Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/last-bastion/id1589965586 Last Bastion Sarper Soher Demon Iacobus has invaded your world, and Last Bastion is the only safe haven left. An evil dust cloud is gathering on t… $1.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsDemon Iacobus has invaded your world, and Last Bastion is the only safe haven left. An evil dust cloud is gathering on the horizon and fast approaching the castle. Everyone is cowering with fear within the walls, making their peace with the dark end that awaits them... Everyone except a single brave dwarf warrior, sworn to stop this evil madness for once and all. The fate of the good will be decided here and now and defense of the Last Bastion is your hands. Climb into your giant ballista and mow down waves upon waves of dark forces. Defend the final dwarf fortress against brainwashed masses, creatures of nature controlled by an evil spell and even the undead. Face Demon Iacobus without a flinch and become the ultimate defender of the free world. Battle through 11 chapters of the Last Bastion saga to face and banish the ultimate evil in the end. In this struggle be ready to encounter germophobic goblins, fire breathing spiders, diffident archers, forgetful wizards, masochistic skeletons and many more! Laugh at their puny comments and pitiful quip attempts as you skewer them with your giant bolts. Use a huge arsenal of ballistae and magically enhanced bolts to wreak havoc and make evil think twice on extinguishing the last flickering light of hope. Freely browse, purchase and use any equipment during battle. Come up with your own strategy by experimenting with what weaponry works best against differing formations of enemies. Get up to speed with your task of Last Bastion's defense using intuitive touch controls that went through endless iterations to provide the best possible experience. Replay chapters to increase your treasury, and grind as much as you like to improve your destructive and defensive powers. Or don't! The game is balanced with care to not require any tedious grinding unless you want to. Finish chapters one after another without failure and spin the Chapter Streak Prize Wheel to get rewards of increasing value at the end of each chapter. Unlock the endless mode and continue punishing evil without limitations. Take your place on the leaderboards as the #1 defender in the world. Work towards unlocking many achievements, including hidden ones. Enjoy a premium game without any ads and optional in-app purchases that does not take away from an already well balanced game design if you don't acquire them. --- Please review the game and contact me with any questions, comments and requests using the contact form in the below address. I will use the feedback to improve the game and would love to hear from you! Contact - https://www.sarpersoher.com/#contact Privacy Policy - https://www.sarpersoher.com/privacypolicy Information Seller:Sarper Soher Genre:Action Release:Nov 13, 2021 Updated:Mar 12, 2023 Version:1.8 Size:82.8 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,126 703 113 #2 anthony78, Nov 18, 2021 Looks kinda cool but paid with lots of IAPs is always an instant turn off for me. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #3 Sarper Şoher, Nov 19, 2021 Hey, developer here, thank you toucharcade for the post. Thanks! About the IAP's I know, some games are designed around maximizing IAP sales. Giving you a lot of easy progress in the onboarding and then spiking the difficulty curve once you are hooked. Last Bastion is not like that, you can think of the IAP's as paid cheat codes. An average player can easily play through the whole game without any purchases. Ringerill, Boardumb and anthony78 like this. Legion180 Well-Known Member Jul 23, 2015 204 57 28 #4 Legion180, Nov 19, 2021 That would be fair if the game was free. But if it’s a paid game it shouldn’t have those. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #5 Sarper Şoher, Nov 19, 2021 Thanks for your input, here is my humble opinion on the subject. If they are totally optional and the game is designed to be balanced and fun without any purchase, they are just there for people who would like to support the developer really. Making and shipping a game is difficult, unless you work with a well known publisher or have a company with a big fan base / marketing budget, you have to be competitive with the pricing. So it doesn't hurt if I try using alternative ways of further monetization that is completely optional, without showing annoying popups nudging players towards making purchases. All the offers are acquirable through normal gameplay. I'd actually prefer people enjoy the game in the pace I've designed it for, that is without using any shortcuts for powerful in-game equipment early on. But I can't imagine people paying USD $15 or more in a market with millions of free games. This is the best alternative I've decided on to releasing the game for free and filling it with 20+ seconds video ads after every level. That disgusts me. decript, Ringerill, Ijipop and 7 others like this. Legion180 Well-Known Member Jul 23, 2015 204 57 28 #6 Legion180, Nov 19, 2021 All I can say is that I respect your point of view and since you put it that way - I’m thinking of trying your game. Sarper Şoher likes this. Asp Well-Known Member Aug 3, 2017 769 196 43 #7 Asp, Nov 19, 2021 Up to chapter 6. Looks easy but in fact quite challenging. Getting better at targeting as I progress. It’s good being able to pause mid-level to experiment with different weapons and ammo. Not so good is having to keep contact with the screen continually. I find that awkward after a while, so would request either continuing auto-fire or pause when not touching the screen. Sarper Şoher likes this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #8 Sarper Şoher, Nov 20, 2021 First off, thank you for playing the game, I hope you are enjoying it! Pausing (or going into slow motion mode) after a couple seconds when not touching the screen is a great