my barrel trap for the most part. Would be nice to see a bit more feedback on what is incoming whilst you are in planning, and a few more options for how to arrange what you can bring to defend (rather than just bringing everything). Still, this was fun and the graphics/sounds were quite nice too! Would really like to see how this came out with a bit more time. Not a bad effort! :)
lordjosephdeburg
15. Sep 2013 路 00:48 UTC
very interesting mechanics and good play on concept. good game!
bitowl
16. Sep 2013 路 07:37 UTC
Wow. that art-style is fantastic :)