Collie Defence GBA: Difference between revisions

Collie Defence
Collie Defence
General
Author	vayan
Type	Simulation
Version	demo
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2023/07/14
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source
	Support Author

Latest revision as of 10:57, 8 September 2024

Collie Defence is a tower defence game for the Game Boy Advance.

It was created for the GBA Jam 2022 (3rd place).

Features

4 breathtaking biomes.
3 types of enemies.
3 kinds of tower.
Lots of levels.
Rumble pack support.
Open Source.

User guide

You're a Border Collie and you need to protect your flock of sheep.

Controls

B - Open the shop

A - Select your tower, Place your tower in the world

Screenshots

Compatibility

Works on Game Boy Advance Emulator like mGBA.

Or you can use a flashcard like EZ-Flash to play on real hardware.

Changelog

v1.1.0

New Features:
- Add level/stage selection UI + new "high score" game mode.
- Add basic SFX.
- Add QRCode generation to share high score and story progress online.
- Add basic website to receive and display save data.
- Add more information during levels (wave number etc..).
- Add screen shake when loosing life.
- Add options to hide/show certain towers for each level.
- Add save system to store high score and story progress.
- Add more levels.
- Add unique musics for each levels.
- Add a new catapult tower.
- Implement long press on the cursor.
Misc:
- Migrate to LDtk 1.3.3.
- Improve store to handle more towers.
- Move more things into ROM storage.
- Rename Collie Defence to Collie Defense GB -> US.
- Revamp title screen.
- Revamp game over screen.
- Revamp win screen.
- Some basic balancing.
Bugs:
- Fix memory crashes.
- Fix crashes after game over.
- Fix some z-index bug.

v1.0.0

Start balancing tower/enemy settings.
Bump butano to 12.4.0.
Remove unlimited money.

v0.0.6

Add dog and sheep sprites.
Improve bullets physics.
Fix memory leaks.
Add start screen to host settings and level picker (wip).
Add rumble support.
Add level music (just placeholder musics for now).
Fix the store UI and other UI glitches.
Lot of bug fix.

v0.0.5

Fix palette issues (no more broken backgrounds).
Add some UI elements.
Add bear, fox and tiger enemies.
Add some random levels to test things.

v0.0.4

Add real assets and animations + lot of refactoring for future improvements.

v0.0.3

Improve tower selection with new Shop feature.
Finish implementing money resource (gain/spend etc..).
Improve tower attack range preview.
Fix every time related action not working properly.

v0.0.2

Add a new (less ugly) placeholder tileset.
Add win/gameover state.
Implement enemies wave.
Level switching.
Tower selection UI / aggro range indicator.
Add enemies lifebar + bullet damage.
Reduce level size to match GBA screen size.
Add CI script for Itch.io deployment.
Lot of random fix/improvements.

v0.0.1

Something is kind of sort of playable.

External links

itch.io - https://xvayan.itch.io/collie-defence
GitHub - https://github.com/vayan/collie-defence
Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elland/collie-defense

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-Collie Defence is a tower defence game for the Game Boy Advance.
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+|title= (Simulation) - GameBrew
+|title_mode=append
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+[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elland/collie-defense Collie Defence] is a tower defence game for the Game Boy Advance.
 It was created for the GBA Jam 2022 (3rd place).
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 ==Features==
 *4 breathtaking biomes.
-*3 types of of enemies.
+*3 types of enemies.
 *3 kinds of tower.
 *Lots of levels.
@@ Line 51: / Line 52: @@
 ==Changelog==
+'''v1.1.0'''
+*New Features:
+**Add level/stage selection UI + new "high score" game mode.
+**Add basic SFX.
+**Add QRCode generation to share high score and story progress online.
+**Add basic website to receive and display save data.
+**Add more information during levels (wave number etc..).
+**Add screen shake when loosing life.
+**Add options to hide/show certain towers for each level.
+**Add save system to store high score and story progress.
+**Add more levels.
+**Add unique musics for each levels.
+**Add a new catapult tower.
+**Implement long press on the cursor.
+*Misc:
+**Migrate to LDtk 1.3.3.
+**Improve store to handle more towers.
+**Move more things into ROM storage.
+**Rename Collie Defence to Collie Defense GB -> US.
+**Revamp title screen.
+**Revamp game over screen.
+**Revamp win screen.
+**Some basic balancing.
+*Bugs:
+**Fix memory crashes.
+**Fix crashes after game over.
+**Fix some z-index bug.
 '''v1.0.0'''
 *Start balancing tower/enemy settings.
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 ==External links==
 *itch.io - https://xvayan.itch.io/collie-defence
-* GitHub - https://github.com/vayan/collie-defence
+*GitHub - https://github.com/vayan/collie-defence
+*Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elland/collie-defense
-[[Category:GBA homebrew games]]
+[[Category:GBA Jam 2022]]
-[[Category:Homebrew strategy games on GBA]]