Defendor
almostApixel · 2023 · Action, 2D, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down Shooter
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Positive80% · 10
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About Defendor
SMALL DEVELOPER NOTE
In 1985 my father brought home a small rectangle with keys that was hooked up to a TV, it was a ZX Spectrum 48k and it hooked me on video games and changed my life forever. I was 5 then, when I decided that I wanted to make games, almost 40 years later I have always been involved with the game industry and decided to make my first game. This is it! Defendor! An Arcade game with solid arcade gameplay with the most basic mechanics I could think off.
Not lying here.. I took gameplay inspiration from a lot of 80s game as well as some new, like bitblaster XL. Love that game!
But I added mechanics that were not available back then. If the game is arcadey, then there is the other side of the base. After each run you can spend your stars in your base to improve you ship capabilities like unlocking new weapons and survivability options.
Survive the time needed to save the base inhabitants before its inevitable destruction.
If you bought the game... thank you. It means more to me than you can possibly imagine.
~ Tiago Costa - almostApixel
GAMEPLAY
- Your ship is always moving and shooting, you may turn left or right
- Your ship is always shooting and ammo is finite, shoot enemies to increase ammo
- Gather Stars to upgrade the base and unlock new weapons and ships
- Survive enough time for the escape ship to flee
FEATURES
- Retro style CRT effects for extra nostalgia punch in the gut
- Music by DOS-88
- All game in one screen, that will expand with time
- Small color palette, blue, darker blue, yellow, darker yellow, white and black (and some red to throw people off)
- Weapon variety like triple shot, missile, bomb trail, lasers and more
- Several ships to choose from
- Drone weapons to support your ship
- Keyboard + Basic Controller Support
- Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, more soon...
- Stupidly fun!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise this budget space shooter as an addictive rogue-lite with charming retro mechanics, noting that upgrades and colony improvements create satisfying progression that keeps them playing longer than expected. However, some find the learning curve steep, with the ship moving too fast for the small play area and unclear mechanics around currency collection making early survival frustrating before meaningful upgrades become available.
One thumb down for this one. It is, by design, old looking, but that is fine, the real problem for me is that the ship is too fast for such a small play area, as leaving the screen in any direction kills you. Theoretically you can upgrade the base you are defending, but I was unable to survive long enough to earn any 'stars' which I think are the currency of the upgrade. I did collect little circles, because the game told me to, but I have no clue why, or if they were of any value. I paid under buck, and I found it way too expensive.1 found this helpful
Simple old style game mechanics but forged into a modern rogue lite concept. worth it's money1 found this helpful
Cool game, my living room shook with an earthquake and I thought it was just the screen. 12/10, would recommend in a dire situation.1 found this helpful
This is exactly what I look for in a budget game. I started recording footage for my channel, and I only needed like 10 minutes, but I ended up playing for an hour. This is a single screen space shooter in the vein of Asteroids or Super Bit Blaster XL, but all the little upgrades, new ships, and colony improvements are what really make it unique. The replayability factor is high with this one. If you can get behind simple-yet-effective gameplay and some old school high score chasing, this game is for you.1 found this helpful
Very enjoyable.1 found this helpful
Great little rogue-lite shooter. Once you get some momentum, each run you can upgrade something that makes going further easier. I probably won't be playing it all too often after beating the game, but for ~$1 what more can you ask for? Great work.
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