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Cell Defense by WanSou

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made by WanSou for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

90% Of the game is by WanSou

10% Of the game is by PronomicalArtist and by Dazzyls <3 (Dazzyls has no account on LD)

If not the 10% then we wouldn't have any endings! Thank you guys! :heart:

(PronomicalArtist Told Me To Split It By %'s)

Controls :

Hold Left Click to move the white blood cell Hover over the enemies at the bottom of the screen to check the information about the virus Click ESC to cancel placing a cannon or a wall!

:smiley:

You are a little blood cell within Your body, so you better defend it from different types of viruses! the end goal is to buy the permanent gold protection for your heart.

There are 3 Endings For This Game, Good Luck Finding Those!

Please rate it ! Its my first ever game on Ludum Dare! :smile:

Made it alot easier by the request of PronomicalArtist

The game takes a while to load, so just open it and wait for a moment.

Music By BenSounds!

Here are some pictures!

CellDefensePIC.png

CellDefensePicc.png

CellDefensePic2.png

Upgrade Descriptions

btn3.png Strenght Upgrade Upgrade it to kill enemies faster! really useful on later waves! :star:

btn4.png Size Upgrade Upgrade it to make you white blood cell bigger and cover more area around the heart! :heart:

btn5.png Double DNA Upgrade Upgrade it to double the amount of DNA you get per kill! :moneybag:

btn2.png Wall Upgrade Buy it to place a wall which will kill enemies

on contact - be aware, some enemies are Not affected by the wall :skull:

btn.png Cannon Upgrade END GAME ITEM its really op, can kill every single bacteria in one hit, it is required for later waves the most fun is with the Cannon :smile:

btnlast.png Last Permanent Heart Protection The end upgrade! Buy it to end the game, there are 3 different endings, can you find them all ? :smirk:

btninfo.png

Have Fun! Don't forget to rate it! :smile:

known bugs :

Some upgrade MAX sprites doesn't work Found by HonestDan

Black enemy sprites are on the bottom of the screen on the start of the game Found by HonestDan

Description Were bugged Found by Celdur

Thank you for the community to submiting these bugs! and you can do, just comment - i read every single one!

<<< FIXED IN THE NEW VERSION >>>

Youtube https://www.mediafire.com/file/ahpy5et9m62d4tt/CellDefenseLD.zip/file
Youtube https://www.mediafire.com/file/6qd47scgfezjok6/CellDefenseLDFixed3.zip/file
Youtube https://wansoupl.itch.io/cell-defense
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/cell-defense

Ratings

Overall 688th 3.331⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Fun 430th 3.424⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 764th 2.924⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Theme 954th 2.72⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 812th 3.042⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Humor 568th 2.696⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Mood 873th 2.905⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Given 60🗳️ 70🗨️

Feedback

spider__the second
07. Oct 2019 · 22:54 UTC
Fun, game, though the mouse constantly being visible detracts a little from the visuals and the tutorial is a little too wordy/hard to read.
118ice
07. Oct 2019 · 23:18 UTC
Good little game, could use a little descriptions on what each upgrade does and there was a little text glitch where the text overlapped for the enemy description. Otherwise, great music and good graphics.
rosebucket
08. Oct 2019 · 00:21 UTC
comes at you very fast and is kinda hard to figure stuff out, but really cool. very challenging
Starblast
08. Oct 2019 · 13:33 UTC
Agree with @rosebucket here, the next round comes too quicky giving you too little time to check out the upgrades
NachtWitch
08. Oct 2019 · 16:20 UTC
I love games with cell themes I'm them, really cool.game!
Katharsy
08. Oct 2019 · 16:31 UTC
nice game there! just as said before, there's a glitch with the text of enemies, and wouldn't be bad to put some descriptions on the upgrades! a bit challenging on the first run, but funny to play!
shaurya_juneja
08. Oct 2019 · 16:40 UTC
Good game, can be expanded easily! Devs should work on it
rroni
08. Oct 2019 · 16:44 UTC
Hey awesome little game! I loved the ending!
Eymrich
08. Oct 2019 · 16:47 UTC
Nice game, well done! The theme use a bit far fetched :D
Wolfens
08. Oct 2019 · 16:50 UTC
Very cool game with a nice and original theme GJ guys :)
Smackmet
08. Oct 2019 · 16:53 UTC
Nice game ! Its really fun to play, i liked the whole idea of getting points and upgradeing. Its confusing you dont know what the upgrades do. Also the timing inbetween rounds is a little short, you could make them longer and add a skip button to it, just in case you finish early.
Sir Galloy De Fierpâté
08. Oct 2019 · 16:55 UTC
Wow ! It's hard ! I don't understand how the shop works, but I understand how to build walls so I build a wall and the viruses pay for it ^^. I like the game but found it... a little bit creepy. Hopefully the music is cool and broke this strange mood.
🎤 WanSou
08. Oct 2019 · 17:12 UTC
Thank you for commetings everyone. i couldn't add anything else, i finished the game in the literal last second altough after the LD i am going to update the game!

