Remix: StarJam

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Build a small, playable browser game inspired by "StarJam" (Strategy, Tower Defence).
Concept: Mix of a Tower Defence and a Clicker/Idler.
Tech: use an HTML5 canvas with plain JavaScript for a simplified 2D learning remix; keep it to a single page that loads instantly with no login or install.
Controls: keyboard and mouse on desktop, shown on a short how-to-play screen.
Players: single-player.
Audio: add simple sound effects and music (start audio on the first click/tap).
Steps: 1) get the core mechanic playable with placeholder shapes, 2) add win/lose conditions and restart, 3) polish feel, visuals and sound, 4) add your own twist (setting, character or one new rule).
Make it your own: don't copy the original's name, art, text or code.

Remix notes (our suggestions, not the creator's)

StarJam is a Godot strategy game described as a mix of tower defence and a clicker or idler. Those two loops fit together nicely. Defence gives you tense moments, and the idle side means your progress keeps growing between waves. Remix idea (our suggestion): keep defence plus idle growth and make the link between them tighter. Towers that earn resources while idle, a click that powers up the strongest tower, or waves that only come when you choose would give players more control. Prompting tip: ask your AI tool for a path for enemies, towers with simple targeting, and an income that ticks every second, all with numbers in one config. Show income per second clearly. Tune the balance so idling is helpful but active play is clearly better. Add a prestige reset only after the core loop feels good.

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