So, I had a great time, but also, this game is legitmately weird.
Not like bad, but just in the sense of....... It looks like a Puzzle Bobble-like. But... the main mechanic of puzzle bobble is pressing left and right, and aiming your bobble cannon.
Here in orb tower... you target with the mouse, and the game figures out the aiming for you. the choice of what to aim at as yours, but there isn't so much of a dexterity game to line things up. Which is... neither good nor bad, but just means that like... even though the game LOOKS very similar puzzle bobble, the actual skill and gameplay is very different.
Music bops. Simple gameplay loop, but very addicting. Easily worth more than the $2 spent. Bombs w/ multiple gunpowders feel pretty busted but shop RNG sorta prevents you from getting that setup consistently so not a big deal.
Half way through battling the first boss (6 spells remaining), and my wand thing has stopped moving, contains no spells, and no long shoots. Game appears to be perma-stuck.
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Enjoyed this game! I just beat the medium difficulty. It was funny, I beat the final boss with two spells because he started with every orb being isolated (a normally terrible situation) but I had the needle which popped them all after my first spell. Then just had to finish off the 2 cluster I made. Fun game!
I just want to say that when I was fighting the final boss, I had needle in my inventory, I got a combo of only 3 then needle went into affect. IT DESTROYED THE REST OF THE ORBS.
When playing a level where the ‘Wall’ orbs overtake the coloured orbs, this happens on ‘boomerang’ shots as well as regular shots, meaning that you can win as soon as you have access to a wall where you can rebound off.
Awesome demo! The only thing that didn't feel great was the jester boss--getting that boss seems to screw the player over unless they have specific items.
Ooh yeah I think I know why, my bad that's an oversight. I'll fix it once I get back home (though that might wait for the full game release planned in a couple of days)
Will definitely buy on release, even though it felt a bit easy. I got 'the needle' relic (clears isolated bubbles) and was able to use that to clear some maps very quickly to end up with my inventory full of good relics and like 50+ coins.
Hope either the runs are longer in full version or there is some Ascension type difficulty scaling.
I LOVE IT! I thought it was going to be a run of the mill bubble shooter game, but it is so COOOLLLLL! I’m getting it straight away!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Pierre Vandermaesen
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will it be available for mac at some point?
Yes, Mac OS and Android ports coming soon :)
Hells yes!
I can't wait to play hours of this instead of doing work!
Great fun and visuals :)
Refreshing take on the roguelike genre!!!
So, I had a great time, but also, this game is legitmately weird.
Not like bad, but just in the sense of.......
It looks like a Puzzle Bobble-like.
But... the main mechanic of puzzle bobble is pressing left and right, and aiming your bobble cannon.
Here in orb tower... you target with the mouse, and the game figures out the aiming for you. the choice of what to aim at as yours, but there isn't so much of a dexterity game to line things up. Which is... neither good nor bad, but just means that like... even though the game LOOKS very similar puzzle bobble, the actual skill and gameplay is very different.
Oh yeah, ALSO:
The music here is an absolute bop, and I love it. Great job.
Good stuff to spend some time!
A good game, original gameplay, very cool ! congratulations !
This is the first time on this website I am considering buying a game haha… 🧐
Music bops. Simple gameplay loop, but very addicting. Easily worth more than the $2 spent. Bombs w/ multiple gunpowders feel pretty busted but shop RNG sorta prevents you from getting that setup consistently so not a big deal.
Half way through battling the first boss (6 spells remaining), and my wand thing has stopped moving, contains no spells, and no long shoots. Game appears to be perma-stuck.
Very lovely game! I'll play this on my work PC too when I'm not in the mood to work :D
Great creative take on the neogeo type games!
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gg
Loved it! Fun game loop and very cool graphics and music. <3
Es como el Puzzle Bobble, muy bonito
Nice game. Very well executed. Good gaming loop. I enjoyed the time I demoed it and probably gonna buy it. Good job. :)
It's fantastic to visit Itch.io and find indie masterpieces like this. If you'd like a free Spanish translation, contact me at aaroncasstroarias@gmail.com. I'd love to contribute to projects like this.
so needle is a little overpowered...
Yeah I just nerfed it in the full version, haven't updated the demo though
free your mind
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fun and chill. i love the bomber guy
Enjoyed this game! I just beat the medium difficulty. It was funny, I beat the final boss with two spells because he started with every orb being isolated (a normally terrible situation) but I had the needle which popped them all after my first spell. Then just had to finish off the 2 cluster I made. Fun game!
kind of dumb. i lost against each and every boss and I still won the game.
well its more about clearing as much of the board as possible not clearing the whole board,whole board clears are just bonus money
Nice idea, I love this.
Si muy entretenido hasta que me di cuenta que era una demo :( ahora mi progreso se fue al ca;o jaja buen juego
Bastante entretenido la verdad, el de las bombas esta op
I just want to say that when I was fighting the final boss, I had needle in my inventory, I got a combo of only 3 then needle went into affect. IT DESTROYED THE REST OF THE ORBS.
Yeah the needle is quite OP, I will nerf it soon. Enjoy the power while it lasts 😂
oh yeah I think it can easily remove most bosses lol
Orb Tower Walkthrough
A bug:
When playing a level where the ‘Wall’ orbs overtake the coloured orbs, this happens on ‘boomerang’ shots as well as regular shots, meaning that you can win as soon as you have access to a wall where you can rebound off.
Oooooh 😅 That's a sneaky one, thanks!
It was fun, thanks for sharing !
Awesome demo! The only thing that didn't feel great was the jester boss--getting that boss seems to screw the player over unless they have specific items.
Thanks ! Yeah I will nerf him a bit to make it a bit less unfair
Very fun and promessing game, though after I finished the game for the first time with the orb wizard, the game crashed and showed me this message:
Thanks for sending the error message, the game might be stumbling upon an error somewhere there, I'll investigate 🙏
No problem and good luck
The game softlocks for some reason when only poison orbs are left, the shooter won't give me any more spells and it just stops moving.
Ooh yeah I think I know why, my bad that's an oversight. I'll fix it once I get back home (though that might wait for the full game release planned in a couple of days)
The shooter constantly moving around is too annoying. Can't line up any good shots cause it keeps bouncing around.
bomb wizard is so strong!! Love the little details
great game !
"Minimalist" achievement either checks only for "less than 3 items" or counts bought potions as items
Didn't work with Destrucion Mage on Easy, while bying only health and bonus spell potions
But did work with Orb Mage on easy after bying only 1 item and 1 potion
Edit: most likely the second one since, I just got "Duplicates" after bying 5th bonus spell potion
Will definitely buy on release, even though it felt a bit easy. I got 'the needle' relic (clears isolated bubbles) and was able to use that to clear some maps very quickly to end up with my inventory full of good relics and like 50+ coins.
Hope either the runs are longer in full version or there is some Ascension type difficulty scaling.
A very fine game. GG ! :)
I LOVE IT! I thought it was going to be a run of the mill bubble shooter game, but it is so COOOLLLLL! I’m getting it straight away!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Pierre Vandermaesen
Very cool game, I had insane lag with the aim slow relic and it really messed up my run
Weird ! Were you using the web version ?
untouchable should really be a "don't take any damage during a run" achievement instead of "don't take more than 20 damage"