They made a REVERSE tower defense game!?

[@Dos_Estrellas]

Hi Matt! Thank you a lot for playing Countless Army. From what I can see on the video you are playing the previous version, on the actual I’ve fixed some things and added others. However a bug could escape being only one working on this. I’ll love that you try the actual version, even if you don’t make a video only to see the advances. Besides to see how you unfold on the next kingdoms, being everytime a little bit more challenging. Those aren’t engineers….but I’ll be delighted to make a skin for a unit of your choice! I didn’t think about the Dock form the truth…is it true that..well…is just a dock… I’m very happy that you entertained me with my game. Again thank you a lot for playing it and making a video for it!

[@El_Negro2003]

Good game

[@donuteater3353]

Game looks great, but losing excess troops on a route when they fill up a building seems like an issue.

[@QueenMonny]

​@donuteater3353 Yes. Once they fill up and destroy a building, the excess should keep going along the path until they reach the end or are killed.

[@valyrieanson3893]

Is there going to be a phone port?

[@ironmooss1946]

I would love to play this on mobile and I’d happily pay for it if it means no micro transactions or ads

[@SeriousApache]

Finally: tower offense.

[@RandomAussie-dx9fj]

Excuse me this comment is offensive I demand you take it down now 😡

[@mynormalaccount2643]

finally, we get the other side of it.

[@matheusjahnke8643]

@@RandomAussie-dx9fj why are you acting so *defensive*? Who hurt you?

[@Real_Potato_Man]

​@@matheusjahnke8643 he's just a little bit *_defended_* right now

[@STATIC_GAMING1]

God please stop with this reply section it’s hurting my soul

[@terminator_x.24]

Matt : " there are many enemies on the screen " Me : how could they be enemies if they're on your team!

[@alganonim]

Hans... Are we the baddies?

[@Themilkshield]

@@alganonim we are baddies

[@QueenMonny]

@@alganonim I feel like I've heard or read that before, somewhere. 🤔

[@c45tor]

Anomaly and Anomaly 2, were quite fun and understated games and they were trying to coin th eterm "tower attack" for reverse tower defense. they're usualy sold dirt cheap on steam. and has a sleek sci-fi, post apocalyptic look :)

[@cfilorvyls457]

They're also really fun to play coop. Played them like a decade ago and they're surprisingly hard

[@shiyon8947]

ah yes, the first reverse tower defense, from 2011

[@matthews2243]

Loved those games, I came to the comments to mention them too

[@MrMeow-iq7kq]

@@shiyon8947 I was going to say.... I felt like "reverse tower defense" games have been around forever... just maybe not called that. The concept doesn't look new or anything to me. Of course the first thing that comes to my mind though is Frogger. LOL.

[@kuroketsueki9059]

I hope they make a comeback in Pc/Console.

[@popington4674]

The concept of a reverse tower defense is really fascinating, but this game is missing a lot of core gameplay elements… As the player, it looks like very few of your choices even matter. You can’t control the number or spacing of your troops, just the order and which path. The shield spell doesn’t expire, so there’s always only one correct time to use it-when the most troops are on screen, even if they’re not being actively hit. 90% of the enemy towers are exactly the same (single target archers) so there’s barely any need for you to send different units. Just spam your strongest one until you start running out. Why do the enemy defenses not specialize more? Fast fire rate vs AoE vs armor piercing, etc. why do enemy defenses not upgrade between waves like you do? Because of all these elements not being present, the game feels like it boils down to whether you have the “meta upgrades” or not and that your choices within the level are almost irrelevant….

[@Dos_Estrellas]

Hi. First of all, thanks to showing your opinion, it helps a lot to improve the game and learn about my errors! Also I want to answer some few things you mentioned to clarify the game evolution. The decisions are really important in the game, because as you advance on it you get more spells that you need to decide where and when to use because of the different effects. Also the troops have different stats and specialties, things that will modify the army composition based on your strategy. About the defenses: the first kingdom is an introduction to learn the controls, but after this one there's more defenses like flamethrowers, longbows, spikes, etc... Each with a different way of facing them depending on your strategy to win. The option to upgrade each troop for waves is very good. If you don't mind, I'll keep working on it in the future. I hope I can explain the game a little bit better!

[@brycem.4062]

Keep up the good work! Love the unique idea for the game

[@Great-Dao-of-Elegance]

​@@Dos_EstrellasDo you have multiplayer, like one player defends and the other one attacks ?

