Defenders of the Innocent - A Tower Defense Parable

Devlog

• Weekly Update 2022 05 06
  May 06, 2022 by Doulos

  Sound Effects added for attacks DefaultUnit Knights Lion Onager Menu added sound Effects controls Bug fixes pausing game pauses sound pausing game paused sound menu items lvl 2+ restarts revealing ext... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2022 04 16
  April 17, 2022 by Doulos

  Settings menu for sound. master checkbox and volume slider songs checkbox and volume slider Settings file saved and loaded. Update menu on load settings... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2022 03 05
  March 05, 2022 by Doulos

  Now, with music. Took a few months to learn and make some music in Cakewalk. Attempted metal. hopefully it sounds metal... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 08 14
  August 15, 2021 by Doulos

  Pause redone. space bar to toggle pause pause, play, fast, and faster pause while selecting options selectioned instead of cycled through Restart added as option Menu added new icons for menu book for... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 07 24
  July 25, 2021 by Doulos

  First attempt at HTML5 revision. Game Loading issue, succeeds ~2/3 of the time. File reset upon end of game issue. Changed from file delete to entry in ini. X button - exit does not work for HTML5... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 06 19
  June 20, 2021 by Doulos

  Information Overlay screen I icon / button to open information. Left Bar, ToolBar no longer shows information, does show/hide. Overview UI page Tower Placement page Planning page Actions page... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 06 05
  June 06, 2021 by Doulos

  Rebalance of units All movement +1, from roughly 2 -> 3 Damage and Health x2. Rescaled to better fit x1.5 per tier. Scaling and negatives for Virtue buffs. Spawn Type variation added. Wider map growth... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 05 08
  May 09, 2021 by Doulos

  Peasants salvage ruins Destroyed towers leave ruins. Peasants which end turn on top of a destroyed salvage that destroyed tower. Resources gained. 1/2 blocker (5). Hex cleared to build a new tower. Bu... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 04 24
  April 25, 2021 by Doulos

  Bug fixes End of Game deleting save thus next run is a new game. lvl1 turn3 fixed spawn Rebalanced moves Everything is faster; +1 move +1 action. Removed extra corrections on Wrath and Sloth. Removed... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 04 10
  April 11, 2021 by Doulos

  Map reveal by level. expanded levels 1-4 to better hold large swarm of demons. Bug Fixes related to Saving and Loading. lvl turn popup shown twice on load. lvl 2+ shadows. plans under units. Peasants... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 04 03
  April 04, 2021 by Doulos

  Added Save and loading rev 1, not all things are saved Added Load screen to show loading Consolidate unit placers previously many nodes separately placed units had to consolidate for loading. New Game... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 03 06
  March 06, 2021 by Doulos

  Projectile added spin for AE towers Art redone Move tiles Attack tiles Highlight handles distances greater than 3 now Added Highlight for Attack / range Play test to find bugs. List of bugs fixed Coul... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 02 20
  February 21, 2021 by Doulos

  Art Update Crow Dog Peasant Garrison Dragon... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 02 06
  February 06, 2021 by Doulos

  Added new art and scenes Pride Minion - Basilisk Monster - Manticore Sloth Minion - DeathWorm Monster - Mapiguari Wrath Minion - Dover Demon Monster - Snallygaster Temp level 1 turn 1 - all critters,... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 01 23
  January 24, 2021 by Doulos

  Art Gluttony Wendigo - minion Bigfoot - monster Greed Leprechaun - minion Minotaur - monster Add to SpawnDemon... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2021 01 16
  January 17, 2021 by Doulos

  Added Scouting Report ScoutingReport screen Reporting text static Notes text static Get selections from SpawnDemon Set Label, Sprite, and Description for each knight of 4 types of demon hordes. Add ne... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 12 12
  December 13, 2020 by Doulos

  Defender Knights added two more Chastity Diligence Demon Knights created parent class created two more Lust Sloth... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 12 05
  December 06, 2020 by Doulos

