Nightmare Tower Defence

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Fight of the nightmares that plague your dreams.

They appear from the black fog, wandering towards your bed. You play as a spirit defending your body in sleep. If you get too close to the nightmares, they will hurt you. Lay out a strategic maze of traps and shoot airplanes to push back the nightmares.

Controls:

  • Left-click: shoot/place trap
  • 1,2,3: pick trap
  • Q: destroy trap
  • WASD: move
  • Shift: sprint
  • T: spawn next wave
  • E: damage yourself (whoops forgot to remove from testing)

Mechanics explained:

Inspired by Orcs Must Die. A tower defense (TD) where the player takes an active role in defending by attacking the enemies directly with a weapon.

However, in Nightmare Tower Defence, the path can be fully blocked. Enemies will destroy blockades if they cannot reach the bed through a clear path. Each wave of enemies is predetermined. The player can also shoot paper airplanes at the enemies to damage them.

There are 3 enemy types:

  • Normal nightmare: pretty average at everything
  • Little nightmare: small, fast, little health, poor damage, ignores player
  • Big nightmare: very big, slow, big health, big damage

There are 3 traps:

  • Pillow wall: blocks enemy's paths
  • Lego bricks: damages enemies at regular intervals
  • Slime trap: slows enemies

Placing traps costs cash, you start with some cash on each level. But defeating enemies gives you more cash. You can destroy your traps for a partial refund.

Whenever enemies reach the bed, they damage the dreamer's mind. Represented by the health bar on the bottom left with a bed icon.

Music: Dream Escape - The Tides

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kablouser
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snowcactus
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MrMGoose
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Not rated

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Last Modified: Apr 13, 2021

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