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Title: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 01, 2007, 07:45:55 PM
A perfectly enjoyable waste of time.  Pay attention to the hints.  They are the key to your success.  The quick-start helps, but I think it's more fun to figure it out yourself. 

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: bubba zanetti on April 01, 2007, 08:57:36 PM
I've played this a bit lately, bloody addictive game.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 01, 2007, 09:01:02 PM
Yeah, I finally designed a good maze that allows me to beat it.  I need to do some tweaking, but it's a pretty good basic design. 
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: mjn12 on April 01, 2007, 09:01:49 PM
I should be doing some homework or something, but instead doing this and can't stop.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: nightrider on April 02, 2007, 02:25:27 AM
I started playing it

about an hour and fifteen minutes ago...

where was I
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 02, 2007, 10:07:17 AM
I made us a group!

GSTwins
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 02, 2007, 10:39:18 AM
quit smoking and now i'm addicted to internet games  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: anthonyd5189 on April 02, 2007, 06:10:37 PM
Love this game...thanks for the link
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: nightrider on April 03, 2007, 12:02:57 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on April 02, 2007, 10:39:18 AM
quit smoking and now i'm addicted to internet games  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'm still smoking and now I'm addicted to this too
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 06:34:51 AM
I would say you're welcome, but it's more of a curse, really.  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 03, 2007, 10:39:25 AM
Quote from: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 06:34:51 AM
I would say you're welcome, but it's more of a curse, really.  :icon_mrgreen:

and productivity soared  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 10:44:51 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on April 03, 2007, 10:39:25 AM
Quote from: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 06:34:51 AM
I would say you're welcome, but it's more of a curse, really.  :icon_mrgreen:

and productivity soared  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hey, I only play it home.  I do respond to the board at work though....
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 03, 2007, 11:16:26 AM
I made the mistake of playing it at work...  I didn't get a damn thing done yesterday.   :mad:

Then I played it at home...  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 12:08:07 PM
Ya' bunch of addicts!  :)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 03, 2007, 12:09:20 PM
I play it at work, then paused to respond on the board, then went back  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 01:13:20 PM
Did anyone else catch the change last night?  The game's a work in progress, and the towers and levels keep changing.  It ruined my 6000-point maze. 
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: nightrider on April 03, 2007, 01:51:33 PM
"All forms are artificial. The Way is the Form of No-Form."

Hai-ya.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 03, 2007, 01:58:23 PM
There was a change?

:dunno_white:

I kept losing...  Or just barely winning.....

:dunno_white:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 02:54:17 PM
Yep.  The flying bosses are back from version 1.0, the Dart towers are weaker when fully upgraded (down to 256 damage from 320), and I think there was a Bash tower alteration of some sort. 


Edit: yeah, the Bash towers are reduced in power, at least for lower levels (I don't have records for the Quake tower) and they cost more.  The Dart towers' damage is now 8, 16, 32, ... ,256 instead of 10, 20, 40, ... , 320.  They cost slightly more than before.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 03, 2007, 03:05:38 PM
I HATE the flying boss...  I don't even bother trying to kill them.   :dunno_white:

I'll have to go check out the new changes...   :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: ixolas on April 03, 2007, 06:10:03 PM
Slain.. I finally beat Egaeus after several different versions of maps and traps.  But I'm sure its only a matter of time before I'm toppled.  Thanks for the game.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 03, 2007, 07:13:42 PM
Don't worry, I have to make a new maze.  In between my high score and second score, the game changed, so my maze no longer works like it did.  I made a few tweaks so that it would keep the spawn creeps from leaking out only to find that the whole game had changed.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: jake42 on April 03, 2007, 08:29:03 PM
I now officially hate this game.  I cannot get a maze that allows me to beat it.  The best I got was to level 48.  I got pretty close with my last maze by placing frost towers so their edges just overlapped to slow down the fast guys.  No matter how many swarm towers I put the flying guys just kill me. ARGGGH I have so much real work to do.

