To expand on this score, I made a theoretical/ideal score calculator in python. It also includes information like cumulative gold and per creep health per wave.
All the stats are done for classic mode only.
Here are the results from the script. Note that the final score calculation does not include score from frog waves. All the scores are theoretical maximums based on if you kill the entire wave instantly every wave (thus also no leakage). To my knowledge it factors in the delays between waves correctly (please let me know if my calculations are off).
difficulty normal
wave | time | score | cum score | per creep gold | wave gold | cum gold | per creep health
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1 | 45 | 444 | 444 | 1 | 30 | 280 | 75
2 | 67 | 518 | 963 | 1 | 30 | 310 | 87
3 | 89 | 592 | 1556 | 2 | 60 | 370 | 102
4 | 111 | 666 | 2223 | 2 | 60 | 430 | 119
5 | 133 | 741 | 2964 | 2 | 60 | 490 | 139
6 | 178 | 815 | 3779 | 2 | 60 | 550 | 163
7 | 200 | 889 | 4668 | 2 | 60 | 610 | 190
8 | 222 | 963 | 5631 | 3 | 90 | 700 | 222
9 | 244 | 1037 | 6669 | 3 | 90 | 790 | 259
10 | 266 | 1111 | 7780 | 3 | 90 | 880 | 303
11 | 311 | 1185 | 8966 | 4 | 120 | 1000 | 354
12 | 334 | 1259 | 10225 | 4 | 120 | 1120 | 413
13 | 357 | 1333 | 11559 | 4 | 120 | 1240 | 483
14 | 380 | 1407 | 12967 | 5 | 150 | 1390 | 564
15 | 403 | 1482 | 14449 | 5 | 150 | 1540 | 659
16 | 448 | 1556 | 16005 | 6 | 180 | 1720 | 770
17 | 471 | 1630 | 17635 | 7 | 210 | 1930 | 899
18 | 494 | 1704 | 19340 | 7 | 210 | 2140 | 1050
19 | 517 | 1778 | 21118 | 8 | 240 | 2380 | 1227
20 | 540 | 1852 | 22971 | 9 | 270 | 2650 | 1433
21 | 585 | 1926 | 24897 | 10 | 300 | 2950 | 1674
22 | 608 | 2000 | 26898 | 11 | 330 | 3280 | 1955
23 | 631 | 2074 | 28973 | 12 | 360 | 3640 | 2284
24 | 654 | 2148 | 31122 | 13 | 390 | 4030 | 2668
25 | 677 | 2223 | 33345 | 14 | 420 | 4450 | 3116
26 | 722 | 2297 | 35642 | 15 | 450 | 4900 | 3640
27 | 745 | 2371 | 38013 | 17 | 510 | 5410 | 4251
28 | 768 | 2445 | 40458 | 18 | 540 | 5950 | 4966
29 | 791 | 2519 | 42978 | 20 | 600 | 6550 | 5800
30 | 814 | 2593 | 45571 | 22 | 660 | 7210 | 6774
31 | 859 | 2667 | 48239 | 24 | 720 | 7930 | 7913
32 | 883 | 2741 | 50980 | 26 | 780 | 8710 | 9242
33 | 907 | 2815 | 53796 | 29 | 870 | 9580 | 10795
34 | 931 | 2889 | 56686 | 32 | 960 | 10540 | 12608
35 | 955 | 2964 | 59650 | 35 | 1050 | 11590 | 14727
36 | 1000 | 3038 | 62688 | 38 | 1140 | 12730 | 17201
37 | 1024 | 3112 | 65800 | 41 | 1230 | 13960 | 20091
38 | 1048 | 3186 | 68987 | 45 | 1350 | 15310 | 23466
39 | 1072 | 3260 | 72247 | 50 | 1500 | 16810 | 27408
40 | 1096 | 3334 | 75582 | 54 | 1620 | 18430 | 32013
41 | 1141 | 3408 | 78990 | 59 | 1770 | 20200 | 37391