[@Dos_Estrellas]

@@Great-Dao-of-Elegance Some people asked this for me and the idea is very interesting! However actually it is complicated, because the code is complex and I should change a lot of it, as well the defense system and others making it a completly new. And with that said I'm keep the idea for a future part of Countless Army.

[@MaxWazza-em5xe]

Is there plans to bring it to iOS?

[@Zerstoror]

Calling it now. He wants cosmetics because there is a hardhat cosmetic. And the devs shamelessly added them as RCE bait.

[@ziadvideo9594]

Gallic helm= hard hat of antiquity

[@mindquad772]

Warcraft 3 had a custom game called Wintermaul Wars, it was a 3v3 where each player built their own maze to defend a part of the path and also paid to send creeps to the enemy maze, it was amazing. You could do so well just recreating some of those custom games, what an amazing time.

[@lolialf]

woulndt mind having another video on this ngl

[@Mrnachocheese69]

day 63 of asking Matt to play planet crafter again, and its my brithday

[@rutgertrompert2154]

Happy birthday

[@Random_comments737]

Happy birthday

[@AdamCampbell-wx8jr]

Happy birthday

[@yotubegaming2784]

Keep going man

[@yotubegaming2784]

Happy birthday

[@DistinguishedCat]

*16 exist Editor: SIXTEEN ??!!!

[@Rymdpandan]

Am I the only one who doesn't find that clip funny in the slightest? Like, not even the first time they used it. It's just loud and annoying.

[@maskedmischief932]

@@Rymdpandan I don't even know what the reference is, lol. Can anyone explain?

[@rip_neptune]

including clips like that might actually be a strategy to make people rewind the video

[@paniiziima]

@@Rymdpandan tbh i dont find any of the random clips funny

[@El_Negro2003]

⁠@@maskedmischief932f1 game, the guy got sixteenth

[@adriantestowy5500]

7:59 - You can't choose "More cards" because You don't have more cards (You only had 2) xD

[@riccardomosena4162]

well, he did got the 4th card upgrade with only 3 troops though

[@TheGman0808]

15:37 “WHO LET THE DOGS OUT” jump scare

[@thelostdragon5951]

15:37 that gave me a jump scares so Hard i throw the phone in air😅😅

[@Grz349]

15:04 Would have been a good idea to release the weak skeletons on path A so they shield the other units.

[@Chalkolate911]

this should have been how Kingdom Rush Vengeance was played

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

There have been various Reverse Tower Defense games (aka Tower Offense games) in the past. Tower Wars comes to mind thought that's a tower defense/tower attack combo game really. Or the old Anomaly and Anomaly 2 games from 2013, or the more recent Tower Attack.

[@sleufffff]

0:13 Relatable.

[@holtingmaximillian1087]

Yoo Me too.

[@Kodiamoso]

This reminds me of that flash game back on kongregate, it's been so long since i saw that game to the point where i don't even remember the name, it was super fleshed out for a reverse tower defense game and had a castle where you could slowly build out towards new units and abilities, i miss that game so much and this awakened a childhood memory of it Edit: Found it, It's called Villainous

[@rolandiggy]

19:57 superior siege weapon spotted

[@SeriousApache]

Only an architect would call it a catapult.

[@theultimateamazingsleepyko6687]

It's a trebuchet >:(

[@TheBobielongo]

They should make this Multiplayer one attacking one defending! :D

[@Dos_Estrellas]

This is an interesting proposal. Others have said this too, the making of a 1 vs 1. I have it written for a future, of course this could be something interesting.

[@magiwastaken]

Btw since I've always wondered: Who makes your thumbnail art btw or do you draw those yourself? Love the vids! Keep up the great work, as always!

[@SgtsPepper11]

Had the thought of making something like this for a game jam with a theme of "player as the villain" (paraphrasing there). I unfortunately do not have a team and have not made a game in a couple years, but I'm glad that someone had the same idea because I really like the concept of reverse TD

[@orangetabby7122]

There's been a few of these kinds of games so far, two of which I know the name of: Anomaly (1 and 2) and Tower Wars. They're pretty fun, although Tower Wars is only a shell of what it used to be after it's online servers shut down...

[@justalad2474]

I (personally) think that Bloons but You're the bloon was the first Reverse TD game, but Im not sure. (IM NOT SURE IF IT CAME OUT FIRST OK?)

