Plix TowerDefense Version 1.0

[Tusike]

Hi!

Here is my entry for the Freebasic Gameplay combination competition. I tried to concentrate on having simultaneous gameplays; let's hope it works out for the best:) If I think about it, this is actually my first game in freebasic that I'm actually quite proud of (I still haven't finished the breakout game since that needs much more graphics and music for quality play, both of which seem to be beyond my capabilities). It's like over 5000 lines of code in about one and a half month, so you all better appreciate it!

Please read the whole readme.doc file before playing!
Have fun,
-Tusike

Plix TD 1.2 (2011. Jan. 23)

[N3trunn3r]

Alright I found the time to play it!
Wonderful, tower defense! I love tower defense!
You managed really well to implement the different game modes. I like it!
The only sad thing is that it crashes when the "splitter" wave is coming. Dunno why.
And what I really really like is that you wrote "lazer"! Every dictionary is writing it the wrong way!

[Tusike]

Dammit, you're right, it is spelled laser..
And thanks! I'm working on the random crashes, although this one and those described on freebasic.net don't happen to me so it's really not my fault
By "splitters" you mean the cyan multiplying things right? And the crash is right when the wave starts? I'll see what I can do.

Btw, I still haven't had time to play through your game, I'll have time during the weeked. I liked what I experienced so far, except perhaps the graphics for the large old man and rat could've been better:)

[N3trunn3r]

I played it 2 times and it was with these cyan splitters, right.
No no, I really mean that i want "lazer" written the wrong way, sounds like Silvester the cat says it... "lazzers..."

[Lachie Dazdarian]

Tusike, are you near removing the crashing bug?

I would really prefer to have a version without that for the regular FBGD update.

Not good enough it the game yet to find some parts of it unbalance/unnecesary like agamemnus.

[Tusike]

I'll upload what I have on Saturday, hope it's not a rush.

[Tusike]

OK, I uploaded a new version, which fixed the mentioned bugs (except the multipliers), and added a save feature. You can download it by clicking the updated link in the original post.

This version may still be a test, if anyone finds a crash or a bug please tell me.

-Tusike

[Lachie Dazdarian]

Uh, the game keeps freezing once I put a laser in the playfield. And the version 1.0. seems to be crashing more often that I originally though, making testing the game rather cumbersome.

[Tusike]

Fixing the lazer bug opened up a new one... I fixed it, the link is the same. Hope there's nothing else!

[Tusike]

Post which level you have reached!

I reached level 43 on the beginner's map. By then, I was running out of resources (I didn't have steel to build more powerhouses, and so I didn't have much energy). Then a wave of drillers swept across the map and they killed me. Unfortunately, I used a shotgun a few waves earlier when a few sprinters escaped my towers. I could probably survive for more if I built more defenses before the sprinters, and had used the shotgun after the drillers came across. Still, I think energy costs need to be a bit reduced, so I'm changing that in the game.