Grid Defender

THIS GAME WAS DEVELOPED IN 48hrs FOR THE GMTK 2021 GAME JAM.

Grid Defender is a tower defense game where you don't build your towers but instead you have to manage their power connections to activate and disable them to prioritize  which towers are active at any given time.

HOW TO PLAY

Hold and drag you mouse to create a connection from a powered device (GREEN) to any of your non-powered devices(DARK RED) to activate it. Once powered the new device should turn green to indicate success. 

You can only create a connection between a powered device and an non-powered device, however each powered device can power multiple new devices. If a device is too far away the connection indicator will turn red meaning you may need to find another route to your desired device.

You have a limited number of active connections per level and you will need to disconnect devices by clicking on the lighting icon on a connection to disable it and any other unpowered connections coming from it.

By connecting a power-up node, indicated by a large letter P(Fire Power), S(Fire Speed) or R(Firing Range), the following tower/s will gain the relevant increase to their stats as long as they are connected to the power-up.

Destroy all enemies in a level to continue, before they reach the endpoint.

TIPS

• You can connect multiple devices/turrets from a powered node- use this to double up on power-ups.
• If you disconnect a device which is powering additional devices, all connections on the chain will be retrieved - use this to get your connections back quicker.
• Sometimes it's better to have another turret rather than using a connection to grab a power-up.

CREDITS

Programming, Game Design and Art -- Troy Vaughn

Background Music -- Blacksmith by GodMode