Lonely Turret
A downloadable game
Disclaimer: the fourth level is currently busted and its impossible to reach the fifth level because of that. I lost the source code after my computer was corrupted so I can't fix this. Despite this, there are still 3 perfectly fun and fine levels, and I also put the game up for free because of it.
You are a turret being attacked by waves neverending enemies, starting with just a simple shooter, you can build up your offensive power over time with a variety of attachments you can put on the 8 slots around your turret. Can you survive 5 levels of surviving 1600 enemies and 5 boss fights in each level?
With a total of 50 varieties of enemies and 7 different bosses, it won't be easy, but by using your turret and its 22 modular attachments, each with multiple tiers, you can do it if you try hard enough!
As you fight through the waves you will get to pick between 3 attachments to either add on or upgrade an existing attachment of the same type up to tier 5 attachments! If there's nothing you want, you can also take the time to repair your defenses! More attachments will become available throughout the course of every level, with the possibilities varying by the level.
While you can upgrade over time, so will the enemies! Every few upgrades you get the enemies will change their patterns and send out stronger, faster, and scarier units, again varying by level. See how long your lonely turret will survive with your help, and try to get a nice high score for each level!
Controls
-A and D or left and right for rotating the turret
-W and S or up and down for zooming in and out
-1-8 for selecting a position to place attachments
Check out the free (Yet lacking in some places) demo here!
Download
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Development log
- Lonely Turret Full Release!!!Feb 14, 2022
Comments
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It's a fun game, thanks for the freebie. Though I seem to have found a glitch on level 3 that caused enemies to stop spawning after hitting 1427.
Other then that issue there are a couple of quality of life changes you might consider adding. It would be nice if the game returned to the same zoom level after picking an upgrade. Some volume controls would be nice. And finally labeling the attachment positions during upgrade choosing so you don't have to figure out the positions based on the orientation of the turret would be a bit helpful. But all in all those are minor additions that don't take away from what has so far been pretty neat.
Thanks again for giving it out for free.
Oh boy that might be an issue, most likely an enemy missing in one of the arrays for waves that breaks the spawn system, will have to look into it as soon as I get to my PC. Volume controls are another thing I need to work on. As for attachment positions, I do agree it can be a pain at times but because of the nature of how it's working idk how I'd do something like that, which is why I just put a marker at the 1 slot. Thanks a bunch for the feedback!
Ah, hopefully you can figure out the issue. Too bad about the attachment positions thing but if there's no reasonable way to slap an overlay on the turret during the picking sequence due to orientation issues or something what can you do. At least it's not too big of an issue. Though I'd still consider an option to return to the previous zoom after picking a weapon a pretty nice feature if it's not too much trouble to implement. Anyway, you're welcome and thanks again for the generosity.
Thank you dev.
THANKS
No problem! Hope you enjoy the game!
Gosh, yeah, this on playdate would heckin' slap
This would make a great PlayDate game. Controlling the turret with the crank would be amazing.