Tusk Til Dawn by BlaiseRascal

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made by BlaiseRascal for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

A tower defense game in which you try to protect the last woolly mammoth.

The units you can purchase are:

  1. Caveman: Standard weak unit
  2. Cavewoman: More powerful but has a slightly higher attack delay
  3. Cavemansplainer: Does not attack, but buffs the attack speed of nearby units (multiple cavemansplainers do not stack)

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Ratings

Overall 652th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 379th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1058th 2.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 864th 3.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 850th 2.861⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 494th 3.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 3.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 480th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Fedora
20. Apr 2020 · 22:23 UTC
Simple tower defense game, maybe needs some more towers and upgrades. I liked the graphics.
Watcher
20. Apr 2020 · 22:25 UTC
Simple artstyle but looks good, sound is on point, easy to play. Enjoyable experience overall. Cool game, keep it up :)
pandanymous
20. Apr 2020 · 22:27 UTC
Loved it, i was crushed by the boss, but that was fun :D
MickM
20. Apr 2020 · 22:31 UTC
Simple but nicely balanced. Music was suitable - not intrusive but added a nice background and tempo suited the game well.

The buttons to place units seemed to show I could place units when I didnt have the funds (I couldnt - just appeared that way) so maybe the button appearances could be amended but didnt detract significantly.

Pretty neat game. I got wrecked in my first one but made it to 7 in the next one with a bit of MS use.
tomdeal
20. Apr 2020 · 22:33 UTC
nice take on the tower defence. Gameplay could be a bit deeper, but I made it to the end with 8hp left. good entry!
hhsaez
20. Apr 2020 · 22:43 UTC
Amazing game!
I cannot guess pass the boss :(
It would be great to be able to delete units. At some point I had lots of cavemen that do little damage but had founds to buy muy powerful units.

Great work!
🎤 BlaiseRascal
20. Apr 2020 · 22:55 UTC
Thank you so much for all the responses! For those who are having trouble winning, one tip is just to create lots of cavemen, and completely ignore other units (especially cavemansplainers). Looking back, I wish I had balanced the units better, but it's tough to do everything in just 48 hours :)
pandepic
21. Apr 2020 · 12:53 UTC
A simple but fun tower defence game with cute graphics, needs more tower variety/mechanics though as it gets kinda repetitive.
JOrbits
21. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC
I think it's okay that you've not added more towers or upgrades, as you've already stated, balancing a tower defence game is really hard. So I liked that you kept it simple. A few more animations and a bit more polishing would've been nice though. I loved the music.
ColeSlaughter
22. Apr 2020 · 05:10 UTC
wew, either this game is super tough, or I suck at tower defense games. After a few attempts I was finally able to get past the first tidal wave of skeletons. Got completely wiped by the boss at the end though. :(

Favorite little part by far was the Cave Mansplainer and his seductive "heey~" hahahaha
CosmicCrystalGames
22. Apr 2020 · 08:43 UTC
A simple yet fun little tower defense game. The units seemed a bit unbalanced but it was a very charming gameplay loop. I liked the simple graphics and audio, very cute. Could use a bit more juice with regards to animation and UI to keep the player engaged while playing.
blobo
25. Apr 2020 · 05:09 UTC
ooh, this was tough. Nice work on your first Ludum Dare! I wish there was a title screen!
Suchista
25. Apr 2020 · 22:20 UTC
Classic tower defense, everything works fine :)
Javier Diez
30. Apr 2020 · 09:52 UTC
Awesome game, I love tower defense games and I think you have done a great job. Congrats!!
ubershmekel
02. May 2020 · 07:22 UTC
I love tower defense games, and this one had me confused at first with what the mansplainer does. After re-reading the instructions, I was able to win. This was a cute concept. The only thing I would like to improve would be the readability with what's going on - sometimes it wasn't clear if a character was shooting or not. Either way I enjoyed it. Thank you!
Epicload
02. May 2020 · 07:35 UTC
Cool TD game! I enjoyed the game!
LooksLikeSomething
02. May 2020 · 10:25 UTC
Nice tower defense, I really enjoyed playing it !