Tower Lab

This game is dumb fun and I love it. Call me easy to amuse, but seeing a bunch of robots get blasted off of a platform is super entertaining. Great stuff.

Amazing tower defense with potential to be one of the best in the genre with a few updates and a bit of polish. Some things that would be nice: A better way of keeping stray robots from getting launched into the exit More polished ai for the friendly flying robots (and maybe custom model?) Little indicators to show if something was grown or shrunk More enemy variety (enemies that can fly for short distances would be pretty cool) End-of-round card showing how much mass and tech points you gained and health and shield gains/loss Overall, VERY good game for early access :)

タワーディフェンスゲームにおいては敵を直接倒すよりも場外に落として処理する方にそそられる性質なので それに特化していると謳っている本作には割と期待していたんですが、思ってたのと違いました ボムで吹っ飛ばした敵が思いがけず大幅に順路をショートカットしてしまい、慌ててマウス操作で掴んで捨てるとか そういう事がやりたかったんじゃないんだよな～ 他にも敵がボムで吹っ飛んだついでにその先に置いてある装置までトリガーしていってしまうのか、ボムを逃れて歩いてきた敵が通りかかっても装置が動いてくれないパターンも目につきました そんなにやってないので恐縮ですが、そもそも初期装備のうち「ボム」以外の「扇風機」と「地雷」の吹っ飛ばし力が貧弱すぎて 時間を稼いでボムで吹っ飛ばして誤ってゴールしそうになった奴を掴んで落とす、に終始する大味なバランスに感じました ボムに扇風機を当てると風に乗って飛んでいくみたいな物理演算を活用したギミックもあるんですがあんまり価値を感じなかったというか、むしろボムが風に乗って飛んでいくのは迷惑でした

Love a physics based game that lets me throw 1000 enemies into the abyss.

A unique take on the tower defence genre, both in the physics-based defence and in the roguelite gameplay. I was a bit skeptical about it being roguelite at first, but it ended up being a breath of fresh air from the more grindy gameplay of traditional tower defence game. Comparing to BTD6, it essentially compresses the longer grind of unlocking tower upgrades. This is fine as most of the upgrades are basic stat enhancements, so it makes it a lot more fun to get in to at the start. The towers+cards mesh well both with each other and with the map, and the towers themselves are unique and provide their own strengths. Also lots of gamemodes which is nice to see on an EA release.

It's cute. Good variety of upgrades. Some things require a bit of figuring out. Looking forward to more content

The core idea of a physics-based tower defense roguelike is fantastic, and it’s what originally drew me to this game. However, physics interactions should ideally introduce deterministic, puzzle-like depth. Instead, this game overlays physics with infuriating layers of RNG. In my opinion the RNG issues break down into three main problems: 1. Card Draw RNG: On harder stages, bad draws ruin runs before they begin. Starting a tough level without a single knockback or control card in hand leaves you completely helpless. 2. Inconsistent Projectile Aim: Mechanics like bounce pads sound fun on paper, but towers shoot with random spread and imprecise angles. Instead of letting you calculate bounces to solve spatial puzzles, projectiles fly everywhere chaotically, turning defense into luck. 3. Unpredictable Knockback Vectors: Explosions are chaotic and Enemie trajectories unpredictable. It’s absurdly common for an explosion or strong push to randomly launch an enemy straight into your exit gate, ruining a flawless run through no fault of your own. (which is especially punishing when using cards that reward zero-leak strategies) Other titles like Sir, We Have An Orc Problem demonstrate how physics in defense games should work: challenging, yet predictable. Furthermore, poor balance completely kills the roguelike loop. Instead of encouraging diverse, creative builds, the optimal (but not fun) strategy usually devolves into selling off bad cards to rely entirely on one or two overpowered towers. The roguelike design adds zero replayability here, it just makes the game frustrating. After 3h I played through everything this game has to offer. I thoroughly regret this purchase and would refund it if I still could.

fun 10/9 (bonus point because it barely has pc requirements beyond having steam, and having an OS)