Tower Game Starter Kit For Windows 8 Available For Download

The Tower Game Starter Kit is a simple, open-source (MIT licensed) javascript game engine designed specifically to help you skip “square one” on your way to creating a great Tower Assault or Defense game. Included in the github source repository are project files for Windows 8 Store apps that run on win8 tablets, desktop, and windows RT devices, as well as a project that compiles to Windows Phone 8. In addition, the game runs great on all modern desktop web browsers.

Features include:

• silky-smooth 60fps on most platforms
• levels that are larger than the screen
• spritesheet animation of in-game characters
• touch-screen and mouse controls
• music and sound effects
• particle effects and eye-candy
• a full game complete with a beginning, middle and end
• little extras like a low-level C++ sound engine for wp8
• lots of debug log and benchmarking functionality
• a-star pathfinding for A.I. movement
• entities have health (with visible health bars) and can die
• multiple weapon types with their own particle, sound and damage
• player and computer controlled entities use the same class
• simple codebase with the main engine in just one .js file.
• easy-to-understand code filled with comments

Developer Resources:

• Tutorials – an in-depth tutorial video series.
• F.A.Q. – answers to the most frequently asked questions.

Source: Woot Studio

Download: Windows 8

Download: Windows Phone 8