Games Thursday : Desktop Tower Defence 1.5 – Changes and Improvements

Have to admit first that I’m a very late starter in the genre of tower defense games :( I only heard of Desktop Tower Defence (DesktopTD) by Paul Preece / HandDrawnGames when gHacks announced that version 1.5 of DesktopTD was available.

Since version 1.5 is not playable offline, I tried out the 1.21B version of the game to see the differences to see if I can make do with the older version. I know there’s a brief list of changes at the official site but I can idenify the changes and improvements faster when I play them both.

The interface in 1.5 is definitely much less cluttered and looks a lot better.

The turret placement cursor is now updated in real-time so you can select the turret you want even when you have insufficient gold (cursor turns red) and it will automatically turn green for placement when enough gold are available. The turret selection panel on the right side also automatically light up in green for those turrets that can be built.

The best addition to the interface is the ability to place the same type of tower multiple times without needing to select the type of turret again, which is a real game-saver at time ;)

Additions include a powerful new ink tower which has a very restrictive firing area (which I also hardly use) as well as new morph and dark creeps which are extremely resistant to damage (there must be a easy way to destroy those dark creeps!) as well as new modes of play which I haven’t even started since I’m still stuck at medium mode (I really suck at this type of games) :(

The new creeps and the lower amount of gold makes it more challenging in 1.5 too.


My best effort so far :(

Still hoping for a offline version from Paul soon ;p

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4 comments:

  1. gnome SINGAPORE, Thursday, June 28th, 2007, 5:18 am

    Oh, yes it’s better. Way more addictive too. Beware dear monkey lest you fade in the shadowy realm…

     
  2. The Download Munkey SINGAPORE, Thursday, June 28th, 2007, 6:12 pm

    At least I don’t have a fast internet connection at home, so I am safe from it at home :)

     
  3. The Elderly SINGAPORE, Friday, June 29th, 2007, 10:27 am

    addicitive and then some… nice one

     
  4. The Download Munkey SINGAPORE, Sunday, July 1st, 2007, 9:43 pm

    Nice to hear that Elderly. But is it more addictive than pr0n? Hmm … :)

     

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