Crush the Castle Tower Defense, or Crush the Castle TD, is a game in the Crush the Castle series. Unlike the other games of the series, this one is a tower defense game where you have to defend your own castle from incoming waves of enemies.
Although Flash was discontinued on January 12 2021, Crush the Castle Tower Defense is still playable through BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint.
Plot[]
Following the events of the first Crush the Castle game, the Redvonian King lived in luxury believing that all his enemies had been killed by the attacks launched against their fortresses by his siege master. However, one of the Redvonian King's greatest nemeses, King Blutias, somehow survived and was looking for revenge. He raised a new army of soldiers and sent them to the Redvonian empire to destroy every castle they came across. Fearing the worst, the Redvonian King called in his siege master to defend the kingdom...
Gameplay[]
As a standard tower defense game, Crush the Castle TD has a set of levels where the goal is to protect the castle from the enemies that try to reach it. The enemies come in waves, spawning from a certain point and following the trail leading to the castle if there is one (if there isn't, the enemies will try to take the shortest route to your castle, so it's up to you to use your towers to create paths to slow them down). Stronger enemy types gradually appear as the level progresses. If any enemies reach your castle, they'll continuously attack the castle until they're killed; if the castle's health is completely depleted, the level is lost.
To fight off the enemies, you can use your gold to build towers and research buildings; the former will attack enemies, while the latter will provide you with upgrades to make your towers stronger. When all enemy waves have been defeated, the level is won and you earn some XP (as well as a gold medal if you managed to finish the level without letting any enemies get to your castle). Once you get enough XP to level up, you earn a skill point that can be used to upgrade research building skills on the Research Tree so that you can upgrade their skills further during levels.
Areas[]
- Daneelly Island: A grassland area that introduces you to the game's mechanics. Contains short levels and features low-level and mid-level enemies.
- Gurun Plains: A desert area that introduces levels that either don't have a completed path or have no path at all, as well as levels with multiple entry points. Contains somewhat longer levels and brings in some tougher enemies.
- Tasselvania: A snowy area whose levels contain much larger maps than the ones in the previous two areas. Contains significantly longer levels and introduces even stronger enemies.
- Minovia: A volcanic area whose levels have massive maps and often have no paths, forcing you to get creative with tower placements to keep the enemies at bay. Contains very long levels and throws in the game's most powerful enemies.
Towers[]
- Archer Tower: Standard tower that shoots arrows at enemies. Costs 50 gold.
- Ballista: Fires giant bolts that pierce through multiple enemies. Costs 100 gold.
- Catapult: Flings large stones at enemies. Can be upgraded to throw multiple stones at once. Costs 150 gold.
- Trebuchet: Hurls bombs that deal splash damage to enemies. Costs 200 gold.
- Wizard Tower: Shoots magic bolts and can target multiple enemies at once. Costs 250 gold.
Research Buildings & Upgrades[]
- Quarry: Gives access to upgrades that buff tower performance and construction. Costs 50 gold.
- Tower Range: Lets your towers attack enemies from a further distance.
- Catapult Masonry: Lets your Catapults deal more damage.
- Build Times: Reduces the time it takes for towers to be built after you place them. Costs 100 gold.
- Reusable Materials: Lets you get more gold from selling towers.
- Castle Fortification: Increases the max HP of your castle.
- Armory: Gives access to upgrades that increase your towers' offensive capabilities.
- Train Archers: Increases your Archer Towers' rate of fire.
- Hardened Steel: Lets your Archer Towers and Ballistas deal more damage.
- Bigger Bombs: Lets your Trebuchets deal more damage and cover a wider range with the splash damage from their bombs.
- Train Siege Masters: Increases the rate of fire for your Ballistas, Catapults, and Trebuchets.
- Gold Farming: Lets you earn more gold from killing enemies.
- Library: Gives access to upgrades that imbue your towers with magical properties. Costs 150 gold. (Note: Aside from the Train Wizards upgrade, all of the Library's upgrades serve as weapon enhancements for your towers; these can be unlocked at your leisure, but only one weapon enhancement may be toggled for any given tower at a time.)
- Flaming Projectiles: Lets your towers shoot fiery projectiles that deal more damage than normal.
- Ice Projectiles: Lets your towers shoot icy projectiles that slow enemies down on impact.
- Acid Projectiles: Lets your towers shoot acidic projectiles that make enemies lose health over time.
- Electric Projectiles: Lets your towers shoot electrified projectiles that spread damage to nearby enemies.
- Train Wizards: Increases your Wizard Towers' rate of fire.
Enemies[]
- Peasant: Basic enemy that is slow and weak.
- Archer: Ranged attacker that moves faster than a Peasant but is still pretty weak.
- Infantryman: Lightly armored soldier that has more health than a Peasant.
- Cavalryman: Lightly armored soldier that rides on a horse. Has the same amount of health as an Infantryman but moves faster.
- Knight: Heavily armored soldier that moves slower than an Infantryman but has more health.
- Heavy Cavalryman: A Knight riding on a horse. Has the same amount of health as a Knight but moves faster.
- Cataphract: A Knight riding on an armored horse. Moves slower than a Knight but has even more health.
- War Elephant: An armored elephant ridden by a soldier. Has more health than a Cataphract but moves even slower.
- Battering Ram: A large siege machine that moves fast and has very high health.
- Siege Tower: An even larger siege machine that moves slower than a Battering Ram but has much more health.