Castle of Alchemists - Fantasy Medieval Horde Defense Strategy
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Castle of Alchemists gameplay with Splattercat! Let's Play Castle of Alchemists and check out a game where you'll brutalize huge hordes of enemies using devious traps, guns and a huge club.
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I am the other developer, in charge of pixel art and front-end development. Thanks so much for playing our game and your praise, seeing that people notice the things we care and put a lot of effort into, really pumps up our blood!. We are reading every comment here to get feedback.
I love the art style, and the colours.
Wwowooowow , big thankss. I am one of the 2 person developer team Castle of Alchemists and we are reaally glad to you for defending the Castle of Alchemists against enemies👊
You guys are doing great work!
I think this shows real promise. The artwork and animation looks good; I like the tactile touches, like the screen shake when you hit something; and I'm interested in the variety of upgrades they hint at outside of the demo.
Looks excellent. And you're absolutely right. It's the details that matter, the details that make a game stand out. It's more work for devs of course, but it makes this game already more memorable .
Orcs Must die in 2d? I'm in!
What a great start to 2023.
I discovered the jewel of "Neko Loop" the other day (you might want to check it out) and now this one is going straight to my withlist (too bad it's not still available).
PS: I'm a big fan of Orcs Must die but I didn't like at all how the third game was approached. But I'm very interested in this Castle of Alchemists even if it's not exactly the same.
To be honest, I haven't been too interested in some of indie games you cover and I did get exhausted from tower defense games a while back. but this looks interesting. I love your content Splattercat. Keep doing you.
sweet. I Love dungeon warfare, kingdom rush, and played HUGE amounts of orcs must die 1&2. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Splat!
what's up guys and gals its your daily dose of happiness
It's like a warm cup on a cold day
A cold drink on a summer day
This reminds me a little of old Dungeon Keeper too. In that game you had traps _and monsters_ you could block "heroes" with. You could also capture the enemy and "convert" them to your side in the torture chamber (with a dominatrix unit). So that would be my suggestion, monsters/converted units that run a path or fight in an area; but once they die, they're gone from the run. Enemy units that destroy your traps seem like something that should be in this too, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're already in, just later in the game.
Thank you for your feedbacks!
Thank you for the exposure, Splat, just added this to my Wishlist. Definitely something I would pick up.
The fact that u have full control over your hero make this much better than a simply tower defence with heroes, like all the kingdom rush clones
Enemy Officer: Alright lads we got orders from the king to take taxes by force from these alchemist, philosophers, and scientist, whatever those words mean. Anyways it should be easy pickings.
Alchemist: Nope, we are not going through constant dunking in latrines' and having my books knocked out of my hands again.
Jim get the philosopher stones and Mercury, we got a super soldier to make.
Splattercat is always noticing the most important, fun subjects. It matters imo.
The indy scene is where it's at, great looking title.
man , I wasnt expecting nothing, but this is pretty sick! really liked it.
I did not expect the Flintstones furniture reference but it is certainly an understandable vibe.
Man the pixel art in this game is just gorgeous, the amount of small details really put the game above a lot of other pixel art games. Wishlisted!
6:55 Wow what a rant. It's good to know ones place in the universe. What philosophy.
Normally I would hate the super-rapid idle breathing animation, but all of your character's movements are so swift and high energy that it actually kinda works; you're permanently on meth, of course you breathe that fast.
This looks good.A change to horde defence.
Every once in a while we see a glint of something interesting.
Bearricade
A Tower Defence game where all the buildings and walls are made from bears.
Frost Towers would be polar bears.
Walls would be Brown Bears.
Roof Traps would be Koala Bears(Not Actual Bears)
Awesome video! We really liked that you pushed the limits of the game's mechanics. It was very interesting to watch you easily pass the enemies we thought were difficult. We are grateful to be a part of your content. Thank you again for playing our game!
Definable wishlisting this. Thank you for covering this hidden jem
this is just like Isometric Orcs Must Die or even more like Dungeon Warfare which I loved that one.
Definitely a win-win
This is an instant buy for me. I LOVE TDs, and this game's artwork and UI are wonderful.
Gemcraft TD, Sanctum, OmD. Top three series if anyone else wants some recommendations.
*Edit* I put Gem TD, which was an old game on WC3 mod maps, still fun, but I meant to type Gemcraft TD.
Here is some more good TDs:
* X-Morph: Defense
* Plants vs Zombies (1-2)
* Sanctum (1-2)
* Defense Grid (1-2)
* Dungeon Defenders (1-2)
A HIDDEN GEM - "Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten" ;-)
THE UNUSUAL ONE - Taur
All good options. If you like those check out dungeon warfare 1 and 2. Classics in my opinion
@@P1EX Thanks!