[@KermitSideCharacter]

8:28 jumpscare

[@CptFUBAR]

Soab it shook me

[@please-wake-up-now]

This game is like flipping the script on tower defense! 😂 I kinda love the idea of being the attackers for once. Makes me wonder how the strategy changes when you're the 'bad guy' 😂. Can't wait to see more gameplay of this! 💥

[@Tachynon]

"Reverse Tower Defence game" is just an architect way of saying "Attack game".

[@Clenner0]

Tower Offense

[@imllllord]

im telling you the best game you can play right now is the minecraft create mod, its the most perfect mod for an engineer to play, you can make a bunch of contraptions, machines automatic farms and even more, its pretty realistic too so i think you would love it

[@wizardii4961]

I think the first Reverse Tower Defence I ever saw was a web game called Anti-TD. Was rather interesting for it's time.

[@iamkevib9718]

weirdly enough, as far as I remember, PvZ was the only game that lets you reverse roles (except for defenders and attackers person shooters, welp they are still doing the same thing, elden ring rpg turning you into the victim, and etc.) in one of their minigames

[@ismlamaroof6438]

I've been thinking about this type of game for a while, but obviously quite a bit better done and more complicated.

[@keinlieb3818]

This makes a lot more sense as a tower game. Conquer the lands.

[@MLExotics]

Anyone looking for a semi-similar game, I highly recommend Toy Soldiers: Cold War. Great RTS tower defence where you can also attack your opponents base in multiplayer. The campaign is fun but not much of a challenge.

[@thelostanimatronic]

I played that clunkiest game I have ever played

[@devilbob]

This reminds me of that old flash game "Anti Tower Defense". Absolutely the same concept, but different executions

[@SRow_Plays_Games]

Getting nostalgia of playing these games in warcraft 3

[@thehansboi]

Matt if you want reverse tower defense games you should check out the anomaly series, it may be old but it's still fun

[@jakealcock5905]

The description was definitely written by the editor.

[@theultimateamazingsleepyko6687]

Tower escape is a different reverse tower defense game and you can choose how the paths look and there are way more goobers for you to send out

[@metrux321]

This is cool, you planing on doing more videos on it?

[@UltimaTiger]

You can tell the devs appreciated the plug since there's actual engineer and hard hat dog skins in the game now. 😂 Which is fair, seeing as I bought it because of this.

[@jerrykwan150]

What really bothers me is that he doesnt ever use any ability but the shields, the sprint cards he could use might really affect the ability of a unit to clutch an exit

[@Tomoose736]

What do you mean you're attacking the town? I see it as liberating souls from their fleshy prisons.

[@ProfessorYana]

This isn't the only "reverse TD" game out there; there's also _Warzone: Anomaly Earth_ and _Anomaly 2._

[@Gary-b6b7f]

Interesting game, but I think the game should start on basically impossible for a true reverse game, then you advance a level despite losing until you can finally win after an easy enough level comes up. The game would be a bit odd, but it would be a true reverse tower defense.

[@rodolforupp292]

The developer added new skins for you! An engineer skeleton and a black dog with a hard hat.

[@thattomciccone]

This looks like a fun one. Would love to see you play some more.

[@Breadbug542]

make this a series!

[@naomil7830]

I am now going to imagine that every time you play a tower defense game you are playing against someone from an alternative universe playing a reverse tower defense game.

[@coltonfarley5781]

I’ve been watching your videos for so long. I think it’s time I finally subbed

[@cpt_john-luck8408]

You should do a part 2!

[@lonewolf4215]

Dont you mean "dock, with an O?"

[@joshua-kramer]

Nope. Dock with a D. You can replace the D with a C but you’ll still get the D anyways.

[@lonewolf4215]

@joshua-kramer and you can replace the O with an I and get the same result

[@justino3991]

Today I learned, dock is a risky word

[@Valchrist1313]

Wow, was really excited to try this game, but man was I disappointed. Very clunky, the outcome is often random. But my biggest issue is I could see the white tracer showing I was travelling one path... and my troops would take the other!

[@dragoshthebest]

A PVP where one controls the towers and one the spawn would be amazing

[@AmberWillows-wk8jp]

Everything Matt Does is absolutely amazing. Then... Then... He ruins it ALL WITH CHOOSING THE 2nd SLOT WHHHHHHHHHHHY

[@riszbb]

Can we talk about Matt looking like a buff daddy in the white tee?

