Cool .



I'm not putting much faith in the tutorial system. I doubt many players are going to take the time to try something like that. I'd rather design the UI so such a thing is not needed.

You bring up a lot of great ideas! Some thoughts;

I'd like to keep the minimap at the bottom left. So player info would go top right, which is intuitive since resources are already there.

I'd also like to keep the command button area the same. It would be good to get rid of that long horizontal bar where selected unit info is displayed though. The needed information like name, HP, and weapon can be squeezed into what is currently the portrait area.

Hero is a mess but since it's a secondary mode let's put that off until we fix this.

Long story short is that in the new "Arcade" for patch 1.5 you get four screenshots to promote your map. So I'm asking you guys to help me come up with them.

Please only post screenshots taken at a high resolution (1600x1200+) and on maximum graphic (extreme) settings.

Here are four I've come up with so far. I know we can do better!

I think a good point was brought up about too much 0.66 speed amongst basics. Nature tweaked to 1 speed?

Changelog:

-Renamed Radius Tower to Runic Tower and Diameter Tower to Occult Tower
-Nerfed mineral bonus for essence purchase to 150 per wave from 160
-Added amount of minerals gained to text message for essence purchase
-Tweaked Water Tower to 18 damage from 9 and 0.66 speed from 0.31
-Buffed Runic Tower (DFL) to 180 damage from 175
-Buffed Shrapnade (DE) to 12 damage per explosion from 11
-Buffed Impetus (FNW) to 330 damage base from 300
-Buffed Quark Tower (EL) to 60 damage from 50
-Tweaked Ephemeral Tower (ENW) to 480 damage and 0.31 speed from 1000 damage and 0.66 speed
-Nerfed Helix (LW) ending explosion to 2.5 AoE from 3.75
-Buffed Napalm (DEF) to 70 damage per stack from 60
-Fixed Ice Tower (LW) tooltip error
-Fixed improper weapon name for basic element towers
-Fixed pathing dummy being vulnerable to splash (Mazing)

Changelog:

-Purchasing pure essence now also gives (160*Wave) minerals
-Fixed anti-stuck mechanism to be fully effective
-Fixed being able to summon elements too early on short/extra short
-Improved cosmetics of mechanical creep active effect
-Improved cosmetics of pure essence model
-Removed interest/networth information from element query tip on builder
-Buffed Quark Tower (EL) to 50 damage from 40
-Nerfed Radius Tower (DFL) to 175 damage from 200

Changelog:

-Added Orbit (old DFL ability) to Quark Tower (EL), damage to 40 from 200, radius to 2.5 from 3
-Added a brand new ability to Radius Tower (DFL)
-Fixed unselectable unit during construction of tier 1 single element towers
-Fixed credit not being given to second player for victory (Teams)
-Removed explosion from pathing dummy (Mazing)
-Fixed bug where builder could cross another player's area vertically (Mazing)

The beam of light turned out well. Good idea.

1. Just standard mode.
2. That brings up a good point. Since Lives and Time weigh more than Kills and Networth, there really is no such thing as interest abuse.
3. That also brings up a good point. There is no way to play a particular version. In that case, let's make any version valid.

I updated the main post.

This is a replay based tournament. That means anyone from any realm is welcome to participate. You are competing against other players to have the best submission. Please read the following information carefully before signing up.

Modes

• No Mazing or Heroes
• Competitive
• Hard
• All Pick
• Normal Order
• Normal Length

Prizes

• First - 1 QPAD Element TD Mousepad (Mousepad), One account given level 20 automatically.
• Second - 1 Anvil Element TD T-Shirt (T-Shirt), One account given level 20 automatically.
• Third - One account given level 20 automatically.

Rules

• Players proceed to play a single-player game with the modes specified.
• Once satisfied with a replay, attach your replay via forum PM to the tournament host (Karawasa) and the tournament host only.
• DO NOT POST YOUR REPLAYS ANYWHERE.
• Players may submit their replay anytime and replace it with another replay until the tournament closes.
• Any instances of bug abuse, known or unknown beforehand and the use of cheats will result in replay being disqualified.

Scoring

• Only your last replay submission (if more than one) will be scored.
• Replays will be judged on four different and unequally weighted categories.
• Points will be awarded for each category for only the first, second, and third best submissions.
• Number of lives you have after clearing the main game (end of wave 60).
• The amount of time you take to clear the main game (end of wave 60).
• The number of fruit points you have at the end.
• Your networth at the end.
• Weights are lives (2), time (1.75), kills (1.33), networth (1); e.g. first place in lives would result in 6 points, second place in time would result in 3.5 points.
• First, second, and third place will be awarded based on point totals.

The tournament ends on 5/31/12. All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM (US Central Time).

Post here if you want to participate. Good Luck!

Probably better to shoot for 1v1 for the next round.

Bump!

Bump!

Bump!