42 | 1165 | 3482 | 82473 | 65 | 1950 | 22150 | 43673
43 | 1189 | 3556 | 86030 | 71 | 2130 | 24280 | 51010
44 | 1213 | 3630 | 89661 | 78 | 2340 | 26620 | 59580
45 | 1237 | 3705 | 93366 | 85 | 2550 | 29170 | 69589
46 | 1282 | 3779 | 97145 | 93 | 2790 | 31960 | 81281
47 | 1307 | 3853 | 100998 | 101 | 3030 | 34990 | 94936
48 | 1332 | 3927 | 104925 | 111 | 3330 | 38320 | 110885
49 | 1357 | 4001 | 108927 | 121 | 3630 | 41950 | 129514
50 | 1382 | 4075 | 113002 | 133 | 3990 | 45940 | 151272
51 | 1427 | 4149 | 117152 | 145 | 4350 | 50290 | 176686
52 | 1452 | 4223 | 121375 | 158 | 4740 | 55030 | 206369
53 | 1477 | 4297 | 125673 | 173 | 5190 | 60220 | 241039
54 | 1502 | 4371 | 130045 | 189 | 5670 | 65890 | 281534
55 | 1527 | 4446 | 134491 | 207 | 6210 | 72100 | 328832
Final score with game time bonus: 341116
difficulty hard
wave | time | score | cum score | per creep gold | wave gold | cum gold | per creep health
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1 | 45 | 889 | 889 | 1 | 30 | 280 | 97
2 | 66 | 1037 | 1926 | 1 | 30 | 310 | 113
3 | 87 | 1185 | 3112 | 2 | 60 | 370 | 132
4 | 108 | 1333 | 4446 | 2 | 60 | 430 | 154
5 | 129 | 1482 | 5928 | 2 | 60 | 490 | 180
6 | 174 | 1630 | 7558 | 2 | 60 | 550 | 211
7 | 195 | 1778 | 9336 | 2 | 60 | 610 | 247
8 | 216 | 1926 | 11263 | 3 | 90 | 700 | 288
9 | 237 | 2074 | 13338 | 3 | 90 | 790 | 336
10 | 258 | 2223 | 15561 | 3 | 90 | 880 | 393
11 | 303 | 2371 | 17932 | 4 | 120 | 1000 | 460
12 | 325 | 2519 | 20451 | 4 | 120 | 1120 | 536
13 | 347 | 2667 | 23119 | 5 | 150 | 1270 | 627
14 | 369 | 2815 | 25935 | 5 | 150 | 1420 | 733
15 | 391 | 2964 | 28899 | 6 | 180 | 1600 | 856
16 | 436 | 3112 | 32011 | 6 | 180 | 1780 | 1001
17 | 458 | 3260 | 35271 | 7 | 210 | 1990 | 1168
18 | 480 | 3408 | 38680 | 8 | 240 | 2230 | 1365
19 | 502 | 3556 | 42237 | 8 | 240 | 2470 | 1595
20 | 524 | 3705 | 45942 | 9 | 270 | 2740 | 1862
21 | 569 | 3853 | 49795 | 10 | 300 | 3040 | 2176
22 | 591 | 4001 | 53796 | 11 | 330 | 3370 | 2541
23 | 613 | 4149 | 57946 | 12 | 360 | 3730 | 2969
24 | 635 | 4297 | 62244 | 13 | 390 | 4120 | 3468
25 | 657 | 4446 | 66690 | 15 | 450 | 4570 | 4050
26 | 702 | 4594 | 71284 | 16 | 480 | 5050 | 4732
27 | 724 | 4742 | 76026 | 18 | 540 | 5590 | 5526
28 | 746 | 4890 | 80917 | 19 | 570 | 6160 | 6455
29 | 768 | 5038 | 85956 | 21 | 630 | 6790 | 7540
30 | 790 | 5187 | 91143 | 23 | 690 | 7480 | 8806
31 | 835 | 5335 | 96478 | 26 | 780 | 8260 | 10286
32 | 858 | 5483 | 101961 | 28 | 840 | 9100 | 12014
33 | 881 | 5631 | 107593 | 31 | 930 | 10030 | 14033
34 | 904 | 5779 | 113373 | 34 | 1020 | 11050 | 16390
35 | 927 | 5928 | 119301 | 37 | 1110 | 12160 | 19145
36 | 972 | 6076 | 125377 | 41 | 1230 | 13390 | 22361
