Reverse Tower Defense Game Where YOU Send the Monsters!

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2023
  • Tower Escape Part 1 - this is the first TRUE reverse tower defense game I've ever seen. It's really creative and a lot of fun! My favorite part of PvP tower defense is rushing, so it's nice to have a game that's entirely that... though I also wish it were PvP.
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  • @bobbysauce64
    @bobbysauce64 Рік тому +1758

    Imagine this but with another player placing towers every round, that would be super chaotic and fun

    • @spaghettiwithink
      @spaghettiwithink Рік тому +414

      I present to you
      Bloons TD Battles 1&2

    • @Robotmudkip99
      @Robotmudkip99 Рік тому +125

      Kinda but it is different as in bloons your both defending

    • @SadToffee
      @SadToffee Рік тому +168

      This actually exists, it's a pretty obscure minigame on plants vs zombies console edition (PS3 at least has it) it's very interesting!

    • @elicenyne
      @elicenyne Рік тому +25

      @@spaghettiwithink DAMN IT YOU SAID WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY (original concept for my message: “Bloons TD Battles. You literally just described Bloons TD Battles.”)

    • @spaghettiwithink
      @spaghettiwithink Рік тому +26

      22:21 seconds in currently and he actually mentions the same thing

  • @butter_0021
    @butter_0021 Рік тому +171

    Now you are the Bloons

    • @n0name023
      @n0name023 Рік тому +3

      We could just do this too but IRL and government funded

    • @sapphireblue4031
      @sapphireblue4031 Рік тому +5

      There actually is a game where you just control a single bloon which you can upgrade in between rounds, so you start as a red bloon and can upgrade to MOAB class. Idr what it's called but Dangerously Funny made a video on that last week

    • @EJN64
      @EJN64 Рік тому

      you either die a monkey or live long enough to see yourself become a Bloon

    • @sarad2487
      @sarad2487 Рік тому +1

      Exactly

    • @Viscidsquare040
      @Viscidsquare040 Рік тому +2

      @@sapphireblue4031 it’s literally called “Bloons but you are the bloon”

  • @netaknight7561
    @netaknight7561 Рік тому +205

    I remember in the og PvZ they had a mode like this and it was always my favorite, love this game so far :)

    • @CowKirbo
      @CowKirbo Рік тому +33

      Hot take: I zombi is the best mode in all of PVZ and it not being in 2 is a disgrace. It's so fun!

    • @gabrielbarros493
      @gabrielbarros493 Рік тому +4

      It wasn't great, but It was cool

    • @fracturedemperoror
      @fracturedemperoror Рік тому +3

      @@CowKirbo i’m more of a wall-nut bowling fan myself

    • @CowKirbo
      @CowKirbo Рік тому +3

      @@fracturedemperororunderstandable. You gotta say that's it's stupid it didn't return though right?

    • @CowKirbo
      @CowKirbo Рік тому +2

      @Gabriel Barros I think it's freaking amazing

  • @Mishinowo
    @Mishinowo Рік тому +103

    from what i can tell, the key to success in this game is staging all your high hp units to come out first and sequentially relieve each other by incrementing speed as you go on. The goal is to have as many units as possible go through each tower at the same time, minimizing the time you're exposed to dps - having two distinct groups just doubles the total amount of damage you take
    you don't gain much by having your first unit have all the speed and hp because by the time he's blasted off through the level, bringing exactly one item with him, all your squishy units have to take the full impact because there's nobody to draw aggro
    not to backseat or anything but it seems like optimizing your stats to cause as much stacking of your units as possible is more important to maximizing survival numbers than just getting your unit numbers as high as possible, although that is also certainly necessary

    • @Endless-fire
      @Endless-fire Рік тому +16

      Some "towers" do AoE damage, which punishes stacked groups.

    • @peepock7796
      @peepock7796 Рік тому

      Yeah true and also putting a unit that heavily specializes in being near other units in front of everything else definitely isn’t the play.

  • @GottaSnipe
    @GottaSnipe Рік тому +457

    The idea behind this game is really interesting. I love when people take a standard game formula (tower defense) and just flip it on its head. City building game? How about instead we make a city destruction game instead! It allows for such a different game, that still seems familiar.

    • @parmflace
      @parmflace Рік тому +46

      Wait, isn't the reverse of that being a citizen in city sims game but you have to survive the chaos of that is the 'player'?

