GOING BACK IN TIME! - CREEPER WORLD 3

[@mpm165]

I didn't expect the 2D to mess me up so bad. But it feels like a totally different game from CW4

[@62mag62]

you should also check out CW2. 2D as well, but it is in a side scrolling perspective instead of top down.

[@philbertpicklesworth9169]

This was really interesting to watch. I had never heard of creeper world before you started playing it and its now my favourite game that you play!!! Also loved the more retro music!

[@TheAwes0meo]

The music is great but it's actually the in-game music.

[@librus8680]

Reminds me of Creeper World 1, which you could play a mini campaign for free on those old flash gaming sites. The developer has really come far since then!

[@Poldovico]

Creeper world 1 and 2 are on Steam now :D

[@Deadl0ck]

Knucklecracker made demos like that for 1, 2 and 3, that you could play in browser, if I'm not mistaken

[@SirPrimrose]

I've played since Creeper World (the original) in the browser on things like Kongregate. Creeper World 3 is still my favorite game mechanically, since it has great progression with the forge, cool enemies, and fun map mechanics (I actually remember playing the map you are playing today, and that was 2-3 years ago that I completed it). I love creeper world 4 too, however CW 3 just feels more balanced to me with gameplay, even though CW 4 wins on visualization.

[@raleydemon1152]

Pretty much completely agree there XD 2-3 years for me too, I think haha

[@Groovewonder2]

I didn't know CW had that storied of a history. neat.

[@SirPrimrose]

Honestly, I’ve harbored a secret love for the CW series since childhood. None of my friends understand the satisfaction in the gameplay, so it was amazing to see Tom enjoying this game series.

[@8BitShadow]

man yea playing creeper world on kongregate, that takes me back.

[@duskyrc1373]

I think CW3 has some of the best music too. Also interesting plot! (And one hell of a twist) Yeah, playing Creeper World back on Kongregate... those were the days. Watching Tom play this makes me want to go back and play through them all again.

[@drafmine4526]

I actually like cw3 better for some reason. Something about the progession in CW3 is just much more satisfying. The graphics also feel super nostalgic to me.

[@sword4005]

story was better too

[@user-co7eg4kn8g]

Me too

[@andrewjones9547]

ah back to the days of 3x3 reactors being seperate from miners, no runways and nullifiers that kill creeper units

[@trickygamer555]

NGL this world was something different. Extremely low threat level, almost impossible to lose, yet not trivial to play.

[@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere]

im pretty sure its probably an easy map, you can make harder maps. i mean it is the campaign so its kinda forced to be easy for the players. later campaign levels get a lot harder and similar to cw4 the player levels are more complicated and harder from experience. the maps i think are similar in style ish

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

Yeah this is very early in the campaign

[@pegusus12346]

CW3 is just not a particularly hard game. If you stabilize at all, you will eventually win because you can build reactors that increase your energy production. There are, however, maps that have some kind of time limit and they are absolutely fucking brutal.

[@brianlance8263]

@@pegusus12346 yeah, the time limit levels are all rush rush rush, while the rest of the game you can go as quick as you like, so for someone like me who holds the line until I have overwhelming firepower, the timed levels are brutal

[@knightwolf3511]

@@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere its' easy the last map is crazy and still can't beat it

[@BrendanGeormer]

Having not been familiar with Creeper World before the videos on CW4, seeing this now makes me understand how the sequel was a big step up

[@bjorn0411582]

Hey Tom! Really happy to see you showing off CW3 on the channel! Imo its the more interesting game mechanically. Mostly because its really good at throwing new ideas at you with each map, new puzzles to solve each time. Whilst CW4 is simpler per map, but the more emotionally satisfying of the two, as that 3D angle really just makes it *feel* really good to fight that creep (or to be it). But of real NOTE! you know how you love those "play as the creep" maps? Well! CW3 has its own genre of extremely similar stuff! Specifically, youre playing as anticreep ONLY. Well, nearly only. You have no weapons, not even sprayers, instead youre using your volume of anticreep spreaders to convert creep spreaders INTO anticreep spreaders! its a fairly difficult but really interesting puzzle. Theres some really technically advanced maps but I can *really* recommend "CHRISTMAS TREE #1" as a really great introduction into the genre! Its a much simpler map than whats been made more recently. The map is made by "Yum234" and if you enjoy that map, then going through the rest of what hes made will do you really well! I cant quite recall 100% but I think the map "LIGHT KISS" was also really good and simple. the genre eventually got called CSM, so searching for "CSM" can be good, altho those can be very complex and overwhelming.