37 | 995 | 6224 | 131601 | 45 | 1350 | 14740 | 26118
38 | 1018 | 6372 | 137974 | 49 | 1470 | 16210 | 30505
39 | 1041 | 6520 | 144495 | 54 | 1620 | 17830 | 35630
40 | 1064 | 6669 | 151164 | 59 | 1770 | 19600 | 41616
41 | 1109 | 6817 | 157981 | 65 | 1950 | 21550 | 48608
42 | 1132 | 6965 | 164946 | 71 | 2130 | 23680 | 56774
43 | 1155 | 7113 | 172060 | 77 | 2310 | 25990 | 66313
44 | 1178 | 7261 | 179322 | 85 | 2550 | 28540 | 77454
45 | 1201 | 7410 | 186732 | 93 | 2790 | 31330 | 90465
46 | 1246 | 7558 | 194290 | 102 | 3060 | 34390 | 105665
47 | 1270 | 7706 | 201996 | 112 | 3360 | 37750 | 123416
48 | 1294 | 7854 | 209851 | 122 | 3660 | 41410 | 144150
49 | 1318 | 8002 | 217854 | 134 | 4020 | 45430 | 168368
50 | 1342 | 8151 | 226005 | 147 | 4410 | 49840 | 196653
51 | 1387 | 8299 | 234304 | 161 | 4830 | 54670 | 229691
52 | 1411 | 8447 | 242751 | 176 | 5280 | 59950 | 268279
53 | 1435 | 8595 | 251347 | 193 | 5790 | 65740 | 313350
54 | 1459 | 8743 | 260091 | 211 | 6330 | 72070 | 365994
55 | 1483 | 8892 | 268983 | 231 | 6930 | 79000 | 427481
Final score with game time bonus: 710456
difficulty very hard
wave | time | score | cum score | per creep gold | wave gold | cum gold | per creep health
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1 | 45 | 1333 | 1333 | 1 | 30 | 280 | 120
2 | 65 | 1556 | 2889 | 1 | 30 | 310 | 139
3 | 85 | 1778 | 4668 | 2 | 60 | 370 | 163
4 | 105 | 2000 | 6669 | 2 | 60 | 430 | 190
5 | 125 | 2223 | 8892 | 2 | 60 | 490 | 222
6 | 170 | 2445 | 11337 | 2 | 60 | 550 | 260
7 | 190 | 2667 | 14004 | 3 | 90 | 640 | 304
8 | 210 | 2889 | 16894 | 3 | 90 | 730 | 355
9 | 230 | 3112 | 20007 | 3 | 90 | 820 | 414
10 | 250 | 3334 | 23341 | 4 | 120 | 940 | 484
11 | 295 | 3556 | 26898 | 4 | 120 | 1060 | 566
12 | 316 | 3779 | 30677 | 4 | 120 | 1180 | 660
13 | 337 | 4001 | 34678 | 5 | 150 | 1330 | 772
14 | 358 | 4223 | 38902 | 5 | 150 | 1480 | 902
15 | 379 | 4446 | 43348 | 6 | 180 | 1660 | 1054
16 | 424 | 4668 | 48016 | 6 | 180 | 1840 | 1232
17 | 445 | 4890 | 52907 | 7 | 210 | 2050 | 1438
18 | 466 | 5112 | 58020 | 8 | 240 | 2290 | 1680
19 | 487 | 5335 | 63355 | 9 | 270 | 2560 | 1963
20 | 508 | 5557 | 68913 | 10 | 300 | 2860 | 2292
21 | 553 | 5779 | 74692 | 11 | 330 | 3190 | 2678
22 | 574 | 6002 | 80694 | 12 | 360 | 3550 | 3128
23 | 595 | 6224 | 86919 | 13 | 390 | 3940 | 3654
24 | 616 | 6446 | 93366 | 14 | 420 | 4360 | 4268
25 | 637 | 6669 | 100035 | 16 | 480 | 4840 | 4985
26 | 682 | 6891 | 106926 | 17 | 510 | 5350 | 5824
27 | 703 | 7113 | 114039 | 19 | 570 | 5920 | 6801
28 | 724 | 7335 | 121375 | 21 | 630 | 6550 | 7945
29 | 745 | 7558 | 128934 | 23 | 690 | 7240 | 9280
30 | 766 | 7780 | 136714 | 25 | 750 | 7990 | 10838