  Bug fix Health bar splitters now properly hides with HP >2 LastDefender class Handles multiple Defenders as children Added Charity as scene Added Charity art... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 11 28
  November 28, 2020 by Doulos

  Bug Fixes Clicking off map and level removes selection. Placing nothing after passing ignored. Clear plan indication on end phase. Move then attack now correctly uses planned position. Art Phase Icon... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 11 21
  November 22, 2020 by Doulos

  Fixed phase indicator. All three phase indicators show. Arrow now shows for Actions phase. ? for planning and Arrow for Actions still TBD. Need plan on what those should be. Added plan indicators. Up... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 11 14
  November 15, 2020 by Doulos

  2 Month update, sort of major. Ripping out immediate actions, added planning phase. Phases Planning Phase added. Phases Demons spawn 1st Tower Placement Planning Units select actions, appends 1 to lo... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 09 12
  September 12, 2020 by Doulos

  Stable version, Playable. Winnable. Fixed some type-os on starting screen. Gave Greed double green bonus Gave Knights (demon and defender) Regen 1 and DoT 2... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 09 05
  September 06, 2020 by Doulos

  ScoreBar refactored Icons Larger numbers with outline minimized / thin More effect icons for HealthBar. Shields for ResistHealth Stars for Stagger Fixed moves Range 3 show no more teleports (when no p... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 08 29
  August 30, 2020 by Doulos

  All Demons and Towers resized back to 1:1 for visibility. also no filter, for pixel look. New Level Bar. Level and Turn removed from scorebar. Large, outlined Popup show big and central on turn change... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 08 22
  August 23, 2020 by Doulos

  Created new BaseUnit class parent of all towers and demons shared functions and nodes Projectiles added. Ranged attacks spawn a projectile moves to target, deletes itself Quality of Life updates DoTs... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 08 15
  August 16, 2020 by Doulos

  Added Selection Screen for start of game. Added rest of Towers. Blockers Garrison Portcullis Ram Shooters Archer Mangonel Onager Updated Globals, Mouse, Buttons to handle all towers. Added Virtues to... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 08 08
  August 09, 2020 by Doulos

  Refactor Back end storing level areas Shadow per level Huts per level Area of each level configurable. Demons spawn on entire edge by level Spread out sorta intellegently, not entirely random Changed... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 07 18
  July 18, 2020 by Doulos

  Added Score to Game Over screen. Number Peasants defended (remaining) Boss Mechanic - Damage Immunity only takes damage if adjacent to LastDefender. Fix bug: actions / moves = 0 displaying move hexs... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 07 11
  July 12, 2020 by Doulos

  Created 1st End Boss. Demon Knight Greed Pixel art. node, etc. Win condition. Resized Peasants to .5 (animal size) Intended to be roughly human sized. Resized LastDefender to .75 (Minion size) <- Not... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 05 09
  May 10, 2020 by Doulos

  Phase Indicator UI Tower for phase 7 Sun rising / setting for rest of phases. Tooltip to elaborate. Active phase normal. Inactive phases grayscale and 50% alpha. Attacking, Moving, and Targeting acti... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 05 02
  May 03, 2020 by Doulos

  Pixel art started using Aseprite. 1st draft, some came out well, some poorly Critters snake frog locust scorpion dragon slug wasp Animals dog pig goat lion Add shader to Towers and Demons. GrayScale i... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 04 18
  April 18, 2020 by Doulos

  Added Health Bar background to shadow bar to show health splitters to idividualize each health point Added Health Bar node to Demon and Tower parent objects added ready function to init health bar for... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 04 04
  April 05, 2020 by Doulos

  Added in destroyed huts. New function in CreationHut hut_placer_destroyed. New hutdestroyed node. Not in Target group. Made towers with health_max = 0 immune to damage. New function in MapTracker get... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 03 28
  March 28, 2020 by Doulos

  Resolution bug: Hex not matching where clicking. When not 1920x1080. Debug stuff: 5 arrows to show points. debug text on right. Status: Fixed? Unit test on dev box worked in multiple resolutions... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 03 07
  March 08, 2020 by Doulos

