Emberward is Your Next Tower Defense Roguelike Obsession

Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this engaging roguelite tower defense game!
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[@peketsi42]

As a tower defence connoisseur, this was one of the most frustrating Olexa video to watch.

[@MoistYoghurt]

I don't even play tower defence anymore and the way he was building his paths was painful

[@LuisMusgo-jp1ck]

I dont even know what the fuck was hapening but something in me felt hes so so wrong

[@fabzter]

​@@MoistYoghurtcan you explain why? I'm not a tower defense player so I'm curious

[@ASININ3]

Actually hurt to watch lmao

[@kitcat-xn1mn]

Oh boy. I'm not even at the first level yet here we go XD *sets sniper to highest HP* Me: oh

[@pmangano]

builds 3 snipers for little swarms of bees. Builds million flamethrowers for masive three headed snake.

[@CandleGaming14]

Ngl every time you set the snipers to nearest I nearly cried 😂😂

[@SwankiestPants]

So funny to me that you took the 20% fire damage boost with the intention that it buffed sniper, but then didn't build a single sniper for the boss fight even tho high damage single target would have been pretty optimal for the big boss

[@aidannation9127]

I feel like him constantly changing the targeting of the towers is was kept making him struggle. But i really like your content keep it up.

[@PrincessAww]

Watched 30mins of this video, got the demo myself, currently sitting at 7 hours of playtime! Can't wait for the full release

[@miberss]

u brought back my childhood with fieldrunners bro 😭

[@Lia-eu7nc]

this video looks like one of these ads where they play a game so badly that I feel the need to get the game, just to play it better. It definitely worked on me :) Looks like a fun game tho, ngl!

[@nikoolay]

Hhahah ikr, bro played the worst way possible

[@AreimaYT]

That was actually tense. Damn. Tower defense game goes hard.

[@PotatoTheFish1226]

Oh yo what’s up areima I’m a fan

[@Shifsabre]

You kept placing pieces that didn't even do anything to the path, and somehow you didn't seem to notice that the benefit of cannon towers is horde control. It's TD 101

[@ApolloMclaren]

Its hard to imagine that any td game could top btd6 but the tetris path building mechanic might convince me otherwise. Reminds me of sanctum 2 and desktop tower defense

[@poimon5607]

You got me seething, everytime you say you're gonna snake you block the path you could've snaked 😭

[@humanname1458]

I love that you forget the mechanics of everything instantly.... In the build phase between waves LONG PRESS to pick up those walls you messed up 🤣🤣 Never change olexa 🤣

[@AxoMocha]

10:46 FINALLYyyyyYyYY 😭😭😭 I was just waiting for you to notice you can build outside 😂❤

[@Nadia-Was-Taken]

I was so stressed at the end omg 😂 as for a TD game it's pretty good 😊

[@steve_cat5504]

Yeah, tower defense games often seem the same. Although this is an exception. I really loved the idea of dynamic levels, like when the tree burned down

[@ICM9]

I like how he read the tip about the lit up tiles that provide buffs, then immediately forgot they ever existed.

[@ICM9]

Also I’ve never seen someone so obsessed with changing target priority 😂

[@karicallegra8194]

Gives me some awesome Defense Grid vibes with the addition of the roguelike elements. This looks promising!!

[@ThelastDJ1976]

Defense Grid is sooooo good, nice call on that one

[@jelousjake3500]

41:53 "for six i dont really care about you" as he looks at a 9 lmao 😭

[@Stickyfingers88]

You can see the NL influences even when he plays tower defense games! Thanks for the video man.

[@OlexaYT]

Is he also terrible at TD games?

[@lexisnep525]

I just subscribed to you because you have a tendency to highlight really interesting new indie games.

[@Igorious92]

Heh, you made many questionable moves during building mazes :P I love the idea about having big 2×2 and 1×3 towers. I want more strange forms in the future!

[@fabzter]

I'm very curious and want to learn why his decisions were questionable

[@iconica9516]

loved emberward when i watched it watched an older demo, and it has only gotten wayy better, like to a crazy degree already feels like one of my personal GOTY's especially considering im not the biggest fan of tower defenses, but this game just hits the right nerve

[@mr_thug_penguin]

this video felt like one of those tiktok ads w purposefully bad gameplay

[@OlexaYT]

We won

[@slimesoda3956]

@@OlexaYTbut at what cost?

[@thescatterpiratesquarepant7935]

Multiplayer tower defence maps in earcraft 3 (custoom maps) werr actually fun and insane Obviously the map was built, but your towers would be like the Tetris bricks. So lets say a enemy was 1 unit, the path would be 10 or 15 units wide, and you would make rows of towers alternating from left to right to make a sort of zigzag maze.

[@lordgohan5907]

The premise of snaking your enemies reminds me of the old flash game Revenge of the Stick where you had to snake the enemy using your units.

