STEM Defense
About
"STEM Defense" immerses yourself in a strategic battle within the human body, where you manipulate pathways and tower placements on a dynamic hexagonal grid. This educational tower defense game teaches players about the immune system through engaging gameplay, focusing on the defense against microscopic invaders.
Path Expansion: Dynamically extend the pathways pathogens travel to strategically shape each level and increase the effectiveness of your defenses.
Tower Placement Strategy: Strategic placement of your towers is essential. Elevate your towers to gain damage bonuses, crucial for optimizing defense effectiveness.
Mutation-Based Upgrades: Enhance your defenses through epigenetic modifications, providing temporary boosts, and genetic mutations for permanent enhancements. This mirrors real-life biological defense mechanisms.
Experience and Genetic Enhancements: Gain experience to unlock advanced defensive capabilities and permanent genetic upgrades, enhancing your ability to combat pathogens.
Varied Enemy Types: Encounter diverse pathogens, each with unique abilities. Develop strategies to handle enemies that can regenerate, accelerate, or spawn additional threats.
Endless Replayability: With a multitude of genetic enhancements and adaptive enemy tactics, each game offers new challenges and decisions, ensuring unique experiences with every playthrough.
Coming Soon: Acquired immunity mechanics!!
Support Independent Development
As a solo developer not well-versed in the art of social media, I rely on the support of players like you. If you've enjoyed "STEM Defense", please help spread the word and make it known to others!
Key Features
Path Expansion: Dynamically extend the pathways pathogens travel to strategically shape each level and increase the effectiveness of your defenses.
Tower Placement Strategy: Strategic placement of your towers is essential. Elevate your towers to gain damage bonuses, crucial for optimizing defense effectiveness.
Mutation-Based Upgrades: Enhance your defenses through epigenetic modifications, providing temporary boosts, and genetic mutations for permanent enhancements. This mirrors real-life biological defense mechanisms.
Experience and Genetic Enhancements: Gain experience to unlock advanced defensive capabilities and permanent genetic upgrades, enhancing your ability to combat pathogens.
Varied Enemy Types: Encounter diverse pathogens, each with unique abilities. Develop strategies to handle enemies that can regenerate, accelerate, or spawn additional threats.
Endless Replayability: With a multitude of genetic enhancements and adaptive enemy tactics, each game offers new challenges and decisions, ensuring unique experiences with every playthrough.
Coming Soon: Acquired immunity mechanics!!
Support Independent Development
As a solo developer not well-versed in the art of social media, I rely on the support of players like you. If you've enjoyed "STEM Defense", please help spread the word and make it known to others!
System requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- OS: macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
- Processor: Apple M1 o Intel Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M or ATI Radeon HD 2400 or Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Core Audio compatible
- Additional Notes: Compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and newer. Supports both Apple Silicon (M1, M2) and Intel processors.
Recommended:
- OS: macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
- Processor: Apple M1 M2 M3 o Intel Core i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5300M or Intel UHD Graphics (in newer models)
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Core Audio compatible
- Additional Notes: Compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and newer. Supports both Apple Silicon (M1, M2) and Intel processors.
System requirements for PC
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / AMD Radeon HD 2600XT (at least 256 MB video memory) Network: Broadband internet connection
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible, with latest drivers