DESKTOP TOWER DEFENCE

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incredibly simple, fiendishly difficult, hella addictive:

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/

its like lemmings meets cannon fodder, in a bizarre way.

if my book misses its deadline, these are the dudes to blame.

anyone know of similar?

stevie, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 12:34 (eighteen years ago)

wow, thats some addictive stuff

Ste, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)

It's utterly brilliant! There's also:

Flash Circle TD (can't find a link that will work. Go to Candystand and follow the links) or Flash Element TD.

Be warned, they are as addictive and have no end!

kv_nol, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

4856 with 18 lives in easy mode.

kv_nol, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 15:55 (eighteen years ago)

that's pretty impressive...

i'm slowly crawling thru medium. i have changed my tactics, and am getting much further with the use of many pea shooters, than with just two massively upgraded squirt towers and a dart gun.

stevie, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

it was pretty great up until the update a few days ago. now it seems pretty impossible.

jeff, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:07 (eighteen years ago)

Which one? I know that the TD games are regularly changed? I liked the reintroduction of interest and things. Harder Crepes should get more money though!

kv_nol, Thursday, 5 April 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

managed just over 2000 in normal mode. i see the good way is trying to block the little beggers so they have to move through a maze of towers.

or is there a better way?

Ste, Thursday, 5 April 2007 13:10 (eighteen years ago)

the maze is the best method i have found so far.

stevie, Thursday, 5 April 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)

6 Lives Score 4752 on Medium. Now I need to actually work!

The maze is the only way to do. Try to make them pass each gun at least twice. That way the more you level up your weapons the more effective they are for a longer stretch.

kv_nol, Thursday, 5 April 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

scraped just under 4000, need to upgrade quicker i think

Ste, Thursday, 5 April 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

Jesus, I'm on the challenges. Nigh on impossible!

kv_nol, Thursday, 5 April 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

Stevie - if you have an old copy of "Warcraft 3" you can find hundreds of these types of games, they're still very popular on Blizzard's Battle.net servers. Epicwar hosts player-made WC3 maps, search for "tower defense" etc...

DougD, Thursday, 5 April 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

This was just silliness really. (image removed by request)

kv_nol, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

Um. I didn't expect it to be so small! Sorry. First time using image shack. Also just noticed g-chat in the corner! Could a mod zap this image so I can obscure that and I'll put it up again?

kv_nol, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

1373 on normal setting. IR n00b, obv.

Pashmina, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:16 (eighteen years ago)

one more go....

Pashmina, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:45 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, this ate up an entire Saturday for me and I swore off it for life. Too addictive.

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

2 thousand seven hundred and something.
Bastard thing.

Pashmina, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

2020

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Maps/404976.gif

stevie, Thursday, 5 April 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

2020 more like 8080

Will M., Thursday, 5 April 2007 19:42 (eighteen years ago)

3060, medium

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Maps/408454.gif

and now to bed...

stevie, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

managed to get half the office completely addicted, good thing we didn't have much work to finish.

Ste, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

I thought I'd be able to finish easy with this one. No dice.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/447693172_f4c341a6a7.jpg

Michael Servetus, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:11 (eighteen years ago)

You guys are using too much of the grid. You really just need to load most of your guns into the upper left corner and max them out. Then place a few more squirt towers to the bottom and right to help with the flying guys.

Has anyone tried the 100 level challenge yet? I've been doing well on the normal stage (usually 6000 with 5-10 lives left) but the 100 level challenge gives me more trouble even though it appears to be the same thing at the Normal 50, just with an extra 50 tacked on.

jeff, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

not tried it yet. is it worth upgrading the pea shooters much?

stevie, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

Not really. I mostly just use them as filler. I tend to use as many maxed out squirt towers as I can afford and then one or two maxed out dart towers.

jeff, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:38 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.jefframirez.com/ilx/dtd1.jpg

jeff, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

those fucking flying ones do my head in! nothing kills the tough ones. plus all my blokes are already busy targeting other creeps

Ste, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

We should tag all our scores for an ILX group. Or ILG.

