It's the Year of Roguelike Tower Defense Games

[@HoganLong]

WOW every time you were given a choice you made the wrong one. Have you ever gamed before?

[@BananasGoMooDev]

WOW every time you had a chance to reply, you made the wrong one. Have you ever socialized before?

[@iconica9516]

this is the funniest olexa bad comment something about the WOW and then asking if hes ever played a game before is just soo funny to me

[@connornguyen4336]

Go outside and make friends, loser

[@beastmo4377]

don't think he was trying to socialize though 🤔

[@AmUnRA256]

it's called content creation and Olexa is a pro in doing things wrong in games

[@swiggityy_8465]

Tyler thinking that this game was going to be easy and then immediately getting rolled did my heart some good, also “please follow instructions” made me laugh

[@hephestusbh1803]

I love that the tutorial said please follow instructions

[@AppealingBanana]

Best part of the game?

[@Cobrabob]

I think the “bonus” from being by the oasis was it turned a normal house into a mansion. (House gives 3 gold, mansion gives 5) so it was giving a bonus, it just didn’t show it anywhere beyond changing the building into a different one

[@gaybowser8206]

was about to yell at Tyler for that.

[@thegodofdisappointment5338]

Same

[@Niada47]

I believe you are the perfect advocate for games, because every time I watch you I feel like "aAaAaahhh, I would do so much better. Let me play that real quick" :D

[@bigmiraclewhips]

the northernlion effect

[@newclearNRG]

So basically he’s doing what mobile ads are trying to do

[@blick1287]

Placing houses near an oasis turns them into mansions; they gain 5 coins per minute instead of 3, thats not nothing brother, thats more than a 60% increase

[@OlexaYT]

Gotcha. Didn’t realize that

[@milesarcher3709]

Love tower defense games! Just got lunch right as you posted this is perfect timing

[@austinromero9030]

My thoughts on meta progression is always that if the meta progression is numbers enhancements, it’s a bad system. If it’s system changes or new content, it’s good.

[@ezdlc2693]

Unless the numbers be 69 😎

[@MotionlessApathy]

It’s nice being able to sit back and watch olexa knowing there’s no world were I’m gana need to take notes. Thx for the vid olexa keep up the good work🫶

[@m0002856]

It is at least somewhat interesting if the meta progression contains both tower unlocks as well as stat upgrades, but I almost would prefer two separate systems OR a system balanced in such a way that the towers and stats you unlock along a particular branch end up getting more and more specific as you get further from the start that you shape entire builds around them. I think meta progression is at its best when it’s: Not required to win your first run, but might be required for subsequent higher difficulty runs IF you enjoy the ascension system in games. Balanced such that 50-60% of your expected player base won’t ever feel like their only option to progress is to grind out repeated runs just so they can get to the next level. The game has enough content to make a fun and engaging game versus a game that requires little skill and could be beaten in less than an hour if you didn’t make grinding the meta progression mandatory. And encourages thinking of some kind be it planning a route through a talent tree where you will not unlock every option and/or gives you pieces of a puzzle that you then need to put together yourself even if it’s something as obvious as, “go down this branch and you get a bonus to your lightning damage, two towers that use lightning damage, and a special ability where lightning damage has a chance to stun enemies.” Even if it’s OBVIOUS it still is interesting to be like, “Oh, I’m picking up what their putting down here.” I prefer my ascension systems and meta prog to be more, “new game plus” like you’ve finished the entire expected game but the devs added in a little bonus feature to encourage repeated sessions if you’re somebody like me who enjoys 100%-ing games. Edit: after seeing the variety in levels AND multiple difficulties, I’d hope that what I’ve highlighted here comes true. First level on easy should be beatable w/o mega progress. Subsequent levels can require more meta progress to beat as long as they don’t become grindy. Higher difficulties on levels can require even more. If balanced correctly, it can be a good progression system that allows the player to always feel like they’re on the edge of their seat barely able to get through by utilizing their new abilities, stats, and towers to win.

[@steve_cat5504]

The music is actually really nice

[@xaf15001]

This game is amazing. I wanna say my gripe first, this game is a roguelite. The different towers and upgrades that you could give them is not robust enough to justify it being a rooguelike, especially so because there's no huge synergy between towers. The roguelite comes from the tiles. They are the bread and butter of the game. You make a good board where you have 1 lane of enemies or eliminating water/land enemies, you are settled, and it feels amazing. Another reason why I say that is the enemies get so strong every like 3 days, like the difficulty is vertical. And the best way to mitigate them is to make sure they just don't spawn. Even with all upgrades, without good tile placing you are still cooked. Moreover, you can't even place that many towers because their cost scale, and they scale fast. I say the meta progression here is somewhat needed. I got to level 11 once on the first stage, and even then it's an uphill struggle, and that's with 30% of them unlocked. That said, I did get a god run my first run and immediately got to 9 because I closed almost every lane. So meta prog definitely helps, but not so much considering how much tiles matter more.

[@ChocyAddict]

Don't mean to be rude but as someone who loves tower defense games. Watching you play them is painful

[@HoganLong]

Agreed 100% -- said I'm going to join these two entrances and then gets the tile to do it right aways and does something else WTF?

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

To be fair, he normally is terrible at all games when starting out. After a couple episodes it gets better.

[@SiminSaysss]

He says in the first few seconds that his not good at them you don’t need to tell him😊

[@SiminSaysss]

@@HoganLongcry??

[@monkeyBEiRDdwy]

This has strong "as a tax payer" energy.

[@helicoidcyme]

cute! im into the dorfromantik tile aspect.

