This is a style of game that sets the player in the role of protector of an area or structure. The idea being to survive against a series of increasingly powerful invaders.
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Best practices when coding a TD [closed]
I was thinking about what technical challenges could appear when coding a Tower Defense like game.
Some thoughts were: (creeps = the ones that want to go trough the level)
What approach could be ...
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andengine Tower Defence game - Enemy<-Weapon interaction [migrated]
What is the most correct from the performance point of view - algorithm of interaction between Enemy and Weapon(bullet maybe more correct here) ?
Should every sprite every single bullet check for ...
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Aim prediction along a parabola - How to make a Tower Defence Mortar aim accurately
I am building a very basic tower defence game in Unity3D where one tower is your standard long range mortar/artillery.
I want the projectile it fires to follow a parabola curve to make its movement ...
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Can I develop 2D tower defense game with unit3D in C# for Android? [closed]
I tried to find the answer in unity3d site but without success.
If the answer to my question is yes, does anyone know where I can find an example?
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What are the most common AI systems implemented in Tower Defense Games
I'm currently in the middle of researching on the various types of AI techniques used in tower defense type games. If someone could be help me in understanding the different types of techniques and ...
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How to implement a birds eye view of 2D Grid Map using Android
I'm a true beginner with using the android platform and I'm having difficulties on implementing a 2D grid system for a tower defense type game. Where I can place towers on a specific tile and enemies ...
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In a Tower defense game, how to do buffs/debuffs
The question is at the very bottom. If you understand Buffs/Debuffs in tower defense games then you should skip the bulk of this question and go to the bottom (seperated with the long line)
I plan on ...
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2D Tower Targeting (Tower Defense)
so just to be more specific this question isn't in regards to how to target enemies or anything like that rather its purposed towards a specific targeting issue i have with me enemies in its current ...
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What algorithms can I use for bullet movement toward the enemy?
I'm developing 2D strategy game. There are weapons that shoot at enemies.
From what I've read in this, this, this and this post I think that I need linear algebra, but I don't really understand what ...
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I need an enemy spawning algorithm for a 2D tower defense
I need an enemies spawning algorithm for a 2D tower defense game. I have 4 maps, each has 4 stages and each stage has 40 rounds. I need to create an algorithm which will instantiate waves, increase ...
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What is the logic behind the 'Loading' scenes in games?
I'm making my first game, it's a tower defense type of game, using Unity game engine and taking Fieldrunners as a reference. I would like to know more about the functionality behind 'Loading' scenes ...
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How do you save game state?
What is the procedure followed by game programmers for saving and resuming game state? like files/mappings. I want to save it for tower defense game and I am using unity3D game engine.
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How can I implement a “fast-forward” feature in my game?
How can I implement the fast forward feature for my tower defense game like in http://fieldrunners.com/ and other TD games?
I am using Unity 3D. Would there be something to manage fewer frames per ...
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How can I specify which enemies to spawn for each round in a tower defense?
I am making a TD game in Unity, and I would like to know the most common approach to spawning enemies each round. I have more than 200 rounds per map, just like Fieldrunners.
Is it some kind of ...
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How can a single script attached to multiple enemies provide separate behavior for each enemy?
I am making a TD game and now stucked at multiple enemies using same script. All is well with scripts attached with one enemy only. Problem is in running multiple enemies.
Here is the overview. I ...
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How can we view 3d objects from top down view in TD game
I am making a tower defense game. I am working in x and y axis only. I have made a grid, snapped towers and made a pathfinding algo to run enemy. Initially I have worked with cubes and spheres in ...
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How to attach turrets to tiles in a tile based game
I am a flash developer, and I am building a Tower Defense game. The world is being built through tiles, and I have gotten that accomplished easily. I have also gotten level changes and enemy ...
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Which pathfinding algorithm should I use for multiple enemies and tower placement?
I am new to game development and I am developing my first "Tower Defense"-type game.
I need a pathfinding algorithm to place my towers and to move enemies.
For tower placement case: I want the ...
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How to make sure there's always a walkable path for enemies in a tower-defense game?
