Space Run - Tower Defense game on a spaceship, and in space ofc

[bhavv]

I just had this game on my recommended list at 40% off, it looked promising so I gave it a try, and it turned out to be amazing fun.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/275670/

You have a hex grid module spaceship on autopilot that basically just flies left to right on each level, but you need to buy both weapon upgrades and more thrusters to defend against waves of asteroids, and deliver your cargo in time for the highest bonus.

You get awarded stars from 1-5 per level based on your shipment delivery time and damage / destruction of shipment modules, and total number of stars unlocks new weapons / thrusters / shields and other goodies you can add to your ship.

Theres also different types of cargo to defend, so far I've unlocked:

- Cargo - your first shipment to send

- Nuclear waste / fuel - second shipment, if it gets damaged too much it blows up causing damage to adjacent hexes on your ship.

- Passengers - Picky snobs that need to be placed on the exterior of your ship so that they get a view of space, unfortunately this also means that keeping them alive is harder. Might need to unlock shield modules by the time you get to these.

Then I think theres a few more that I havnt unlocked yet. 3 difficulties are available (easy, normal, hard), though I'm not sure how big the game is atm as I only just got it.

 

[bhavv]

Videos of a couple of levels I found really hard.


Link to video.


Link to video.

Then it got even harder, and I'm only playing on normal :x

 

[bhavv]

After getting comfortable with the game mechanics, I started over again on hard difficulty.

O.M.G ....

How is this even possible to 5 star???


Link to video.

 

[GrayingGamer]

Looks like you got close =)

This is on my wishlist, will eventually pick it up.

 

[bhavv]

Currently I'm completely stuck on the third passenger cruise level on hard difficulty.

Passengers need to be placed on the edges of the ship so they have a view of space, plus they need to be powered, so you waste loads of laser slots, have them all prone to being attacked, and waste internal slots powering them.

And then along comes Brown Beard, who was a pushover on normal, but on hard he turns your ship into an even more pathetic pushover

 

[bhavv]

Well I managed to beat it finally without any of my cargo getting destroyed, but .....

Spoiler :

:x

The problem with the pirate levels is that when they attack you, they anchor and halt your ship, so even if you were set to reach a lightspeed delivery, you get delayed by however long it takes to kill the pirate ship, or on hard difficulty until it escapes because they are extremely tough to kill.

I was using the second tier laser and first tier missile (theres 3 tiers to both), and even used the laser beam, which tears through everything on normal, but on hard it doesnt

And theres no space on the ship of that level for the third tier stuff too, maybe I needed to use the second missile launcher.

The passenger levels are definitely the hardest out of the five cargo types.