Defend the crystal by TheMonax
Just defend the crystal and that's it.
This is my second game for a Ludum Dare. I didn't have much time to do it because I have to study for my exams. I hope you enjoy it. :relaxed:
:camera: Screenshots

:keyboard: Controls
- A, D: move left and right
- g: melee attack
- h: distance attack (1 mana)
- j: place a wall (6 mana)
- k: place a slow zone (3 mana)
- l: place a damage zone (5 mana)
:tools: Tools
- :wrench: Framework: love2D
- :art: PixelArt: PaintDotNet
- :pencil: Texteditor: Atom
- :sound: Sound effects: ChipTone
Start the game
- Extract the zip file
- open run.bat
BUGS
- if the game is running too fast check Vsync is on in your GPU preferences
| Source code | https://github.com/mk-dev-team/mk-ld40 |
| Windows | https://github.com/mk-dev-team/mk-ld40/archive/master.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/defend-the-crystal |
Ratings
| Given | 3🗳️ | 1🗨️ |
I think that you could improve it by making it easier to access the variety of weapons there are (I'm not shure if different keys would make it better, or maybe two for switching the active weapon and one for using it... You could try out a few different things).
A possibility to retry would also be great.
For your second entry, this is really impressive (I know, because this was my second real attempt, too)! Keep it up! :)
After harvesting a bit of mana, things snowballed, and I practically carpeted the whole floor with slow/hurty areas, concentrated around the enemy spawn points. With walls around the crystal to protect stray snowballs from jumping snowmen, I had a pretty much undefeatable setup.
I eventually let the snowmen kill me, though, 'cause I wanted to see my stats at the end. 322 monsters, 228 snowmen, 5 bombs, 611 mana, 1211 points.
I enjoyed the game! I liked the variety of powers you could use in defense of the crystal. If you were to continue on it, you'd need to limit strategies like this, though.