Dawn Of Defense News

[p]Exciting news - our first playtest is live until Sunday the 22th! This is a chance for you to try out new features before everyone else. Please note: this is a very EARLY look. Things are not polished yet and will be improved as we go. [/p][h2]Get Early Access to the Playtest[/h2][p]With so many people signing up (thank you so much!), we’ll be giving access to the playtest in waves.
If you want to be part of the first wave of playtesters, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fJQawNCyyr

We’ll have a Discord bot that lets community members claim playtest keys.

On our Discord, you can also chat with us devs and learn about new features before everyone else.
[/p][h2]Upgrades, Runestones, and More[/h2][p]Here are some of the things you can try out in the playtest:[/p]

• [p]Runestones: Unlock new units, perks, and buildings with every wave you defeat[/p]
• [p]Tower Upgrades: Level up your towers in unique and strategic ways[/p]
• [p]Map Generation: Adapt your strategy to the procedural layout of each map[/p]
• [p]New Visuals: Check out our updated visuals, including an atmospheric day-and-night cycle[/p]

[p][/p][p]We’re excited to hear what you think about these new features![/p]

[p]We just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who came by our booth at Gamescom! It was lovely meeting many of you in person and check out the new version of Dawn of Defense.[/p][p]For those who weren't there, we'll announce a date for our playtest and demo soon 👀! You can already sign up for it on our Steam page.

[/p][h2]Tower Defense Games of our Friends[/h2][p]We also met some other lovely indie devs at Gamescom, who are also working on Tower Defense games. If you like our game, there is a good chance you might like theirs, too! Check them out:

[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]Follow us on TikTok & Youtube[/h2][p]And lastly, If you want to be the first to get updates about the game and see behind-the-scenes stuff, come follow us on: TikTok and Youtube! [/p]

[p]We have a playtest going on right now!

Get your Key to play inside our Discord Server:

6side Discord
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Dawn of Defense is one of the three Nominees for this year's Ubisoft Newcomer Award!

We are very excited about the nomination and looking forward to attend the "Deutscher Entwickler Preis" event on the 3rd of December.

Thanks to everybody who played our demo, gave feedback, or wishlisted the game! You are awesome!

We’re rolling out the first update to our Dawn of Defense demo on Itch.io! This update includes improvements such as visual and sound indicators for enemy invasions, reworked enemy paths, and tooltips for various game elements.

[h3]Check it out:[/h3]
Dawn of Defense Demo

We've also revamped the start screen tutorial and made adjustments to the main menu and game visuals. Check the detailed changelog below for all the changes!

[h3]Changelog:[/h3]

• Add visual and sound indicators for enemy invasions
  
• Rework enemy paths visualisation, add moving highlights, fix paths breaking up and not connecting to the player base
  
• Add tooltips for the top menu bar, units, tavern and towers stats, demolish button
  
• Rework and add videos to the start screen tutorial
  
• Added visual feedback for whenever a player base is getting hit or when it gets destroyed
  
• Change the main menu, game logo and game icon
  
• Change enemy fortress description, specifically mention that capturing it will trigger a strong boss wave
  
• Game ends after last boss wave
  
• Fix units context menu not updating in real time
  
• Fix building demolishing cost, now it scales based on the building initial cost
  
• Fix bug where units would collide with already defeated units