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Spooky Gothic Siege by Kszaku

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made by Kszaku for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

The Evil Gods have came, the dead have risen. All is lost.

Only one question remains - how long will it take? The Last Tower stood tall, the remains of military have gathered.

There is no hope for survival - only for the final stand.

Instructions:

Press LMB to shoot your gun.

After buying an unit you have to place it on a battlefield.

Snipers are great at killing zombies, while machine gunners make their advance slower (making sniper's job easier).

Necromancers spawn randomly.

Link https://github.com/damoch/spooky-gothic-siege
Link https://damoch.itch.io/spooky-gothic-siege
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/spooky-gothic-siege

Ratings

Overall 858th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 659th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1203th 2.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 382th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1149th 2.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 435th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 939th 2.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 876th 3.318⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Quinn_Patrick
04. Apr 2022 · 23:06 UTC
My biggest gripe is that the units are really weak. I saved up for the machine gun nest, and he just sprayed bullets at random until he died. He didn't kill a single zombie! The sound and atmosphere is great, though, and the animations are smooth. Good job.
Roberto Romao
04. Apr 2022 · 23:29 UTC
The target is a little small but other than that good game :)!
🎤 Kszaku
04. Apr 2022 · 23:42 UTC
@quinn-patrick uuum, I could have not communicated the roles of the specific units properly. MG nest sprays its bullets, and those bullets dont do much damage, yes. But every time zombie is hit with one of them it moves a bit slower for a time, which in turn makes snipers job easier.

You should use machine gunners as a support for snipers, not as a replacement. I have updated itch.io page with more specific instructions :)
Dante2001
05. Apr 2022 · 00:55 UTC
Pretty good! Reached far! I think it needs some kind of huge boss to kill you once you get a ton of snipers and machine guns. Its awesome!!
DanGribanovsky
05. Apr 2022 · 01:10 UTC
almost hit 1k kills come on! pretty captivating game, performant too. :clap:
LDJam user 240168
05. Apr 2022 · 09:14 UTC
A very nice, addictive game! Wish hitting the zombie queens (no idea how to call them) showed some effect, since at first I though they're invincible. Spawning 3 queens on one side at early game seems a bit harsh, maybe that needs some balancing. Other than that, great job!

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Idontgetit1
05. Apr 2022 · 13:06 UTC
Very nice game overall! Although it is a bit hard to hit the small targets. Nice use of the Theme.
🎤 Kszaku
05. Apr 2022 · 16:12 UTC
@lisyarus they are necromancers xD Yeah, I've been thinking about some visual feedback system, but was short on time. Same story with their spawns, I've had a couple of ideas, but those would surely introduce some bugs, and as I said, there was no time to polish it out. Maybe in a post-jam release :)
Thenerdster
06. Apr 2022 · 02:58 UTC
Played this for way to long, well done! Congrats on a solid entry.
Cover Club Media
06. Apr 2022 · 03:55 UTC
Fun game, really fun. Keep building on it!
Lix3nn
06. Apr 2022 · 06:22 UTC
It was hard to play with my 60% keyboard :smile: It's surprisingly addictive, would love to see more polished version. Had fun!
Odiovock
06. Apr 2022 · 22:10 UTC
Once you figureout the blue ones spawn other zombies it gets a bit easier lol. It's a nice game, really addictive, really got the "I can do better" kinda mechanic. really liked it
MrEvilGuy
08. Apr 2022 · 02:57 UTC
Lovely little defense game. As others have said it's addicting. I think being able to kill multiple zombies with a single shot if they're stacked on each other would feel better, though at the expense of making it easier hahahaha. Great game for how minimalist it is.
Ghost_Wave
09. Apr 2022 · 10:40 UTC
Simple yet very fun.

I really like the zombie death animations.
The game could use a bit more juice but other than that this is great.
FTL_Sloth
11. Apr 2022 · 23:44 UTC
Great game, loved the gun noises.
Beelzeboss
13. Apr 2022 · 20:51 UTC
Cool game, reminds me of old flash games. Great job!
zimny11
13. Apr 2022 · 23:16 UTC
Nice game! The music sounds awesome. My only suggestion would be to choose different buttons for buying units (function keys are not the best for this). Anyway, it was fun to play, good job!
Skleembof
14. Apr 2022 · 22:59 UTC
That was really hard but fun! I liked how it felt like the units were there to support you and that the game still required you to shoot zombies even if you had units on the ground. I think the balancing needs work, but so does every other game made in 72 hours. The music and sound effects created a creepy atmosphere and the graphics especially the zombies and the blood effect looked cool.
Mark A Pressler
21. Apr 2022 · 02:29 UTC
Cool game! As others have said, I wish the units you bought had a little more impact. I thought I was playing much better the second time around and the units didn't really feel like they made that much of a difference in how long I survived. Good fitting of the theme though!