Dead TD News

v1.054

Noteworthy Changes

• Camera can now zoom out past the natural bounds, allowing you to see the entire level.
  
• Camera movement should be more stable when panning in a single direction.
  
• Added shortcuts for camera zoom and movement for desktop users.
  
• Added a sensitivity scale for camera zoom in the settings.
  
• Added option to quit the game in the menu dropdown.
  
• Fixed the label for the hero scientist in the hero selection screen (no longer coming soon...)
  
• Clicking on a monster's name in the side panel will now show the description dialog for additional information.
  

This update makes some changes to how the camera operates. The most notable change is the camera can zoom out allowing the player to see the entire level. There are also changes to how the camera will move when using the mouse so it is more stable. Hotkeys have also been added for the camera's zoom and movement.

Previous Maximum Zoom

Current Maximum Zoom

v1.053

Noteworthy Changes

• Radar Tower's size has been reduced and is now the same as other towers.
  
• Radar Tower upgraded buffs have been reduced significantly.
  
• The Dragon's Fire Attack will now hit all towers in a small area.
  
• The Wave Timer for Tank and Dragon has been reduced to 150 seconds. (Was 300)
  
• Some minor improvements to the wave spawning to help reduce downtime.
  

Hello!

A little update has been posted which adds steam achievements to the game.

Some of the achievements are easy to unlock, simply playing the game and beating levels.
While other achievements may take some thought and time..

Either way, enjoy playing and have fun!

This update introduces heroes into the game who give an little extra help to each level when used. Currently, there are two different heroes, each a set of skills that are unlocked by gaining experience and leveling up.

The soldier can use a concussion grenade to daze monsters temporarily.


The engineer can buff towers temporally making them much more powerful.



Please note that the heroes are not final and things will change in the near future. The interface for hero selection is a prototype and will be overhauled soon but I wanted to get a testing version out so I can get feedback on the heroes!

Added a new system for shortcuts to allow the player to do some of the basic functions in game by pressing a key instead. The current release maps all the main buttons, such as Pause/Resume, Speed control, Rushing and building new towers. The shortcuts can be remapped to different keys by opening the settings window and clicking the Shortcuts tab.

In addition to the shortcuts, I also added a minor feature for placing multiple towers by holding down shift while placing. This will allow you to move the tower around without dragging and will allow you to build by clicking the left mouse button and will setup a new placement of the same tower type so you can quickly plan/build many towers.