A downloadable game for Windows

This game was made for the GMTK 2022 Game Jam

Defend or Die is a tower defence game where each tower has a corresponding dice. The number on the dice must match that of the incoming enemies in order to prevent them from reaching the end and leading to your demise!

Buy turrets from the shop with money earned from destroying enemies. Place them carefully as each turret can only target one enemy type! You can try your luck by rerolling the towers so they match the incoming threats, but be quick before it's too late!

This game supports multiple control schemes including xBox, PlayStation and Keyboard & Mouse!

Known bugs/Heads Up

- You must click on the shop for the selection to stay there, something we didn't communicate to the player clearly

- We apologise for the lack of a speed up button

 - We apologise the lack of camera rotation control

 - The mortar can feel extremely weak at times

How to play

 - Click on the shop to buy turrets

- Place those turrets on a tile that isn't the path for the enemies

- The die above the turrets must match the die on the enemies in order to destroy them

- Turrets can be moved, rerolled and sold by clicking on them

- Stop the enemies from reaching the end of the path and going off screen!


Controls

Keyboard and mouse or gamepad

Towers

Machine Gun: A highly deadly, fast firing automatic tower with medium range and a high price.

Canon: A slow firing, short range tower that packs a real punch at an affordable price.

Flamethrower: Spews a deadly inferno in a short radius, though it comes at a price.

Sniper: A long range, hard hitting tower at a moderate price. A personal favourite.

Mortar: Can damage multiple enemies at once at a long range and packs a punch. Not too pricey either!

Fire-ring: Burns the whole area around it to a crisp and at a the low low price of becoming a war criminal. Scary.

Booster: Doubles the fire rate of towers in a short range around it. Comes at a hefty cost, but it's well worth it! 


Brought to you by team Game Barrier, we hope you enjoyed.

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Download

Download
DefendOrDie.zip

Install instructions

Just download the ZIP file, unzip it and open the folder. Run the GMTK.exe inside and enjoy!

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