Aristotel: The Cycle of Energy by victorcrafty

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made by victorcrafty for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Story

Quick! Our base is under attack. Help us defend it from monopolous Companies! Don't let them steal our Green energy!

Description

You are a robot whose mission is to defend its base, using the energy the base provides. To recharge The Big Battery, you need to kill your enemies and to gather their power, this way creating a continuous flow of energy.

Controls

WASD - Move
Mouse Left - Shoot
E - access Upgrading Table

Goal

Get The Big Battery to 500% charge
Don't get to 0 energy or you will lose

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Ratings

Overall 649th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 371th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1291th 2.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1630th 2.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 689th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 719th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 591th 2.971⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1147th 3.059⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

dreamscale
05. Oct 2020 · 14:03 UTC
Nice game! I can really see it being expanded with maybe having multiple big batteries and different ways to power them. Also the pixel art is very clean!
Seskon
07. Oct 2020 · 13:52 UTC
cool idea, was a little too hard for me tho

upgrading should maybe pause the game or have a bigger pause between waves and indicate that, didnt really had much time to do it
Kaganobik
07. Oct 2020 · 13:56 UTC
I always loved base defense games. It was really fun to play. Graphics were nice. Microwave explosion sound was a bit loud. Nice work!
Gelgavish
07. Oct 2020 · 15:47 UTC
I really liked this action- tower defense game. It's very cute and really satisfying to win. I didn't really understand how the theme goes practically with this game but that's ok. As @kaganobik said, the microwaves are loud.


Btw, I made a game really similar to this one in LD43, so high five :D :hand_splayed:
ElllaDee
07. Oct 2020 · 16:01 UTC
Cool idea and I like the game!
yellowsalamander
11. Oct 2020 · 08:57 UTC
Cool game! I like the idea of a dynamic tower defense.
zaibakk
11. Oct 2020 · 09:38 UTC
Nice little game here! I love tower defences! A background music would be a good add to have... Anyway, nice job!
Tvorojok
11. Oct 2020 · 23:17 UTC
Nice pixelart!
TinySalad
11. Oct 2020 · 23:29 UTC
Well done base defence game! An expanded version could really do with more upgrade diversity.
figueroass27
13. Oct 2020 · 05:56 UTC
Cool little idea for a game and its super fun to play despite the limited nature of the game.
Tryston
14. Oct 2020 · 03:46 UTC
it's a lot of fun, a little loose connection to the theme and the difficulty curve kind of ramps up a lot after wave two but it felt pretty natural despite that and wasn't too difficult. Cute little game.
killerkun
14. Oct 2020 · 08:01 UTC
Great game concept, I sort of felt like the ally robots were a bit too OP, i pretty much sat down and won at the end since they did such a great job.
All in all I liked it, wish it was a bit better balanced and that the aim didn't get stuck while firing.
Huntrox
17. Oct 2020 · 10:42 UTC
I like this game very cool idea and nice art
ModdingMachine
21. Oct 2020 · 14:54 UTC
I enjoyed this game a lot! My favorite part being the microwaves XD. There was one but that I kept on hitting where I could not move, that may have been me not noticing something important. If it was the result of running out of energy or something, it would be nice to have some sort of indicator to tell you when you ran out of movement. It might also be nice for it instead of stopping you entirely, it just slows you down a bit.

(Edit:) I notice now that there is an explanation point above the player, it still would be nice if there was something slightly more noticable. Such as a screen distortion of overlay.

Great game overall!
AceArcher
21. Oct 2020 · 21:10 UTC
I found myself having a lot of fun! The graphics are cute and the sound effects match them, although it got a little overwhelming when there were a lot of enemies at once. There's definitely a pretty huge leap from wave 2 to 3, but I enjoyed the hectic feeling! As far as criticism, I agree that it doesn't fit the theme as closely as a lot of other games, and I would have liked it to go on for a little longer. It felt like as long as you survived round 3 you'd definitely win. However, overall it's a great game!