Surprisingly Addictive...

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:39 pm

forking 76!

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:55 am

73 is my high. . .

But I've put together some data for you. You can view it here:

http://69.246.205.139/tower/tower.html

The cost from build to max based on my research:

Fire 2198
Water 3360
Nature 2375
Storm 40
Ultimate 23000

The Nature towers are BY far the most damage/gold value, but a few blues in there for reach really helps for the areas where you don't have natures, as they continue to do a little damage.

I've also noticed that putting towers on the EDGE of the trail helps a lot once you have range because you will get three chances to fire at the enemy from each tower. I'm still experimenting with placement, but corners and edges seem to work the best for me.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:41 am

This setup got me a 74

http://69.246.205.139/tower/score74.jpg

I think it's a bit sloppy, and I should have chose a bit different placement.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:48 am

There are 8 enemies per wave and each enemy is worth 1 * Wave worth of points. I checked this up to 20 waves and found it to be true.

It would be nice to know how much damage one starts with, but I've not been able to work out an experiment that finds it.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:13 am

81!!!!!

http://69.246.205.139/tower/score81.jpg

bwohlgemuth · Post by **bwohlgemuth** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:52 am

Damn Garr, that does work.... 80!

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:19 am

This game would be great if there were a bit more strategy to it, though. Based on the money factor there is a law of diminishing return in effect. The health of the enemy increases by 25% each time, but the reward does not coincide.

It would be neat if using different combinations of towers produced different results and you could plan and make strategies off that. Like, if you hit an enemy with a seed, then it gets hit by water, it does more damage. If you hit an enemy with water, then it goes through a storm it does more damage (water conducts lightning). That would make it more interesting to set up. It would be cool if certain combos slowed down the enemies, thus making them more susceptible to getting hit.

I would love to see the source code for this game. I could learn a lot from it. I'd like to know how the aiming works and how the enemies know what path to follow.

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:06 pm

DAMNIT 79!

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:37 pm

its on now GARR. I got 81

The Hand of Poo · Post by **The Hand of Poo** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:24 pm

My old lady got an 81 a week ago. She's sorta taken over defending our towers. She used a strategy very similar to Garr's.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:17 am

I have not been able to get any higher than 81, but I've given up trying. It's nearly a mathematical impossibility.

There is a law of diminishing returns involved.

Income at level 79 = 632
Income at level 80 = 640
Income at level 81 = 648

In three levels, you barely get enough to add one more tower. In this strategy, I have 12 towers which are doing 108,000 damage. Adding another 9,000 damage to this is not even an 8.5 percent increase to damage. The health of the enemy is increasing by 25% each turn. You cannot go much, if any, further than 81. I tried in vain.