A downloadable game for Windows

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Defend the Beacon is part tower defense, part 3rd-person shooter. Your goal is to stay alive (and keep your beacon alive) until a rescue ship arrives. Gather resources and use them to upgrade your mech, or to build defensive turrets. Decimate alien scum with your minigun, or blow them apart with powerful rockets.

Features:

  • 3 levels of difficulty
  • Achievements

Controls: 

  • WASD to move your mech. 
  • Hold right-mouse button and pan with mouse to turn. 
  • Left-click to harvest resources.
  • [Space] to fire minigun; [E] to fire rockets.
  • Hold [R] when standing near a damaged turret or the beacon to repair it. (costs resources)

Download Instructions:

  • Click the Download button to download a zipped folder.
  • Unzip the contents into a folder of your choice.
  • Open the folder and double-click on DefendTheBeacon.exe
  • Enjoy!


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Click download now to get access to the following files:

DTB_v1.3b.zip 95 MB

Development log

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Hey! First i have to say that I a a big fan of tour defense games, and the fact that you combined it with a 3rd person shooter is a great idea! I Really enjoyed playing your game, the gameplay is pretty smooth and the graphics are nice! Keep up the good work!

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