Posted April 16, 2021 by HarryHz
The human world is rich in resources and beautiful scenery. The orcs living in the barren land have been waiting for an opportunity to invade the human world. One day, the orcs seized the opportunity to invade the human kingdom.
As the commander of the human army, build guardian towers to defend the border and prevent the orcs from invading into the center of the kingdom.
GAME GENRE:
The Guardian Tower is a 2D fast-paced casual, tower defense simulation game based on single-player. The game scene is based on the forest environment. Players will build defensive buildings in suitable locations to resist the invasion of the orcs.
PLATFORM:
Windows and Mac PC
CONCEPT CREATION PROCESS:
The creation ideas of The Guardian Tower are from the following concept:
Kingdom Rush
Kingdom Rush is a popular tower defense game, players build defensive buildings in different levels to resist enemies from crossing the border.
The Guardian Tower will inherit the game mode of Kingdom Rush but there are no as many levels as Kingdom Rush. In addition, in The Guardian Tower player is able to use their own skills to assist defensive buildings to destroy the enemy.
In terms of scenes, the map background will be made of static pictures to build a forest scene. There will be a walkway as a battleground for the human army and the enemies. Just like in Kingdom Rush, enemies' spawning points and boundary lines will be set at designated locations. Whenever an enemy crosses the boundary line, the player's health will decrease by 1, and the game will end when the player's health is 0.
For players, towers or other defensive buildings are the only tools that can resist enemy invasion. The required resource to build the towers is gold coins which will be drop when the towers or soldiers kill the enemies, and also gold coins will be count in the amount of the player’s gold coins automatically. At the beginning of the game, there are 4 kinds of towers that the player is able to build: Archer tower, magic tower, cannon tower and barrack. The archer Tower has a good rate of fire but low attack power. The magic tower has high damage but a low rate of fire. The barracks will produce soldiers and intercept the enemy's advance. The cannon tower will attack the enemy in a range. More advanced buildings will be released in future game tests.
Since the game is set to invade the human kingdom by the orcs, all enemies will be composed of orcs, goblins, giants and tamed beasts. The orcs are slow units with light armor, while goblins are units with a medium speed but low health. Giants have high health and heavy armor but slightly low speed. Beasts are no armor but move fast. More advanced enemies will be released in future game tests.
AUDIENCE AND COMPETITIVE:
The Guardian Tower is aimed at people of all ages with different skill levels of playing games, especially those who like construction, fantasy and guard themes.
It is also suitable for people who never played video games before, you just build something and wait for your tower or soldier killing enemies.
The Guardian Tower is a free game without in-game purchase items. It has a unique construction tree that is different from Kingdom Rush to upgrade the buildings.
Although there are many similar games, unique buildings and enemies also give players a new experience. Players can replay and spend their time as they like.
BACKGROUND STORY
In ancient times, the gods created humans and orcs on a planet with barren land and rich land. The gods gave humans a weak body and a smart mind, and also gave the orcs a strong body but the mind was not as smart as humans. The gods decided to let the two races fight a war to decide which race can live in a rich land. Although the orcs have strong bodies, humans have used their clever minds to win.
Thousands of years later, people as smart as humans appeared among the orcs. They decided to take back the rich land that was won by mankind.
The human king urgently summoned you as the human commander to destroy the orcs and protect your hometown.
GAME STYLE
The general art for The Guardian Tower will be simple color 2D pixel style.
The concept map of The Guardian Tower showing under. For example, the orcs will spawn at point A and move along the walkway. Point B will be set up as a boundary line when enemies cross point B, the player health will be decreased.
GAME FEATURES
Weather system will influence the performance of units. For example, in the map of ice, the movement speed and attack speed of all units will be reduced. In the desert map, the hit rate of friendly units will be reduced. In the forest map, the enemy's movement speed will be increased.
The weather system will not only influence units but also player’s skills. In the forest map, the player is able to summon treants to hinder the enemy's advance. In the desert map, the player can summon a whirlwind to make the enemy back a certain distance.
GAME ART
Soldier:
Elite soldier:
Goblin:
Giant:
Archer tower:
Cannon tower:
Kingdom Rush wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Rush
Screenshot of Kingdom Rush:
https://www.eneba.com/pl/steam-kingdom-rush-steam-key-global
Other screenshots of Kingdom Rush took by HarryHz in the real game.
Example of artworks created by:
HarryHz