@smackmet i will add the skip button for sure!
@sir-galloy-de-fierpate the price is below the buttons and just go into the buttons to upgrade it if you have enough DNA (currency)
@shaurya-juneja i will :)
@118ice i am adding the description to the submission page right now give me a second
ajahks
08. Oct 2019 · 18:06 UTC
Very cute and adorable art! The concept is cool and can be developed upon further!
panganaki
08. Oct 2019 · 18:55 UTC
Looked simple at first, but great concept.
ModdingMachine
08. Oct 2019 · 19:18 UTC
A few spelling mistakes at first so I was worried what the whole game would be like, but that just ment more time was spent on the actual game itself! Great Game!
🎤 WanSou
08. Oct 2019 · 19:20 UTC
@moddingmachine yeah i know, i rushed it **ALOT**
Danielcmcg
08. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
Good game, it is fun to play just to see how the next "powers" will behave. Great job.
BrokenMirrorMedia
08. Oct 2019 · 20:01 UTC
Haha this is a fun little game for sure. The movement felt surprisingly responsive, I was worried it would feel slow or rubbery but it was actually quite snappy which was great. The double DNA points and cannon upgrades are super powerful, on the last level I literally didn't have to move, the cannon just obliterated everything, which kinda takes the challenge out of the game. Also when I bought the golden heart upgrade I got a GMS crash:

```
___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object oDoctor:

Unable to find any instance for object index '4' name 'oBlackBox'
at gml_Object_oDoctor_Step_0
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Object_oDoctor_Step_0 (line -1)
```

*This is in the fixed version btw
🎤 WanSou
08. Oct 2019 · 20:39 UTC
@brokenmirrormedia
fixed it, im so sorry for that...
in 2 mins the link should be updated

edit : ludum dare doesn't let me update the link :thinking:

Edit2 : got it! have fun and again im sorry!
BrokenMirrorMedia
08. Oct 2019 · 21:25 UTC
@wansou Thanks for the update, I replayed it and the ending I got was great haha, this is a really solid game!
justinooncx
09. Oct 2019 · 04:59 UTC
Well, since you have a post-fix version, I probably don't have to bring up the bugs.... This game was pretty fun; quite satisfying to zoop around the map eating viruses and the like! Had to look up what the purchases are; might be a good idea to put down instructions in the starting free-roam area instead of a separate screen on the main menu. All in all, it was a really fun fight, and it was kinda satisfying to be able to buy the cannon and see it shred everything in sight without having to do anything! Also, the ending's hilarious. Good job!
Zhaan
09. Oct 2019 · 21:07 UTC
Funny game, I like the idea, I had fun, good work !!
Simon Rahnasto
10. Oct 2019 · 17:01 UTC
I would recommend uploading your games to itch.io, that way people from outside the jam can find your game as well, and people who liked your great entry can follow you and see what you make in the future. With that out of the way I want to say that I enjoyed this quite a bit, felt well put together and had a nice amount of content, specially powerups. And who doesn't like powerups? :smile:
Gauphastus
10. Oct 2019 · 17:16 UTC
Not bad. Used to play games like these on various sites.
Glad your project came together in the end. It certainly seems challenging getting it all wrapped up by the deadline.
snesgaard
10. Oct 2019 · 17:24 UTC
Fun little game, controls took some getting used to! Though would suggest using something less visually busy for the background :)
🎤 WanSou
10. Oct 2019 · 18:20 UTC
@simon-rahnasto thanks for the suggestion, i never uploaded on itch.io but i still tried to upload it :)
here it is https://wansoupl.itch.io/cell-defense
Erkberg
10. Oct 2019 · 18:38 UTC
Pretty cool and fun game! I liked the gameplay a lot, crashing into enemies and the upgrade mechanic are really entertaining. The visuals are a bit so-so, but sufficient.
At my first two tries I died really fast, but then got the hang of it and the game actually had a reverse difficulty curve, especially with the overpowered cannons later, but I don't mind at all. The ending was also nice.
Overall, enjoyed this and played it for quite some time, good job!
CrubeYawne
11. Oct 2019 · 12:37 UTC
Good twist on tower defense :) A lot of potential with with this theme. Good music.
NinjaCatz
11. Oct 2019 · 12:38 UTC
Sounds for enemies would not hurt) I liked that there is a mini-tutorial in the game!
🎤 WanSou
11. Oct 2019 · 15:18 UTC
@ninjacatz oh yeah, i have no program to do any sound effects nor any music, sorry about that :P