31 | 811 | 8002 | 144717 | 28 | 840 | 8830 | 12660
32 | 833 | 8225 | 152942 | 30 | 900 | 9730 | 14787
33 | 855 | 8447 | 161389 | 33 | 990 | 10720 | 17272
34 | 877 | 8669 | 170059 | 36 | 1080 | 11800 | 20172
35 | 899 | 8892 | 178951 | 40 | 1200 | 13000 | 23563
36 | 944 | 9114 | 188065 | 44 | 1320 | 14320 | 27521
37 | 966 | 9336 | 197402 | 48 | 1440 | 15760 | 32145
38 | 988 | 9558 | 206961 | 53 | 1590 | 17350 | 37545
39 | 1010 | 9781 | 216742 | 58 | 1740 | 19090 | 43852
40 | 1032 | 10003 | 226746 | 64 | 1920 | 21010 | 51220
41 | 1077 | 10225 | 236971 | 70 | 2100 | 23110 | 59825
42 | 1099 | 10448 | 247419 | 77 | 2310 | 25420 | 69876
43 | 1121 | 10670 | 258090 | 85 | 2550 | 27970 | 81616
44 | 1143 | 10892 | 268983 | 93 | 2790 | 30760 | 95328
45 | 1165 | 11115 | 280098 | 102 | 3060 | 33820 | 111342
46 | 1210 | 11337 | 291435 | 112 | 3360 | 37180 | 130049
47 | 1233 | 11559 | 302994 | 123 | 3690 | 40870 | 151897
48 | 1256 | 11781 | 314776 | 135 | 4050 | 44920 | 177416
49 | 1279 | 12004 | 326781 | 148 | 4440 | 49360 | 207222
50 | 1302 | 12226 | 339007 | 162 | 4860 | 54220 | 242035
51 | 1347 | 12448 | 351456 | 178 | 5340 | 59560 | 282697
52 | 1370 | 12671 | 364127 | 195 | 5850 | 65410 | 330190
53 | 1393 | 12893 | 377020 | 214 | 6420 | 71830 | 385662
54 | 1416 | 13115 | 390136 | 235 | 7050 | 78880 | 450454
55 | 1439 | 13338 | 403474 | 258 | 7740 | 86620 | 526131
Final score with game time bonus: 1110606
difficulty insane
wave | time | score | cum score | per creep gold | wave gold | cum gold | per creep health
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1 | 45 | 1778 | 1778 | 1 | 30 | 280 | 150
2 | 64 | 2074 | 3853 | 1 | 30 | 310 | 174
3 | 83 | 2371 | 6224 | 2 | 60 | 370 | 204
4 | 102 | 2667 | 8892 | 2 | 60 | 430 | 238
5 | 121 | 2964 | 11856 | 2 | 60 | 490 | 278
6 | 166 | 3260 | 15116 | 2 | 60 | 550 | 326
7 | 185 | 3556 | 18673 | 3 | 90 | 640 | 380
8 | 204 | 3853 | 22526 | 3 | 90 | 730 | 444
9 | 223 | 4149 | 26676 | 3 | 90 | 820 | 518
10 | 242 | 4446 | 31122 | 4 | 120 | 940 | 606
11 | 287 | 4742 | 35864 | 4 | 120 | 1060 | 708
12 | 307 | 5038 | 40903 | 4 | 120 | 1180 | 826
13 | 327 | 5335 | 46238 | 5 | 150 | 1330 | 966
14 | 347 | 5631 | 51870 | 6 | 180 | 1510 | 1128
15 | 367 | 5928 | 57798 | 6 | 180 | 1690 | 1318
16 | 412 | 6224 | 64022 | 7 | 210 | 1900 | 1540
17 | 432 | 6520 | 70543 | 7 | 210 | 2110 | 1798
18 | 452 | 6817 | 77360 | 8 | 240 | 2350 | 2100
19 | 472 | 7113 | 84474 | 9 | 270 | 2620 | 2454
20 | 492 | 7410 | 91884 | 10 | 300 | 2920 | 2866
21 | 537 | 7706 | 99590 | 11 | 330 | 3250 | 3348
22 | 557 | 8002 | 107593 | 12 | 360 | 3610 | 3910
23 | 577 | 8299 | 115892 | 14 | 420 | 4030 | 4568
24 | 597 | 8595 | 124488 | 15 | 450 | 4480 | 5336
