Fieldrunners: DTD for iPhone
Yes, I am one of those people.: the bleary-eyed Desktop Tower Defense addicts. The game concept is simple, but remarkably addictive. A series of creatures is attempting to get from the left to the right side of the playing field. You get a limited budget to build various kinds of weapons towers to prevent them from getting across. The more you kill, the more money you get to build more towers.
We've covered various implementations of the basic concepts, like Hordes of Orcs for the Mac. But now this sublime time-suck has an excellent iPhone version in Fieldrunner from Subatomic Studios (App Store link). Sticking to the tried and true gameplay, you have the option of placing four different types of towers (each of which can also be upgraded for additional cost). There are several different kind of enemies (some walking, some on wheels, some flying), each of which is more or less susceptible to the various towers.
The game responds more or less exactly how you would expect. You can zoom in and out with standard iPhone gestures to place your towers with more detail. Towers are positioned by dragging them onto the field from slots below. Each tower already in play can be tapped to bring up a menu to either sell it or upgrade it (if you've got the cash). The graphics are attractive (especially when zoomed in) and responsive. The biggest thing missing is sound, but since I prefer my own music anyway that's not much of a loss. In any case, they promise sound effects are coming in a future version along with new enemies and new towers.
Fieldrunner is $4.99 on the App Store, and worth every penny if you're a DTD fan. Check out some more images after the jump.
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Here's a typical game field that I've filled with towers:
Here's a zoomed in view:
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
smak said 8:23PM on 10-23-2008
I really love this game, it is very addicting. I still have not been able to make it through all levels on Medium yet.... Bah!
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schoschie said 9:02PM on 10-23-2008
It's funny how many people know so little about guns that they draw images of complete cartridges flying around (bouncing off the guy's helmet in the title screen) :)
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mark said 9:22PM on 10-23-2008
What's even sader is people who know nothing about guns but feel compelled to sponsor/draft/push legislation through that regulates the actions of law abiding citizens...
morituri said 8:55PM on 10-23-2008
This is not the first DTD game for the iPhone. The first one is called Mote Massacare (look for Mote-M in iTunes). Mote Massacare is cheaper ($2) but is much more simple in terms of design.
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josh said 9:36PM on 10-23-2008
this is my favorite game for my ipod so far. The game ends at level 100 which to me is a bummer because i would like to see how far i could go. More towers/bigger area to defend would be an excellent update. Over all a great game!
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rohan said 10:41PM on 10-23-2008
i dont see how people cant get passed 100 on hard.
maze people! maze
i have beat it countless times..
so much fun!
cant wait for the update.
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Patrix said 8:08AM on 10-24-2008
The ground-based attackers are usually not the problem, but planes/choppers don't follow your maze' path (obviously). How do you solve that?
Quix said 11:32PM on 10-23-2008
I never played DTD games before, but I have to say I LOVE Fieldrunners. Reminds me of one of my favorite games of all time: StarCraft. Great graphics, great gameplay, great controls. Can't wait for the addition of sound. I'm still struggling at Medium difficulty.
This game is incredibly addictive. Best game on my iPhone, and well worth the $4.99. Buy it!
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Tony Bowman said 12:04AM on 10-24-2008
i've been passing my commute on the train playing this and Lux Touch. great fun!
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Jim Pritchett said 12:40AM on 10-24-2008
This game is pure finger crack. The hard setting is.. well hard.
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Jimmy said 1:15PM on 10-24-2008
Abssolutely my favourite game in the appstore.
Great concept and nice graphics.
Love this game =)
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ikir said 5:45AM on 10-26-2008
Awesome graphics, perfect playability!!
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david said 4:55AM on 10-26-2008
This is a ton of fun. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Michael said 4:23PM on 10-29-2008
I beat the game on medium a few weeks back and have made it as for as level 68 on hard. Tough times, the helicopters kill me on hard.
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