CreepTD 1.1 Public Beta
I just managed to set up a public beta server of the upcoming CreepTD 1.1 release. It contains the updated balancing, the new Survivor game mode and lots of fresh features.
On the beta server, no highscores, xp and skill will be saved.
Link: http://www.creeptd.com/play?release=beta
New features:
- Switched to the Restrospective Look & Feel
- Updated login, create game, options and create account screens
- Added update account screen
- Added mode images to waiting games
- Added 5th player slot (currently allowing AIs only)
- Added "The Big Combo" AI
- Changed server calculations to realtime
- Added latency compensation for slow connections
- Added custom theme support (not available in the web version)
- Rewrote the entire SoundAPI
- Added ambience music
- Updated sound effects
- Updated graphical tower effects
- Updated Survivor game mode to be based on investments
- Updated tower balancing
However, there is definitely a need to test things out first. Especially the new Survivor mode that's entirely based on investments (this is close to how a normal game works just without sending creeps) needs hints for the AI's playstyle on each map. To try this out there is a hidden command implemented that can be used to set the AI's income factor to a value between 0.0 and 2.0.
This is how it works:
1. Create a new Survivor game (hit the Create button)
2. Type into the chatbox: /df 0.5
3. Start the game
The /df command specifies the difficulty / income factor the AI will use in the game. A value of 0.0 means that the AI will receive no income at all (easiest) while a value of 1.0 means that the AI receives the normal income (like a player who does not need to build any towers at all) (idealistic). 2.0 means that the AI will receive double the income as normal (hardest, like if it were cheating). When playing the "The Big Combo" scenario a good df value for the map RICHTUNGSWECHSEL is 1.25 for example. Our task is now to find out some "good" df values for different maps with the goal of creating a "good" formula to set the df of every single map automatically.
Please keep in mind that this is a beta server and some things are not yet complete. Try it out if you like and leave me a comment about how you feel about the update so far

Cheers
dc