Has anyone maxed out bash or swarm towers? They seem pretty useless initially and so I've never tried to max them out.

jeff, Friday, 6 April 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Maps/427519.gif
4754
completed, medium, 6 lives.

now for 100 levels...

stevie, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:20 (eighteen years ago)

100 levels and speed are a total nightmare! Pash, if you're looking at this thread again could you zap that image? I would be most grateful!

I'm also at work on Good Friday which means no GTA. This will have to do :(

kv_nol, Friday, 6 April 2007 09:47 (eighteen years ago)

I HATE THIS STUPID GAME STUPID FLYING HORRIBLE THINGS TAKING ALL MY LIVES

Ste, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:14 (eighteen years ago)

Heh heh I know your pain. I actually hate the Spawn things more. Last game was 4906 with 12 Lives and 279 Gold remaining on the cross shaped 'fun' mode.

kv_nol, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:25 (eighteen years ago)

4484 5 Lives remaining and 170 Gold on Chequerboard. I really should work!

kv_nol, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)

32,167 7 Lives remaining and 1140 Gold on Spawn 'fun' challenge. This has been a productive day, just not in work terms!

kv_nol, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

That spawn only fun mode is actually fun. A total slaughter.

32,496 - 18 lives and 20,200 gold

jeff, Friday, 6 April 2007 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

I deleted yer image, Kv.

Following Jeff's instructions, winning in normal mode is easy. The fun mode with the blocks on the screen is a larf as well.

Pashmina, Saturday, 7 April 2007 10:24 (eighteen years ago)

come on ILX score group

Alan, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:31 (eighteen years ago)

i am such a rubbish newbie - i've only just figured out the whole maze technique :-O

Alan, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

finally beat easy.

kingfish, Sunday, 8 April 2007 07:43 (eighteen years ago)

I can't stop.

Alba, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

OK, I added my lastes score, Alan. (I am "pwnj" haha)

Pashmina, Sunday, 8 April 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

Look at this! Pure pwnage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyGLYI14ZO4

Pashmina, Sunday, 8 April 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

oh man you are all on the normal version. HARD is where it's at ;-)

Alan, Monday, 9 April 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

I just got 2953 on the hard version (level 40, I think) but then I got spinning beachball when trying to enter my score and now I bet no one will believe me!

Alba, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 00:53 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks Pash. I will not be playing this again, I must work!

kv_nol, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 08:52 (eighteen years ago)

How the hell do you do the Fun/Challenge level where you only get squirt and freeze towers ??! It seems impossible

Ste, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 10:23 (eighteen years ago)

Level 22 Score 911 Speed level. Now back to work.

kv_nol, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

I'm so irked that I can't get far into MEDIUM if I build anything besides the most basic towers. Tho spiner towers are coooool.

David R., Tuesday, 10 April 2007 14:24 (eighteen years ago)

Seriously though, that is really cute!

kv_nol, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 10:35 (seventeen years ago)

meet yr new god: http://www.secrettechnology.com/gamegame/agame.html
very different from yr old god

stevie, Saturday, 9 June 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago)

the game game guy seems influenced by radiohead album art

Lingbert, Saturday, 9 June 2007 23:44 (seventeen years ago)

I can't work that game. It's like an irritating college art project.

kv_nol, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 10:47 (seventeen years ago)

Oh dear, you can build mazes and things like before. It's a bit easier so far but still:

http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=5607

kv_nol, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

A new one! Temple Garden.

kv_nol, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago)

http://laser.narr.as/laser.swf

Pashmina, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

I see your fiendishly difficult lazer game and raise you an Onslaught 2. Same learning curve unfortunately :(

Current High Score:

Kills 1328
Shots Fired 18621
Spend 88010
Total 116 877 280.

