Actually quite a few got through. Like 12 I think. To make it a bit more interactive you could add infantry. You could have just one character that you can use to battle with along with the towers except for him you have more of a direct control. Or you could just go with making big armies. For the walkthrough part you can incorporate it directly into the game. Have it so there are two hint buttons that cycle through the hints.
I like the idea of having an infantry guy, maybe I could make a 'Charles Morris'-type character that only comes out every so often in the game. Like you could bring him out when the chips are down but then can't use him for a couple levels. He'd be able to smash one or two creeps regardless of their strength and then he'd go back to making movies or whatever
Nice game, a lot of cool options. I have to agree with everyone else though that it needs some graphics. Even though it has a good gameplay I wouldn't play for very long and I probably wouldn't return unless it had good visuals. I've played Tower Defense several times and I think it is because it has both the graphics and the gameplay. I think your game has potential, just needs more work.
Thanks, how would you compare the game play with the other tower defense games you've played in terms is there anything missing in this game that the others had?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheLostGuru
Following people's advice I've altered the intro so it has a 3-step tutorial to show you how to get going. Next I'm going to redo the color scheme using layouts and colors like they used in old arcade games like this:
You should also add upgrading and also placing the land/water to the tutorial.
Your game is pretty good, I played several times and I kept getting killed around level 12, though I just realized you could build on grass too. With some polishing I think it can become popular.
Here's some advice: The first time I played I had no idea where the creeps were going to go. It would be good if that's obvious to a first time player from looking at the map. Get rid of the light blue "waypoint" tiles. Use something else to show where the creeps will pass, e.g. a red line (maybe with arrows to indicate direction). Get rid of the gridlines on the map, they make it too blocky.
Good luck with the game.
I saw that on digg but all I could find were movies about it. Thanks. Dugg! :)
Thanks, that's good advice. I've completely redone the graphics and did as much as I could think of to tone down the blockyness. The path the creeps follow is now indicated by just the light blue pathway, hopefully now that there's less stuff on the map it's cleared what things are and the important things will stand out better.Quote:
Originally Posted by ghfhg
I'd like to hear people's opinions if the new graphics are an improvement or not and what else looks like it should change.
There are a bunch of tower defense games out there, I think they started mainly with the custom maps people made for warcraft which turned it into a TD game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Beez
The concept of a tower defense game isn't new but there are things that I added to Turret Tyranny which I like such as that the creeps move faster and that there are more "differentiating factors" between the guns so there's more strategy.
It's also possible to edit and create your own maps which as far as I know is unique to the flash-based TD games.
BTW here's a screenshot of the new layout, I'd like to know if this looks like an improvement and what else people think should be changed:
http://turrettyranny.com/img/screen/newGuns.jpg
Whoa! Major improvements to the graphics. The formating for the money really helped as well. Before I got the atomic howizter on the 30th level it think but for this I noticed that I could buy it on the 28. Awesome improvement to the graphics! :thumbsup: Was there any other changes besides to the graphics made?
Thanks a lot! If I recall right, there were only changes to the graphics. I may have tweaked the odd bug or two that I found in the process but I'm pretty sure it was 99% just graphics that got changed.
If this game had 20 or so maps to complete, what else would you expect it to have before it would be something that would be worth paying for?
You could make it so instead of a full blown walkthrough, you could make a walkthough like this: To show that a person should place a turret at one spot you could highlight the square and make a ghost of the turret. And to upgrade it highlight the turret and put a ghost up arrow on it. To sell highlight it and place a $ on it. To make it a more difficult walkthrough, make it so the walkthrough will only go to the level that you've reached or something like that. Also, you could add global speed so you can change the game speed. Also, a multiplayer version where you can see who is able to last the longest and maybe hide the opponents turrets so they can't copy each other exactly. Customizing the tiles could be another feature. Have one free tiling system and a few more that you can upgrade to. Make it so a person can upload tiles and limit the size so they can share a custom made layout.
thats pretty fun actually...need some more polish but nice game man
Great ideas, thanks! I'll rework the tutorial code and expand it for different cases. I also like the idea of having other tile sets beyond the pacman layout. That would definitely make the game feel bigger after playing a couple maps.Quote:
Originally Posted by swak
A multiplayer version would be a real twist on things, I'll have to look into the doability of that. It would be a lot of fun if it could be made to work!
Thanks a lot! Can you give me a pointer or two on what I should polish next? It's hard for me to be objective about it. I agree it does need polish but am not sure specifically what to focus on. Are there any guns you think should be redrawn or maybe something else?Quote:
Originally Posted by joran420
is this game or your game a clone of this ?
http://www.allgamesallfree.com/games...lement-td.html
looks veeery familar
There are a bunch of tower defense games out there, I think they started mainly with the custom maps people made for warcraft which turned it into a TD game.Quote:
Originally Posted by renderhjs
The concept of a tower defense game isn't new but there are things that I added to Turret Tyranny which I like such as that the creeps move faster and that there are more "differentiating factors" between the guns so there's more strategy.
It's also possible to edit and create your own maps which as far as I know is unique to the flash-based TD games.