Favorites from back in the day. The Cursed Treasure series. Planet Defender was a quick but different one (there are a couple with this title, this one is an old game with a fixed planet at the bottom, ion/missile/city/sandbag as only placeable turrets). Gemcraft as others have said. The Creeper World series is almost a genre unto itself, definitely worth a try. I'd never played Sanctum - looks interesting, will give it a go.
Probably more than a few TD fans who've never played Desktop Tower Defense at this point, which kind of kicked it all off.
@@pelyphin0 So many options ;-)
Wishlisted. What can I say? For the Emprah!... Ahem, the Alchemist!
i love the fact that this guy hail the gulls every time. i mean.... i love seagulls too. but he really love them
I love how on theme everything in this game is.
In this video Splat the Homunculus bites a man's throat out in a fit of 'roid rage. It's cool, though, because the guy broke into his house, which means castle doctrine applies.
Thanks Splat! I've wishlisted this game.
Gemcraft is something you might try , my fav and more unique TD game , no other one i played can compete with it , has right amount of complexity , player tools , powers , spells , loot and progression
Yes! I cannot tell you how many hours I have in that series. Mainly because of cookie issues wiping out flash progress in the games before I got them on Steam. The story was decent but the gameplay was great.
@@RoseKindred got a lot too , beaten all of them atleast once
Check out dungeon warfare 1 and 2. Up there with gemcraft in my opinion
@@P1EX well...i not entirely planed to but its on sale on steam so i did buy both , had to sell some steam cards as was 2$ short. , will check them out today
Oh nice they were on sale 👍 have fun
I’m pretty hype about this. Gorgeous pixel art and the amount of stuff that the devs put in to flesh out the setting. Bonus I loved Orcs Must Die. This is right up my street.
i think refactor is also such a TD game that has some interesting aspects
Somethin bout dat helmet, n being a bioengineered doom guy with a HOOOG stick... makes me feel dat real Waagah energy.
While I will say this is a perfect example of style over substance (tower defense...snnoooorrree) I will say what style! This is a gorgeous looking game as a fan of the pixels and for that alone I cannot wait to toss them some bucks when this comes out. And hey, depending on the upgrades and future content perhaps the substance will be there also.
"That animation was so raw!" Not as raw as that guy's missing skin...
I love seeing game developers' comments on Splatt's videos. Splatt definitely has a lot of good input and said constructive criticism probably has a lot of impact on games that haven't even been developed yet.
They are generally really constructive comments. ...I mean, you get the odd "a murder room would be really nice here," but jokes aside it's on point.
Added this one to the wishlist, thanks for showing it off.
This new Orcs Must Die game looks pretty good. 😋
17:30 - Maybe he has a kill-switch phrase? Something like "Laputan Machine" ;-)
Can't figure out why they didn't make this a sci-fi game with these weapons and trap types. Could have gone doom-esk with a space marine type guy against waves of demons.
The animations on the character are top notch, there's a lot of personality there.
Just here for the modern medieval survival, sandbox, tactical rts tower defense first person shooter rogue like lites
The first rule of Blacksmith Ring is "You do not talk about Blacksmith Ring!"
This game just looks outstanding, breathtaking if you will
Really enjoyed the video, looking forward to more of this game.
This look really well-made. Can't wait for the full-release!
Can’t wait to see more!
This looks good. I might end up picking this up.
Not sure why splatt is so adverse to putting traps at the choke points, where they would affect the most enemies.
As someone who played way too much orcs must die, seeing your trap placement hurts every fiber on my body. Really cool game though!
Looks promising, but i feel they should use the whole path like OMD. Just going down a single strict point on the path makes it almost pointless to use the barricades or using ground traps to cover all parts of the path instead of the single point.
Looking forward to playing this game
Looks really cool, i would love to see a different genre with those art movement and attacks like an hack and slash rogue lite game for example
the art and animations look amazing
METAL AS FU@K!!! Keep it brutal and you will have set a new bar like Mortal Combat did waaay back. Good job guys.
Thanks for this. I have been looking at it.
The game really needs some feedback when enemies take damage, maybe like with crossbow hit effects. Some blood splatter from spike/arrow traps or smoke from fire trap.
looks great, the only weird part is "here we have a medievil horde game, so..... lets just whip out our shotgun"
We are trying to give a unique style to Castle of Alchemists. It would not be right to say that it has a completely medivel style. It has a complex aesthetic with Grimdark-Warhammer influenced elements, and parts of different fantasy and myths. Thank you for your feedbacks, I hope you like it.
