Comments on: prototype tour: timewarp

By: TW015ANUMB3R

TW015ANUMB3R — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:07:55 +0000

Interesting. Lowest I could get w/ 4 towers was 8. Don’t think 3 is possible.

By: MHW

MHW — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:46:45 +0000

What a cool game! It turns tower defense into an optimization problem, almost like math. The intuitively best setups don’t necessarily work well. I like not having to wait.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:41:41 +0000

That’s interesting! The towers are set to “stick” with their current target as long as it’s in range. One interesting thing that happens when you’re trying to optimize your placements is that since all shooting is resolved simultaneously, you will “loose” shots if you place two towers so that they’re firing in sync at the same enemy. The first tower will shoot and kill the enemy so the second tower will be firing at an enemy that is already dead.

There are so many tiny little choices like this, it wouldn’t be a huge deal to “fix” but I kind of like that there are little micro optimizations like that to make.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:41:52 +0000

Timing and “tower AI” must be very important for success. As an illustration, I can get the escapee UP by placing a third tower. That doesn’t make much sense until you start looking at which creeper the tower decides to shoot at. A smart tower would probably always go for the kill. ..Or.. not go for the kill and always strive to “use” its entire firepower. Then you add another tower type and my eyes will go cross.