Long Live Dacha! by mremmele

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made by mremmele for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Instructions and Dev Notes included :)

* What is going on? *

Some people have flats. Some buy houses. However, people from post-Soviet countries have dachas! A dacha is considered a summer house where you grow seasonal crops, such as food, flowers, and more. How cool is that? Of course, sometimes you are disturbed by mice, who usually squeak peacefully under the floors and prefer not to bother you; or worse—RATS!

Rats are very clever, and it’s hard to get rid of them. Bad news: your dacha has been attacked by rats. Oh no, RATS!

Quick, use everything you have in your dacha to fight these creatures, or your house will be destroyed!

* Screenshots *

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If you think that rats are too cute to die, don’t worry; the weapons won’t harm them—they will just leave your dacha for good. (P.S.: If you think that rats are disgusting and deserve to perish, don’t worry; they will all meet their end in the Grill's fire!)

* Instructions *

You have a few seconds before the first wave. Click on the tablets to choose something from your arsenal: Tire Swan, Grill, or Fridge! Remember, it costs money. You earn money by fighting rodents. Later, you can upgrade each weapon; just click on it again.

The Tire Swan does single damage and is the cheapest option. The Grill is AOE and very costly. The Fridge slows down the crowd and does little damage.

Have fun!

* Tips *

Try different combos and upgrades!

* Possible Challenges *

– try to get through the level without deaths (it is possible);

– try to get through the level without THAT item (yes you know what I am implying. or you don't. or we have different THAT objects. well... try)

* Dev Notes: *

Mobile version included! You can play on your phone too.

We had a team of three people: myself, Mikhail, my wife Tatiana and my friend Maxim. We used my own game engine, Remiz (the name is a work in progress) and the editor for this game engine.

We used Pixquare to draw on iPad with a pencil. Overall, the game was built on Javascript + WebGL, with the help of three.js and my own code.

* Known Bugs *

– [FIXED] ~~sometimes little mice run away from the screen. won't influence your game progress, but we'll fix it during the week;~~

Ratings

Overall 694th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 623th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1062th 2.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 870th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 601th 3.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 454th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 730th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

🎤 mremmele
08. Oct 2024 · 09:25 UTC
Hotfix: Rats no longer skip road turns.
inre-dan
08. Oct 2024 · 12:15 UTC
Very simple concept, but it's done so well that it's more of a strength. Nice visual art style too!
The logical next step would be more complex upgrade trees - would have loved to see those in a longer jam :) but this is already pretty decent scope and pretty fun.
maruvihane
08. Oct 2024 · 12:21 UTC
Looks very cool, kind of difficult
An405
08. Oct 2024 · 12:23 UTC
It's a really cool game, liked it a lot.
lolhopen
08. Oct 2024 · 12:25 UTC
A fun tower defense! Though level 3 was a bit too hard and took a lot of retries to succeed even with the sole setup that can make it through.
Shamiya
08. Oct 2024 · 22:12 UTC
Very fun, but level 3 was pretty hard!
ILDr82
10. Oct 2024 · 01:07 UTC
Авторы позабавили, классно!
magopian
11. Oct 2024 · 06:35 UTC
Nice one ! I like how you use a fridge to slow them down 🤣
Very nice graphics too!
Jaker
11. Oct 2024 · 11:04 UTC
I love those little rats. Too bad we have to fight them.

The limited locations to place towers is an interesting concept that I haven't seen before. It forced me to think instead of clumping everything around a chokepoint :D. The choice of towers was limited but not limiting, if you catch my drift. My dacha broke a few times, but I eventually found a strategy that would work on the final level.

The pixel sprites and animations were lovely.
ElliotS
13. Oct 2024 · 05:04 UTC
Solid tower defense game, I have a 5 year plan to beat it. Genuinely enjoyed the challenge of the 3rd level.
Pimping
13. Oct 2024 · 08:06 UTC
I love dacha =), also art is great for me, good job
Urfoex
14. Oct 2024 · 17:42 UTC
Little fast start, little time to chose and place your buildings in the first try. And missing some explanation on the different buildings and their effects.
Would like to use the fridge, but it seems too weak for the given levels.
Really nice to have the progress saved!
All in all: solid 👍
LDJam user 246128
23. Oct 2024 · 21:21 UTC
Very cute, I wish there were more upgrades/choices to choose defenses from and kinda more dynamic maps. And some sound would be nice (unless I don't have any due to some bug and it's actually there).

Long live the tyre swans!