Northend Tower Defense Update v0.13 (AI Improvements, Balance Changes, Upgrades Changes, UI Changes & Bug Fixes)



The v0.13 update brings AI Improvements, Balance Changes, Upgrades Changes, UI Changes  & Bug Fixes!


Developers notes:

In this update we tried to solve many bugs and issues showed up during  players gameplay, thanks to everyone for playing our free alpha demo. Also we tried to address the issue of unit spam where the player could just spam units and win, without even using the upgrades, now with the AI improvements the spam build is not a viable winning strategy, now the player have to build quality units with right placements and Upgrades. 

Enemy's units have some disadvantages that needed to be addressed to make the game more fun and challenging, specially the M1Garand enemy unit, now it should be more fair.

Thanks to all the gamers who tried our free alpha demo. We need your help to make the game the best it could be, and we need your testing, and we will eagerly wait your feedback!


AI IMPROVMENTS 

  • Added extra paths for the AI to go on the outer edges of the playable area, now player have to build more outwards than center.
  • AI now will rush the battle faster, due new more possible paths to go on.

GENERAL CHANGES

  • Increased volume on plane audio.
  • Reduced time speeding forward to max at x2.5 instead of x3.0.
  • Increased Cam speed, for zooming and rotation.
  • Increased parachute soldiers landing speed for player & enemy.


UPGRADES CHANGES

  • Cheaper tier prices ( Tier 1 - 200$ / Tier 2 - 400$ / Tier 3 - 600$). *More accessible now.
  • Upgrade:  Full Aid - Decreased healing capacity from 100% to 50%.
  • Upgrade:  Armored Bicycle - Decreased health gain from 250% to 150%.
  • Upgrade:  Bigger Blast made - Radius is smaller and less damage.


BALANCE CHANGES

  • Bicycle explosion is now smaller and does less damage.
  • Enemy's M1Garand is now equal to the player's M1Garand in terms of damage and health.
  • Enemy's M1Garand gives 7$ now instead of 10$


UI Changes

  • Tidied up some UI elements and Tabs.
  • Show tutorial checkbox is now bigger.
  • When clicking play an incorrect default description was showing.
  • Changed some descriptions of some upgrades to make it clearer.
  • Changed hover-description of all the upgrades to reflect what it does in battle.
  • Added Text animation to wave counter.

 *There will be full UI rework in future updates.

BUGS FIXED

  • Clicking the speed buttons make the game start in the Pause Menu.
  • Tutorial UI appears in wrong places in higher resolutions.
  • Unit flickering back and forth when frame rate is low.
  • Parachute units go down slowly when frame rate is low.
  • Camera movement is slow when frame rate is low.
  • When game ends player can still build units.
  • Bazooka's explosion does not produce screen shake.
  • Mines does not produce Screen Shake.
  • Medic heals units before reaching destination.
  • One Medic prevents other Medics from healing units.
  • Armored units walks backward when hit with Snail Speed upgrade.

Files

NorthEnd TD Demo Release v0.13.rar 79 MB
May 16, 2021

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