Last level before the axe fell was 151 or so.

kv_nol, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 09:47 (seventeen years ago)

ARGH NOT ANOTHER ZWINKY AVATAR ADVERT GHFNFGGH.,HJGH.GF.Vv/.CCKDFNMFMG/G,

Pashmina, Saturday, 23 June 2007 12:55 (seventeen years ago)

How on earth did you get as far as level 151? I'm sure it's impossible to get past 105!

That laser beam game is pretty tedious once you've played it a couple of times.

Pashmina, Saturday, 23 June 2007 13:23 (seventeen years ago)

Start with two cannons (C) and a missile (M) very close to each other with space for two more turrets right next to them.. Level up their fire rate at first, especially the missile launcher. Set up a tazer or three, increase their fire rate just outside range of missile launcher. If you have levelled up the three turrets (CCM) you should get a nuke that will fire just as the bunched up bad guys come in to range. Big points v quickly. Set up another missile turret and more tazers. Level up like demon ESPECIALLY fire rate and power, don't sweat the range, in fact limiting the range is the best bet really, it concentrates the firepower into a tighter circle. Add a lazer, level up everything (including range) especially power at first, hopefully you'll get a multi-lazer ball regularly which will help out no end. If you're lucky you'll have time (I never have btw) to build another cell later on the track of the same things. Power up towers are great but it's hard enough levelling up, saving up for them is near impossible.

Lesson ends.

kv_nol, Monday, 25 June 2007 08:34 (seventeen years ago)

yowza. i hit about 145 and then it was all over. the combos were taking care of the enemies before they even hit the map until about 130, especially that multi-lazer ball. then all of a sudden the enemies increased in power drastically and it seemed nothing at all could kill them and that was it.

s.clover, Monday, 25 June 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

I started playing this off the drunk thread, and now I can't stop :(

DTD, you are doing the same Bad Things to my dreams as Tetris did 20 years ago. Plus making the cats crazy with those noises.

Jaq, Monday, 25 June 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago)

DTD is now your master

Lingbert, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 01:21 (seventeen years ago)

kills 1356
shots 13670
spent 92080
score 124860480
wave 142

Pashmina, Thursday, 28 June 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

Nice! What was your secret for good score?

kv_nol, Thursday, 28 June 2007 15:29 (seventeen years ago)

kills 1365
shots 12977
spent 92900
score 126808500
wave 145

I has 2 lasers!

kv_nol, Thursday, 28 June 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

I'm mortified by my pathetic low scores. Must play more! Yesterday, I saw those pesky flying guys hovering over the bathroom floor at work.

Jaq, Thursday, 28 June 2007 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

Did anyone mentino that DTD was in version 1.5 and they added a new tower? Because they did. I don't see any use for the new tower, but there it is.

Will M., Thursday, 28 June 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago)

they also updated the graphics some and added at least two new types of enemies, dark and morph. dark are these small, slow dudes, but they are very, very tough and there seem to be a bunch of them. morph will randomly turn into a new type every 5 or so seconds, between regular, dark, immune, and i think that's it. not flying or spawn, thank goodness.

Will M., Thursday, 28 June 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

Those dark dudes (look like cat faces to me, or maybe bats) take multiple upgraded missile towers to kill, esp the boss ones which keep pwning me.

Jaq, Thursday, 28 June 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago)

the order of the creeps has also been changed a little.

some new sound effects. it sounds like all the ones that were taken from lemmings have been replaced. do you think there are copyright concerns over that now that the guy is making money off dtd?

Lingbert, Friday, 29 June 2007 00:12 (seventeen years ago)

ink tower with freeze combo is pretty decent but really, still, if you wanna take out the air bosses seems that sticking with squirts is the way to go.

s.clover, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

I've been looking for a trade off between enough upgraded dart towers to nail the darks and upgraded squirts/swarm towers. My squirts get too busy killing spawns and darks and just let those flying dudes pass unscathed.

Jaq, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago)

Nice! What was your secret for good score?

-- kv_nol, Thursday, 28 June 2007 15:29 (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

I just followed your instructions, upthread! thanks!

