MrTimmyJ

Project Overview

        Defend the central catalyst at all costs! Build towers, survive waves of enemies, and stop the onslaught in this grid-based tower defense shooter. A tower defense survival game made in Godot.

        Stronghold is a 2D top-down tower defense game built in Godot for the GameDev.TV Game Jam. Your mission: defend the catalyst at the center of the map from endless waves of monsters. Move your hero using tile-based grid movement and shoot enemies with your blaster. Between waves, construct defensive towers to hold off the incoming threat!

Player System

• Player moves in grid-based directions (one tile at a time)
• Shoots in facing direction using Space

Tower Building

• Can place towers on empty tiles if resources are available
• Towers auto-attack enemies in range

Wave System

• Each wave spawns from map edges
• Enemies pathfind toward the catalyst
• Game ends when the catalyst reaches 0 HP

Enemies

• Three different kinds of enemies trying to invade the stronghold.
• Enemies pathfind toward the catalyst to attack the catalyst or any towers in the way

Project Features

• 🧱 Grid-based player movement
• 💥 Blaster weapon to shoot enemies
• 🏰 Build towers to automatically attack nearby enemies
• 🧠 Enemy waves with scaling difficulty
• 🎯 Central catalyst must be protected – game over if it's destroyed
• 🛠️ Godot's scene system used for modular towers, enemies, and map design

Gameplay

You play as the guardian of the catalyst. Move in cardinal directions using grid-based controls and fend off waves of enemies. After each wave, you get time to build towers in empty spaces around the map. Survive as long as you can.

Controls:

• ↑ / W..............Move Up
• ↓ / S..........Move Down
• ← / A...........Move Left
• → / D.........Move Right
• Space.........Shoot