  Buttons for tower selection ? indicator for no tower Data in Globals to track tower selected, costs, enabled. cost of towers added to buttons Added Palisade blocker (meaning the intention is to stand... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 02 22
  February 23, 2020 by Doulos

  added mouse cursor - to help show what state you are in. pointer ballista if resources x>40. Made game over object on ready invisible and move off screen made function to bring back. debugging GameOve... Continue reading
• Weekly 2020 02 15
  February 16, 2020 by Doulos

  debugging information and indicators added. bug - some clients are clicking on the map but the selection does not match. indicators added to map at 100x100 and 200x200. Arrows and a label. debug inst... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 02 07
  February 08, 2020 by Doulos

  Only 1 knight, spawn location moved. Game Over screen now activated on defeat of knight Added inicator of initiative on Demons and Towers. bug fixes removal of units from map tracker on defeat clear u... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2020 01 25
  January 26, 2020 by Doulos

  ControlDemon Demons now take actions. attack target. move toward target. find closest target. Huts, Peasants, and Knights. Added Phases and Initiative. Initiative is when each unit can take actions... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2019 12 14
  December 15, 2019 by Doulos

  fixed a peasant spawn bug. now spawning in more random places. Added rest of peasant spawns for levels 2-7. Added dynamical created Rivers. blue tile paths from top of map to moat. non-buildable lo... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2019 12 07
  December 08, 2019 by Doulos

  new object added to Spawn peasants, only level 1 ready. new object to track levels and turns. 7 levels, 6 turns each. implemented demon type randomization. add more swarm types, Rats, Roachs, Snakes... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2019 11 09
  November 09, 2019 by Doulos

  Health and Attack implemented (along with DoTs, Stagger). Knight is only attacker at this point. Hex math implemented to find distance. Demons and Towers Parents can now remove themselves upon 0 healt... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2019 10 26
  October 27, 2019 by Doulos

  Added visual for movement available. Added Actions to Scorebar to show available moves. Added AStar class to globals to pathfind moves around other objects on map. Limited movement of LastDefender by... Continue reading
• Code cleanup
  October 20, 2019 by Doulos

  Mostly behind the scenes work. Made ToolBar and ScoreBar subscenes. Code cleanup, renamed scenes, objects, functions, variables, and files to follow GDScript style guide. Created MapTracker class to h... Continue reading
• Selection
  October 13, 2019 by Doulos

  Got advice on tracking map data. Implemented partially new class with 2d array of dictionaries. Added selection of hex. Last Defender moveable now... Continue reading
• Hex Flat Top selected.
  October 05, 2019 by Doulos

  Pursuing Hex Flat Top map style. Procedural generation of rats, LastDefenders, huts. Added logic to select a hex, this required a fair amount of debugging as hexes are more complicated than squares to... Continue reading
• Start of new Redesign
  September 15, 2019 by Doulos

  Working on new design. This is to show the new options for map types. No game to this game... Continue reading
• Weekly Update 2019 07 13
  July 14, 2019 by Doulos

  Not so weekly update. Looking into doubling size of objects (demons and towers, patch width, etc). Have not done this, considering it. Reworking path creation and visualization to avoid a few issues... Continue reading
• Weekly update 2019 06 22
  June 22, 2019 by Doulos

  added attack animations to LastDefender (the knight) created ComicEffect object (text only) redid ShieldBash to use ComicEffect. added ComicEffect to Bats, Rats, Roaches, and Snakes. Fixed bug in arch... Continue reading
• Tutorial rev 1 added
  June 16, 2019 by Doulos

  added Tutorial type arrows and unsolicited advice. added attack animations for bats, rats, roaches, and snakes. added attack animations for garrison... Continue reading
• First Release for play testing.
  June 07, 2019 by Doulos

  1st revision going live to start play testing. Game is not even close to finished. Only levels 1-4 are really ready. Sort of... Continue reading