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5:55pm - So last time I was working out the features of my potential Open Tower Defense project, and I was commenting on some of the Tower Defense games that I'm taking inspiration from.
The first was Desktop Tower Defense, and the second was Bubble Tanks Tower Defense 2. They both use a simple grid based layout for towers and also for build areas/paths when neccesary. I want to permit both open space maze building and strategic tower layout with pregenerated paths and mazes as the player may choose, which was also an option of Bubble Tanks Tower Defense 2.
The third Tower Defense game I want to draw from is Super Energy Apocalypse Recycled. It's an interesting one with resource management and base building elements, and no mazing. I'd almost call it an RTS if it actually had units.
Anyways I'd like to include Super Energy Apocalypse styled gameplay but that might be a bit much for the starting game, so I'll put that on the future feature list too.
The fourth Tower Defense game I'll mention is Defense Grid: The Awakening. This is one of the most polished TD games around. It's got a nice selection of towers and monster types that I can use for inspiration that also differ from the ones in the earlier games I mentioned. In particular I think this is the only one of the four so far that has shielded units that are vulnerable to two different types of damage depending on if they have their shield up or not.
I think those four will form the core of the game's inspirations. I'm going to play each of them a bit to refresh myself on them, and make records of their unit types and tower types.
6:53pm - Okay I think I've had enough of working on the Tower Defense game for now. I'm going to switch gears and work on my Roguelike Project for now.
7:02pm - I was just thinking about my pathfinding algorithm. What if it doesn't find a path between the two targets? I'm not sure it would do anything then. o.o
I'll have to keep that in mind while I'm working on it.
7:13pm - I've been hit by a wave of "don't wanna do it right now" and closed up my tools. Also the neighbors are making a racket. I'm not sure what to do instead. I'd like to play a game though.
The first was Desktop Tower Defense, and the second was Bubble Tanks Tower Defense 2. They both use a simple grid based layout for towers and also for build areas/paths when neccesary. I want to permit both open space maze building and strategic tower layout with pregenerated paths and mazes as the player may choose, which was also an option of Bubble Tanks Tower Defense 2.
The third Tower Defense game I want to draw from is Super Energy Apocalypse Recycled. It's an interesting one with resource management and base building elements, and no mazing. I'd almost call it an RTS if it actually had units.
Anyways I'd like to include Super Energy Apocalypse styled gameplay but that might be a bit much for the starting game, so I'll put that on the future feature list too.
The fourth Tower Defense game I'll mention is Defense Grid: The Awakening. This is one of the most polished TD games around. It's got a nice selection of towers and monster types that I can use for inspiration that also differ from the ones in the earlier games I mentioned. In particular I think this is the only one of the four so far that has shielded units that are vulnerable to two different types of damage depending on if they have their shield up or not.
I think those four will form the core of the game's inspirations. I'm going to play each of them a bit to refresh myself on them, and make records of their unit types and tower types.
6:53pm - Okay I think I've had enough of working on the Tower Defense game for now. I'm going to switch gears and work on my Roguelike Project for now.
7:02pm - I was just thinking about my pathfinding algorithm. What if it doesn't find a path between the two targets? I'm not sure it would do anything then. o.o
I'll have to keep that in mind while I'm working on it.
7:13pm - I've been hit by a wave of "don't wanna do it right now" and closed up my tools. Also the neighbors are making a racket. I'm not sure what to do instead. I'd like to play a game though.
