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Cool game though, this genre of game is definitely right up my alley. If you end up turning this into a \"real\" game after LD feel free to let me know as im very interested. Overall it does need a bit of work though, the graphics are nice, but i would suggest instead of going completely black and white instead do a grayscale for the background, like most websites, as that tends to look cleaner.\n\nOverall not the most innovative game, but definitely fits the theme and an enjoyable experience. Good work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1068343,"author_name":"gamebuilder","author_uid":"gamebuilder","epoch":1713666674,"text":"There seems to be a bug with the camera movement \u2014 pressing W\/A\/S\/D causes the screen to blank out in some cases (I'm using FF in Linux, if that matters). When this happens I am unable to retrieve the display and I have to restart. That being said, it's an unusual concept, and I love the black-and-white aesthetics. I also like the music and audio.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1068934,"author_name":"Custodi","author_uid":"custodi","epoch":1713702876,"text":"Simple TD game with w\/b game. Actually, enemies is too predictable and game is too easy.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1069053,"author_name":"LDJam user 355344","author_uid":"355344","epoch":1713707438,"text":"Cat? Cat. Cat?! CAT.....CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1069289,"author_name":"RollCreators","author_uid":"rollcreators","epoch":1713714482,"text":"So slow XD\nNice for first game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1069695,"author_name":"zimny11","author_uid":"zimny11","epoch":1713727423,"text":"A fellow FilmCow enthusiasts I see :D I will go ahead as assume I \"won\" since they cannot punch trough my defense anymore for past few minutes.\n\n![1.png](\/\/\/raw\/ad6\/b2\/z\/64a2d.png)\n\nLove the simplistic art style! Nice music too. In general I like tower defense game, so it was fun to try it out. Some points of feedback:\n- Cats go for further mine even, if there is a one closer, so that could be improved.\n- Since player score is based on time they survived, maybe a timer on the screen would be a nice addition.\n- Of course different types of enemies. The standard: fast but low hp, slow but high hp, maybe some enemies moving in a zig zag pattern... Probably just changing the color of regular enemies and their stats would be enough to add a lot to the game.\n- Same for few types of units that player could summon... but I get for everything to be added a lot of time is required, which is a rare commodity in a game jam.\n- I'm not sure if unites accuracy is low or there is some visual glitch with bullet going in a different direction than enemy it kills.\n\nAnyway, I had fun. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1074672,"author_name":"kiv","author_uid":"kiv","epoch":1714208613,"text":"rts about cats wow! great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076157,"author_name":"ChuChuGeralt","author_uid":"chuchugeralt","epoch":1714420262,"text":"Really cute tower defense game! It would have been nice to get some ingame feedback of what you can control (mouse wheel) and a little bit more variety in the enemies and altars, but overall a solid game for three days!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077056,"author_name":"Jonathan Lorenz","author_uid":"jonathan-lorenz","epoch":1714573327,"text":"Would be nice to have a mini tutorial at the beginning of the game to explain the mechanics to the player, and also to give a bit of context about what I'm doing. My cats are mining clouds, wich I can use to summon more cats, but what's the end goal? Nice little game overall, good job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1077226,"author_name":"andruid","author_uid":"andruid","epoch":1714586194,"text":"I couldn't figure out what to do for some time and eventually I found out that I really needed to be at fullscreen to see the UI. I think the game could benefit from clearer instructions and some kind of centralized score or info panel. In any case congrats on a solo submission that I'm sure took a lot of effort to achieve.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/kanamedia.itch.io\/ld55-defender-cats","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"94035","g_author":"1377546","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"440623","g_title":"Summoner's Cat Defense","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1155","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"389535","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"389535","n_urlkey":"440623","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/cat-defense","n_slug":"cat-defense","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"377546","n_created":"1712985327","n_modified":"1779236308","n_version":"1231738","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":377546,"body":"\n\n**Summoner's Cat Defense**  \nDefend against hordes of Aliens(!) by summoning a massive Cat Army!\n\n\n\n**Controls**  \n- **WASD** - Camera movement\n- **Left Click** - Select unit (only warrior)\n- **Right Click** - Deselect unit (only warrior)\n- **Scroll Wheel** - Zoom in\/out\n\n\n\n**How to Play**  \n*(Full screen recommended!)*  \n1. 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