I am making a 2D tower defense game. So far I have a 2d array which acts as a grid for my game. I'm able to place towers on it, run enemies and some dragging and tower firing stuff.
Now I am facing a ...
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Object drags wherever I touch on screen- Iphone-Unity [closed]
I am trying to drag my game object using iphone touch. I am having the problem that my object is dragging wherever on the screen I touch, I want it to drag only when placing my finger on object. Here ...
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1answer
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How to drag my dragging object in 'game'-unity?
I have made a dragging sphere which drags, problem is how can I drag it using keyboard keys , I dont want to build it again on iphone simulator after experimenting with my code. for dragging it is not ...
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How can I make grid tiles/plane transparent
I have made a grid using multiple planes. Now I want to place a image on this grid so that user cant see the grid I have made and I ll have access of all points of the image using grid.
The problem ...
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1answer
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What is grid in Unity and how can I implement it?
I'm a beginner. I need to place a grid on my map in Unity and would like to access it to place a simple object on mouse click. How can I achieve this ?
I am unable to understand the grid ...
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How do I make objects move along a path?
I'm trying to get something like the below image. As you can see, there's a highway and inside of it, there'll be some objects moving (millisecond). I guess the street behavior is like a pipeline. ...
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2D tower defense - A bullet to an enemy
I'm trying to find a good solution for a bullet to hit the enemy. The game is 2D tower defense, the tower is supposed to shoot a bullet and hit the enemy guaranteed.
I tried this solution - ...
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Choppy enemy movement
I had a question about How to calculate the enemy to arrive in the middle of cell.
How to calculate the enemy to arrive in the middle of cell?
The posters pointed out that the direction of the ...
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How to calculate the enemy to arrive in the middle of cell?
The game is 2d, and the genre of this game is tower defense.
I managed to get it moving to the cell and arrived in the cell. But it never arrives at the middle of a cell.
Here's what I did...
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Tower Defense Game SurfaceView Structure
I am building a tower defense game for android where you have to defend the base from mobsters who have a bounty on your head. You start out with a certain amount of life, every time an enemy reaches ...
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Flash Game not working on Android
I am not sure if I will be able to provide enough information for someone to answer this question, but any ideas might help.
I am creating a tower defense game in Flash and I eventually want to make ...
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1answer
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Flash AS3 Tower Defense MouseEvents
In my tower defense game and every tile has its own mouse event listener. I am wondering, would it be better to use one event listener (MouseEvent.CLICK) and then when it runs the function, should I ...
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2answers
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Slow Tower for a Tower Defense Game
I am making a tower defense game in Flash and I have a slow tower that is built directly on the path. I have it setup to use a hitTestObject function.
The tower is in its own class and the enemies ...
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Pathfinding with multiple random paths in a Tower Defense game
I thought about random pathfinding for my Tower Defense game. A* would not work for my puposes, because I specifically need random pathfinding.
Imagine a map with routes, a starting point and a ...
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Effective methods to continuously update movement in a tower defense game?
We are four guys making a Tower Defense game as a project in first grade on a university. The game is going to be really simple!
Three different towers
Three different monsters
One map (maybe add ...
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1answer
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Need help with rally point and spawning in StarCraft 2 map editor
I want to make a Tower Defense game using the StarCraft 2 editor.
How can I make a rally point to control AI appear at one point and go to specific point? How do I make creep spawn properly at ...
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Slow performance on an A* implementation in a tower defense game
I'm making a Tower Defense game in Flash with no predefined path.
Although my grid is 40x40 (small?), A* is struggling when recalculating every time. So I made my own modification to ease the ...
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1answer
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Locate the shortest path through obstacles when all normal paths are blocked
I'm making a Tower Defense and I have basic pathfinding working, but I got a problem.
I want to make the path blockable, and when a block occurs the runners will attack the blocking towers.
So what ...
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Dynamic pathing algorithm for tower defense game
I'm making a Tower Defense and I need a good pathing algorithm for it.
I have thought about Dijkstra but I need one that can be dynamic; it must be able to update itself when one edge is removed or ...