    • @Exshem
      @Exshem Рік тому +19

      Truly a Mindustry moment

    • @GottaSnipe
      @GottaSnipe Рік тому

      @@parmflace that's true, I didn't even think of that one haha. That's another reason this works so well, because you can take many different aspects of a game and then change it up. For tower defense you could also make a game where you're one single character in a group of others and you manually control that one character, could even be an fps game or something. Like the Bloons fps game, you play as one of the monkeys in an fps environment. It's all really fresh but still built off of a proven game concept

    • @rhydonphilip
      @rhydonphilip Рік тому +8

      @@parmflace we may never go for a swim again in that case

    • @LucasGleason
      @LucasGleason Рік тому +7

      @@Exshemfellow mindustry player?

  • @shirothefish9688
    @shirothefish9688 Рік тому +770

    Idk what you're paying your editor, but they deserve a bonus for this vid's editing
    Laughed way too much at the edits

    • @revanhaq247
      @revanhaq247 Рік тому +40

      If I remember correctly, he has two editors. The one on this vid is Dan White (look at desc)

    • @yuviaro3511
      @yuviaro3511 Рік тому +19

      WITCHCRAFT

    • @claytonharting9899
      @claytonharting9899 Рік тому +13

      His editors are both so good

    • @colbycraig7679
      @colbycraig7679 Рік тому +18

      He recently started a patreon and if I remember correctly the reason was mostly so he could pay his editors more. Ever since then the editing on all of the videos has been top tier.

    • @shirothefish9688
      @shirothefish9688 Рік тому

      @@colbycraig7679 Yes, i know craig. I'm subbed to it.
      that doesn't detract from my point though.

  • @tyrannicalmuffin1442
    @tyrannicalmuffin1442 Рік тому +173

    Your idea of a pvp mode with one person controlling the towers and another controlling the minions is brilliant

    • @gabrielbarros493
      @gabrielbarros493 Рік тому +8

      It isn't quite brilliant, after seeing this game, i'd say that's what usually comes to mind

    • @tyrannicalmuffin1442
      @tyrannicalmuffin1442 Рік тому +1

      @@gabrielbarros493 Well, nothing like it has been created. And I didn't think of it when I first watched the old demo for this

    • @mynormalaccount2643
      @mynormalaccount2643 Рік тому

      @@tyrannicalmuffin1442 It exists now ua-cam.com/video/ykg8D4-rK0g/v-deo.html

    • @brodiscool2752
      @brodiscool2752 Рік тому

      @@tyrannicalmuffin1442 bloons TD battles

    • @gabrielbarros493
      @gabrielbarros493 Рік тому +4

      @@tyrannicalmuffin1442 I have very often thought of this, and i think the problem with it is that it's hard to make a fun and balanced game for both players
      Also having to be online is one more problem

  • @just__mate
    @just__mate Рік тому +95

    I've played a somewhat similar game (non roguelite) a couple of years ago and I found the concept to be very intriguing
    It always bummed me out that there are barely any other "tower attack" games, so I'm glad this game exists

    • @ShennaTheShinyEevee
      @ShennaTheShinyEevee Рік тому +12

      Villainous! I'm 100% sure that's the game you played
      I have no proof, as there are a bunch of reverse-tower defense, but Villainous is the one that I enjoyed the most and immediately comes to mind

  • @AceFuzzLord
    @AceFuzzLord Рік тому +31

    The video title just makes me think of the old flash game Anti-TD where you'd send machines of increasing cost and differing stats to get past the computer who would place towers periodically to try and stop you

    • @vanillatwilight6563
      @vanillatwilight6563 Рік тому +7

      That game was hard or I just sucked.

    • @AceFuzzLord
      @AceFuzzLord Рік тому +2

      @@vanillatwilight6563 no, I'm pretty sure it was just pretty damn hard

    • @osryr
      @osryr Рік тому +1

      I loved this game

  • @PapaBass
    @PapaBass Рік тому +17

    I really like the edits where they make it easier to see what Tyler is looking at

  • @MrBlinky10101
    @MrBlinky10101 Рік тому +30

    One advantage of being an Aliensrock subacriber is that Tyler always finds these cool ass games, so theres almost always a new thing to entertain your night

  • @devonhutchison3485
    @devonhutchison3485 Рік тому +17

    Stoked you’re playing this game. Love to see more.

