Cursed Treasure

Cursed Treasure (also called Cursed Treasure TD and Cursed Treasure: Don't Touch My Gems!) is a tower defense flash game developed by Iriysoft and released on May 6, 2010. It takes a unique spin on the genre, as the goal of the game is to build towers to protect a group of gems and prevent enemies from stealing them, as opposed to simply stopping enemies from getting from point A to point B.

Although Flash was discontinued on January 12 2021, Cursed Treasure is still playable through BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint.

Gameplay[]

Cursed Treasure plays similarly to most standard tower defense games, but with some unique elements. Chief among these elements is the objective to keep enemies from stealing enchanted gems from a cave rather than simply stopping them from escaping. Enemies enter the stage from one or more entry points and make their way over to a cave containing five gems (most levels just have one cave, but some of the later levels can have two or even three caves with the five gems divided among them. If an enemy reaches the cave, he'll take a gem and start running back to the entrance to try and escape with the gem. If he escapes, the gem is lost forever. However, if a gem-carrying enemy is killed, he'll drop the gem and it'll be safe, but it will also be at a greater risk of being stolen due to being further away from the cave. The level is lost if all five gems get stolen, and is won if the player can survive all the level's waves with at least one gem still intact.

The game also features a unique tower placement and upgrading system. There are three types of towers - Dens, Crypts, and Temples - that each have their own methods of attack, and they can only be placed on their matching terrain (Dens can only be placed on grass, Crypts can only be placed on snow, and Temples can only be placed on dry land). All three tower types cost exactly the same amount (100 gold), but each type gets slightly more expensive every time a tower of that type is placed. In combat, towers gain XP by attacking enemies. After gathering enough XP, they can be upgraded. Certain upgrades branch out to provide the ability to create different types of towers with different abilities.

Additionally, the game contains an overlying XP system - the player gains XP after the completion of a level (even if the level was lost), with more XP being rewarded for attaining a higher rank on a level. After gaining enough XP, the player will rank up and earn points that can be spent on game upgrades that make the player's towers and abilities more powerful.

Towers[]

At Upgrade Tier 4, each tower type can be converted into one of two more powerful variants.

Den: Orc Dens fire arrows at the petty humans.
- Sniper Den
- Orcish Den
Crypt: Undead Crypts harness the power of graves to shoot lightning balls at future corpses.
- Chilling Crypt
- Ghost Crypt
Temple: Demon Temples waste no time with recharging...they fire solid heat rays to burn humans to a crisp.
- Evil Eye Temple
- Burning Temple

Enemies[]

Peasant: Wears brown shirt. The weakest enemy. Has average stats across the board.
Rogue: Wears white shirt. Is able to move more quickly than a Peasant.
Warrior: Wears purple armour. Has higher HP but moves slower.
Ninja: Wears stone grey suit. Uses a smoke bomb and turns invisible for a few seconds the first time he takes damage.
Knight: Wears golden armour, wields a sword on his left hand and a shield on his right hand. Has special armor that blocks a small amount of damage every time he's hit.
Bard: Has a blond hair and wears a red cape. Has a blue bar indicating cooldown for playing a tune on his lute, which temporarily speed up nearby enemies.
Mage: Wears brown robe. Is protected by a magic barrier - indicated by a yellow bar - which slowly regenerates health over time.
Paladin: Wears blue armour, wields a golden Sacred Tome. Has special armor that makes him immune to all negative status effects.
Assassin: Wears blue turban and wields a sabre. Is able to dodge some attacks.
Priest: Wears brown robe and has a tonsure. Heals nearby enemies.

Each enemy also has a Champion counterpart. Champion-level enemies usually show up at certain wave intervals - and almost always in the final wave - and act as minibosses.

Level 1[]

Name: Basics
Difficulty: tutorial
XP: 39

5 Waves[]

#	Type	HP	Speed
2	Peasants	40	Normal
4	Peasants	40	Normal
6	Peasants	40	Normal
4	Rogues	70	Fast
5	Warriors	120	Slow

Level 2[]

Name: Spells
Difficulty: tutorial
XP: 128

10 Waves[]

#	Type	HP	Speed	Special
2	Peasants	40	Normal
4	Peasants	40	Normal
3	Rogues	70	Fast
8	Peasants	40	Normal
10	Peasants	40	Normal
6	Warriors	120	Slow
14	Peasants	40	Normal
4	Ninjas	100	Fast	Smoke Bomb 1
9	Rogues	70	Fast
1	Knight	750	Slow	Shield 10

Level 3[]

Name: First Challenge
Difficulty: easy
XP: 204

15 Waves[]

#	Type	HP	Speed	Special
3	Peasants	40	Normal
5	Peasants	40	Normal
1 1	Warrior Rogue	120 70	Slow Fast
2 2	Warriors Rogues	120 70	Slow Fast
5 2	Peasants Rogues	40 70	Normal Fast
6	Warriors	120	Slow
2 2	Knights Bards	150 120	Slow	Shield 5 Lute Of Haste 50%
2 4	Knights Rogues	150 70	Slow Fast	Shield 5
5	Ninjas	100	Fast	Smoke Bomb 1
10	Warriors	120	Slow
3 3	Bards Knights	120 150	Normal Slow	Lute Of Haste 50% Shield 5
3 6	Bards Warriors	120 120	Normal Slow	Lute Of Haste 50%
13	Rogues	70	Fast
4 4	Ninjas Knights	100 150	Fast Slow	Smoke Bomb 1 Shield 5
1	Ninja	750	Fast	Smoke Bomb 1

Level 4[]

Name: The Cross

Level 4 (midgame)
Difficulty: easy
XP: 526

20 Waves[]

#	Type	HP	Speed	Special
4	Peasants	40
7	Peasants	40
2 5	Rogues Peasants	70 40	Fast Normal
3 3	Warriors Rogues	120 70	Slow Fast
2 4	Bards Rogues	120 70	Normal Fast	Lute Of Haste 50%
9	Rogues	70	Fast
6	Bards	120	Normal	Lute Of Haste 50%
7	Bards	120	Normal	Lute Of Haste 50%
14	Warriors	120	Slow
1	Knight	750	Slow
17	Rogues	70	Fast
18	Warriors	120
5 5	Knights Bards	120 120	Slow Normal	Shield 5 Lute Of Haste 50%
10	Mages	100	Normal	Barrier Staff 100
5 6	Mages Ninjas	100 100	Normal Fast	Barrier Staff 100 Smoke Bomb 1
14	Knights	120	Slow	Shield 5
6 7	Mages Knights	100 120	Normal Slow	Barrier Staff 100 Shield 5
15	Ninjas	100	Fast
8 7	Bards Mages	120 100	Normal Normal	Lute Of Haste 50% Barrier Staff 100
1	Bard	1000	Fast	Lute Of Haste 50%