25 | 617 | 8892 | 133380 | 16 | 480 | 4960 | 6232
26 | 662 | 9188 | 142568 | 18 | 540 | 5500 | 7280
27 | 682 | 9484 | 152053 | 20 | 600 | 6100 | 8502
28 | 702 | 9781 | 161834 | 22 | 660 | 6760 | 9932
29 | 722 | 10077 | 171912 | 24 | 720 | 7480 | 11600
30 | 742 | 10374 | 182286 | 27 | 810 | 8290 | 13548
31 | 787 | 10670 | 192956 | 29 | 870 | 9160 | 15826
32 | 808 | 10966 | 203923 | 32 | 960 | 10120 | 18484
33 | 829 | 11263 | 215186 | 36 | 1080 | 11200 | 21590
34 | 850 | 11559 | 226746 | 39 | 1170 | 12370 | 25216
35 | 871 | 11856 | 238602 | 43 | 1290 | 13660 | 29454
36 | 916 | 12152 | 250754 | 47 | 1410 | 15070 | 34402
37 | 937 | 12448 | 263203 | 52 | 1560 | 16630 | 40182
38 | 958 | 12745 | 275948 | 57 | 1710 | 18340 | 46932
39 | 979 | 13041 | 288990 | 63 | 1890 | 20230 | 54816
40 | 1000 | 13338 | 302328 | 69 | 2070 | 22300 | 64026
41 | 1045 | 13634 | 315962 | 76 | 2280 | 24580 | 74782
42 | 1066 | 13930 | 329893 | 84 | 2520 | 27100 | 87346
43 | 1087 | 14227 | 344120 | 92 | 2760 | 29860 | 102020
44 | 1108 | 14523 | 358644 | 102 | 3060 | 32920 | 119160
45 | 1129 | 14820 | 373464 | 112 | 3360 | 36280 | 139178
46 | 1174 | 15116 | 388580 | 123 | 3690 | 39970 | 162562
47 | 1196 | 15412 | 403993 | 135 | 4050 | 44020 | 189872
48 | 1218 | 15709 | 419702 | 148 | 4440 | 48460 | 221770
49 | 1240 | 16005 | 435708 | 163 | 4890 | 53350 | 259028
50 | 1262 | 16302 | 452010 | 179 | 5370 | 58720 | 302544
51 | 1307 | 16598 | 468608 | 197 | 5910 | 64630 | 353372
52 | 1329 | 16894 | 485503 | 217 | 6510 | 71140 | 412738
53 | 1351 | 17191 | 502694 | 238 | 7140 | 78280 | 482078
54 | 1373 | 17487 | 520182 | 262 | 7860 | 86140 | 563068
55 | 1395 | 17784 | 537966 | 288 | 8640 | 94780 | 657664
Final score with game time bonus: 1544483
Here is the code I used:
import math
# Get the amount of time to wait between waves as a building/cooldown time
def get_wave_delay(difficulty, wave):
# source game/dota_addons/element_td/scripts/kv/gamesettings.kv
time_between_waves = {
"normal": ((1, 10, 7), (11, 30, 8), (31, 45, 9), (46, 55, 10)),
"hard": ((1, 10, 6), (11, 30, 7), (31, 45, 8), (46, 55, 9)),
"very hard": ((1, 10, 5), (11, 30, 6), (31, 45, 7), (46, 55, 8)),
"insane": ((1, 10, 4), (11, 30, 5), (31, 45, 6), (46, 55, 7)),
}
for wave_delay in time_between_waves[difficulty]:
start, end, delay = wave_delay
if wave >= start and wave <= end:
return delay
# Get the time for a break, this is given every 5 waves to give you time to
# kill the element you pick
def get_break_time():
# source game/dota_addons/element_td/scripts/vscripts/wavedata.lua StartBreakTime()
return 30.0
# Get the amount of time between each creep spawn
def get_per_creep_delay():
