If you play TowerWars on the Hypixel Minecraft Server you might have seen my name on the leaderboard. If you don’t play this game I’ll summarize it for you.
This tower defense/offense game could be compared to the popular Bloons TD where you send minions to take lives while defending your own. The key to winning a game is balancing defenses while gaining as much gold as possible.
In Hypixel’s vision of the game, the minions and towers are shown as mobs- each with abilities and stats. The initial struggle with the game was balancing it so that one strategy couldn’t be victorious 100% of games. In the recent update, this was combatted by adding a powercreep system in where once you spawn a type of minion its stats will increase up to a point. See an opponent spawning tanky mobs? You better increase your DPS towers before those mobs get too powerful. Additionally, abilities were added to give the game more strategy and content that can help change the game because only one ability can be selected for a game.
In terms of content, new maps and towers have been released. Maps will change the pace and strategy of each game because a robotic play style forces you to create a new defense that utilizes the unique pathing. Different towers change the current meta while eventually being balanced to their niche.
Balance comes with time and testing. That’s why the PTL is so nice but remember, it’s not released yet so expect more changes and polishing and always give your ideas on forums. Thanks for reading!
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Thanks to the HPC and Development team at Hypixel as always