Earlier this week, one-man army solo indie developer onewinter games announced that its debut title Terrorformer TD is releasing on September 9. A playable demo is currently available during Steam’s Tower Defense Fest.
Terrorformer TD is a tower defense roguelite where the map erodes and grows as the game progresses — but the player gets terraforming tools to shape it! Every round, the player fortifies their defenses to survive against waves of enemies; then cashes in at the shop for new towers, upgrades, and other rewards. Players gain XP and level up to unlock new abilities and components after each run, growing stronger the longer they play.
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What began as a Master of Fine Arts thesis project quickly transformed into the pride and joy of solo developer TJ Cioffe of onewinter games, as he realized that this was a real opportunity to build upon previous tower defense staples and take the genre in his own direction. In doing so, Terrorformer TD has been carefully crafted to include all of the best elements of tower defense, while adding its own twists such as procedurally generated maps that can be terraformed, roguelike progression, online leaderboards, and weekly challenges.
The demo for Terrorformer TD has also received an update for Tower Defense Fest that adds remappable controls, weapon and tower upgrade improvements, unique death animations for each enemy type, a dynamic map that reacts to base management and terraforming actions, more achievements, and new unlockable perks. Initial localization support for Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, German, and French has also been added. This latest update further enriches the gameplay ahead of launch, with even more updates planned for the final release version.
Key Features of Terrorformer TD:
- Terraform the Battlefield: Unlock new procedurally generated maps, each with unique terraforming opportunities and base-building strategies. Grow along with the dynamic battlefield and design the right defenses for each playthrough’s challenges.
- Assemble a Home Tower: Customize your Home Tower each run from the components you’ve unlocked, giving you access to special abilities, upgrades, and weapons! Earn dozens of permanent perks as you play and level up, increasing your survivability on each run.
- Choose Your Own Adventure: Unlocks, upgrades, and map erosion are randomized every round, so each playthrough is different. Try your hand at a harder difficulty, or see how long you can last using the Weekly Challenge’s loadout!
- Take on Enemy Hordes: Counter enemy abilities like Fortify, Warp, and Disable Tower with 25 unique towers that earn XP and level up, growing stronger as the game goes on. Mix-and-match defenses to find the best combination for each enemy challenge.
The Terrorformer TD demo is available now on Steam with the full game launching on September 9, 2024. To download the demo and wishlist Terrorformer TD, click here.
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