Jake

Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 04, 2007, 12:35:44 AM
You know...  You can click on people's names on the Top Scores page...  There's a map of what they did...  http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Scoreboard.asp


I couldn't get a score anywhere near what people were doing when I tried to steal their maps...  So, I modified a couple ideas.

I do a 9 block square...  4 Dart Towers, 4 Squirt Towers, and a Frost tower in the middle...  Then upgrade the Darts and the Frost first...  The darts to Area damage...

Then, I basically try to build a maze to keep the guys in the range of the darts.



I hate this game.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 04, 2007, 06:41:10 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on April 04, 2007, 12:35:44 AM
I do a 9 block square...  4 Dart Towers, 4 Squirt Towers, and a Frost tower in the middle...  Then upgrade the Darts and the Frost first...  The darts to Area damage...

Hey, that sounds familiar!
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 04, 2007, 11:26:50 AM
Yup!  I totally ripped off the basic idea...  Those dart towers are sweeeet.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 04, 2007, 11:38:10 AM
They are, but before v1.2c, they were sweeter.  I would have finished with 20 lives with my #2 score without that change.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 04, 2007, 12:21:32 PM
BAM! 6112!

Time to tweak this stratagem.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 04, 2007, 05:41:28 PM
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 04, 2007, 08:02:29 PM
So tell us what you really think....

Damn thing is backed up.  I scored over 6000 and I'm still waiting for it to submit my score.  Not the high score though....
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: jake42 on April 04, 2007, 08:51:49 PM
I hate myself for ever playing this game.  I've done nothing for two days.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on April 04, 2007, 09:13:04 PM
Just posted my first attempt ... listed as Ozone
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 05, 2007, 02:30:32 PM
6449...

Suckers.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 05, 2007, 03:13:48 PM
There!  I ripped off your maze and got 6287!   :flipoff:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 06, 2007, 12:34:02 AM
6590! What what??
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 06, 2007, 07:04:23 AM
i can barely break 3k, i suck   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

me things i need to spend more time upgrading and less time building
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 06, 2007, 08:13:11 AM
Ok, i set up my little maze of crap, start out with pelets, cause thats what i can afford.  then squirts and missles and some bashs and anti air and throw in some freeze on corners to slow the groups and fast sperm looking dudes down, don't want to get pregnant :laugh:.  but eventually at around 3k i get PWN3D.  more upgrading and shorter building maybe??

edit: Wait shouldn't i be working now :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 06, 2007, 12:11:57 PM
You need to upgrade your stuff to max... 'cause the later bad guys just have too much health.

The Squirts to sick damage with the last upgrade... And they're fast.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 06, 2007, 05:09:15 PM
yeah problem being i run out of gold ..... :cry:

correction: i can't put stuff down fast enough and the flying guys are KILLING ME  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.  one might thing to put more anti air towers but by the time i see the air guys comming its to late  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on April 20, 2007, 08:11:14 AM
now i'm pissed, i put my board, played my ass of beat all but one flying boss and was one shy of 5800.  put in my name submitted to the group and my name shows up Anonymous, WTF.  Crappy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:   Best score i've gotten yet and I can't take credit for it :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 20, 2007, 08:17:27 AM
Don't worry about it! I beat my own high score, so the bar is higher now!  :flipoff:

6699

Oh yeah.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 20, 2007, 12:13:32 PM
Alright, I'm done for a while. I don't even have to try anymore, apparently. Congrats to me, the bar is higher for everyone now!

6847

19 lives, and only because a stupid spawn from the first levels popped through a weak spot.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 20, 2007, 12:33:07 PM
I gave up a while ago...  'cause I don't want to be fired.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 20, 2007, 12:43:38 PM
I scored over 8200.  Unfortunately, it was on the 10,000 gold fun level.  The challenge is to let all 50 levels through at once, and kill them without changing the maze or juggling. 
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 20, 2007, 01:03:32 PM
Quote from: Egaeus on April 20, 2007, 12:43:38 PM
I scored over 8200.  Unfortunately, it was on the 10,000 gold fun level.  The challenge is to let all 50 levels through at once, and kill them without changing the maze or juggling. 

