Flecks of… Gray?

In the new Desktop Tower Defense Pro, I found another little cubby with a bunch of other games where it counts your time that it takes to finish all the levels, called Sprints.

They change the roles of the towers that you make which was a bit of an adjustment for me – no longer were my squirt towers charged to the max always the best way to go. I had to fool around with the Ink’s and Bashes and all the other ones.

The first two levels were the basic game but just clocked for time (one which allowed selling [NA2], the other did not [NA2-NS]) – they weren’t too difficult. There was another one in there where it was more of a diagonal entrance and exit [NAC] which was new and interesting but didn’t turn out to be too difficult.

The next was a level where Spawns came from all four corners and ended in the middle – this one took a lot of thinking because it’s unlike anything I’ve done before. I ended up with a maze of my own making that looks like the top picture on this post. It turned out to work quite well – a little bit of tweaking and I could probably make it a bit better but it held up quite well for me for both the regular version [SA4] and the no selling version [SA4-NS].

The last level was the Hard version [H2] of the basic level (tougher to kill creeps) and after a few tries, I’m pretty sure that it’s impossible/very difficult to pass without juggling. I ended up using my juggling maze (minus all the air support in the middle) and was able to pass the level without too much trouble.

So I now have times for all the sprint modes:

And I made a little effort to get decent scores on all my Scenarios to end up with 55773.

As I noted previously, I was having a little trouble with the one scenario in the new DTD but with some assistance, I was able to find a maze that worked and got me through to the end. I did have one bash that I sold in the top right hand corner after the last boss passed but otherwise, I was able to make it through. Now, I’d like to come up with my own maze that works instead of just making someone else’s work, but I’m happy to be finished for now.

My good friend who understands my great lack of self control had the good sense to forward me a link to the new and improved Desktop Tower Defense game to which I had previously been well addicted.

I was able to get through all of the scenarios that it had pretty quickly because they were a lot easier than the original version and because I had retained some of the original skills.

With the exception of Scenario 23, which is pretty difficult. I’m certain that it’s not impossible but it is pretty tough and I haven’t been able to beat it yet. Maybe I’ll be able to forget about it and live with a mostly completed game but knowing me, I’m going to come back sometime soon and beat that level.

I thought I'd take a little bit of time to put together all of the games within Desktop Tower Defense and show many I've completed and how many lives I've lost, etc.

Green color on the game name means that I'm satisfied with my progress and don't expect to do much better, otherwise there's room for improvement. Enjoy!:

Regular
Game	Level Achieved	Lives Remaining	Completed?	Score	Picture	Map	Notes
Easy	30	20	Yes	1789	pic	N/A	Could have left out the right most Squirt Towers altogether
Medium	50	20	Yes	4971	pic	map
Hard	60	20	Yes	7350	pic	map	Tough to get a perfect score because of the flying boss
Challenge
Game	Level Achieved	Lives Remaining	Completed?	Score	Picture	Map	Notes
The 100	74	0	No	9275	pic	N/A	I'm pretty sure this is impossible
Speed	50	20	Yes	5492	pic	map	sold off 3 X Lvl 4 SW in the middle of the maze after Level 49 boss - youtube
15 Towers	50	20	Yes	5574	pic	map	Tough to get the upgrading just right so the spawms can be contained youtube
Survivor	50	20	Yes	7260	pic	map	Sold 3 X Lvl 5 Sqt towers in top left; need great timing to get a perfect score youtube
3K Fixed	50	20	Yes	4306	pic	map	Easily replicatable
No Splash	50	20	Yes	4985	pic	map	Suits my style pretty well
Splash	8	0	No	110	pic	N/A	I'm quite certain this level is impossible - need more money per creep killed youtube
Squirts	50	1	Yes	4970	pic	map	Getting past the first 10 levels is really hard but after that it's not too bad youtube
5 Mins	18	20	Yes	1250	pic	map	I'm not sure what the minimum is to beat this but I guess I got it
No Sell	50	20	Yes	4985	pic	map	Not really too hard
Fun
Game	Level Achieved	Lives Remaining	Completed?	Score	pic	map	Notes
Trickle	50	20	Yes	5492	pic	N/A	sold off 2 X Level 4 SW in the middle after 49 - very tough to get perfect! youtube
Random	50	20	Yes	4654	pic	N/A	Can be easy or tough depending on how the random runs
10K Gold	100	10	Yes	22091	pic	N/A	I 'cheated' and finished this level by juggling - still takes a lot of work but is certainly easier. all 10 guys to get through were aircreeps in the 80's and 90's levels.
Spawns!	50	20	Yes	5970	pic	N/A	A wandering maze around a power core worked out really well for me
Boxes	50	20	Yes	5860	pic	N/A	Skip the bash towers and go for all squirts
Cross	50	20	Yes	5552	pic	N/A	I had 4 X Lvl 4 SW lined on the right side of the cross but sold them after the last boss

In Desktop Tower Defense there are the regular game modes of Easy, Medium and Hard which I’ve managed to complete without losing a life so I started to venture into the realm of the challenges.

Let’s start with ‘The 100′ Challenge. I’ve checked the forums and watched videos but I’ve never seen anything to show that anyone has been able to beat it without juggling. I guess there’s really not anything terribly wrong with juggling but I prefer to be able to beat a level without it.

Of the total 100 levels, the highest that I’ve been able to get is to level 74 at which point my maze gets completely overrun. I’ve seen some people get as high as upper 70′s without juggling but I’m satisfied with my successes in this level.

Next up is the Speed Challenge! In this one, you have to keep building quickly and upgrade at just the right times so that you’re not left without towers while the creeps come and you’re busy upgrading. I was able to finish this level with two lives remaining using the above maze.

15 Towers is the next challenge. This one is tough because you can only have 15 towers on your map at any one time, making the spawns really tough to manage. I was able to finish this level also, with 3 lives remaining.

Survivor Challenge is next and I was able to beat this one with some liberal help from this youtube video. I was able to do it and lose only 1 life which I think could be improved to a perfect score with a little practice on the tower upgrade timing.

Last up is the 3K Fixed challenge. In this challenge, you get 3000 dollars to spend on a maze, then you hit go and you’re not allowed to sell or buy anything after that, you just sit and wait to see how well your maze holds up. I was able to complete this one without losing any lives using the above maze.

So, I’m done with the challenges; that feels good. I hope that no one else has been as addicted to this game as I have; I need to get better sleep at night…

On DTD, with a teeny bit of tweaking and more attention to the timing (no juggling though), I was able to make my previous maze that helped me finish the hard level into one that didn’t let a single creep through! Total score, 7350 and the final maze. OK, so maybe I’m really done with this game now…

I found an open internet connection and was able to satiate my desire to finish the tower defense game on hard (previously finished on medium) – here’s the maze that I made to make it all work and I barely survived with only 1 life remaining – yea, I’m done! Now onto my real life…

For the last two days I’ve been addicted to this strategy game called Desktop Tower Defense where you try and block little critters as they go from one side of the screen to the other. After a bunch of tries, I was able to come up with a maze that got me all the way through the medium level (pic above), but I haven’t made it through the hard level yet. I’ve since blocked the site on my home network because it’s too addicting, so I guess I’ll never know if I can make it through the tough one or not… Unless I can come over and play at your place *smile*