RedditLudum Dare 25
December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
Fortress Keeper - CMaster - 48 Hour Compo Entry
Windows/ OSX / Linux / Web | Source (code only) | Source (Unity Package)
A defence game, where peasants attempt to overthrow you, the cruel, overtaxing lord of the fort.
Didn't have time for sound, traps or escalating difficulty, but the core game is there. Hope somebody can get some fun out of it.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 63% |
| #505 | Graphics | 2.58 |
| #518 | Fun | 2.52 |
| #561 | Theme | 2.74 |
| #576 | Overall | 2.61 |
| #601 | Innovation | 2.36 |
| #629 | Audio | 1.00 |
| #648 | Mood | 2.18 |
| #671 | Humor | 1.59 |
Comments
Good work! Fun and playable. I was a little confused by the starting viewpoint, I didn't realize where my villian was for a bit.
You're onto a really good game here. I would love to see you further develop it. At the moment it is quite nice but repetitive and full of bugs.
@Aswissrole I'm sure some of them will become obvious if I plau a little more, but mind listing the bugs you found (can email them to the contact details on my site if you like)
A death sound or animation would really help get you more in to the game i think
The interface for buying units is a little cumbersome. The buy button feels unnecessary. It would be a lot quicker if just clicking on the unit type would buy it. But otherwise, good job!
Neat concept and makes for a fun little game. Further development could lead to something great.
@jerre
Yeah, definitley. Don't knw much about animating yet though, and ran out of time for sounds.
@gilesa
Yeah, that was a reason for that originally, but I forget what it was now. Definitely worth looking at replacing.
Just needs a few little enhancements and this could be a very cool game. Still, had fun with what is there already.
There is no text in the linux versions which makes it tricky to play.
Good start though.
@Mago
Details on bugs would be good
@Someone
Ouch, that's pretty serious. I just used standard Unity stuff - is it possible you are missing some common fonts? Any idea what fonts WOULD be a good idea to use?
Concept is cool. The controls are pretty rough. Scroll was inverse of what I expected, and took too much effort. Placing units felt like it could have been 1 click instead of the extra buy button. Overall good work - keep it going.
The animation of the arrows is great, and I like the way the units move. My main criticisms are the lack of instructions, no option to speed up the game or call waves early. It's a great little game though, good job :)
This is great. I spent a while playing this, but was disappointed by the lack of a timer or some sort of score.
Fun game! I noticed that I cannot seem to buy items if I have exactly the right amount of gold though.
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Nice concept. A little hard to tell the difference between units, and also had a few "swordsmen" kill my shields with arrows. Good start, I think you could definitely make something out of this.