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With a map that erodes and grows as the game progresses, Terrorformer TD puts a rather unique spin on the tower defense genre.

What began as a Master of Fine Arts thesis project quickly transformed into the pride and joy of solo developer TJ Cioffe of onewinter games, as he realized that this was a real opportunity to build upon previous tower defense staples and take the genre in his own direction. Check out the trailer for Steam Next Fest:

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"I've had a blast researching and testing what makes the best tower defense games so good,” onewinter games solo developer TJ Cioffe stated. “It’s a fascinating genre that stands between modern Vampire Survivors-likes and RTS classics like Starcraft that’s spawning some really creative concepts lately. There’s never been a more interesting time to be making a tower defense game and I’m excited to share Terrorformer TD with the world!"

Features:

  • Terraform the Battlefield: Unlock new procedurally generated maps, each with unique terraforming opportunities and base-building strategies. Grow along with the dynamic battlefield and design the right defenses for each playthrough's challenges.
  • Assemble a Home Tower: Customize your Home Tower each run from the components you've unlocked, giving you access to special abilities, upgrades, and weapons! Earn dozens of permanent perks as you play and level up, increasing your survivability on each run.
  • Choose Your Own Adventure: Unlocks, upgrades, and map erosion are randomized every round, so each playthrough is different. Try your hand at a harder difficulty, or see how long you can last using the Weekly Challenge's loadout!
  • Take on Enemy Hordes: Counter enemy abilities like Fortify, Warp, and Disable Tower with 25 unique towers that earn XP and level up, growing stronger as the game goes on. Mix-and-match defenses to find the best combination for each enemy challenge.

Check out the demo on Steam - it has Native Linux support. The full release is planned for September 2024.

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Reminds me of Defense Grid (1 & 2), where you could (usually) build towers in areas where the enemy units would walk, allowing you design long winding passages to maximize their traversal time.
Pikolo Jun 12
I tried it - it's a fun concept, but the performance is terrible. For how simple the graphics look, I didn't expect the lag on explosions to be so bad
andi Jun 13
there is a similar game, Hexguardian, sadly no linux port but runs on Steamdeck and has a demo, too
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