idea. It may be a little difficult for players to understand at first so I may add it to the settings screen as an accessability option that is turned off by default. I don't want players to feel completely safe as if playing a turn based strategy game, but I also understand how it may become uncomfortable touching the screen continously for long gameplay sessions. I will think of this feature and add it in some form in the upcoming updates, thank you! Asp likes this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #9 Sarper Şoher, Nov 20, 2021 @Asp What do you think of this, would a feature like this be a good solution to the problem you have mentioned? (notice the speed change buttons on the left side) Asp Well-Known Member Aug 3, 2017 769 196 43 #10 Asp, Nov 20, 2021 Excellent solution with the speed change buttons for slow motion. Better than pause. Look forward to seeing that included. Thanks for the post! Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #11 Sarper Şoher, Nov 20, 2021 Great to hear! I'll let you know when the next update including this feature goes live. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #12 Sarper Şoher, Nov 22, 2021 @Asp the update including the time controls is out, enjoy! Repulsa Well-Known Member Jul 3, 2015 1,584 81 48 #13 Repulsa, Nov 23, 2021 I only play premium games although I don’t mind IAP like expansions, cosmetic stuff etc after reading this comment I bought the game because I really respect the developer taking the time to explain this so throughly. Great game too, I love a good TD Sarper Şoher likes this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #14 Sarper Şoher, Nov 23, 2021 Receiving comments like these is worth way more than getting the game purchased. After spending months, years working on something in isolation, hearing that someone somewhere in the world is actually playing and enjoying the game is priceless. So thank you very much and I'm so glad that you liked the game! Asp Well-Known Member Aug 3, 2017 769 196 43 #15 Asp, Nov 23, 2021 Thanks for the update @Sarper Şoher. I’m more inclined to try the longer levels now I can take a breather with the slow motion! Also seems better optimised as definitely running more smoothly, which in turn helps with targeting. Good game. Simple idea made interesting with the varied behaviour and vulnerabilities of each attack wave. Sarper Şoher likes this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #16 Sarper Şoher, Nov 23, 2021 @Asp thank you! One thing that is not explicitly told through the game is, if the Battery Saver option is turned on in iOS I lock the game at 30 fps to further save battery life. So you may have changed that option, that would explain the game running more smoothly as I did no optimization work for this update. About variety, if my budget allowed it I would've liked more variation for the chapter bosses. They are a weak spot of the game at the moment. Alas, I've already burned a huge hole in my pocket. But I am very happy with how I designed the final showdown at the end of the game and can't wait for you guys to play that part. adamphetamine, Ringerill, Ijipop and 1 other person like this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #17 Sarper Şoher, Dec 9, 2021 How's it going guys? Hope you enjoyed or better yet still enjoying the game. I just wanted to drop in to tell you, the game is coming out on Steam for Macos, Linux and Windows on 7th of January. If that is of interest, feel free to wishlist to get notified once it's out https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834710/Last_Bastion/ Asp Well-Known Member Aug 3, 2017 769 196 43 #18 Asp, Dec 9, 2021 Yet to complete chapter 8, despite trying various weapons and ammo. It seems my ballista guy is not up to the job so he would appreciate any tips on how to defeat wizards. Good luck with the impending release on Steam. Must be a fair amount of work translating to all those operating systems. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #19 Sarper Şoher, Dec 9, 2021 @Asp thanks! To beat chapter 8, wizards should be your primary target. You can target them directly by keeping your touch on them, that way you will target them even if there are knights in front of them. Do that to drop a fire or poison arrow in the middle of their formations. That will soften them up and you can get them all at the same time with a second poison, or a single shot per wizard. Slow down the time if it's too frantic to target them precisely. Ignore the knights and focus on getting rid of the wizards as soon as possible, their range is high and if they get in range they will do a ton of damage with their combined firepower. Use a heavy ballista with knockback, since they move slow, the knockback of your ballista will push them back, stopping them from getting in range. Steel reinforced ballista is a good choice for the whole chapter for example. Make sure your wall durability is upgraded to at least level 5. You can access the upgrade in the shop from the main menu and also in the game over screen directly. If you don't have enough money for poison arrows or wall durability upgrades, you can always re-play the previous chapters to make more. Let me know if it still feels too difficult and I will triple check the balancing of the level and maybe make some adjusments, good luck! Asp likes this. Sarper Şoher Member Nov 19, 2021 11 20 3 Male Game Developer https://www.sarpersoher.com #20 Sarper Şoher, Jan 7, 2022 It's out on Steam :') https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834710 Lull4by likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Hey, developer here, thank you toucharcade for the post. Thanks! About the IAP's I know, some games are designed around maximizing IAP sales. Giving you a lot of easy progress in the onboarding and then spiking the difficulty curve once you are hooked. Last Bastion is not like that, you can think of the IAP's as paid cheat codes. An average player can easily play through the whole game without any purchases.
