Developing a Tower Defence game

[Deleted]

Hello everyone. I've recently started developing a Tower Defence game.
It's ready for testing now, and I'd really like you to test it and leave feedback here.

Download link:
v0.04: http://www.host-a.net/u/wrekk/Tower_Defence.exe
v0.03: http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/20828840/file.html
v0.02: http://host-a.net/u/wrekk/Tower_Defence.exe

Changelog:
v0.03: http://pastebin.com/X8Rz4hBh
v0.02: http://pastebin.com/Lvv3d829

Please report any bugs here.

This currently only runs on 1280x720 and higher.

My developing stream is currently: Offline
Go here to watch it: http://own3d.tv/live/229056

Screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/t33td.png
http://i.imgur.com/kYEXk.png
http://i.imgur.com/imoA5.png

We're also developing a First Person Horror game.
Untitled Horror Game:
v0.01: http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/59779651/file.html

-Wrekk

[Deleted]

Hello everyone. I've recently started developing a Tower Defence game.
It's ready for testing now, and I'd really like you to test it and leave feedback here.

Download link:
v0.02: host-a . net/u/wrekk/Tower_Defence.exe

Changelog:
v0.02: pastebin . com/Lvv3d829

Please report any bugs here.

This currently only runs on 1920x1080.

My developing stream is currently: Offline
Go here to watch it: own3d . tv/live/229056

-Wrekk

Does it mean that it's pretty much unplayable on a smaller resolution, let alone a non-widescreen resolution?

[Deleted]

Does it mean that it's pretty much unplayable on a smaller resolution, let alone a non-widescreen resolution?

Unfortunately it means that it is unplayable. But it will be available for smaller resolutions soon!

[Wilian]

What's the catch of this versus other thousands of tower defenses?

[Deleted]

What's the catch of this versus other thousands of tower defenses?

Hm, I haven't really thought of that yet.

[chazus]

Unable to play, since I dont run 1920x1080. This also means it will be unplayable on just about all laptops, and anyone not using a large monitor.

[Deleted]

Hm, I haven't really thought of that yet.

So people have no reason to test your tower defense game since it doesn't offer anything worth doing effort for? Still I might try it just because I'm such a nice guy.

[Deleted]

So people have no reason to test your tower defense game since it doesn't offer anything worth doing effort for? Still I might try it just because I'm such a nice guy.

Well, testing it helps me. And I guess that's a reason to test it.
You could also come up with some ideas to make the game better.

[chazus]

You could also come up with some ideas to make the game better.

It sounds like you aren't a big developer, or a licensed one yet. I would start small, and focus on having a larger player base. the 1920x1080 is a HUGE limitation. I would consider that a bug more than a feature at this stage of development.

[shimargh]

hey the guy just asked for help, you dont have to bash him or his game...
maybe it's a school project, or it's just in the begining of the project and he's just trying the code...or whatever.
he didn't come here to sell you his game.

but, yeah, the resolution is problem here, I'm at work right now, on my laptop...i'll try it at home.

[Lyriok]

Won't be able to play since I don't have the resolution but as said above you'll need something to make yours stand out or atleast be different in some way.

What exactly is this for? School project or Leisure?

Can you provide some images of your game? Even the art style can make a game great, Look at Bloon Dart TD.

[Deleted]

would love to test it (big fan of TD games), but I do not run that resolution unfortunaly

[Deleted]

hey the guy just asked for help, you dont have to bash him or his game...
maybe it's a school project, or it's just in the begining of the project and he's just trying the code...or whatever.
he didn't come here to sell you his game.

but, yeah, the resolution is problem here, I'm at work right now, on my laptop...i'll try it at home.

Yeah I just started working on the other resolutions now since it seems that not a lot of people has 1920x1080.

It sounds like you aren't a big developer, or a licensed one yet. I would start small, and focus on having a larger player base. the 1920x1080 is a HUGE limitation. I would consider that a bug more than a feature at this stage of development.

Yeah, it actually is a bug, which I'm going to fix now.



EDIT: Which resolution do you prefer? 1600x900 or 1280x720.

[Deleted]

Nice to see another little Programmer, i will happily test your game, but sadly it doesn't work for me :C (I don't have that resolution) But what did you code this in?

I code in java :P I'm not good though.

Message me when you have fix the resolution problem

[Deleted]

Nice to see another little Programmer, i will happily test your game, but sadly it doesn't work for me :C (I don't have that resolution) But what did you code this in?

I code in java :P I'm not good though.

Message me when you have fix the resolution problem

In GML. And sure, I'll throw ya a message when I'm done!

Won't be able to play since I don't have the resolution but as said above you'll need something to make yours stand out or atleast be different in some way.

What exactly is this for? School project or Leisure?

Can you provide some images of your game? Even the art style can make a game great, Look at Bloon Dart TD.

Yes, I'll take some screenies right away!

[bbr]

Play gemcraft.

The resolution fail is a pretty big one though.
I got bigger and better, but even so, scaling is really just your game development 101...

I don't have high expectations.
TD games are hard to get "right", and gemcraft raised the bar that much higher for any starters.

[Deleted]

The game looks very cool

[Deleted]

The game looks very cool

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

[Lyriok]

Download link:
v0.02: host-a.net/u/wrekk/Tower_Defence.exe

Changelog:
v0.02: pastebin.com/Lvv3d829

Screenshots:
i.imgur.com/t33td.png
i.imgur.com/kYEXk.png
i.imgur.com/imoA5.png

---------- Post added 2012-07-03 at 10:13 PM ----------

Turned your links into links.

Im actually surprised your art style is great. I would change the towers as they are VERY basic and seem a bit out of place from the game besides that blue laser one. First thing i noticed is that your art isn't one solid colour while your towers are which is okay but im a perfectionist and personally i think it'd look alot better if you blend in some more colours subtly. Look at your grass and gravel path for example theres you can tell straight away its not a solid colour and it looks great. Even if you just add a few lines of a darker shade and burn the colour to blend in works well.

With the UI, How does it look slightly darker? It almost blends in with your grass. Also maybe add a black line to the edges of the UI to seperate it a bit from the actual game. I quickly gave it the black line and personally i think it gives it a nice edge.
Heres what i did so you can see. http://i.imgur.com/gR0Qn.jpg


Other than that i would suggest creating a few alternate paths the current one you have is very basic.

[Deleted]

Well, a friend of mine made the GUI, I made the towers. And by the way, I suck at art. ^^
Alternative paths? Hmm, could you make an example in paint or something with lines?