[@helicoidcyme]

also i think normal houses give you 3 income, but when placed on the oasis become mansions, which give 5

[@Igorious92]

I'm very curious if can just completely close both roads and rivers. Will it be instant win? 🤔

[@itsbiggs2540]

YT comments never cease to amaze me. Its like they are new here.

[@bugari_official]

Gotta script up auto-buy on any steam links you add to your descriptions. Another banger, thanks!

[@iconica9516]

this game already caught my interest with the platform building but when i realized the platforms can have things on them and don't just trail off based on what was already there i got hoooked this game already starts off pretty well if they can do everything right this will be a personal contender for GOTY to me BUT if they just got rid of the metaprogression with more unlocks and just made the over night upgrades or hex specific terrians emulate those benefits it could work out nice

[@VeryRealLeslie]

Just based off the thumbnail this looks like my exact typenof game

[@marr1235]

There’s “yay a roguelike! :D” and then there’s “oh a tower defense…” *this is a mix of both*

[@jonethynmeyers3606]

This lookin like a banger boyz

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

Meta-progression is very important for me to care to play a rogue like more then a couple times.

[@OlexaYT]

Meta sure. Stat based meta, no

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

@@OlexaYT Well... if you boil down any game, every thing is a number increase. But I meant more in the sense of "feeling of progression" then anything else.

[@terrortalks3037]

Hey, I don't mind that you're not amazing at tower defense, I'm in the same ballpark skill-wise, so it's nice to watch someone at my own skill level haha

[@Holiday11037]

Good showcase! Think I’ll pick this up

[@Ismcant]

when you have multiple lanes converging on the same towers you should make one path longer so they dont all meet the towers at the same time

[@mushroom_of_doom2148]

Houses give you 3 coins a minute and a mansion gives you five so it's not like it does nothing

[@pubbles3229]

I think he didn’t realize that mansions are just houses next to the oasis and not its own thing

[@VyperKannon]

I don't think he realizes putting houses on the oasis turns them into mansions...

[@Windsurfa]

Surely Tyler will feature DRG Survivor soon

[@OlexaYT]

Not a fan of survivor games sorry

[@Windsurfa]

No worries I figured it was a 50/50 shot since it’s a roguelike

[@dog_with_hat]

Tyler after watching you play this game my landlord evicted me and my girlfriend broke up with me

[@typ0w]

OMG plz play this again

[@JD2jr.]

I think rogue tower did it better, but I like the land&sea bit and hexes are just more aesthetic than squares.

[@OlexaYT]

Rogue towers meta was absurd though. My fav roguey td is isle of arrows

[@ACriticalGeek]

The oasis added 2g per house.

[@gokufirespit8418]

I mean yeah you totally called it, this was a rough one lol

[@bluedude3313]

It’s the year of hydration comments

[@izme1000]

Just putting it out there. I'm fine watching terrible gameplay if the player is still enjoyable to watch. You're good 👍

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

What if the mansion near the Oasis gives 5 min while when they are alone they would be 3 min You forgotten the sandstorm again

[@MrDudumassa]

TD GAMES should learn a Lot from Warcraft 3 TD mods...never found another great TD game as those ones...elemental TD...gem TD

[@TheScoutnation]

what if Dorfromantic was a tower defense game

[@grynte1]

"this is a tough game" yeah, espesh when over half your archers arent doing anything xD

[@OlexaYT]

Keep in mind there’s a range on them, I can’t just put them anywhere

[@grynte1]

at the second iw as talking about, you had them in a path no one would cross though- x3@@OlexaYT

[@teefly28]

Went into this thinking that I might really like the game, but looking at it I think I like the concept more than the implementation sadly. The look is just a bit too much play-doh and the meta progression consist of too many raw stat increases rather than actually interesting stuff. A pass for me on this one :(

[@dog_with_hat]

People who play every game perfectly but the game is not leaving a mean comment: 😰😰😰

[@rare265]

8:55 not closing path

[@sweetmoonpigeon7469]

i truly do not understand the hostility towards metaprogression ive been seeing, could somebody explain?

[@OlexaYT]

Stat based meta progression exists solely to waste the players time, it’s useless.

[@Saucygames]

this man needs to understand the concept of roguelikes v roguelites

[@OlexaYT]

Y’all weren’t even born when I knew the difference. I’m well aware the difference, but the vast majority of people don’t. Over 75% of my audience has never heard the word roguelite in my life and videos perform worse with roguelite in the title than roguelike. So I just don’t use the word. As a society we haven’t formed a strong enough definition for roguey games so everybody disagrees. Your definition of roguelike is probably different from the Berlin definition of a roguelike which is different from some other definition. Is what it is

[@Saucygames]

@@OlexaYT i wasn’t targeting or anything, your gameplay is always fun to watch i just always come into it expecting a roguelike with no meta progression 😢

[@OlexaYT]

Unfortunately the TikTok brain society today needs their meta prog :/

[@MrSlushpies]

This is just rouge tower without the cool music

[@thomasfloyd6714]

Olexa is yogscast? I dont see him in ttt, i think lies.

[@OlexaYT]

They have an affiliate team of creators to help promote their games they’ve published. Different from their stream team.

[@Benjo0900]

I think i prefer meta progression

[@hephestusbh1803]

Man you did not last long for your first game

[@Fros1By1e]

You have smoked out every last brain cell. If this youtube thing doesn't work out you're gonna be working the taco bell drive thru the rest of your life.

[@OlexaYT]

I’m quite literally a cybersecurity automation engineer as my day job, youtube is just a hobby for me.

[@roslolian11]

Bro why do you keep making multiple lanes to invade your base? You even put the ice tower when you know nobody is invading that lane Lmao

[@Negreb25]

Tbh the February saily uploads started getting way too much 😢

[@SubjektDelta]

You don't have to watch everything as it gets uploaded..