# source game/dota_addons/element_td/scripts/vscripts/awave.lua Wave:SpawnWave()
return 0.5
# Get the total time from the start of a wave, to when the final creep spawns.
# This includes the break/delay time as well as the creep wave spawn time.
def get_wave_total_time(difficulty, wave):
# Time to spawn 30 creeps
time = get_per_creep_delay() * 30
if (wave - 1) % 5 == 0:
# One out of 5 waves we have a break (currently always 30 sec)
time += get_break_time()
else:
# Otherwise, apply the wave delay (changes based on wave)
time += get_wave_delay(difficulty, wave)
return time
# Get the amount of gold per creep at this difficulty and this wave
def get_per_creep_bounty(difficulty, wave):
# source game/dota_addons/element_td/scripts/kv/gamesettings.kv
bounty = { "normal": 1.093, "hard": 1.095, "very hard": 1.097, "insane": 1.099 }
return int(bounty[difficulty] ** (wave + 5))
# Get the score per creep
def get_per_creep_score(wave):
# source https://forums.eletd.com/topic/95539-score/
return wave + 5
# Get the difficulty bonus multiplier
def get_score_bonus_difficulty(difficulty):
# source https://forums.eletd.com/topic/95539-score/
difficulty_scaler = { "normal": 1, "hard": 2, "very hard": 3, "insane": 4 }
return difficulty_scaler[difficulty]
# Get the bonus for this wave given the time it took to kill it
# wave_time is the time taken (in seconds) to finish the wave, starting from
# when the final (30th) creep spawns
def get_score_bonus_speed(wave_time):
# source https://forums.eletd.com/topic/95539-score/
multiplier = 1.9
return max(0.0, multiplier - (wave_time * 0.03))
# Get the health for a given greep on a difficulty and wave
def get_per_creep_health(difficulty, wave):
# source game/dota_addons/element_td/scripts/kv/gamesettings.kv
health_scaler = { "normal": 1.0, "hard": 1.3, "very hard": 1.6, "insane": 2.0 }
return int(health_scaler[difficulty] * int(75 * (1.168 ** (wave - 1))))
# For each difficulty mode print out a stats table
for difficulty in ("normal", "hard", "very hard", "insane"):
# Initialize values
score = 0
time = 0.0
gold = 250
print "\n\ndifficulty %s" % difficulty
print "wave | time | score | cum score | per creep gold | wave gold | cum gold | per creep health"
print "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
# For each wave
for wave in xrange(1, 56):
# Cumulative time
time += get_wave_total_time(difficulty, wave)
# Total score we got from this wave
wavescore = get_per_creep_score(wave) * 30 * get_score_bonus_speed(0.0) * get_score_bonus_difficulty(difficulty)
# Clean wave (no leaks) bonus
wavescore *= 1.3
# Bounty per creep
bounty = get_per_creep_bounty(difficulty, wave)
# Cumulative gold earned
gold += bounty * 30
# Cumulative score
score += wavescore
# Per creep health
health = get_per_creep_health(difficulty, wave)
# Print out stats for this wave
print "%4d | %5d | %7d | %9d | %14d | %9d | %8d | %16d" % (wave, time, wavescore, score, bounty, bounty * 30, gold, health)
# Game time bonus
score *= (((45.0 / (time / 60.0)) - 1) * 2) + 1
print "Final score with game time bonus: %d" % int(score)