  • @UnableToucan
    @UnableToucan Рік тому +2

    Absolutely love what the editors do. Being able to see the important upgrades is just so great. Makes it way easier to follow. Also love all the small funny edits every now and then!

  • @Senorgato029
    @Senorgato029 Рік тому +4

    Love different concept rouge likes, there super fun to watch and follow along with you strategizing, would love to see more of this :)

  • @asupremetab1617
    @asupremetab1617 Рік тому +15

    Thank you for the video Tyler and editors!

  • @arcanelizard4646
    @arcanelizard4646 Рік тому +11

    This looks like a really fun game and right up your alley, I’d love to see more of it. Also, it could be the fact that it’s 2 AM right now but Dan absolutely killed it on this video. Made me laugh out loud multiple times, and I’ve gotten to the point where not many videos can make me do that. Special shoutout to the witchcraft face cam bit, that one got me every time it happened

    • @aayyyooooo
      @aayyyooooo Рік тому

      Same! More of this game please, and the witchcraft bit had me cackling too!

  • @ABC218_
    @ABC218_ Рік тому +26

    Ooh I was not expecting to see you play this! Been following this one for ages and it looks super good at release! Loving to recent content :)

  • @oppanaenaestyle4758
    @oppanaenaestyle4758 Рік тому +7

    Really fun I would love to see more videos on this! I'm really interested to see what kinds of strategies and synergies there are

  • @Nevir202
    @Nevir202 Рік тому +5

    Loved this, hope to see more!

  • @glitchedjson4042
    @glitchedjson4042 Рік тому +2

    YOOO! Tower Escape!!! I took part in the jam when this was first made! I knew it had success, I was following its development since then, but I never expect Aliensrock to play it! I love it when small jam games manage to become this much of a success

  • @gawain855
    @gawain855 Рік тому +11

    Cool game, would be happy to see more!

  • @accidental7505
    @accidental7505 Рік тому

    this game looks so much fun! The art style looks cool and the characters are cute. Whoever edited this video did an amazing job and I hope you had tons of fun playing this game! You explain shortly and understandingly, you’re also entertaining :)

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 Рік тому +7

    as an aspiring game dev I love this concept and design here. Just imagining programming it, that must have been so much fun to figure out!

  • @vindrmasuta
    @vindrmasuta Рік тому +3

    Definitely need more of this game. Build synergy seems like the way to play. You should do an undead run next.

  • @danikahicks2210
    @danikahicks2210 8 місяців тому

    I started watching you when you were uploading Bloons Tower Defense, so I think it is so fitting to come full circle and invade the towers with this game ~♡

  • @mloxard
    @mloxard Рік тому +1

    This game's really cool! Definitely would love to see more

  • @TheSwanDragons
    @TheSwanDragons Рік тому +1

    First Retromation, now you, I'm super excited for this game coming out

  • @neron4222
    @neron4222 Рік тому +5

    Shroomy is precious
    this game looks really fun would love to see more
    also props to the editors! theyve really been doing great as of late

  • @fiendwoutaface
    @fiendwoutaface Рік тому +15

    One minute in and I already want to play this

  • @Phil_Chicken
    @Phil_Chicken Рік тому +4

    A really cool game! Would LOVE to see this game on the channel!

  • @jademonass2954
    @jademonass2954 Рік тому +2

    thats super fun! i want to see more of this game

  • @Anew_Returner
    @Anew_Returner Рік тому +4

    This was a lot more entertaining than I originally thought it'd be

  • @_KindaSus_
    @_KindaSus_ Рік тому +1

    This is a super cool concept! Hope you play more of this

  • @DarrelOdin
    @DarrelOdin Рік тому +2

    This game looks really fun! Great video as always (but oh gosh, you’re a floating witch!)

  • @Ninjaberry17
    @Ninjaberry17 Рік тому +1

    Very much enjoyed and would love to see more

  • @dockboys2023
    @dockboys2023 Рік тому

    You definitely found a gem of a game that twists the tower defense narrative where you see the game from the enemy's perspective. Entertaining playthrough to watch 👏

  • @JosiahBradley
    @JosiahBradley Рік тому +2

    Edit: it was this game I saw back in April of 2022 and it's got a Steam release now!!
    I swear I've seen this before a couple years ago. Maybe I saw the alpha. But definitely saw almost exactly this where you sent an army of monsters to dodge the normal towers on a path. Or I dreamt this in a fever. But still fun style.

