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Techtonic Towers by TomPendergrass

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made by TomPendergrass for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Fight off waves of robots in this tower defense game where your towers only stand strong for 10 seconds!

Do you like Synths? Spamming the same unit? Mouse only games?

Then Techtonic Towers™ is the indie game for you! I kept it really simple so I'd have time to do some artsy modeling and level design. Play time is ~5 minutes from start to finish :) TechtonicGameplay.png

The WebGL version allows you to play directly in your browser, although it's 88MB, so it will take awhile to load.

HTML5(Web) https://cheesegames.net/games/3667/index.php?gameDataId=3667
Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_U2etTnuNNjb-b6AbCLzxomf4i4udzvm/view?usp=sharing
Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UIjbrnrBTXIY_Xa5QBcD9rSO3xe_aFdg/view?usp=sharing
Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1djB9h3nWljyvWnZldXwww6M0j2Kdgmke/view?usp=sharing
Game Design Document (GDD) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OabmLWVfQuC7twJaXjVQ8pYyMwvLSwQZ1-85UHpgFqw/edit?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/techtonic-towers

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PeachTreeOath
04. Oct 2022 · 18:40 UTC
I'm really surprised with what the temporary tower mechanic did to the game! In a normal TD you just quickly place down towers at path bends. But here I had to think about timing so that I could maximize money. On top of that, there were enemies that didn't follow the path either, so I had to quickly calculate where and WHEN the best place to put a tower would be.

This is a really interested concept that I think could be used in other variations. Arknights has a similar concept in assassin units that are stronger as soon as they're deployed. I think your idea has a lot of legs if you keep exploring it. Very cool idea!