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[nitram_cero (2bam)]

King Oldbeard in...
The defense of the
VERTICASTLE

Kick-ass pixely action.
Non-stop gore, explosions, ...stairs, walls
Procedurally generated castles...by the player :D
100x100 144x96 resolution.



It's Work In Progress, coming to your nearest game portal really soon!

Watch a gameplay video (v0.95W)!

Objectives

• First you build your castle as fast as you can, the best you can
• Then defend it and yourself to survive against the enemy.
• Finally, get the hell out of there!

Objectives EXPLAINED

• First you build your castle with 3 different materials: Concrete, stairs and weapons (10 ton weights and cannons). You have a limited time for each material, so be quick!
  
• Then you must survive all enemy waves. Use the weapons you placed to kill your enemies and the stairs to avoid them and survive.

      SPACE drags stuff around. Throw it to your enemies to squish them.
      Hitting SPACE also triggers the cannons.

• And lastly, when a message says so, escape from the castle to either left or right.
• Each consecutive level becomes more difficult and has more enemy diversity and special features.

Enemies

• Swingin' sword soldier
• Axe rogue
• Birds (that throw shit at you)
• Ghosts (happily invulnerable )
  
• Goblin kamikaze bombers
• Lightning mages (for you, campers)
  
• Our good old fellow gravity.
  

Everything will try to kill you  

I'm really happy with this project
Regards
-Martín  

[Eric McQuiggan]

I found a way to exploit around it, if you build a length of 1 tile high walls then line the tops with ladders, then you can escape right over the rogue's head.

[nitram_cero (2bam)]

Heheh, nice.

It's heading towards a survival/score-for-kills game... so just escaping isn't going to buy you a highscore place
Higher levels = new enemies, less time to construct.

I'm about to upload the next version which adds more difficulty in higher levels, a win-level screen (so it's more understandable that you can continue).

Thanks for trying it and pointing that out.

[letsap]

This is fun! Also really really tough without using the ladder floor trick.

Even though using that won't get you through the whole game, and actually hinders you later. Very well designed, looking forward to full game.

[Sparky]

This seems like a good idea, but I don't understand what's happening well enough to play yet. The mines are defensive weapons, right? Is there some way to throw them or drop them off of ledges? I noticed that I can drag them around horizontal surfaces, but the enemies seem to pass right through them, so it seems they're supposed to be dropped from above.

I think that if the game were explained in slightly more depth somewhere, I would understand how to play better.

This seems like a good game, I just can't tell what I'm supposed to be doing yet. I'm sure that a lot of my confusion is owing to this being an early release, so please take this as feedback rather than criticism.

[nitram_cero (2bam)]

Yeah of course! Thanks for the feedback

It's for a 100x100 pixel contest, it's hard to fit a lot of information in there :D
Perhaps I should explain something at the webpage, below the game.

The spiked ball seems to confuse everybody. They're not mines... I don't think there were any submarines in that era :D
I will replace it with a typical "10 ton" trapezoid weight so it's more intuitive that you should drop it on their heads.

[JaJitsu]

This game is hard.


however, if i had a potable version of this i would constantly play it

attictive. fun. awesome game.

[nitram_cero (2bam)]

Thanks!
How would you think it would be more potable?

And what do you all mean by "hard"? I'm making it harder as I type hehehe

[nitram_cero (2bam)]

You asked, you got it (actually you asked for the opposite)

Goblin bombers and the lightning mages are here to kick your asses.

v0.8 up!
 

[JaJitsu]

haha potable...

i meant portable. like on my phone or gameboy or something
although i dont have a gameboy...


and by hard i mean im not good at it 

[Droqen]

Oh wow this is... good even if I am totally confused xD

Could you make it easier to push stuff? :<

I also sort of wish I had some more time for building (I don't mean a ton more though), because as it is I end up with really messy castles and the weapons are just kind of strewn everywhere D:

[ need to get better ]

[Wander]

fantastic mate! You've done it again.  Your weird seems to make just enough sense for me to figure out! I love it.

 

[BadgerManufactureInc]

Really cool, I like the idea of the game and it is good fun to play. 

[increpare]

took me a while to figure out what was going on : P

I think a block limit rather than a time limit would be better for building phase?

Rogue assassin things were fun.

Being able to give these objects I'm throwing some momentum would be good (so i could throw something off a ledge without falling off myself).

[Wander]

ya - good call increpare.  throw things like in super mario brothers 2.  taht's a good way  to go about it.