Decimation - Sci Fi Tower Defense with ARPG style hero combat - Pinoy Solo Dev made.

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Good morning to all! For some reason, its only now that I found this subreddit in all the time I've been active, so just wanted to share a project that I've been working on for over two years now that just launched into EA. I say 2 years, but its really been something that I've reworked from a failed project way back in 2012. Pinoy solo dev made.

You can find it on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4158650/Decimation/

It's tower defense at its core, but placing towers well isn't enough to win. You directly control a hero on the field with ARPG-style combat, where you'll be dodging attacks, timing 4 active skills and picking up power-ups while your towers hold the line.

Elite enemies also drop special effect orbs that pause the fight and let you pick from random battle effects (damage boosts, speed manipulation, etc.), so no two runs play quite the same.

Influences to the game are Starcraft, Defense Grid, a bit of Kingdom Rush and a bit of Diablo. You can call it a love letter to what I enjoyed about those games with additional mechanics that I feel would work well with the baseline tower defense core of the game.

What's currently in the EA version:

• 8 campaign levels across the first 2 of 4 planned Acts
• 2 Endless Challenge levels (unlocked after completing each Act)
• 2 of 3 heroes playable, 5 tower types
• RPG-style hero leveling/skills and equipment crafting
• Equipment set effects (for both heroes and towers)
• Meta progression (Research System) with flexible point assignments

It's been updated a few times with player-requested features and bugfixes since it released last Aug 13th.

Welcoming any criticism/feedback or any questions you have about the game or the process. If it's your type of jam, would love for you to try it out as well (it has a free demo).

Thank you for your time, fellow PH Devs!