Minecraft Tower Defense is a project I developed that attempts to recreate the popular Tower Defense game mode in vanilla Minecraft.
It is relatively small, currently only containing 7 unique towers and 18 different maps.
If you want to try it out, join mctd.shiewk.de. Supported versions are all releases between 1.20 and 1.21.1.
Upon starting the first round, enemies will try to walk across your selected (or randomized) map trying to reach the end.
To combat them, you can place towers on the highlighted blocks on the ground.
These towers cost Gold, which you can get by eliminating all enemies in a round or damaging them.
Towers automatically attack enemies, and some of them are stronger against certain types of enemies.
When your towers attack enemies, you gain Gold.
When they fail to kill them and the enemies reach the end, you lose lives. If you lose all of your lives, you lose.
More aspects of the game are pointed out below.
The game is split into rounds, normally around 60 on the Normal difficulty.
The more rounds you complete, the more enemies you have to defeat.
After you have completed all rounds, a win will be added to your stats and the game will continue for as long as you can survive (but leaving is always possible).
The enemies in the game will change every round, with new types and levels being introduced.
Some enemies are weak, others are strong, and some are hard to kill.
The game also includes a difficulty setting allowing you to choose how hard you want the rounds to be.
The towers can only be placed on certain blocks in this gamemode.
Upon starting a game, you will be sent a chat message explaining which block types you can place towers on.
The game includes 7 unique towers, each with its own unique properties and cost.
Some towers are stronger against certain types of enemies, while others are weaker.
Once you have placed them, you can also upgrade your towers to attack faster, deal more damage or have a greater range.
There's also the Villager tower, which cannot attack but will generate more money for you.
The game has a currency called "Credits", which you earn by completing rounds at any difficulty.
You can spend credits on useful items such as swords or bows which you can use to deal damage to the
enemies yourself or an extra tower block which allows you to place an extra tower anywhere.
The game's difficulty setting is a bit more complicated than on other typical Tower Defense games. Here, you can play on three difficulties by default: Easy, Medium and Hard. The difficulty setting affects the number of enemies you have to defeat, your starting lives, and the amount of money you earn. By completing a game on those difficulties, three new ones can be unlocked: Large Map (the map is twice as large), Reverse (enemies move backwards), and Hardcore (you only have one life).
The game also has a leveling system. You can level up by getting far in rounds. You can also try to climb one of the 6 available leaderboards, which are:
Yes, you can! Just create a game with more than one player slot and let your friends join your game. Alternatively, you can also create private games and invite others using the /invite command.
You can create a game with up to 42 slots, but it is recommended that you only play with up to 8 players to be able to keep a better overview of the game.
Sadly, this is currently not possible. If you want to get really far, please be sure to bring enough time.
The idea is already there, maybe I will implement it soon.