Example Tower Defense Design

Question 1

Planet structure

Answer 1

Road into the city
Main character - Defensive weapons
Opponent - Army
Items - Golden apples
Scoring system

Question 2

Landscape

Answer 2

Base: Terrains & Water Tool
Artificial: Castle, Factory
Natural: Clouds & Trees

Question 3

Main Road

Answer 3

Path tool

Question 4

Lights, Actions and Camera

Answer 4

Camera tool

Question 5

Design Steps

Answer 5

Environment: Landscape, road, lightning & camera
Next: Characters, actions and movements

Question 6

Hero design

Answer 6

Interface controls: keyboard/controller

Actions: eat apples (add score), shoot (controllers), place defenses

Question 7

Defense Weapons

Answer 7

Drum shield: capture and release - 8 pts
Drone balloon: drop bombs - 4 pts
Gun turret: point and shoot - 2 points
Plasma mine: Explodes - 6 points

Question 8

Other objects

Answer 8

Apple tree: Drops trees

Question 9

The Villain (AI)

Answer 9

Level 1: Stays in the same spot, invulnerable, talks
Level 2: Shoots
Level 3: Vulnerable, moves along the road, tries to destroy castle and factory

Question 10

Villain army

Answer 10

Hover mine: Target main char, explodes on contact, Wanders - Spawn every 30 - 120 sec
Assault cycle - Eats apples, stunts main char, shoots at Turret - Spawn every 20 - 60 secs
Attack fish - Eats apples, fires missiles at main char - Spawn every 30 - 60 seconds
Cannon - Eats apples, shoots at main char - Spawn every 5 - 30 secs