Thanks for your input, here is my humble opinion on the subject. If they are totally optional and the game is designed to be balanced and fun without any purchase, they are just there for people who would like to support the developer really. Making and shipping a game is difficult, unless you work with a well known publisher or have a company with a big fan base / marketing budget, you have to be competitive with the pricing. So it doesn't hurt if I try using alternative ways of further monetization that is completely optional, without showing annoying popups nudging players towards making purchases. All the offers are acquirable through normal gameplay. I'd actually prefer people enjoy the game in the pace I've designed it for, that is without using any shortcuts for powerful in-game equipment early on. But I can't imagine people paying USD $15 or more in a market with millions of free games. This is the best alternative I've decided on to releasing the game for free and filling it with 20+ seconds video ads after every level. That disgusts me.
All I can say is that I respect your point of view and since you put it that way - I’m thinking of trying your game.
Up to chapter 6. Looks easy but in fact quite challenging. Getting better at targeting as I progress. It’s good being able to pause mid-level to experiment with different weapons and ammo. Not so good is having to keep contact with the screen continually. I find that awkward after a while, so would request either continuing auto-fire or pause when not touching the screen.
First off, thank you for playing the game, I hope you are enjoying it! Pausing (or going into slow motion mode) after a couple seconds when not touching the screen is a great idea. It may be a little difficult for players to understand at first so I may add it to the settings screen as an accessability option that is turned off by default. I don't want players to feel completely safe as if playing a turn based strategy game, but I also understand how it may become uncomfortable touching the screen continously for long gameplay sessions. I will think of this feature and add it in some form in the upcoming updates, thank you!
@Asp What do you think of this, would a feature like this be a good solution to the problem you have mentioned? (notice the speed change buttons on the left side)
Excellent solution with the speed change buttons for slow motion. Better than pause. Look forward to seeing that included. Thanks for the post!
I only play premium games although I don’t mind IAP like expansions, cosmetic stuff etc after reading this comment I bought the game because I really respect the developer taking the time to explain this so throughly. Great game too, I love a good TD
Receiving comments like these is worth way more than getting the game purchased. After spending months, years working on something in isolation, hearing that someone somewhere in the world is actually playing and enjoying the game is priceless. So thank you very much and I'm so glad that you liked the game!
Thanks for the update @Sarper Şoher. I’m more inclined to try the longer levels now I can take a breather with the slow motion! Also seems better optimised as definitely running more smoothly, which in turn helps with targeting. Good game. Simple idea made interesting with the varied behaviour and vulnerabilities of each attack wave.
@Asp thank you! One thing that is not explicitly told through the game is, if the Battery Saver option is turned on in iOS I lock the game at 30 fps to further save battery life. So you may have changed that option, that would explain the game running more smoothly as I did no optimization work for this update. About variety, if my budget allowed it I would've liked more variation for the chapter bosses. They are a weak spot of the game at the moment. Alas, I've already burned a huge hole in my pocket. But I am very happy with how I designed the final showdown at the end of the game and can't wait for you guys to play that part.
How's it going guys? Hope you enjoyed or better yet still enjoying the game. I just wanted to drop in to tell you, the game is coming out on Steam for Macos, Linux and Windows on 7th of January. If that is of interest, feel free to wishlist to get notified once it's out https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834710/Last_Bastion/
Yet to complete chapter 8, despite trying various weapons and ammo. It seems my ballista guy is not up to the job so he would appreciate any tips on how to defeat wizards. Good luck with the impending release on Steam. Must be a fair amount of work translating to all those operating systems.
@Asp thanks! To beat chapter 8, wizards should be your primary target. You can target them directly by keeping your touch on them, that way you will target them even if there are knights in front of them. Do that to drop a fire or poison arrow in the middle of their formations. That will soften them up and you can get them all at the same time with a second poison, or a single shot per wizard. Slow down the time if it's too frantic to target them precisely. Ignore the knights and focus on getting rid of the wizards as soon as possible, their range is high and if they get in range they will do a ton of damage with their combined firepower. Use a heavy ballista with knockback, since they move slow, the knockback of your ballista will push them back, stopping them from getting in range. Steel reinforced ballista is a good choice for the whole chapter for example. Make sure your wall durability is upgraded to at least level 5. You can access the upgrade in the shop from the main menu and also in the game over screen directly. If you don't have enough money for poison arrows or wall durability upgrades, you can always re-play the previous chapters to make more. Let me know if it still feels too difficult and I will triple check the balancing of the level and maybe make some adjusments, good luck!
