TinyDefense by Matimoo

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made by Matimoo for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Screenshot From 2024-10-07 14-01-43.png

HOW TO PLAY

1. Select the tiny monsters

  • Use your left click and drag to select the monsters you want to control.

  • Then click or drag a second time to tell them where to go.

  • While dragging, monsters will place themselves evenly on the drawn path

  • You can use the 1, 2 and 3 keys to select only a certain color of monsters

2. Protect your base!

  • Big monsters will try to destroy your base

  • Big monsters are weakest against the same color of tiny monsters, attack wisely !

  • You will gain score and new allies will spawn at the end of each round

  • Survive the highest amount of rounds possible

CREDITS

Code : Tristan Brault, Samuel Cossette, Mathieu Vézina

Assets : Kenney Game Assets (Tiny Town, Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Battle)

Music : Let's Bounce - Club Penguin, Penguin Band Boogie - Club Penguin

Ratings

Overall 444th 3.648⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 389th 3.574⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 535th 3.315⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 383th 3.87⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 703th 2.731⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 699th 3.352⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

Tom Watson
07. Oct 2024 · 20:49 UTC
Simple concept, but super fun game, had me hooked for a while, nice work!
YoannTsitionis
08. Oct 2024 · 09:17 UTC
Pretty fun one, well done.
krit1k
08. Oct 2024 · 09:20 UTC
I really like the idea of monsters and defenders colors. Good work!
GrUt607
08. Oct 2024 · 18:26 UTC
Pretty good TD I like it. Character color mechanics are pretty good too.
sheaksadi
08. Oct 2024 · 18:28 UTC
lol creatures are super cute. also pretty good sound design. big monsters also look cute lol. great game
Noah MAZARD
08. Oct 2024 · 18:32 UTC
Really like the concept, Nice game !
JonasOlsson
08. Oct 2024 · 18:33 UTC
Fun game and awesome music!
Andriy-Symon
08. Oct 2024 · 18:34 UTC
Fun game, the controls where a little confusing at the start.
Douuggggg
08. Oct 2024 · 18:37 UTC
Fun game! Pretty tough for someone with colour blindness, it might have helped to have the different colours and monsters be different designs. Also sometimes the little dudes didn't go where I expected them to. But a neat mechanic and game loop, one I haven't really seen before!
ybzpp
08. Oct 2024 · 18:43 UTC
VERY FUN!
Satolas
08. Oct 2024 · 18:46 UTC
Liked the music :)
The graphics and visuals are simple to understand which is a good point.
Cool little game, there is some improvements I was thinking :

Could be nice to have more feedback when little monsters are selected, maybe the good old green square like commandand & conquer XD.
Also I thing last selection could stay so you can move them several time. For example in RTS like Starcraft, warcraft players can actually click several times with the last selected troops so it's kind of standard behaviour expected from a "rts-like" game.

Cheers

PS : I found that gathering all monsters near the house works the best to not loose them against the wrong big monsters :P
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Klaus Peter
08. Oct 2024 · 18:46 UTC
Damn, this is a really fun game. The concept is easy to grasp but difficult to master. Sometimes I would get really mad at tiny monsters attacking the wrong big monster if the arrived in file :joy: but otherwise a really smooth playing expericence :D
Budaniel
08. Oct 2024 · 18:53 UTC
I liked it, it had a real Pikmin vibe. I just wish there was an easy way to tell your characters to not attack the wrong monster. For instance, when I tell them to attack a baddie on the other side of the map, I wish they wouldn't engage with every monster on the way there.
DeerCat
08. Oct 2024 · 18:59 UTC
Nice job on finishing your game in time, it's a fun little concept wish there was a little bit more depth to it
imberny
08. Oct 2024 · 20:45 UTC
Nice mix of rts and tower defense!
Lussard Studio
08. Oct 2024 · 21:13 UTC
Good gameplay mechanics it's quite addicitve ! :smile:
LDJam user 384191
09. Oct 2024 · 11:57 UTC
Nice game! I had a bit of trouble getting used to the controls, but the concept is interesting and it would be interesting to see some variation to it
milq
14. Oct 2024 · 08:50 UTC
What a fun game! It's been a while since I've played an RTS at Ludum Dare, and there aren't many of them these days! I really enjoyed it. I was left wanting more levels, unit types, and the ability to build structures because the concept of using tiny creatures in an RTS is something I haven't seen before. Have you considered expanding the game? I've always seen serious RTS games, but never with such adorable elements like tiny creatures. This is a great entry! Fantastic game!
AlpalcaLad
17. Oct 2024 · 23:12 UTC
my little guys were very stupid and kept getting themselves killed. accurate having a child sim