[@NosCmplx]

Curious to see how different heroic difficulty is because you definitely got away with a couple carefree levels lol. I love these types of indie games tho so I’m glad you cover them, this and Rouge Tower are my favorites which make me wish that they were brought to Xbox or just more platforms in general tho. I could see this game becoming a really successful hit if maybe a multiplayer element was introduced. Where one player defends against the other who sends out enemies and has card abilities that could change the geometry of placed tiles or buff units.

[@kch8919]

So many good games this month including this one

[@Green_Bean_Machine]

14:23 "uhh, ok, interesting play" 14:31 "nooonononono, wtf are you doi-" 14:35 "WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK?!?!"

[@The_Jayman]

I struggled to watch this but I respect you just kinda doing what you felt like doing

[@Phrostbitex]

What an interesting concept. I like it.

[@ExtraTrstl]

Thanks for the video. Wishlisted!

[@jickhertz4124]

Well done for making it!

[@nerdjournal]

Yeah I have the demo for this. It was really a neat concept

[@fluorescence3]

ooh a tower defense game with building components.. the first time i've encountered mechanics like this is from fencing in roblox tower heroes

[@g4m3rwolf80]

A ROGUELIKE TD GAME IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I love the tetris blocks too

[@ino145]

I'm looking forward to the full game. :D

[@RprtBak]

"I'm a gamer" proceeds to do the most ungamer mazing in the history of any TDs ever. lmao 🤣🤣Still, game looks actually kinda neat. I'll definitely check it out!

[@bugari_official]

(while holding mouse next to the "sell" button) "longpress... longpress... longpress... I don't know how to pick you up" :D

[@sparkykiwi7849]

This game looks fun and looks like you had fun even if ppl are mad about the gameplay

[@margoldgallentara8968]

Drone on the train would have no down time

[@m0002856]

Yoooo it’s Olenky with the tower defense demo. FRESH OFF DA RIP WIT DA TOWER DEFENSE. Got a pocket full of cheddar in my hour of tents. Do the demo shaker hustle in zee flour of fence. Olenky is da man with the shower of cents. *cool rap outro plays*

[@Greendawn-di3dl]

Yeah I'm definetely getting this

[@grynte1]

I understand why you dont play tower defence, your awareness is painfully nonexistent xD

[@HarrisonKC]

I totally forgot there was a time where the only "indie" genre was tower defense

[@nagirok1]

okay so amazing energy, and nice vid, but as other peep's already said....damm the routs placements wanna make me cry XDDDD

[@masterrenataking3904]

dice tower my beloved

[@antonim8714]

The game is amazing! And is it only a 0.1.7 version?! Insta wishlisted :D

[@stevesparkes165]

Defo one of those games you should do a run of BEFORE hitting record :P

[@OlexaYT]

I don’t do that, first impressions are valuable in content creation

[@ElofA]

"I don't care for drawing more cards", proceeds to spend money on drawing more cards.

[@OlexaYT]

Crazy almost like I changed up my strategy when I saw it wasn’t working

[@ElofA]

@@OlexaYT Crazy how that strategy was the same as the ones on the previous maps!

[@shaylevinzon540]

Nice one

[@jackmichaelcarr3555]

This hurt to watch.

[@terrortalks3037]

9:44 me just realizing that the grid extends beyond the maze, meaning he can still use the plus piece to make the path longer 😅😅 Edit: 10:28 phew, he caught it 🎉

[@bluedude3313]

Water is your next Organ Defense Hydration Obsession!

[@Bluhbear]

I would've grabbed that Draw 2 Extra Cards talent so quick.

[@ClockEngine]

i love your videos,i also love roguelikes,i am making one, i hope when i launch it you play it!

[@Averagechannelhandle]

I got so mad in the start where he didn’t take the missile tower even though it could hit ten, and he took the electric tower, which is a LOT worse for crowd control, for the reason it hit multiple

[@lucastavares746]

Uses the dart tower, with chill effect, to chip at the highest hp monster instead of clearing the low hp minions and slowing down the wave. 💀

[@OlexaYT]

We won

[@lucastavares746]

We did! Thanks you dice tower gods!!

[@ethanbuttazzi2602]

if you havent tried(doubt it) try btd6, its the best top down towerdefense nowadays., and its such a huge step over btd5

[@joshuamangia932]

Love the Video 🗣️🔥🦄🦄🦄

[@BeaDSM]

I think you maybe misread the attack rate; 0.25/sec means one shot every four seconds, not four shots a second. The sniper tower had a very slow attack rate!

[@oscarguzman3017]

Complimentary engagement

[@Piotr_Tokarz]

If you want to check out couple roguelikes that I really enjoyed (probably you know them but if not): Alina of the Arena and Hellcard

[@iconica9516]

I think he's said in a tier list video that he wants to check out Alina but he can't fit it anywhere idk about hellcard tho

[@OlexaYT]

Sternly worded I’ve played, other two have been on my list for a long while haha

[@Piotr_Tokarz]

​@@OlexaYToh, also Facehand was pretty fun but short, dont know if you have heard of Super Fantasy Kingdom or Tower Escape

[@MrPopTarted]

I would love to see Hellcard, it has been on my wishlist forever but it feels like no youtuber has played it so I don't have a good feel on how good it is.

