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Black Licorice II - Return of the Salt by swinestudios

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made by swinestudios for LD33 (JAM)
You are black licorice, a bitter and salty food who seeks revenge against the sweet-tasting candy people. Having previously corrupted several candy people, they are now at your disposable to carry out your deeds as you advance to the candy kingdom's capital and turn everyone into salty, foul candy.

This game is somewhat of a reverse tower defense where you control one mob and can send waves of other mobs towards your target, and the goal is to defeat the level using as few "waves" as possible. Unfortunately due to running out of time, the gameplay may or may not be completely unbalanced. We hope you still enjoy playing our sequel to our previous ludum dare entry!

Controls:
Movement - ASDW
Attack towers - Spacebar
Drain health - Left Shift
Pause Menu - Esc

Credits:
pigrocket - Art
TheBlueGamer55 - Programming, Sound
GenTel - Programming, Sound
hognip - Music
pvndy - Sound
pamonoe - Moral Support
Windows, OS/X, Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/zatgrjq24kxj6vy/BlackLicoriceII.jar?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=16296

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1627
Overall(Jam) 2.82 864
Audio(Jam) 2.75 534
Fun(Jam) 2.62 850
Graphics(Jam) 2.55 888
Humor(Jam) 2.82 506
Innovation(Jam) 2.76 715
Mood(Jam) 2.42 963
Theme(Jam) 3.29 644

Feedback

peecestudios
29. Aug 2015 · 02:31 UTC
Fun but didn't understand it
bossmojoman
29. Aug 2015 · 02:32 UTC
Good Job, hard to figure out at first but fun
Fanatrick
29. Aug 2015 · 02:37 UTC
Fun after 2 minutes of being really annoyed and clueless.
Slashee the Cow
29. Aug 2015 · 03:21 UTC
Took a little while to understand it at first.
ethteck
29. Aug 2015 · 04:00 UTC
Maybe I don't understand how to play, but I feel completely powerless - the towers all respawn. Am I supposed to just charge for the base?

Either way, this is a cool idea and I'll give you points for that.
emmelineprufrock
29. Aug 2015 · 05:36 UTC
An interesting take on the theme, for sure. Quite different.
OnlySlightly
29. Aug 2015 · 05:38 UTC
It was a fun take on tower defense :) I liked the bubble gum color scheme. Great job!
TackoramaLtd
29. Aug 2015 · 17:15 UTC
Definitely a weird take on tower defense but it was unbalanced.
Biruts
30. Aug 2015 · 13:57 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
Flaid
31. Aug 2015 · 01:28 UTC
This was a unique take on the tower defense genre. I personally don't like black licorice, so it was easy for me to see them as the monster.

I found it a little tricky to play, as the strategy seemed to be to bypass the towers and get to the end as quick as possible, otherwise the towers respawn. Overall, nicely done!
Mikhail
31. Aug 2015 · 02:34 UTC
Pretty good game great job!
Lukbebalduke
31. Aug 2015 · 02:43 UTC
I liked the music, sound effects and graphics. The gameplay was also good, but I felt like it could have more features to destroy the enemy towers. Overall, good entry =)
BluShine
31. Aug 2015 · 02:49 UTC
Cool idea. Couldn't get past the first level, tho. Tried killing towers, but they respawn pretty fast. And I tried rushing the base but it kills me before I kill it.
Funny idea having black licorice as the monster, and the sound/graphics work well with the idea.
aucguy
31. Aug 2015 · 03:00 UTC
Fun game, just unbalanced.
superfreak
14. Sep 2015 · 06:24 UTC
Steep learning curve but great fun once you got the hang of it :0 Great job!