  • @RotundRager
    @RotundRager Рік тому

    Enjoyed this quite a bit, would love to see more. Also, props to the editor, they usually do a good job but they did a great job this time.

  • @Preben2z
    @Preben2z Рік тому +1

    Very fun to watch!

  • @crazedgamer5355
    @crazedgamer5355 Рік тому

    Love the editing, and this game ! Would love to see more

  • @thegrimreaper6787
    @thegrimreaper6787 Рік тому +2

    OMG! I've always wanted a game like this!

  • @joshjones2497
    @joshjones2497 Рік тому +1

    I'd love to see more of this game

  • @Austin555661
    @Austin555661 Рік тому +1

    Would love to see more of this

  • @quinnvanleeuwen5449
    @quinnvanleeuwen5449 Рік тому +1

    I would love to see more of this game

  • @TheScoutnation
    @TheScoutnation Рік тому +1

    like the game, love the video. The editor really out did themselves with this one as well!

  • @shilohmagic7173
    @shilohmagic7173 Рік тому +1

    would love to see more!

  • @The24thWight
    @The24thWight Рік тому +1

    I LOVE these sorts of games

  • @msidrusbA
    @msidrusbA Рік тому +1

    love the concept. would like to see more imo.

  • @demolisherman1763
    @demolisherman1763 Рік тому +1

    Oh man I’m super into this concept

  • @woahhello9167
    @woahhello9167 Рік тому +2

    I JUST RECENTLY THOUGHT OF THIS CONCEPT AND THEN THIS COMES UP :000

  • @alex4alexn
    @alex4alexn Рік тому +2

    would love to see you play some more of the real game, you really rock the synergies and would be fun to watch, cheers

  • @Wrath-_-
    @Wrath-_- Рік тому +1

    This was amazing, please make more content about tower escape

  • @CMP7778
    @CMP7778 Рік тому +2

    Yooooo it's this game.
    Istg Tyler is a psychic
    I find out about a game.
    And within a few days Tyler releases a video on it.

  • @victoriajackson3810
    @victoriajackson3810 Рік тому

    This is a super cool game! I'd love to see at least one more episode of it!

  • @gaminggaming6180
    @gaminggaming6180 Рік тому +1

    I love the editing on this video

  • @vlad_ap5313
    @vlad_ap5313 Рік тому +1

    Love the idea! Sorry for degrading the viewer retention, but I'll buy the game and play myself, seems very fun uwu. Thanks for showing it!

  • @spoonikle
    @spoonikle Рік тому +1

    I need this on my tablet.
    I love tower defense and dungeon games so much

  • @olijakob7059
    @olijakob7059 Рік тому +1

    Love this kind of video

  • @HelioV1
    @HelioV1 Рік тому +1

    we gotta get more of this game its so cool

  • @Viel_Glueck
    @Viel_Glueck Рік тому

    That remembered me of a game called Empire of sand, it was a kingdom rush like tower defense game where you went 1v1 against an opponent and could send troops which could also be upgraded in order to penetrate the opponents defense

  • @arandombaguette9320
    @arandombaguette9320 Рік тому +1

    Damn this channel always shows me games I wish I had

  • @kitthekat6844
    @kitthekat6844 Рік тому

    I really like the small edits throughout the vid

  • @13ON3S
    @13ON3S Рік тому

    I hope we can keep getting more of this game. Seems cool,

  • @rabbitlord296
    @rabbitlord296 Рік тому +1

    this is so cool. please do more

  • @FrottingFanatic
    @FrottingFanatic Рік тому

    great video really enjoyed it

  • @jo40p3dr0
    @jo40p3dr0 Рік тому +1

    I've watched so many gameplays of this game lately, I'm almost buying it 😅

  • @CaTastrophy427
    @CaTastrophy427 Рік тому

    One similar idea I've had is one where the enemies can counterattack your towers, so it's not just set it up and they'll always do something, the towers take damage and need to be repaired or replaced, you have to keep enemy ranges in mind when placing towers, you can have a literal glass cannon tower that's got a lot of power and range but low HP so keep it away from enemies.