Pashmina, Saturday, 30 June 2007 09:58 (seventeen years ago)

kills 1403
shots 15366
spent 98655
score 138412965
wave 148

I used the squared-off spiral path. 2 cannons/1 rocket launcher at the first corner, 2 lots of 3 tasers before that, 1 laser/2 cannons (a shit combination, TBH) somewhere else. After 140 it just gets stupidly difficult, with the invaders virtually invunerable.

Pashmina, Saturday, 30 June 2007 10:56 (seventeen years ago)

kills 1470
shots 19123
spent 108805
score 159943350
wave 176

Similar layout, but I made 2 sets of cannon/cannon/rocket launchers. I only got as far as level 176 b/c I knew I was about to get 0wn3d, so I started frantically clicking the "next wave" button. I think it would have been either 155 or 156?

Pashmina, Monday, 2 July 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago)

I really have to stop sneak playing this at work, it's just not good in so many ways.

Jaq, Monday, 2 July 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago)

Right, I didn't hit spacebar towards the end so my score is completely pure. So pure in fact that I took screenshots (also I am rather proud WHICH I KNOW IS V SAD OK?):

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4051/onslaughtbeforexn8.png

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=onslaughtafterty8.png

kills 1549
shots 24765
spent 120430
score 186546070
wave 166

kv_nol, Monday, 9 July 2007 10:51 (seventeen years ago)

And the end:

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=onslaughtafterty8.png

kv_nol, Monday, 9 July 2007 10:52 (seventeen years ago)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6910/onslaughtafterty8.th.png

Okay, I don't know what happened there!

kv_nol, Monday, 9 July 2007 10:53 (seventeen years ago)

I bought a new laptop, which I rec'd in the mail late last week. Despite my dreams of "improving my efficiency" while watching TV or something, the one thing I've been doing on it is ONSLAUGHT. (Level 122ish on the Pentagram level.)

David R., Monday, 9 July 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry about Steve-O, but this is my fave yet:

http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18047

schwantz, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago)

I think that was mentioned upthread but on a slow day like this a link like that is very much appreciated!

kv_nol, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.casualcollective.com/ anyone?

Alan, Saturday, 18 August 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago)

am crazy abt gimme friction

stevie, Sunday, 19 August 2007 10:25 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.casualcollective.com/ anyone?

are you a member? what games are there?

ledge, Sunday, 19 August 2007 15:08 (seventeen years ago)

http://casualgameplay.com/cgdc3/?gameID=2
is the ballz

stevie, Monday, 20 August 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago)

Lemme know if you got them invite keys, Alan. My Gmail account is Magacid.

Will M., Monday, 20 August 2007 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

ok, gimme friction is teh awesome.

Will M., Monday, 20 August 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

no - not a member of cc - i was asking if anyone was in :-(

Alan, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

Ha ha ha the alternative. Be the poor little enemies:

Anti TD

kv_nol, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 09:18 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Anyone still playing this? I can't stop.

Greg Tamacki or Greg Tang (jeff), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)

i think i stopped playing two years ago lol

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)

ninjatown and locks quest are the ds equivalent, yes?

ILM is a gross place full of coersion and sexual manipulation (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)

ish.

locksquest is very different. more like pixeljunk monsters, plus your guy can actually fight the invaders.

s1ocki, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 18:06 (sixteen years ago)

I should really play that. Sounds fun.

ILM is a gross place full of coersion and sexual manipulation (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

been trying to beat the dtd 10k gold mode w/o juggling for days. i cant!!

its possible though, if you use snap towers a lot:

, Sunday, 15 March 2009 18:21 (sixteen years ago)

whatis juggling

s1ocki, Sunday, 15 March 2009 20:40 (sixteen years ago)

juggling = selling and rebuilding towers at choke points to make creeps move back and forth through kill zones = the only way to cheat in this game.

, Sunday, 15 March 2009 21:12 (sixteen years ago)


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