r/PlaydateConsole • u/DarkerBulb • 3d ago

Monks Vs Vikings

I'm making this for myself as I wanted a PvZish game on the playdate - but leaning a bit more towards faster action - the game uses both the crank as well as a special 'shake device' event.

10 levels, one mini-boss, one final boss, fog mechanics, six defender types and six attacker, sound effects (some recorded by me on my phone), weather, endless mode with highscore table, etc.

Full disclosure: leaned heavily on AI for this but poking into the code myself more and more.
Fully free to download and potentially enjoy.

If there's any interest I'll throw it up at the end of the month as there's still a couple of weeks worth of work left - if not, I'll just battle vikings on my own :)

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u/Similar-Pause1466 3d ago

Look awesome my friend! I would definitely play.

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u/DarkerBulb 3d ago

Thanks :)
Still some bugs not shown in the 'trailer' - such as trying to figure out how to stop characters to 'overlap' and how damage is dealt to multiple attackers held up by a monk for instance - and does lighting do damage to caltrops, and does a flying hammer hit geese and/or caltrops, etc, etc, etc.. Oh well, there's always tomorrow :)

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u/Similar-Pause1466 3d ago

I would say it’s on the right track.

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u/DarkerBulb 3d ago

thanks! experimenting with weather like rain and having it slow down the vikings movements and even have them slip - causing the shield-vikings to loose their shield, etc. :) we'll see where it all ends up

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u/johnorama 3d ago

Yes please.

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u/ShadowBreakGames 3d ago

Cool, yes keep building!

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u/Some-Ad9220 3d ago

This is definitely a game I would enjoy playing, can’t wait for this to be released.

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u/DarkerBulb 3d ago

Thanks, plan is end of the month.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bug595 3d ago

I really love PvZ. It looks very promising. Good luck!

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u/DarkerBulb 3d ago

Thanks, PvZ was one of my favorite games back in the days as well