desktop tower defense - Page 2

ednos · 04-09-2007, 04:52 PM

There's no method. A random seed is sequenced and compounded.

**Acid** · 04-09-2007, 04:56 PM

$score = 1000*rnd()*(1+rnd())^time();

That would be a big number though....

.

**WhiskeySix** · 04-09-2007, 05:19 PM

oh man is that addicting...

I used 6 squirt towers arranged around 2 bash towers... tried to make them circulate around the bash towers as much as possible since it's an area weapon (the BT's also stun them, keeping them in range of the ST's longer). Then the rest of it just spirals them around so they're always in range of two squirt towers.. and each tower get's 2 or 3 passes at each badguy. I also put in a "pipeline" of sorts... so the guys coming from the top are 'processed' directly, while the guys from the left go up and around the top-left corner... this keeps a pretty constant flow of baddies through the grinder.

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Maps/533813.gif
(a few pellet towers are missing since I tried selling them right at the end in order to redirect a few last guys I wasn't able to get)

As far as scoring goes - you can get more points by clicking the [Send Next Level] button...

icky · 04-09-2007, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

As far as scoring goes - you can get more points by clicking the [Send Next Level] button...

Ya, just start the game and click that button really fast over and over again to get mega points.

ednos · 04-09-2007, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid

$score = 1000*rnd()*(1+rnd())^time();

That would be a big number though....

.

More like:

Code:

score (int time, int index) {
  index ++;
  if (time > 0)
    return score (time - 1000 * rnd (), index);
  return index;
}

Where time is in milliseconds.

icky · 04-09-2007, 06:49 PM

In case anyone is looking at my setup, my arrangement is a little messed up from me trying to change the course and catch the last boss. In my highest scoring one, I accidentally sent the 50th level guys through right when the bosses were going through and that made me miss all of the bosses.

The guys who get really high scores get everything by doing something called "juggling", where they bounce the guys back and forth through their maze by changing the walls. That seems kinda lame to me.

Santa · 04-09-2007, 06:57 PM

Played this during my entire Computer Programming class. I would be behind, but luckily i have a smart asian kid on my right that i can cheat off of

**sc1ence** · 04-09-2007, 07:34 PM

yeah, juggling is not the TG way.

Steeler · 04-10-2007, 10:57 AM

Why does it keep asking me to play with my Zwinky?

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 04-10-2007, 11:09 AM

You BASTARD! I just kicked my sand game habit and now this!!! I CURSE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 04-10-2007, 10:39 PM

Ok I finished all fifty levels (on medium) and only lost one life. Score was only 4000 or so.

I think I have the key.

Think steam generator and how it prevents water hammering.

icky · 04-10-2007, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El_Gringo_Grande

I think I have the key.

Think steam generator and how it prevents water hammering.

That's right up there on the cryptic scale.

Santa · 04-11-2007, 01:01 AM

I got up to level 73 and then there were just too many.

ednos · 04-11-2007, 01:05 AM

You should study steam generators.

**WhiskeySix** · 04-11-2007, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ednos

You should study steam generators.

link?

(tower info: http://gwargalarghe.fateback.com/tdinstruct.htm)

04-09-2007, 04:52 PM	#16 (permalink)
ednos Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,757	Re: desktop tower defense There's no method. A random seed is sequenced and compounded. __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell I have a tendency to key out three or four things and then let them battle for supremacy while I key, so there's a lot of backspacing as potential statements are slaughtered and eaten by the victors. ~ Magna Centipede

04-09-2007, 04:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: desktop tower defense $score = 1000rnd()(1+rnd())^time(); That would be a big number though.... . __________________

04-09-2007, 05:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
WhiskeySix Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gillette Stadium, Section 309, Row 12, Seat 24 Age: 33 Posts: 7,950	Re: desktop tower defense oh man is that addicting... I used 6 squirt towers arranged around 2 bash towers... tried to make them circulate around the bash towers as much as possible since it's an area weapon (the BT's also stun them, keeping them in range of the ST's longer). Then the rest of it just spirals them around so they're always in range of two squirt towers.. and each tower get's 2 or 3 passes at each badguy. I also put in a "pipeline" of sorts... so the guys coming from the top are 'processed' directly, while the guys from the left go up and around the top-left corner... this keeps a pretty constant flow of baddies through the grinder. http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Maps/533813.gif (a few pellet towers are missing since I tried selling them right at the end in order to redirect a few last guys I wasn't able to get) As far as scoring goes - you can get more points by clicking the [Send Next Level] button... __________________

04-09-2007, 06:49 PM	#21 (permalink)
icky Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa Valley Posts: 6,154	Re: desktop tower defense In case anyone is looking at my setup, my arrangement is a little messed up from me trying to change the course and catch the last boss. In my highest scoring one, I accidentally sent the 50th level guys through right when the bosses were going through and that made me miss all of the bosses. The guys who get really high scores get everything by doing something called "juggling", where they bounce the guys back and forth through their maze by changing the walls. That seems kinda lame to me. __________________ Peace through fear... since 1947!

04-09-2007, 06:57 PM	#22 (permalink)
Santa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 3,355	Re: desktop tower defense Played this during my entire Computer Programming class. I would be behind, but luckily i have a smart asian kid on my right that i can cheat off of

04-09-2007, 07:34 PM	#23 (permalink)
sc1ence Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Real life. Age: 36 Posts: 4,206	Re: desktop tower defense yeah, juggling is not the TG way. __________________ \|TG-8th Mercs\|*\|New to TG? Start here\|*\|Become a Supporting Member\|[color="Red"] Last edited by sc1ence; 04-09-2007 at 07:58 PM.

04-10-2007, 10:57 AM	#24 (permalink)
Steeler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Taxachusetts Age: 30 Posts: 2,912	Re: desktop tower defense Why does it keep asking me to play with my Zwinky? __________________

04-10-2007, 11:09 AM	#25 (permalink)
El_Gringo_Grande Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: OKIE HOMY Age: 39 Posts: 2,289	Re: desktop tower defense You BASTARD! I just kicked my sand game habit and now this!!! I CURSE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Sen. John McCain (AZ) For President '08 --- I’m not racists, I have republican friends. Radio show host. - "The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity". -Jacob Burkhardt - "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson - "People should not be afraid of it's government, government should be afraid of it's People." - Line from V for Vendetta - If software were as unreliable as economic theory, there wouldn't be a plane made of anything other than paper that could get off the ground. Jim Fawcette

04-10-2007, 10:39 PM	#26 (permalink)
El_Gringo_Grande Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: OKIE HOMY Age: 39 Posts: 2,289	Re: desktop tower defense Ok I finished all fifty levels (on medium) and only lost one life. Score was only 4000 or so. I think I have the key. Think steam generator and how it prevents water hammering. __________________ Sen. John McCain (AZ) For President '08 --- I’m not racists, I have republican friends. Radio show host. - "The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity". -Jacob Burkhardt - "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson - "People should not be afraid of it's government, government should be afraid of it's People." - Line from V for Vendetta - If software were as unreliable as economic theory, there wouldn't be a plane made of anything other than paper that could get off the ground. Jim Fawcette

04-11-2007, 01:01 AM	#28 (permalink)
Santa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 3,355	Re: desktop tower defense I got up to level 73 and then there were just too many.

04-11-2007, 01:05 AM	#29 (permalink)
ednos Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,757	Re: desktop tower defense You should study steam generators. __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell I have a tendency to key out three or four things and then let them battle for supremacy while I key, so there's a lot of backspacing as potential statements are slaughtered and eaten by the victors. ~ Magna Centipede

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