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/DTD10000.gif)

First try.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 01:19:05 PM
I think the little shaZam! is showing off.
:laugh: :laugh:
I'm gonna try the fun mode now.

Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 20, 2007, 01:26:23 PM
8048...   :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 01:39:29 PM
DAMN IT!!!!


7770
:cry:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 20, 2007, 01:39:47 PM
8194...   :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 20, 2007, 03:08:50 PM
8341!   :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 10:35:25 PM
8004
:cry:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 10:46:42 PM
8094 :cry:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 10:57:47 PM
A little better each time...


8118
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 11:10:12 PM
8200


Yes...  I'm addicted. :cry:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: annguyen1981 on April 20, 2007, 11:21:07 PM
ARRRRRRRRGGGHHHH

8236
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 21, 2007, 07:45:33 AM
It's weird.  Sometimes I can win the 10,000-gold challenge perfectly with my maze, sometimes, a few get through.  Maybe I screwed it up....
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 21, 2007, 08:32:28 AM
(http://devils.eng.fsu.edu/~rhunter/BeatThatAlpha.png)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Unnamed on April 22, 2007, 08:18:30 PM
I'm proud to have like the third best score on medium... its probably the high point of my life.


*kills himself*
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Egaeus on April 22, 2007, 08:23:28 PM
Don't do it!  You're only 4th highest!
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 10:21:48 PM
Fun -> 8360

How can you even get more than that?  I guess I'll have to try...  :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: Alphamazing on April 22, 2007, 10:59:34 PM
Quote from: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 10:21:48 PM
Fun -> 8360

How can you even get more than that?  I guess I'll have to try...  :laugh:

Highest I can get is 8374. Press and hold N to send all of them at once.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 11:52:37 PM
 :laugh:

Ah!  I guess that would be faster.   :icon_razz:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 04, 2007, 05:20:45 PM
http://ec2-1.playr.co.uk/onslaught/index.php?view=4377

:icon_mrgreen:

Map #8

Attackers killed:  2023
Shots Fired:  4036
Cash Spent:  $202,853
Final Score:  410,371,619

----------------------------------------
Map # 5
Attackers Killed:  1898
Shots Fired:  6236
Cash Spent:  $174980
Final Score:  332,112,040
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 07:27:54 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 04, 2007, 05:20:45 PM
http://ec2-1.playr.co.uk/onslaught/index.php?view=4377

:icon_mrgreen:

Damn you ..... that's going to be fun
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 05, 2007, 07:58:23 AM
i have officially raped myself half a dosen times trying to get a bomb diggedy setup going.  Not enough money ROFL
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 08:11:37 AM
I'm finding a maxed rocket and laser and a few guns will get you lvl 90+ on the criss cross map
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 08:15:12 AM
Damn ... hit lvl 100 and then clicked a link ... lost the game  :cry:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 05, 2007, 08:43:29 AM
yeah i have made it past lvl 100 with a couple rockets, a couple turrets and a laser.  But past that the little bastards just march right on by.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 09:06:05 AM
Yeah - I had to stop letting 5 batches go through at a time.  Check out the combos - some pretty sick stuff.  And there's a sandbox version.  It gets really slow when you have a bunch of nuke chains and 2 dozen Land Mine combos  :)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 05, 2007, 09:14:00 AM
yeah i was going for the bigger combos, i need to stop doing that  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 11:18:52 AM
One rocket (Full upgrades) and 8 guns all max damage will get you around lvl 180...  Then you start dropping the damage-ups and that'll get you around lvl 200.

