Keep Defending

This is a very simple bow and arrow game for VR. The enemies are quite simple, the maps are quite simple, the gameplay is simple. You shoot arrows at enemies, and you can build a few (very simple) units to guard or attack. This is a great example of being able to judge a book by its cover, lol. That said, it's a lot of fun, for what it is. However, the game is monotonous at a certain point. To 100% the game you need to beat every level on every difficulty, which is dumb, when every other game lets you get all achievements for winning on the highest difficulty. It's a pointless grind. The worst part of the game BY FAR is how this makes your arms feel. You must keep shooting constantly in order to win. The aiming is kind of subpar compared to other games, but even if it was good, you'd still need to spam out arrows as quickly as possible. This means that, if you want to win a level, you're keeping your arms outstretched for like 10-15 minute chunks. I feel physically terrible each time I finish playing this game. All that said, this is still a good little indie game, and it's a fun bow and arrow type game, and I'm having fun with it.

Keep Defending takes the familiar structure of tower defense and turns it into a much more hands-on virtual reality experience. Instead of watching enemies march toward carefully positioned defenses from an overhead viewpoint, the player stands directly on the battlefield and contributes to the fight with a bow. Developed and published by Faster Time Games, the game combines VR archery, defensive unit placement, resource management, and escalating enemy waves into a compact action-strategy experience. The concept is simple to understand, but the physical involvement of aiming and firing arrows gives it a distinctive personality compared with conventional tower defense games. The basic objective revolves around preventing waves of enemies from overwhelming the position under your protection. Archery forms the foundation of combat, requiring players to physically aim and fire at approaching targets. Eliminating enemies rewards gold, which can then be spent on additional defenses. This creates a satisfying relationship between personal combat performance and strategic development. Accurate shooting provides the resources necessary to strengthen the battlefield, while well-positioned …

Pros: -Cheap (1 buck on sale) -Good gameplay, decent mechanics - not stellar but it's fine. -Decent amount of content (large variety of enemies, 10 maps with 4 diff levels, etc) - Achievements and leaderboards for each map is neat. Cons: - A.I. behavior is too simplistic (e.g. when the enemy targeted by one of my infantry is killed by something else, that infantry walks back to its home spot before targeting another enemy even if that other enemy is right next to the first one.) - cheap and annoying sound effects but whatever... - lame graphics... but whatever again... it's not that important to me either - minor glitch today seemed to have softlocked me in the defense placement menu (trigger clicks suddenly wouldn't do anything) but I could get out of it with the options menu - and other minor inconveniences reminding me the game is not completely without kinks. Despite that, game is still fun. Moreover, the difficulty jumps a lot between the tutorial and other maps. I only played the first 5 ones so far but yeah... Tutorial is stupidly easy but I succeeded in the 4 next ones only at normal difficulty (so far) but hey, this can be a good thing: More play time and gratifying succ…

On Arch Linux on Valve Index on ValveVR 2.8.6 on an Nvidia 2080, this is... good. I found the second level a huge increase in difficulty but perhaps there are other easier levels I can skip to - I didn't try yet and just wanted a quick archery game to show the kids. I think the arrows move too slowly, by maybe 50%, and I didn't even notice the tower defense options. But this is the first archery game I got working and it is nicely programmed. I will definitely persevere with it and recommend it.

Teleport system sucks mediocre graphics bad controls boring

I got it on sale for a buck, and I honestly wish I had the dollar back. Would if I hadn't let it sit in my library before trying. It's not the worst thing ever but it's definitely not good. The roughly half hour I've played is all I ever will.