Maps TD - Google Maps-based Tower Defence. • Hacker News Board

Just finished the game. Marvelous TD experience, really kept me on my toes with the "new paths" being added as you progress. The game did get a little slow near the later levels, but that's no problem as it was still very playable. I completed the game with 100 life so there might be room for added difficulty (maybe even more levels with increasing difficulty).

Had me on the edge of my chair the whole time. Super awesome game!

Re: Maps TD - Google Maps-based Tower Defence.

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Post by fvryan » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 5:23 PM UTC

played through the game as well, very well done!

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Post by lathamcity » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 5:26 PM UTC

This is a really neat and creative idea, and worked really well. Some thoughts:

-I never like it when TD games have finish lines. It would be better if the game continued progressing indefinitely, with the player making more and more money but the enemies getting stronger and stronger until even the best defenses reach a breaking point. As it stands now, the player can continue after the game ends at round 50, but he/she makes little money. Even without knowing what the different towers did and what angles later enemies would be approaching the building from, I was still able to win on the first try just by placing towers near roads and buying upgrades as soon as I could.

-An implementation of street view would be pretty cool. Players could see their towers added to the landscape and watch the enemies storming down New York Ave. Might be really difficult though.

-More complexity and variety would make it better.

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Post by LoneWolf » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 5:26 PM UTC

I can't place towers, and I don't know why. Its a shame I really liked the idea. Using chrome 17.0.963.83

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Post by gwillen » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 5:38 PM UTC

Maybe I'm just a sore loser, but I don't like the common trope in TD games of not telling you what kind of opposition you'll face until you're already committed in terms of what defense you'll put up. It doesn't make the game fundamentally harder, because all you have to do is play through it once to see everything. It just makes the first couple playthroughs suck, which is exactly when you should be sucking people in and making them enjoy the game.

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Post by entropie » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

darxius wrote: post #5

Just finished the game. Marvelous TD experience, really kept me on my toes with the "new paths" being added as you progress. The game did get a little slow near the later levels, but that's no problem as it was still very playable. I completed the game with 100 life so there might be room for added difficulty (maybe even more levels with increasing difficulty). Had me on the edge of my chair the whole time. Super awe…

Came to say this.