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Tower Defence Games
Tower defence or TD is a subgenre of real-time strategy computer game. The goal is to try to stop enemies from crossing the map by building towers which shoot at them as they pass. Enemies and towers usually have varied abilities and costs. When an enemy is defeated the player earns money or points, which are used to buy or upgrade towers. The choice and positioning of the towers is the essential strategy of the game. The enemies usually run through a "maze", which allows the player to strategically place towers, but there are also versions of the game in which the user must create the maze out of their own towers, such as Desktop Tower Defense. Some versions are a hybrid of these two types, with preset paths that can be modified to some extent by tower placement
The choice and positioning of the towers is the essential strategy of the game. The Creeps usually run through a "maze", which allows the player to strategically place towers, but there are also known versions of the game which have straight lines, called line TD. The genre is highly addictive.
