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Castle War

In this real time strategy game, defeat your friends by destroying their castle. The last player with their castle still standing wins! Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.

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April 20, 2023
3 years and 105 days ago
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About the Game

In this real time strategy game, defeat your friends by destroying their castle. The last player with their castle still standing wins!

Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.

Build:
-House: generates money
-Forge: generates iron and upgrades your army's armor (3 different armor types: blunt, piercing, and slashing)
-Pillar: generates magic and enchants targeted unit, so that they bypass enemy non-magic armor.
-Barracks: recruit and upgrade soldier soldier
-Archery range: recruits and upgrades archers
-Foundry: recruits and upgrades canons
-Wizard tower: recruits and upgrades wizards.
-Defensive Tower: shoots 3 arrows at enemies in the vicinity.
-Walls: blocks unit movement.
-Gate: A wall that can let units go through

Produce your army from a range of 4 different units:
-Archer: attacks from afar with piercing damage but are more accurate at close range.
-Soldier: attacks with slashing damage, have higher HP and armor and can change their weapon type to counter their opponent's armor-type
-Canon: attacks from a long range causing blunt damage, effective at taking down enemy defenses.
-Wizard: attacks from medium-range, causing blunt damage and can cast powerful fireballs and defensive shields at the cost of MP.

Upgrade your army: -There are 3 types of armor upgrades (blunt, piercing, slashing) available to your army, try to upgrade the right ones to counter your opponent's army.

-You can also level up your army's units, which will improve their attack power and max health
-the cost of upgrades depends on the number of units you own.