This is definitely one area where the game falters a bit, just because the game has such a casual feel to it in the beginning. The enemies also get much faster, and the difficulty in later levels is quite frustrating. Instead of enemies coming at you in groups of three or four, they will come at you in groups of ten. And later on in the game you will need lots of allies to shoot arrows and help you defend the castle, so it is a good idea to stock up early.Īlthough this game is really a blast to play, it should be said that the difficulty of the gameplay rises quite sharply around the fifteenth level. These allies are incredibly important because they will be the fuel that drives every other power-up. This pit appears every so often and allows you to drop in enemies and convert them to allies. One of the first power-ups you will absolutely need is the conversion pit. More defensive power-ups like castle wall fortification can be continuously built upon. Some upgrades can only be added once, like a sorcery or archery tower. These points can be spent adding upgrades to your castle. After every level you are awarded a certain number of points. Fortunately, you will have several resources at your disposal to deal with these ever-growing intruders. Then you will notice the arrival of monsters that cannot be picked up off the ground. Īs you progress in the game, more and more hordes of stick people will start showing up, and some will even bring weapons. For the first few levels this seems pretty easy. You defend your castle by disposing of these stick-figured people by grabbing them with your Wii-mote and flinging them across the screen. You have a castle to defend, and there are lots of stick-figured people running to destroy it. The yellow flag is the magic academy, where players can, after certain numbers of units have been assigned, gain abilities to help destroy enemies.Defend Your Castle is a title that has an extremely simple premise. The blue flag is the demolition lab, every time the player presses the A button on the blue flag, one converted unit is sent out onto the battlefield with a bomb in hand, which the player can then press to detonate, taking out a large field of enemies in the process.

The green flag is the stone mason's workshop, where converted units will automatically repair the castle from damage during each day. The red flag is the archery range, that automatically shoots arrows out onto the battlefield that can kill barbarians if they hit. The 4 towers each serve a different function and are represented by different colored flags, the effectiveness of the tower's function is amplified as more converted units are placed on them. After the player has purchased a conversion pit, they can drop enemy stick figures into the pit and, a short while later, have a new converted player to place in one of the towers. Upgrades The 4 towers of the players castle can each be converted into a device to help the player accomplish various tasks while fighting back barbarians. At night, players can use the points accumulated to repair the castle by either a small amount or completely, fortify the castle by either a small or large amount, and purchase towers to help the player in later levels of the game. At the end of the day, the player(s) score(s) are tallied up, with the highest score controlling upgrades for the next round. The day progression is shown by a sun in the background that slowly moves to the bottom of the screen, turning the scenery dark with it. Gameplay Gameplay in DYC is simple At the beginning of each day, the player must use the Wii Remote pointer to grab stick figure barbarians one at a time and either throw them up into the air, letting gravity kill them, or slamming them down into the ground themselves. New features that appear in the WiiWare version are three secret modes, simultaneous 4 player cooperative play, with slight competitive inclination, as the player with the most points at the end of the round would control the upgrades for the next round, along with a complete graphical redesign from the flash game. With more players, comes more barbarians. The goal of the player is to keep hordes of stick figures from breaking down the player's castle each day, while repairing, fortifying and purchasing new ways to fight during the nighttime. Overview Defend Your Castle (DYC) is a WiiWare game based on an old flash game for the PC.

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