Village Defense PGD edition

[Traveler]

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Here's my entry for this years competition. I hope you'll enjoy it.

Plans for the near future are to extend it (hence the pgd edition). I had a good time building it and I heavily regret I did not have enough time to improve certain features in this version.
But, now that the competition is over and time is not so much an issue anymore, I've got the option to enhance current features, add new and bigger things, without having to worry about deadlines.

Anyway, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

[czar]

It seems that there are dlls missing.

Where do I get them?

[aidave]

Sweet, been waiting for this!

[czar]

Ok I downloaded the open al.

Your game ran fine. The scrolling was smooth and the characters moved nicely.

You are probably still working on it but here are a number of things that I noticed.

- a readme would be good. detailing where to get the openal files and the background to the current release. i.e. what the user can expect and what stil needs work.
- It is unclear how much the towers cost or what they do.
- It is unclear when you can upgrade
- wasn't sure about some of the buttons on your interface - the red bomb in particular.
- at the moment your demo is not a game. I just plonked down a few towers and that took care of all the invading forces. However, I presume you will be adding the game element.

Anyway, I loved the presentation and the technical aspects of the game. Looks great. Hope you continue to develop it.

[aidave]

So far this game is the most fun I've played in the competition. Although it doesnt seem complete, like there are more things you want to do but didnt get time. I really like the idea behind it, and I think it will be an awesome game. If there were ai villagers running an economy and such, that got killed by the orcs, that would be cool! I got to level 9, but after reading the documentation i think i can get farther.

question: Did you make the music?

[Traveler]

Thanks for the nice comments so far.

I forgot to post that it requires openAl, although I did specify it in the documents under 'requirements'. But yeah,.. I'm guilty of not reading docs too so I should have seen that one coming

Its definitely not finished and should be considered more of a demo rather than a game.
Points like the ones czar mentioned are valid and they will be improved upon in later versions as I am definitely going to continue with this game.

I wish I could take credit for the music, but its something I got from a site with flashsounds, one the name has skipped me (hence the low quality of it). Most sounds are also taken from various sites like http://www.findsounds.com/

btw, thanks for the pm, aidave. I could have sworn I had taken out that bug in an earlier version. I guess it must somehow have found its way back

In any case. The round button with the tower on it, is the upgrade button. When you've got enough cash and a tower has been selected it will become available (as in not red). The button with the bomb is (obviously to destroy towers, and to regain some of the money spent, but alas, it never got that far.

Anways, thanks again for playing

[WILL]

Hey Alex, you finally finished one!

Nice work btw. I'll have to give this a run sometime soon.

[aidave]

I beat it! Finally...

I also tried seeing how far I could upgrade. I got this tower, which kicked butt:



also, no matter how much money you have, some upgrades drain all your money. Thats mean!

[Huehnerschaender]

Just beating level 4 when the following error occured...



Any idea if I did something wrong or how I can prevent this Traveler?

Greetings,
Dirk

Btw. Really nice game!!! It beats the video you once posted by far!

[Traveler]

Thanks guys!

Huehnerschaender, that is probably the same error aidave mentioned. It occurs when you haven't selected any tower, but you do click on the upgrade button.

aidave, I've also noticed the 'money drain bug' It is however in your advantage. Iirc the upgrade costs 300, but the upgrade button becomes available before you actually have that amount of money. :?