Some of the combo weapons don't do enough damage for the high level dudes...  When you have nukes, 5 at a time really generates some money.   :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 04:02:17 PM
Oh hey...  Newer version:  http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/RVertigo/BlackHoleScore.jpg)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: spc on June 05, 2007, 10:11:04 PM
whore :flipoff: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 10:14:53 PM
Wha?   :dunno_white: :cookoo:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 10:54:13 PM
Uhhh ... So I hit lvl 176 and was all happy .. was gonna post my stats here ... and then I see that BS ...  :flipoff:

Anyway, here stood a good record (for me at least)

Attackers Killed: 1729
Shots Fired: 14263
Cash Spent: $150840
Final Score: 260802360
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 10:55:42 PM
Quote from: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 10:54:13 PMUhhh ... So I hit lvl 176 and was all happy .. was gonna post my stats here ... and then I see that BS ...  :flipoff:
I know...  Totally Cheesy...   :oops:

My other (non-cheesy) scores are up higher....
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 10:58:31 PM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 10:55:42 PM
Quote from: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 10:54:13 PMUhhh ... So I hit lvl 176 and was all happy .. was gonna post my stats here ... and then I see that BS ...  :flipoff:
I know...  Totally Cheesy...   :oops:

My other (non-cheesy) scores are up higher....

That was sandbox?  Well then.  Give me a few and I can blow that away :)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 11:11:21 PM
Sandbox?  Where's the sandbox?

That score was the new version (http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/)...  On the Sinus map.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/RVertigo/BlackHoleScore2.jpg)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 05, 2007, 11:26:26 PM
Damn ... guess it's me  :bowdown:

this is sandbox

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/mrdan77/sandbox.jpg)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 11:48:01 PM
Ah man...  You should move to the new version... It's better!   :icon_mrgreen:

New toys! :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 06, 2007, 06:33:32 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 04:02:17 PM
Oh hey...  Newer version:  http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/RVertigo/BlackHoleScore.jpg)

What the hell did you do to get that score, photchop :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 06, 2007, 07:05:57 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on June 06, 2007, 06:33:32 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 05, 2007, 04:02:17 PM
Oh hey...  Newer version:  http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/RVertigo/BlackHoleScore.jpg)

What the hell did you do to get that score, photchop :laugh:

Actually the new version seems a little easier ...
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 06, 2007, 09:06:59 AM
Ok .. new personal best fwiw

Wave 170 on Incoming
Kills: 1562
Shots: 26077
Spend: $122,300
Score: 1,910,332,600

2 trios sets of Shocker/Taser, 1.8 nuke combos, and 2 each Speed and Big Bank upgrades
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 06, 2007, 09:34:59 AM
the pictured weren't loading on my vista work laptop, vista sucks, and evidentally i suck at this game :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 06, 2007, 10:49:08 AM
Dude...  How could you get a Mil score by wave 170? ???  I was on wave 1169.  :o
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 06, 2007, 11:15:06 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 06, 2007, 10:49:08 AM
Dude...  How could you get a Mil score by wave 170? ???  I was on wave 1169.  :o

Haha ... i'll post a screenshot of it tonight if I can.  I'll try to beat it.  Basically, I think the score is based on shot/kill and $  ... guess I got lucky
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 06, 2007, 04:03:41 PM
man i didn't realize they stop giving cash for kills till just now, thats how much i suck :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 06, 2007, 04:08:22 PM
nevermind i think there is something that is just f%$ked up with my browser that when it gets down to the nitty gritty i stop getting cash.  cause you guys are spending double what i get capped at.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 06, 2007, 05:46:53 PM
If you use Black Holes, you don't get any cash...
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 07, 2007, 08:07:16 AM
which combo causes the black hole, cause I stop getting money all together at a little over 48k
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 07, 2007, 08:24:47 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on June 07, 2007, 08:07:16 AM
which combo causes the black hole, cause I stop getting money all together at a little over 48k

Is that when you stop killing things?  Around Lvl 140, my kills pretty much halt and start to move very slowly.  As a result, no $$
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 07, 2007, 10:43:26 AM
Lost of cheese is listed in the Forums...  I can get close to level 200 with two nuke setups...  Three blackhole setups will last pretty much forever.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 07, 2007, 11:19:21 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 07, 2007, 10:43:26 AM
Lost of cheese is listed in the Forums...  I can get close to level 200 with two nuke setups...  Three blackhole setups will last pretty much forever.