Changelog:

-Fixed errors with elemental bosses in Race
-Nerfed Healing creeps to 20% from 25%
-Buffed Darkness tower to 75 damage from 70
-Buffed Spew Acid (DFW) to 50 damage a second from 40
-Buffed Gaia's Wrath (DEN) to 50 damage a second from 40
-Buffed Particle Field (FLW) to 50 damage a second from 40
-Buffed Orbit (DFL) orb search AoE to 3 from 2.5
-Made the pathing dummy periodic again; overhauled the dummy's cosmetics; increased dummy movespeed (Mazing)
-Updated tooltips for EN, LW, and DFL to indicate AoE of ability

• We can try out 20% and 4.5 AoE Healing creeps
• Darkness at 75 sounds fine
• Periodic pathing dummy became annoying
• Let's try 50 damage per second for Barb, Erosion, Ion, and Nova (pseudo)

Thanks for reporting.

Changelog:

-Implemented a creep anti-stuck system
-Changed mechanical creep active cosmetic effect
-Replaced icons for Jinx Tower (DFN) and Impetus (FNW)
-Buffed Incantation Tower (ELN) to 80 damage from 70
-Buffed Maledict (DFN) to 7.5 second duration (3 intervals) from 5 (2 intervals)
-Added an incremental (wave based) damage evasion to creeps (Hero)
-Fixed special creep bonuses not working in Race (Mazing, Hero)

Hotfixed.

Changelog:

-Fixed random algorithm again (how soon elemental 2 can appear in short/extra short)
-Fixed Muck/Mire Towers (DEW) doing double damage
-Tweaked size of Orbit (DFL) orbs for cosmetic accuracy
-Added in an attack sound for Radius Tower (DFL)
-Fixed Jinx Tower (DFN) not being able to target debuffed creeps
-Buffed Shrapnade (DE) to 11 damage from 10
-Buffed Cast Lighting (FL) to 25% increase on bounce from 20%
-Buffed Flamethrower Tower (DEF) to 140 damage from 120
-Buffed Hail Tower (DLW) to 120 damage from 110

Prepare for a wall of buffs!

Changelog:

-Fixed errors with level 61
-Buffed Earth Tower to 18 damage from 15
-Buffed Water Tower to 9 damage from 7
-Tweaked Ice Tower (LW) to 10 range from 12 (really a buff)
-Buffed Spore (EN) to 35 damage from 30
-Buffed Perpetual Tower (LN) to 22 damage from 20
-Buffed Laser Tower (DEL) to 7 interceptors from 6
-Buffed Obliteration Tower (DLN) to 400 damage from 360
-Buffed Obliteration Tower (DLN) auto-reload to 2 second cast from 3, nerfed manual reload to 16 second CD from 12
-Buffed Orbit (DFL) to 200 damage from 180
-Fixed Radius Tower (DFL) orbit path being off center
-Buffed Gaia's Wrath (DEN) to 40 damage per second from 30
-Buffed Muck Tower (DEW) to 200 damage from 150
-Buffed Jinx Tower (DFN) to 600 damage from 440
-Buffed Erosion Tower (DFW) to 40 damage per second from 33
-Buffed Incantation Tower (ELN) to 70 damage from 60
-Buffed Polar Tower (ELW) to 200 damage from 150
-Buffed Explode (FLN) to 75 damage from 60
-Buffed Particle Field (FLW) to 40 damage per second from 30
-Fixed a minor placement error for area orange (Mazing)
-Removed Radius Tower beam effect (cosmetic for performance)
-Reduced Earth Tower effect size (cosmetic for performance)
-Reduced Vapor Tower effect size (cosmetic for performance)
-Tweaked Ice Tower effect speed (cosmetic for performance)

Thank you for making my suggestion a reality so soon. This is a great post for the next version.



My name is Evan, and I approve of this message.

Changelog:

-Fixed error with game not ending properly if level 61 reached
-Fixed calculation error with difficulty selection
-Fixed Mechanical creeps going invulnerable in sequence (should be random)
-Tweaked lighting settings again (performance/cosmetic improvement)
-Buffed Mechanical creeps to 4 second duration
-Buffed Healing creeps to 4.5 AoE
-Buffed Undead creeps to 50% revival
-Added a cancel button to the builder selection menu
-Fixed Undead/Image creeps having incorrect regeneration rate (Mazing)
-Fixed splitting of Terrazine when a player leaves (Hero)
-Fixed elemental bosses not scaling in HP (Race)
-Fixed random + short/extra short (Race)

Yup. The problem is that random calculates the selection at the time and does not store it. To make SR work properly in Race would require some work.

Changelog:

-Major improvements to lighting cosmetics (green's area [desert] no longer burns the eyes!)
-Game now saves your last selected builder
-Fixed attack priority for elemental bosses (no longer prefers them over creeps)
-Fixed casual mode starting off with less time than intended (on Hero/Mazing)
-Tweaked heights of Mothership, Corrupter, Bullet Train, and TerraTron builders for cosmetics
-Tweaked creep health/shield regeneration to 2% per second (Mazing)
-Nerfed Sunburn to 80 damage per second (Hero)