[@Vhargon]

There is also play as creep not just play as anticreep

[@electronic_bunny]

Great stuff! Maybe a one off of creeper world 2, vertical boogaloo, would be good too :3 Oh it also doesn't share a name, but I really recommend particle fleet: emergence which is a fleet-based creeper world.

[@DoABarrelRol1l]

A great level. I wish they played around with the moving creep pattern concept more in CW3 and CW4. I think having an emitter with some defined logic like (spawns x shape of y depth in

[@pegusus12346]

I remember a level in CW2 that seemed normal at first, but then it just launched giant wads of creep shaped like mean faces at you. That shit was stressful.

[@B0ki]

Hi Tom! You should try Particle Fleet: Emergence. It's a game from same developers as Creeper World.

[@user-co7eg4kn8g]

Yeah do it

[@chakatfirepaw]

The same universe as well, just another era.

[@farshnuke]

I hope they make another particle fleet game

[@MyishiMan]

This feels so different and I love it. Would love to see more.

[@LoPhatKao]

my favorite CW is the spinoff game - Particle Fleet it's Creeper World ... _in spaaaaaaace_ ;)

[@yakobsoulstorm5187]

The jump from 3D to 2D is a bit difficult, but would definitely love to see more of this!

[@joevahle2321]

Man creeper world is such a great series. If you haven't played through them all, take the time, you won't regret it.

[@mikeanco]

My first thought was that someone had remade this map but for CW4, I'd genuinely love to see if the maps would still hold up with the changes

[@Deadl0ck]

There are a bunch of custom CW3 maps ported to CW4, I've not seen this one though, I think.

[@Raida7]

wow that's really cool, ICreeper World 4 is the only one in the series I've actually seen before, this shows so clearly how much of the mechanics of the game came from its predecessors. I do like the idea that once you've nullified something, it goes boom - no supplying the nullifier and proecting it from creep to worry about!

[@sirzorg5728]

I followed all the dev updates when Knucracker was making CW4, and honestly I think the new nullifier behavior is better thematically, because it makes the creep more menacing. If the emitters can just be destroyed, then the creep is much less dangerous. This stuff is supposed to have destroyed many many civilizations across the galaxy, The nullifier being only able to contain it rather than defeat it makes it an everpresent threat.

[@EverlastingEclipse]

The original games are so good, especially the music.

[@darkpixel1128]

i remember playing through the browser games so many times!

[@SOULxxdragon]

A classic, it's really interesting to see how creeper world 4 evolved from 3, amazing video y'all!

[@liammontgomery1825]

Blast from the past! Loved this game as much as 4. Check out the play as creeper modes here too!

[@HorrorGirlNat]

Not my usual type of game but I'm actually really enjoying playing it.

[@maxpower8549]

"iT's NoT a ToWeR, iT's A cOlLeCtOr!" man, i feel old seeing this

[@1nsane89]

Another small thing you forgot about: You can have multiple command centers, either as separate bases or just to have more starting economy

[@nazamroth8427]

Man, blast from the past.

[@mstout_]

My strategy in this was always put a plane in the super spot to get a big super plane flying around, surprised that wasn't the first thing on Tom's mind 😅

[@jordan6508]

Love the fun videos, thank you for your work Tom and Josh.

[@salinevaleni7180]

The music (either in the game or that you used for it) is fucking awesome.

[@klaxoncow]

When this baby hits 88mph, you're gonna see some serious... creep.

[@jeffreyhoon]

Ahh CW3, the nostalgia... And the entire backline of reactor farms. Remember when AC in 1 and 2 used to be limited? Then came 3 and 4 where they are now unlimited. Man, gotta love that flooding feeling with AC. Are we the bad guys then, just another form of creep? ... Nah, those of us who played the final CW3 mission know better. And the 3 ways you can win too.

[@The1Overmind]

Creeper World 3 is still such a fantastic game. I'm down for these videos!

[@user-co7eg4kn8g]

Hi Tom This was my favorite map, so much nostalgy You should try playing particle emmiters, its really good, sorry for my grammar. L

[@DrFilch]

17:35 Shaka, when the walls fell

[@Eldinloom]

Gods, I forgot how good the music for CW3 was. Chiptune it might be, but the composer didn't have to go that hard to make actual tunes!