[@VUfElectrolyticCapacitor]

Anyone remember those 'I, Zombie' levels on Plants vs Zombies?

[@TheJimtanker]

Definitely want to see more of this.

[@epsilonius-the-great]

The fact that he has muscles confuses me more than it should. I've always imagined him as dad-like

[@MonkeDLoopy]

Catapult? I think you’ll find that’s a trebuchet Mr. Engineer 😝

[@quakesilver]

i was looking for this.

[@dusanrakic5955]

Gratuitous tank battles had also a reverse tower defense mode

[@caistigh2062]

So, who else watches DangerouslyFunny and RealCivilEngineer play very similar games in.... Not dissimilar ways despite everything and finds it hilarious?

[@brad1039]

19:58 I thought an Engineer would know the difference between a catapult and a trebuchet

[@lucasdacarinha]

This is not a tower defense, this is a tower offense

[@Queso_Raro]

I,zombie pvz minigame crying in the corner rn:

[@williamtoccijr9579]

Did I miss last weeks timberborn episode???

[@PIndyJones]

You can't say you're not the enemy when you've engineered the enemies attack!

[@nomuom2086]

Was anybody else like yelling at their phone as they watched him mess up every single decision that he could possibly make

[@OddlySpecificGaming]

Looks a great game that perhaps needs to work on the UI as icons only work if they are super obvious and these aren’t

[@kylzepolaczkowaty2197]

i mean, anomaly warzone earth is literally about you leading a convoy of your units against stationary enemies...

[@naturallyflorida9052]

Matt's Steam library's gotta be so valuable!

[@ThreeAdam]

I genuinely hated the 16 bit at 8:29. Sudden, loud sounds are not the way to keep viewers

[@westonwattman4772]

No one cares

[@extremecentrism9796]

​​@@westonwattman4772I second your opinion

[@mixmastermike2128]

A REVERSE tower defense game is Tower SIEGING

[@supermaximglitchy1]

This isn’t tower defense This is tower offense

[@Tuck-Shop]

Day 69 of lying about how many days I have commented

[@dumpanimator]

Ah so bassicaly btd battles but single player

[@re1v3r]

Wouldn't Reverse be trying to have people leave the Castle 🏰 as quickly as possible, compared to no one enters?

[@Apocalypse33]

Architects thought they had brains

[@mtfepsilon-11operative62]

Finally, tower attack genre

[@pcrdragon8097]

Rare footage of RCE not picking the last save slot.

[@Raggart]

I never thought I would live to see the day where an engineer uses "catapult" to describe (what looked to be) a trebuchet.

[@quakesilver]

i was looking for this

[@jessedejong7066]

This was fun, could you play this again in the future?

[@kanomeow]

thank God giant a tower defense game my favorite genre with like no games

[@toxux4618]

I definitely want to see this again

[@kinyutaka]

Well, I tried this game demo... And it's broken for me, the mouse doesn't cover the whole play area, and I can't even get to the settings.

[@SRow_Plays_Games]

This is a cool free flash game.... I assume?? Its pretty light on content

[@reyix9490]

Minigames. Lotsa years ago. Name: AntiTD (Anti Tower Defence). Years.

[@GinjaLeviathan]

If I had to guess, the life downgrade just lowers your troops max life

[@NotxbossThexbot]

Clash of clans being a tower defense and a reverse tower defense game:

[@tisane2877]

Villainous is a really good reverse tower defence only on newground but still a good one

[@wikyWargaming]

8:44 Matt, I know where you can find some brown nuggets...

[@mindlessmeat4055]

Another really good reverse tower defense is Tower Escape.

[@BuhoTrolazo]

More of this please!

[@samhwilson]

Can you put a link to the games you play in the description, please?

[@samuraibanan5382]

Do more of this

[@RichardParnaby-King]

9:50 Dock, with an “o”.

[@gamebuster800]

I'm happy you explain what the icons mean because without explaination, it is absolutely unclear what these icons mean.

[@skysypierce4995]

Reverse tower defense games are so much fun.

[@matteosberna735]

A tower offence game? Yes, there are many out there...

[@ResaAcerfin]

That Skelton looks familiar. I swear I saw on a battle cat knock off when I was in school 1:05

[@monke8737]

You saw it on scratch right?