tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post464041344246516273..comments2024-02-26T21:38:35.761+11:00Comments on The Dust Forms Words: Tower DefenceGreg Tannahillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-19185909656655267722008-10-03T00:14:00.000+10:002008-10-03T00:14:00.000+10:00I'm not saying Warlords or Dune were your classic ...I'm not saying Warlords or Dune were your classic tower defence game; I'm just saying they developed the gameplay conventions. Warlords was all about the turrets (cannons); Dune 2 introduced real-time grid-snapped base building with a heavy emphasis on defending using both non-moving base turrets and tanks (which were effectively just mobile turrets). <BR/><BR/>If you haven't played Dune 2, by the way, you probably should. It's a little difficult to go back to its primitive UI after modern RTS games but it's not a coincidence that it founded a genre.Greg Tannahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-32554245023035140602008-10-02T18:22:00.000+10:002008-10-02T18:22:00.000+10:00I've not heard TD tracked back to Warlords or Dune...I've not heard TD tracked back to Warlords or Dune II before, so I find your claims here interesting. Will investigate further... :)<BR/><BR/>Also of note: PixelJunk Monsters on PS3 download. The most polished of the TD games I've seen, and the only one to support multiplayer co-operative play.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550565723765898399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-24613537204135746462008-09-30T17:51:00.000+10:002008-09-30T17:51:00.000+10:00Thanks, cricketk. Bloons is my least favourite of...Thanks, cricketk. Bloons is my least favourite of the three but I suspected it might appeal more to those who aren't quite as enthralled by measuring tower stats and designing optimal turret grids.GregThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532920274312703426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-51728734287043634792008-09-30T17:50:00.000+10:002008-09-30T17:50:00.000+10:00Starcraft / Wacrcraft tower defence is adequate, b...Starcraft / Wacrcraft tower defence is adequate, but there's something special about towers that shoot honest-to-God <I>pellets</I>. It's very life-affirming, watching pixels being shots at geometric shapes.GregThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532920274312703426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-33123680600433413922008-09-30T17:39:00.000+10:002008-09-30T17:39:00.000+10:00Bloons was fun!Bloons was fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-80479377319360789812008-09-30T17:34:00.000+10:002008-09-30T17:34:00.000+10:00...because we needed MORE ways to destroy our prod......because we needed MORE ways to destroy our productivity. You're a bad, bad man Greg. :)juffleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539042923823782301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-84230336106507453532008-09-30T17:16:00.000+10:002008-09-30T17:16:00.000+10:00My first experience with Tower Defence was on Star...My first experience with Tower Defence was on Starcraft Battle.net. Various incarnations of the map became a staple of the "custom maps" playlist. They included a secret tower defence level in Warcraft 3 as a result of its popularity in Starcraft, I believe.Matthew Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592343625367336913noreply@blogger.com