  • @SamLabbato
    @SamLabbato Рік тому +1

    this game actually looks pretty good. would be better if there was multiplayer versus, like you mentioned, but I could still see a short series on this one

  • @LEANBEANPEAN
    @LEANBEANPEAN Рік тому +1

    Loved this game

  • @westarrr
    @westarrr Рік тому +1

    Would love to see more of this Uno Reverse bloons game

  • @GeekBabbling
    @GeekBabbling Рік тому +1

    This is good content. I like that you can give your folks names too

  • @sarad2487
    @sarad2487 Рік тому

    I wanna see more of this!

  • @andrewcrandall6342
    @andrewcrandall6342 Рік тому

    Loved this

  • @docschro6847
    @docschro6847 Рік тому

    Definitely worth having a few more plays on this channel

  • @JoshnS8n
    @JoshnS8n Рік тому +1

    Ide love to see a series of this ngl

  • @TheJawesomeOne
    @TheJawesomeOne Рік тому

    There was a flash game that I used to play called Villainous, which plays a lot like this but with an entirely different theme and they do the whole level design and upgrade system instead of being a rouge lite.

  • @chrushernator
    @chrushernator Рік тому

    Very cool would enjoy more

  • @Yacovo
    @Yacovo Рік тому

    Thanks for the video.

  • @xmgaming2444
    @xmgaming2444 Рік тому +2

    This game seems sick. There was an old flash game called AntiTD that had a similar idea, but this is executed better tbh

  • @DrArtiePoole
    @DrArtiePoole Рік тому

    This was great!

  • @coriganfrazier6925
    @coriganfrazier6925 Рік тому +1

    Love this game fr

  • @wouterleten1982
    @wouterleten1982 Рік тому +1

    Fun game, would be interested to see different crazy builds

  • @VWrath6163
    @VWrath6163 Рік тому

    So, this is like the second or third time where it's happened that you've done a video like...a day or two after I've picked up a game myself. It's very cool and hopefully means great minds think alike.

  • @StabbyCat3000
    @StabbyCat3000 Рік тому +1

    Yes! Please play more of this, very fun to watch. Also, give me aliensrock x shroomy love arc

  • @remilacroix122
    @remilacroix122 Рік тому +1

    This is great

  • @PerfectZeroMusic_
    @PerfectZeroMusic_ Рік тому +2

    This seems really fun both to watch and to play. The only thing that seems to be holding it back a bit is the lack of vatiety on enemies

  • @nicholasdipaolo9207
    @nicholasdipaolo9207 Рік тому

    Just saw I wasn't subscribed, I just get the new videos in my recommendations so often I watch them the day they come out lol

  • @dankbasement6343
    @dankbasement6343 Рік тому

    You would love to run it back, and we would love to watch it thanks Tyler!

  • @jonathanslater7361
    @jonathanslater7361 Рік тому +1

    Looks fun

  • @remz94
    @remz94 Рік тому

    great video!

  • @AvangionQ
    @AvangionQ 9 місяців тому

    My favorite reverse tower defense game is Necronator: Dead Wrong ... which adds deckbuilding and roguelite elements.

  • @TheVekranith
    @TheVekranith Рік тому

    Bro, your editor is amazing

  • @simonhansson4115
    @simonhansson4115 Рік тому

    Wouldn't mind more of this.

  • @rextanglr4056
    @rextanglr4056 Рік тому +7

    It's sorta like I, Zombie from PvZ...

  • @TheJesseAngelo
    @TheJesseAngelo Рік тому

    there was a reverse tower defense that I used to play a very long time ago on Kongregate, which was similar to this. Ive long forgotten the name of it though

  • @LazyMe
    @LazyMe Рік тому

    One of my favorite tower defense games is called comet crash

  • @wywysbomb
    @wywysbomb Рік тому

    Loved the video. I think it'd be easier to follow if you used 2x speed instead of 3x. as it was I couldn't keep track of basically anything in the run. still a fun game that I hope to see more of!

  • @Hollidaydoc111112
    @Hollidaydoc111112 Рік тому +1

    This game seems fun. +1 to future videos.

  • @alinaji5429
    @alinaji5429 Рік тому +7

    Yo editor if you see this good work on the small details like at 6:34 its a nice addition

  • @squidman0055
    @squidman0055 Рік тому

    Please play this game more and the steam version as well, its so fun.