I'm running 2 Nuke setups .. though I'm doing it with 4-5 towers (2 rocket, 2-3 gun).

And I was unable to get blackholes working ... guess I need to try again.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 07, 2007, 01:43:36 PM
My problem is that the black holes eat everything that is almost dead and i never get any $$ for it.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 07, 2007, 04:40:31 PM
Yeah... Black holes take all your money...


If you can put one right near the end to save your hide, it might work better...   :dunno_white:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 08, 2007, 05:18:13 AM
i might try that, i have been playing with nukes for the time being.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 07:17:53 AM
So how exactly do we make a blackhole?  I haven't been able to do it successfully.  AND, my nukes don't seem to work after ~120 or so - but I get tons of mines - looks like my blues are stealing the shots for some reason.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 08, 2007, 09:24:10 AM
I think the balckholes are 3 tazers and a lazer.  Maybe less tazers and a lazer.  I was getting a hell of a lot of black holes with two 3 tazer 1 lazer set ups.  I made it to lvl 150 something but got no cash whatsoever.  from the forum if there is a black hole active you will recieve no money for any kills during the black hole.  Thats exactly why I got no money. 

now with nukes past about 120 i get hosed.  I added 2 tazers and lasted til 136, but i still haven't broken 100 million though, so i suck.  My highest is like 88 mil.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 09:32:06 AM
Quote from: natedawg120 on June 08, 2007, 09:24:10 AM
I think the balckholes are 3 tazers and a lazer.  Maybe less tazers and a lazer.  I was getting a hell of a lot of black holes with two 3 tazer 1 lazer set ups.  I made it to lvl 150 something but got no cash whatsoever.  from the forum if there is a black hole active you will recieve no money for any kills during the black hole.  Thats exactly why I got no money. 

now with nukes past about 120 i get hosed.  I added 2 tazers and lasted til 136, but i still haven't broken 100 million though, so i suck.  My highest is like 88 mil.

Hmm ... I'll have to try that.  I'm regularly dying in the 130-140 range with roughly 120mil.  That's with a pair of nuke setups and 1-2 sets of 3 tazers - that seems to slow things down for the nukes ... until they stop working of course :)
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 08, 2007, 09:41:46 AM
Yeah i think the game hates me, i mean i make it to 130 almost every time but never get the cash to keep upgrading. 
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 08, 2007, 11:59:55 AM
You have to put a damage boost next to the nukes...  I was doing one rocket in the middle with 8 guns around it...  Then surrounding that with the $8000 damage boost... 

Then I changed to two rockets right next to each other with 10 guns around it and surrounding that with the 8000 damage boosts...

That'll get you up around level 200.



DAMN that post was dorky!
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 12:09:03 PM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 08, 2007, 11:59:55 AM
DAMN that post was dorky!

We're establishing a new level here ...  :cheers:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 08, 2007, 05:12:17 PM
Wait I am in no way a dork ....[sees that avitar is autobot symbol] .... Umm, nevermind carry on :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 05:25:13 PM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 08, 2007, 11:59:55 AM
You have to put a damage boost next to the nukes...  I was doing one rocket in the middle with 8 guns around it...  Then surrounding that with the $8000 damage boost... 

Then I changed to two rockets right next to each other with 10 guns around it and surrounding that with the 8000 damage boosts...

That'll get you up around level 200.

Ok so what am I missing here?  Rockets are Max in all 3, the Guns are Max Damge.  And not enough $$$ to start with the Damage Boosters ....

I was doing 5 at a time through 100, then 2 through 120(?) then 1 at a time since they stopped dying.

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Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: scratch on June 09, 2007, 09:44:32 AM
You only need 2 guns per rocket, don't make so many guns so you can afford the boost.

