The Other Type of Tower Defense

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The Other Type of Tower Defense

Postby DST » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:12 pm

I whipped this up last night for fun. If you're familiar, you can see from the screenshot what i mean by 'Other Tower Defense', the free-path version. (Turret wars, Desktop Td, etc. etc).

otherbig.jpg


The Moveto+avoid function makes it possible, by using only one object in the playfield; towers. All creeps plan their paths avoiding towers, and the entire playfield is surrounded by dummy towers to keep them inside.

I left the actor FINDR with normal visibility state, so as to de-mistify this game method for you. In this type of tower defence, you cannot block the path entirely, which is what makes it more difficult to program, because you have to be able to assess the path before placing the tower. You will see a white spark fly across the screen whenever you attempt to place a tower; This checks to see if your tower placement is legal or not.

Everything else is pretty normal, there are bugs-
-Creeps 'cheat' sometimes (problem with moveto function?)
-Upgrade timer works strangely
-Stat 'name' doesn't strcpy correctly

Anyway, that's what you can do in 8 hours with the incredibly free toolkit of Game Editor + Inkscape + Ferals sprite rotator.

Enjoy!
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Re: The Other Type of Tower Defense

Postby Hblade » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:36 pm

looks awesome :D I'll try it later
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Re: The Other Type of Tower Defense

Postby Fuzzy » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:29 am

Great fun.
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Re: The Other Type of Tower Defense

Postby Bee-Ant » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:33 pm

Can you explain this ???
DSC00269.jpeg

The enemy was in the red circle area, but when it's destroyed...the explosion effects were everywhere far from it...why ???

Nice graphics anyway :D
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