This game is created for #LOWREZJAM 2016 challenge.

You need to defend the castle besieged by bad guys (easily identified by their dark armours). Hold out for 9 turns until reinforcements arrive.

The game is card-based and it reproduces some of the Hearthstone's mechanics. Each turn you get a random card which represent a useful action. During your turn you can perform maximum 2 actions. Here is the list of all possible actions:

  • You can send a Defender to defend the castle. Defenders can't attack, but they don't let enemies attack the castle until they get killed.
  • You can send an Attacker to attack enemy units.
  • You can order your Archers to shoot. Your archers are not particularly good, so they will inflict only moderate damage to one random enemy unit.
  • You can order to use a Ballista. The ballista will destroy any enemy unit you want with just one shot.
  • You can use Magic to attack all the enemies at the same time. Very effective against a large army.
  • You can try to play for time and Repair your castle.
  • You can take Counsel with your officers. This will give you 3 additional cards.
  • You can send a Call for help. It will take you one turn closer to the victory.

Made with Haxe + OpenFL.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS
Rating
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Authorwatabou
GenreStrategy, Card Game
Made withOpenFL
TagsFantasy, Pixel Art

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GREAT coffee break game.  Thank you.

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Simple but goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

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short and good game

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It's a very fun strategic experience.

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Cool little game ! So simple and interesting game process.

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what the hell, randomly found this and played for half an hour straight

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A good quick game. Nice work!

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nice little game !

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Nice game ! The level of difficulty is fine, the gameplay is good too, it's always new thus never boring, well done !

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Neat, but strangely confusing. Why is a cross the image for archers? How about a bow and arrow? Why is a grey box a ballista? 


Slightly more info in the description would be cool too. What does call do? How do you use attackers? 

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It's a submission for the LOWREZJAM, hence the super low resolution (64x64). 

  • What you call a  "cross" is an arrow 3x5 pixels large.
  • What you call a "box" is a stone for ballista.
  • "Call" does exactly what is said in the description - decreases your turn count, so you need to stand the siege 1 turn less to win.
  • To use an Attacker click it and then click an enemy unit. Attackers become available the next turn after they've been played.
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Ah, I see, I'm probably overestimating the real-estate you have for graphics. 

I understand call now, I thought it meant "take you closer to victory" not literally "decrease the remaining wave counter by one". 

Thanks! I'm a huge fan of your random dungeon generator and other projects.

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This game is a perfect little nugget when I need a break from work. Lots of choices, finite length, never plays the same.

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My only problem... is that there needs to be more game in this game. Like, maybe add a main menu, and have like an endless mode, or new cards, stuff like that.

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cute

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cute!

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how did you make this? pico-8? tic-80? another thing?

It's just a normal application (made in Haxe) in a very low resolution because LOWRESJAM.

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thanks!!!

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Very simple, but pretty nice and enjoyable to play

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Sick game! Really enjoyed it. For some reason it reminded me of playing my friends copy of Lego Battles on the bus in junior high. Nice!

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Awesome! Tricky but super satisfying to beat.

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So cool

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Cool game! Simple concept that is easy to understand. Who know a game that small could hide so much fun!

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Cute!

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Really nice! Cool concept.

not working in brave browser (because it blocks perhaps google analytics or something? but you can clearly see your games error in the javascript console).

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Very Good

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Loved it, survived at 1 health! I only survived thanks to the call cards. Loved the game, and heres to making even better ones!

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can you add the 'Mute' command?

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Good Job!!!

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Jojooo, I'd won with only 1 hp left. Nice game.

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i loved it. it is amazing.

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For me it works without any problem, this means that chances to fix it are slim. Why don't you want to use the web version?

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It's pretty fun, but a bit too easy. I think it has potential, especially if you add multiplayer.

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Really liked it, once I figured out how it worked. Would love a little more depth, maybe an endless mode, and an android version.

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Cute game. Love the pixel art style.

It took me a while to figure out how it works. It needs explanations on the cards, or a tutorial.

I would play this again if I could play against a friend.

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Playing on Chrome, the Baliistas are not enabled, and the Attackers don't do anything.

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Click an attacker and then click an enemy to attack.

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Really cool game, congrats. Only needed to play twice to win :D

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1 shot MLG

When do you think the sky part is going to be added? It's amazing!

fun!

Cool little game, nice job man!

I really like this game, but it's too easy. Counsel and magic are OP. Looks great though.

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