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Dwarflings by eggplantanimation

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made by eggplantanimation for LD21 (JAM)
Your prisoners, the dwarves, are escaping! Move with the arrow keys. Press space to jump. Turrets cost $50 to place. Place them with the down button. They can be moved by standing in front of one, and pressing up. Press up again to drop it. After a few shots, the dwarves will fall. Pick them up by walking over them. Move them to the jail, and trap them. If you don't pick them up in time, they will get up. See how many of you 200 prisoners you can keep!

Concept: Joecool117/Pie
Programming: Pie, Art: JoeCool117.

Our first LD!

Windows http://www.eggplantanimation.com/games/dwarflings/DwarflingsW.zip
OS/X http://www.eggplantanimation.com/games/dwarflings/DwarflingsM.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=5853

Ratings

Coolness 0% 418
Overall(Jam) 2.18 67
Audio(Jam) 1.00 70
Community 1.60 448
Fun(Jam) 1.45 83
Graphics(Jam) 2.09 74
Humor(Jam) 1.43 58
Innovation(Jam) 2.73 33
Theme(Jam) 2.73 47

Feedback

馃帳 eggplantanimation
23. Aug 2011 路 01:46 UTC
Comment please!
SharkApple
23. Aug 2011 路 03:54 UTC
Well, I thought the game sucked, but then I found myself unable to stop playing it, haha

you should make a polished version of the general idea on Android, I love me some tower defense
JoeDev_net
23. Aug 2011 路 16:39 UTC
Platformer based tower defense game is an interesting idea. It's something I've never played. That being said, I had some collision detection issues. I could jump from the bottom platform and I would fly all the way up to the top. Also, after I built two towers, nothing would ever get past. Does it ever get more difficult?
馃帳 eggplantanimation
23. Aug 2011 路 17:32 UTC
Thanks! I had never seen one, so that is why we made this game. The collision detection "problem" was sort of on purpose. The game did get harder after about 2-3 more minutes. A little bit after that, some platforms break, changing the course of the dwarves!
Jedi
24. Aug 2011 路 06:40 UTC
I really liked the graphics and the way the platform broke after a while. I think that should've happened sooner (with the game finishing sooner as well).

I didn't like the way the dwarves pushed me if I was standing still.

My biggest complaint is that the gameplay just doesn't feel very rewarding. It's hard to tell what to do at first, then once you "get it" it stops being much fun. I did manage to "only" let 44 / 200 escape (200 is WAY too many dwarves, IMHO).

After seeing "game over," I was told to check the log for errors. Here's the log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Dare.py", line 178, in <module>
File "character.pyo", line 21, in __init__
pygame.error: Couldn't open resources/testchar/front_1.png

This was my 1st LD as well; congrats on finishing!
pdyxs
26. Aug 2011 路 06:33 UTC
I like the basic premise of this, but there wasn't enough variety in gameplay. The guys needed to get tougher, or get immune to some weapons (yeah, there needed to be more weapons). It's a good start, and i liked it as one, but it needs more.