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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 (http://mcfunkypants.com/tower/tutorials.html) an in-depth tutorial video series.
F.A.Q. (http://mcfunkypants.com/tower/faq.html) answers to the most frequently asked questions.
Source: Woot Studio (http://wootstudio.ca/towergamekit)
Download:► Windows 8 (http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/the-peasants-are-revolting/fd517318-7a4a-43ad-9b70-536def367baa)
Download:► Windows Phone 8 (http://www.windowsphone.com/en-ca/store/app/the-peasants-are-revolting/bf678abc-dad8-4bf6-87e3-0ca0d1f6cd12)
source:microsoft-news