Level 137
108mil
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: makenzie71 on June 10, 2007, 06:31:51 PM
I just don't get how you guys are getting these huge scores...I barely cleared 4500...
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 10, 2007, 07:49:44 PM
HIghest i have gotten is something lie 170 mil.  But that is due to a lot of down time at work.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: makenzie71 on June 10, 2007, 11:04:49 PM
you can't get 170 million on the regular game.

I figurerd out something...after you've got the game beat, before the last creeps go down, start selling off all your now useless towers...big points.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 10, 2007, 11:16:54 PM
Quote from: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 05:25:13 PMOk so what am I missing here?
The guns are shooting at the creeps, rather than simply teaming up for the Nuke combo...  When they're shooting, they won't team up. :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: makenzie71 on June 10, 2007, 11:23:51 PM
how do you makethe guns team up?  I haven't figured that out yet.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 10, 2007, 11:27:35 PM
Check out the "Hot to play" stuff...  Or the forum for it.

Basically, they need to be a certain combo nect to eachother...  So...  Two guns and one rocket launcher next to each other...  Max out the damage on the two guns, max out the damage on the rocket (or max everything) and it will launch Nukes every 7 seconds (or so).


There are other combos too, but the nukes are pretty bad-ass... . Without damage boost, you can get around 150 or so... With damage boosts, you can roll around lvl 200...  LOTS of boosts...




Typos == kinda drunk... So, shuddup!
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: makenzie71 on June 11, 2007, 12:44:21 AM
is this in a different mode or something?  because I tried half a dozen different combos ini regular mode and didn'tget anything.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 11, 2007, 06:32:49 AM
are you talking abuot the desktop defence game or the new one that r-vert posted up.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: MrDan on June 11, 2007, 06:52:53 AM
Quote from: RVertigo on June 10, 2007, 11:16:54 PM
Quote from: MrDan on June 08, 2007, 05:25:13 PMOk so what am I missing here?
The guns are shooting at the creeps, rather than simply teaming up for the Nuke combo...  When they're shooting, they won't team up. :icon_confused:

I figured that out last night ... I was doing 2 things.  First, the combo at the beginning was slowing the creeps so they would not set off the black holes.  Second, I kept forgetting to max the damage on the lasers in the back combos.  I think I can set up an infinite black hole loop today :) .. I'll post if I do.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 11, 2007, 10:18:22 AM
There's a walk-through for the black hole setup...  Pretty cheesy, but you can get it to run forever...
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 13, 2007, 05:17:50 PM
168,230,052  :dunno_white:

Man!  They made nukes SUCK!  Only got to wave 162 with two nukes and shockers slowing everyone down right at the beginning....    :icon_confused:
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 13, 2007, 05:32:03 PM
yeah, they have turned the nukes down, I used to kick ass with two and now i struggle to get them lvled up before the bugs walk right through.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: scratch on June 14, 2007, 12:16:52 PM
I'm thinking of spacing out the nukes so they all don't get overwhelmed with just shooting.  I like the idea of slowing them down at the beginning so they can just get nuked lesuirely.  Then you should have time to set up a black hole (or, is a rainbow hole, now?).  I really enjoy seeing laser missles (nuke setup + laser), kinda cool.
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: natedawg120 on June 14, 2007, 12:43:48 PM
prblem for me is that i can't really afford to set up more than two nukes and a couple tazers.....
Title: Re: Desktop Tower Defense!
Post by: RVertigo on June 14, 2007, 12:55:43 PM
I had 6 Full power/speed tazers at the entrance, two Nuke Setups (1 missle, two guns), AND a black-hole setup....

The bugs would get slowed down and nuked, twice...  All grouped together, like they were huttling up for warmth, then BLAM BLAM!!!

After a while, two nukes wouldn't kill 'em, but 4 would...  Then 6 would...  Then 8 would...  Then they just wouldn't f%$king die.  Black Hole to the rescue!?!  NOPE!  One black hole doesn't work...  You need two spaced out far enough that one will get the first half and the second will get the second half.....  And...  They won't get sucked in if they're slowed.  :icon_confused:


But, after a certain point, there is no killing the bugs with nukes...  They just keep on going...  Slow or not...