What's new?

This release introduces a major new feature for the game: difficulty levels. You can now select one of three difficulty levels for the Campaign (intermediate, hard, brutal).

We also implemented a score multiplier feature for the Survival level. There is a slider to multiply your score by up to 3x. Use it with caution as the game becomes more challenging as the multiplier grows.

Other improvements:

• Fixed a bug with the upgrades for the Vortex ability
  
• Abilities can now be upgraded up to level 4 instead of 6
  
• Changed the size of the swarm ghosts in relation to their multiplier
  
• When ghosts are hit, they get a red or blue hint (based on whether they have armor)
  
• The EMP disk color is now blue
  

Changes:

• Random pitch range for bullet sounds
  
• Remove code obfuscation (speed increase)
  
• Fixed a bug with fast speed getting stuck
  
• Update the UI on the desktop
  

Changes:

• Victory screen takes too long to show
  
• Removed text from the Haunted animation
  
• Added idle animations to towers
  
• Updated achievements
  

This update is very close to the initial vision we had for the game and is pretty much feature-complete. As a result, we are moving the game out of Early Access on Steam and making it a full release. GLHF!

Changes:

• Upgrade system for towers on Campaign levels
  
• Advanced targeting system for towers (with selector)
  
• Added multiple spawn points to several maps
  
• Added duration to completed campaign levels screen
  
• Added links to the credits screens
  
• Small UI improvements
  

Updated maps with new objects for Halloween.

Changes:

• Upgrade abilities every 20 waves (Survival mode)
  
• Vortex teleports a shorter distance without upgrades
  
• Added new foliage to most of the maps
  
• Added story and new background to the preloader
  
• The first Survival map has two spawn points now
  
• Increased size of the smoke at the screen edges
  
• Obstacles and foliage are no longer added randomly to Survival maps
  

Changes:

• Created Demo for Steam
  
• Fast-forward button that increases speed 5x
  
• Bonus 10 coins for calling wave early
  
• Shake the screen when placing towers
  
• Added pedestals which increase the range for towers placed on them
  
• Smoke at the screen edges
  
• Showing a hint that a wave can be called early
  
• Pressing the shift key will quickly add towers (on desktop only)
  

Changes:

• Fixed a bug with campaign progress being overwritten
  
• Fixed a bug with KILLED_CASPERS stat not being incremented
  
• Fixed a bug with the game crashing on older Safari and iOS versions because of MediaRecorder not being enabled
  

We are getting closer to releasing the full version of the game. The main update of this release is completing the Campaign with 15 levels. There are also a lot of bug fixes and new mechanics added.

We also increased the price of the game by $2 as we said we will do as we release new content while in Early Access.

Changes:

• Implemented all 15 levels for the Campaign on desktop
  
• Added obstacles for the road (stun/boost speed)
  
• Slow down the game speed when placing or upgrading a tower: Timewarp
  
• Tesla stun stacks up to a certain threshold
  
• Ghosts spawn from a tombstone instead of the edge of the map
  
• Added more foliage to campaign maps
  
• Added two more maps for the Survival mobile
  
• Added 100 Casper boss killed achievement
  
• Implemented multiple roads and spawn positions
  
• Fixed bug with abilities timer lagging when changing game speed
  
• Fixed bug with enemy speed getting messed up after respawning
  
• Added command to clear current wave (for debug only)
  
• Animated logo for the menu scene
  
• Boss enemies have a bigger size now
  
• Added music to pause menus
  
• Added music when victory, defeat, and survival completed
  
• Added stats drawer for foliage
  
• Added disk to EMP
  
• Show actual base health in the stats drawer
  
• Take vibration preference into account when shaking the screen
  
• Show the next wave info when clicking the Tombstone
  
• Optimised the Tesla stun code
  
• Optimised the enemy spawn code
  
• Removed online from game modes
  
• Renamed Debug setting to Show FPS
  
• Renamed mine to EMP
  

Changes

• Created 20 Steam achievements
  
• Sending stats to Steam
  
• 10% score bonus for Survival if survived all waves
  
• Fixed issue with the next wave button showing on the last wave
  
• Activated the next wave button for campaign levels
  

Changes

• Added 5 new levels to the campaign for desktop
  
• Enabled abilities for some campaign levels
  
• Added Discord link to the menu scene
  
• Fixed the tutorial not showing up properly
  
• Fixed Credits/Settings screens for web
  
• Fixed Win/Lose screens for desktop
  
• Fixed recording on Campaign levels
  

Changes

- Portrait version for web
- 5 New campaign maps for Desktop (beta)
- Showing the high score on the end screen of Survival mode
- Steamworks integration (game overlay activated)
- Added debounce to sounds of tower shots (less noisy)
- Sound for the button press
- Better recording quality
- Fixed a bug with animations getting loaded multiple times
- Fixed a bug with Survival scores not saving properly

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Screen to select the map for survival mode
  
• Removed survival score from the main screen
  
• Added tooltips to the stats drawer
  
• Showing an error message when trying to place the tower on map objects
  
• Fixed an issue with the wave toast
  
• Fixed an issue with map layers on some maps
  
• Removed the ability to select ghosts
  
• New maps system
  

We're excited to announce that the Early Access build of our indie tower defense game, Haunted Tower, is now available on Steam!

Haunted Tower has been ported from mobile and it introduces bigger map sizes and functionality for mouse and keyboard.

We've put a lot of work into this Early Access build and can't wait to see what you think of it. Keep in mind, this is an early build of the game - your feedback is incredibly important to us and will help us shape the future of Haunted Tower.

This version of Haunted Tower is available for Windows and Mac (Linux coming soon). Were thrilled to finally share our labor of love with you and cant wait to hear about your ghostly adventures!

Please note, Haunted Tower is in active development. We're committed to updating and refining the game based on your experiences and feedback. So, don't be shy to share your thoughts, ideas, and any bugs you might encounter!

Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey. Get ready to defend your haunted tower - the spirits are waiting!

The full details of the update can be found here: https://morion4000.itch.io/hauntedtower/devlog/535768/v173