Card Defense

Tower defense meets card game!

Controls!

A + D: Scroll Camera Left / Right

Spacebar: Speed up time

Left + Right arrow keys: Change screen upscaling

Made for #GBJam 5.

Changelog

Version 1.1 (10/14/2016)

• New card! Removes target rock or structure. Unlocks at wave 10.
• Card++ chance to draw reduced and unlocks at wave 10 instead of 5.
• Magic tower chance to draw increased, starting cost reduced to 20, and attack speed increased.
• Blade tower cost scaling increased to 2 per time played, and chance to draw increased.
• Archer tower attack speed increased and damage increased.
• Spacebar can now be held to speed up time.
• Added indicators for A + D scrolling the camera.
• Enemy speeds increased.
• Enemy initial health reduced.
• Enemy health gain per wave now increases on waves 5, 15, 25, and 50.
• Starting gems is now 10. (up from 8)
• Starting lives is now 5. (up from 3)
• Fixed bug with death animation.
• Fixed bug where Heal's card cost was not scaling.
• Fixed bug where camera upscaling was only showing part of the screen.

Creator's post-project perspective:

Overall this project did not reach the height I was wanting in terms of strategic choice variety the player has. I think this mixture of genres has a lot of potential, and I'll probably spend some time building upon it in the future. The only big feature I did not find time to fit in was enemy abilities, which is why there is such a variety of enemies some of which are the same stats wise.

The jam limitations were extremely useful from a learning perspective. Each individual pixel is valuable and you will be forced to think creatively to solve related problems. This was the longest jam I have done, as well as the first jam where I was putting my more complex programming knowledge against the clock. The jam's length also tested my will; The last few days I was struggling to push myself to finish, almost giving up on the last day. The artist I had started the jam with also dropped out mid way through the week, forcing myself to come up with art- something I usually use as an excuse- on my own. I'm really glad I didn't give up in the end.

This is an excellent portfolio piece, even if it stays as-is. I'm really glad to have taken part.