[@tylerhansen1892]

that brings back some memories

[@Chimly_Stonefoot]

Tom you took me back in time so fast that I blew up your experimental amp and now I’m late for school

[@Betuor]

Really nice change of pace.

[@strawberryutopia]

I forgot how great the music was in CW3

[@Niyucuatro]

that second command center could have been usefull, remeber you have two.

[@electricVGC]

Absolutely loved it

[@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132]

I think portable superstructures are more useful than stationary ones . . . it's interesting how much this mechanic was changed in creeper world 4 but atleast it gives that game a slightly differend feel

[@operator8014]

I never notice how different the new game is till I see the old game. Alien tech for sure.

[@Kartaal]

CW3 Play As The Creep maps, Tom. Please :D

[@NeinBreaker]

Give Particle Fleet a try, sometime. It’s more strategy than tower defence oriented, which makes for an interesting change of pace.

[@bertdog2119]

If you didnt crash your economy building reactors then you werent building enough reactors Tom. Its not that complicated.

[@danjoy2]

It really is an inferior version of CW4. The evolution is amazing.

[@froshdt2254]

oooooh It's really been a while since i heard the CW3 music

[@daddysempaichan]

The fact that Tom didn't place down his second base triggered me a little, but to be fair, you don't really get multiple bases in other Creeper World games.

[@kezmsfilms1300]

Daily reminder that Tom is an amazing person and to thank him for all he has done/will do - Day 819 (He he, fun 22/2/22 date :P) Wow, this Creeper World 3 is really cool, imagine if it was in 3D though, wouldn't that be something :D It is really interesting to see what came before and I am happy the next game actually changed things up quite alot and not just improved graphics and the like :D You know, I was wondering why there was no episode number XD ha ha, took me until Tom mentioned to realise this was a different game XD ha ha

[@farshnuke]

I adored this

[@hutto1jm]

i love creeper world 3, not gonna lie, i only watch your vids because i cant play the new one on linux(also, the relays transport faster as well as having a longer connection range)

[@blinking_dodo]

Well that was interresting...

[@Viirrvill]

so, who's gonna tell him there is a anti-creep puzzle maps and PAC maps here too?

[@PierceArner]

_Let's do the Time Warp again!!_

[@DrFilch]

*A-BAM!*

[@k.ngpark]

Yo Tom. Check out Wandering Village. I think it's right up your alley.

[@danielpalecek4090]

wish cw4 also had stuff like timed creep forcefields and that it same difficult becouse I complete all cw3 2 1 userspace and aim board

[@majesticsatyr3877]

I love you

[@ClumsyReaper]

Huh. I have to wonder what the first and second Creeper World games look like.

[@user-co7eg4kn8g]

I played them all, first to is "just" flash games

[@ClumsyReaper]

Ah, I see. Fair enough.

[@pegusus12346]

The first CW looks pretty much like this one. The graphics are a tiny bit worse and it's missing a lot of mechanics the later games introduce (no anticreep, for example). CW2 is a weird one for the series. Instead of a top-down perspective, it's a side view. The reason for that is that the gameplay is primarily underground. Your base is typically on the surface of the planet and the creep is buried underground. It slowly eats through the terrain, so you have to dig down and stop it before it reaches you. There aren't any collectors, you generate energy solely through reactors and you don't require power lines to resupply your units. Instead you have a sphere of influence that you can build in which can be expanded with a specific type of unit. Creep and AC are affected by gravity. Pretty cool game but quite different from the rest.

[@lunaeek9130]

More CW3 plz

[@noah.2B]

If you're running low on CW4 maps to play, I've been meaning to try my hand at making some for you. hhmmmmmm

[@herlastborn]

RTX off

[@pando4379]

still stuck on farbor...

[@aidangrey00]

Wait is the creep blue? I thought it was purple this whole time. Am I color blind?

[@pegusus12346]

It's definitely borderline between blue and purple.

[@it_is_i_deo]

This was a fun oddity, but it kinda looks like it sucks to play compared to Creeper World 4

[@jake_russ]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :(

[@squishy8700]

bam! fuuuunnnnnyyyyyyy joke!

[@Stanehable]

647

[@quadrofirehands3399]

whens the next stream tom, I wanna see more dice huuuuuuu~