SteamWorld Tower Defense

SteamWorld Tower Defense
Developer(s) Image & Form
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS as Nintendo DSiWare
Release date(s) July 5, 2010
Genre(s) Real-time strategy, tower defense
Mode(s) Single-player

SteamWorld Tower Defense is a tower defense video game by Swedish video game developer Image & Form. It was released digitally on Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia on July 5, 2010.[1] It is the first game released in the SteamWorld series.[2]

Gameplay

In SteamWorld Tower Defense the player controls an army of steam-powered robots in a tower defense-style gameplay. The aim of the game is to take down wandering troops of human invaders in their attempt to steal gold from the robots' mining facilities. To clear a mission, the player must take down waves of human soldiers by building and strategically placing out attack robots with a range of abilities and weapons. It's possible to play the game on several difficulty levels.[3]

Reception

SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi has received favorable reviews from critics, with a current score of 71/100 on Metacritic.[4]

Development

On their official YouTube channel, Image & Form revealed that SteamWorld Tower Defense is the hardest game the studio has ever created. Apparently, the game's lead developer is the only of all Image & Form employees to ever finish the game.[6]

The game is set before the events depict SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ↑ Image & Form (2015-09-10), The SteamWorld Timeline – The Engine Room #1, retrieved 2016-02-02
  3. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense | Image & Form Games". Image & Form Games. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense (Nintendo DSi)". IGN. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  6. ↑ Image & Form (2015-09-18), Why Each SteamWorld Game is Different – The Engine Room #2, retrieved 2016-02-02
  7. ↑ Image & Form (2015-09-10), The SteamWorld Timeline – The Engine Room #1, retrieved 2016-02-02
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