Wait till whip out a Minigun, ahem.. Crank Gun.
I think the main thing I don’t like about tower defense is that the enemies are dumb, personally I’d rather have them more tactical with a plan or squad leader. Also if you could spend like 5 or 10 seconds of just listening to the music that would be much appreciated! Love your vids!
This is basically my only complaint with Splat's vids, and he's made it clear it won't change (the reason given is others complain if the music is louder). If I want to hear the music in one of his videos, I have to increase the volume to the point that my whole house can hear his voice. Since he never stops talking (normally a good thing), that's an issue. Mitigated because the rest of the channel is great, but worth a mention.
Thanks for supporting our game
Looking fwd for u to cover ooglians. They got some interesting idea cooked up
This one looks amazing 👏
Haha could they have picked something that leans more into Splat's likes.
It brings the Daka.
Nah man, a Bear-icade, has to be just a bear on a chain.
After seeing how this castle is defended, I am thinking that the villagers are right to want to shut it down. :P
Thanks for the video.
This reminds me of Dungeon Warfare
The blacksmith ring I was so watch them fight… lol
id say last spell is a great recent take on tower defense
There will be a demo for this available on steam on the 23rd -30h January as part of the demo fest 😘
That cover art screamed "Orcs Must Die!"
5:00 be our guest intensifies
"The sink makes the water come out"?
Maybe call a plumber, that's not supposed to happen...
Thanks for showcasing! ^^
11:40 Hang on, if its a Manufactorum wouldn't you be dispensing the Omnissiah's justice?
looks like so much fun!
This game looks amazing , definitely getting this one 😘
Hope this game doesnt fall into the same bucket of problems that similar games do. Where the best strategy in later levels is constantly selling your traps and replacing them.
I love me a tower defence!
Played a stupid amount of 'kingdom'
Always looking for a new one to love!
typos for game play is a good trade off
wuv u splat
Yeah, the blacksmith's ring is down there in the cellar, where we keep all the rest of the a$$holes.
This game has mad 7-hour-stream vibes.
It looks addictive! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Speaking of Tower Defence Games, did you ever do a video for Hypercharge Unboxed?
Splat's Condensed Review: 28:45
Looks really promising
if u really looking for a unique gameplay experience from a tower defense game try the "X-Morph: Defense" series
looks great.
Looks fun, did I miss the part where the statue symbol is talked about? Confused me each time I saw it.
Rewatching They are Billions gameplay, anything recently grab your attention like that title did?
Hi! Did you mean the tower base? There are 3 different towers, each one of them uses a different kinds of weapons. But you can only try one of the towers in the demo version for now.
What would happen if an Adeptus Astartes was dropped into medieval times without his gear 🤣
+1 the the Bear-arcade.
Leggio VI Ferrata. The ironclad legion...
Odd to me that they chose Roman flair over something more hermetic. Game looks fun though.
Edit: graveyard keeper TD? Be still my beating heart.
i want to play this badly.. also wish there was online coop at least but i no there prob wont b ; ;
Thank you! You can play the latest version of our demo at Base Building Fest, which will take place between January 23-30 on Steam.
Game actually starts at 1:30
OH hey I tried this I think last year. Thought it was pretty fun.
This is not my jam but damn this game looks awesome!
This run made me think... were I in charge of making a tower defense game, I'd try to implement an enemy unit whose purpose was to lock or disassemble the traps. Maybe that would add some interesting pressure
Some games do have a disable unit but I agree that mechanic isn't used enough. It's also really difficult to balance properly.
Yep, it's particularly bad in games like this, where you control a hero unit. Such titles frequently make traps secondary to the hero, then add stuff to make the traps perform even less reliably, so you basically wind up just playing a horde shooter instead of a TD game.
Every single time I’ve seen a TD game add an enemy that disabled traps, it made that game worse, not better.
It turns out that the answer to spicing up your core gameplay is not ‘let’s remove the core gameplay’.
@@ryonalionthunder Can you provide an example, please?
@@DaniEIdiomas Sure. In “Orcs must die 2” they introduced the Goblin Sapper in the DLC which was an exploding enemy that would EMP traps for a while.
Similarly in “Orcs Must die 3” they took another crack at the concept and in that dlc they introduced “Cyclops Shaman” who could drop totems that would disable traps nearby until the totem was destroyed.
Both are wildly unpopular.
the up and down idle motion of the character is a little much lol
oh so secret service simulator circa 2023
damn dude I thought this was a cheap copy of dungeon warfare but its like dungeon warfare on steroids plus space marines