[@Piotr_Tokarz]

​@@MrPopTartedWell I played it, its fun but becomes repetetive, id say its worth to buy on a sale

[@lefondesin2627]

I think you maybe underutilised drawing additional cards from time to time - 5-15 gold is very cheap and not a lot of money to burn, especially in later rounds

[@Eternal_Night69]

I don't know why but i read it as edwards tower

[@auradmg]

I feel like it's never a good sign when a PC build doesn't remove touchscreen/phone terminology.

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

Well done if you did not had the 2x2 dice tower you would have lost and also you could have done better if you replaced the low 2x2 Dice Towers

[@llamaduden3397]

He did replace some, but the lower their roll the less money he got back from them, so even though he just placed one, and still was in the same build face, still ment that a nat 0 ment 0 dollars bag for selling it

[@user-nk2fr6vy7m]

Which one of us said it? You did 😂

[@dragonex4723]

i see tetris piece, i click

[@ethanlocke3604]

I might be wrong but I think you’re conflating nearest and most progress, I think nearest is closest to that tower Actually maybe I’m wrong and I just don’t understand why you’re using nearest. Either way it’s a very cool game

[@OlexaYT]

That’s what I wanted lol

[@ethanlocke3604]

@@OlexaYTslay

[@madcio]

Why anybody would want *sniper* tower to target nearest piece? Entire purpose of sniper tower is RANGE. That was most infuriatingly amusing moment in this video. Snipers are for "highest hp", period. Only in dire emergency "furthest". Rest of settings is useless for this tower.

[@manoahmarincaruntu1659]

1 hour gang 👍

[@scotty8694]

You’re weren’t kidding when you said you are really REALLY bad at TD games. I couldn’t get through the whole video

[@duckstep647]

First woo, and I'm trying to get back into tower defense games as well (also it's the gosh darn tutorial don't worry about being "unoptamized")

[@luxamofficial]

I love your videos , but damn, some choices are hard to watch lol

[@RoboTosterChad]

Not gunna lie didn't think you had that

[@Ecto_Fox]

This was PAINFUL to watch

[@densvartbjorn7367]

Tell me olexa is a nuggets fan without telling me olexa is a nuggets fan

[@OlexaYT]

Not a nuggets fan!

[@lunarsuperstar]

welp... I will admit, I thought you wouldn't make it.

[@user-qf2hu7ng9j]

looks super fun. realllly hope korean sub support when release 😊😊

[@NuniUwU]

Everything about this video was painful

[@isaacribeiro6823]

Iam from the time of desktop tower defender

[@krasimirdimitrov4955]

pretty standard game

[@sniper_strategy6135]

This game failed the Olexa test. Tyler is really good at roguelikes but I've noticed the games that turn into series and are good longterm Olexa fails on the first try

[@pch1370]

Ah yes, the classic JRPG type of progression. first level: _fight some cute lil guys :)_ final level: *KILL GOD*

[@BeaDSM]

I think most of the time you were setting towers to Nearest you actually wanted Most Progress? Nearest means the nearest the tower, not nearest the flame.

[@OlexaYT]

Nah that’s what I wanted

[@FrostGiant17]

It’s T. where’s my double upload? ):

[@OlexaYT]

Sorry :( ran into a busy work day. Will give a balatro tomorrow as recompense

[@FrostGiant17]

@@OlexaYT it’s all good! I’m just happy for the uploads. We understand life gets busy and other priorities take place!

[@raksatanoron]

play picayune dreams

[@OlexaYT]

Not my kinda game

[@virtualmartini]

I love meta progression so I hope your sentiment campaign against the mechanic fails - btw I'm not being super serious, lol.

[@FlashOfAsh]

my god how you build mazes annoys me to my core to the extent i actually got the demo just to feel better it also shows how good of a game it is with how wrong you can be sometimes which is a good thing

[@gamingbosses8710]

This was extremely painful to watch. Such terrible tetris piece placement and tower placement!!!

[@OlexaYT]

Good, be in pain

[@yevanasvetya5486]

Demo free?

[@OlexaYT]

Yup

[@user-gz7jz7nb7s]

BRO IS BRAIN DEAD LMAO

[@DiedIntimewhenkilled]

try hard mode XD

[@gildaren6854]

This video was so miserable 😢

[@OlexaYT]

We won

[@CellarPhantom]

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to try this game when it is fully released and try to be better than you

[@XrayTheMyth23]

this was horrible to watch lol every time he changed the tower AI it was for the worse... his block placements were okay though.

[@OlexaYT]

We won

[@jakelevinson7802]

First comment so I’m cool

[@hahaid2003]

This video is like them promotions videos where the player purposely screw up so you'd download the game. I gotta stop at 20:00 it's infuriating. Im sorry.

[@SamzoidYT]

dude has no idea what the different targeting modes do. so frustrating to watch

[@OlexaYT]

We won

[@SamzoidYT]

confidence/arrogant commentary to skill ratio is absurdly bad