@crubeyawne thank you :)

@erkberg thank you for the review :D
Stefanie Leitch
12. Oct 2019 · 00:53 UTC
Different take on the tower defense genre. At one point I lost 700ish DNA or whatever for seemingly no good reason.
Arcus
12. Oct 2019 · 12:04 UTC
Wow! I love your art style :smile:
Celdur
12. Oct 2019 · 14:47 UTC
Fun game, I like how dynamic your movement speed can be.

I never had to worry about enemy types though. I don't think I even know what most of them do,
because the game is a little on the easy side.
I know there's descriptions for them, but those were bugged as stated by others, even in the fixed version.

Also you weren't kidding about that cannon being busted, I had a drink while it was going at it and the heart was fine.
Pedro Rosa
12. Oct 2019 · 17:05 UTC
This game is amazing. One of the best I played in the jam no dought. So the concept itself It so different and cool. I love the player movement. You can be super fast with no control or very slow with super control it's up for the player to decide. This trade-off creates so many game chooses it is amazing especially with such a simple idea. I love the update, in particular, the placable wall. This gives the player so many optins its really good. I had tremendous fun playing this game congrats.
anttiviljami
12. Oct 2019 · 17:13 UTC
Solid game! Simple, fun to play, easy to learn. At first it was a little counter-intuitive that you have to hit the bacteria with your cell. Pretty nice progression though!
🎤 WanSou
12. Oct 2019 · 19:51 UTC
@arcus Thank you!

@celdur huh, i had no idea that the descriptions were bugged, im sorry about that - i just fixed it, sorry again!

@pedro-rosa Ah thank you :heart:

@anttiviljami thank you for the review!
Danilo Freire
13. Oct 2019 · 01:10 UTC
Please post a web or mac build so more people can play and give feedbacks on your game! :D
kaeveris
13. Oct 2019 · 09:11 UTC
Cool game, with great graphics and music and tight controls! I feel like the tutorial text was too long and there was not enough time after beating the waves to choose your upgrade XD
PIXAMENTORY
13. Oct 2019 · 09:16 UTC
"Impressive game, Very cool concepts. I left wishing that there is more.
Had a lot of fun "
🎤 WanSou
13. Oct 2019 · 11:45 UTC
@danilo-freire im sorry about that, but GMS2 has alot of version all of them are seperate and there is a version for Web / Mac / Windows / PS4 / Android / Xbox and Linux every single one costs alot, (over 75 Dollars) i could only afford the windows one, maybe in the future i buy a Web one so everyone can play it :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

@kaeveris Thank you for the feedback, i tried to make it really action based, aka not alot of free time for buying upgrades but alot of time fightining the viruses, although i could make it a bit longer in the future :clock3:

@pixamentory Thank you for the feedback, unfortunetly i haven't got time to add more stuff, i literally uploaded this game in the last 30 mins of submission hour, it was fun but stressful :smile:
Marcel Oyuela-Bonzani
14. Oct 2019 · 01:31 UTC
Pretty fun!
Euler Moises
16. Oct 2019 · 01:10 UTC
If my health depended on me in this game, I would be screwed! :D
I was very bad.

This is our game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/soundscapes
Rialgar
16. Oct 2019 · 21:44 UTC
The core Gameplay is solid and a lot of fun. I did not actually get into the different enemy types since I managed to get rid of them all basically the same way - aka squish them with my white blood cell. The walls and canons were interesting, but I did not actually need them. I like making a specific upgrade the goal, makes the player prioritize between saving up for the goal and buying upgrades. I found only one ending. See me sloshing around the white blood cell here: https://youtu.be/hQ0s1gU3lQ4
🎤 WanSou
16. Oct 2019 · 22:37 UTC
@marcel-oyuela-bonzani Thank you for the feedback
@euler-moises Thanks for the feedback :stuck_out_tongue:

@rialgar Woah, thanks for the vid i really appreaciate it
To get the first ending u need to finish the game with a full heart
then another ending with half a heart
and to get another one, which is the hardest one, you need to get to a **really** high wave, its kind of hard

thanks for the feedback :smiley:
Elektroney
19. Oct 2019 · 15:37 UTC
Perfect and fun game but my eyes were bleeding from the background