The Download
The Download
A Tower defense game in which you fight off robots and protect an AI.
Instructions (Also in-game)
Controls
| Pan Camera | WASD or Hold mouse |
| Zoom Camera | Scroll Wheel |
| Next Tower | Spacebar |
| Place Tower | Left click |
| Cancel Placement | Right click |
| View Tower Info | Left click on Existing Tower |
Rules
Protected your AI until it has finished it's download!
Place generators next to crystals to receive 20 power, which can be used to place more powerful towers.
Your next tower is determined by an AI, which will try to figure out what you most likely want to place next.
If a generator is broken you will lose that power, so place them wisely in order to avoid being stuck!
Towers
- Artillery: Fires explosions at long range, dealing massive damage to groups of enemies.
- Sniper Tower: Long range and high damage, slow firing.
- SMG Tower: Short range and high fire-rate.
- Forcefield: Creates a shield to protect your towers, rarely appearing and limited to 3 max.
- Generator: Produces 20 power when placed.
- Landmine: Explodes when enemies near, dealing a single wave of massive damage to a cluster of enemies.
Enemies
- Basic Enemy (Orange): Simple melee with average move speed and health.
- Sprinter (Light Blue): Faster and higher damage, with lower health.
- Tank (Red): Simple ranged enemy with high damage.
- Magnet (Green): Disables forcefields after 5 seconds of contact.
- Builder (Purple): Spawns bugs from a distance, has low health and does not attack.
- Bugs (Pink): Small, weak enemies spawned by builders.
Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.
Credits:
Art/Graphic design: DariTM
Sound FX: DariTM
Music: Tyrant
Programming/Design: Tyrant
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Install instructions
Download and unzip the folder, then run the file called "The Download.exe"
Comments
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Quite cool, completed first try in about 7 minutes (including tutorial), but the wave at around ~95% got quite big (I guess, that's likely intentional).
Main thing I wish is for tower info to be always shown at the bottom left. Tutorial is quite overwhelming with all of the info, so you don't remember much from it.
I also didn't quite understand how energy works. The only thing I realized is that you need to wait until the bottom-left timer counts down to zero.
Thanks for playing! When you place a generator you are given 20 energy as long as that generator stays on the map. I hope that answers your question.
I'd also wanted some way for the tower info to be shown, but couldn't find a good place in the UI for it, without it being messy, but I might go back and add it if this game is well received.
I still don't know anything about energy except that it's shown on the right. What is it for?
Originally the idea was that certain buildings would cost more energy depending on how powerful they were, so you'd have to build up energy to place the better ones. The issue with this is that without any choice of which building you place, you just get generators whenever your energy is low.
Right now it basically just adds extra delay between placing better towers.