Spell Slingin' Tower Defense

Spell Slingin' Tower Defense is a tower defense game where you build towers, make gems and equip them with spells to fight waves of monsters. You begin as a novice with a handful of spells and earn Wisdom points by completing levels. Spend points to unlock spells or focus your knowledge on a topic to gain a bonus for other levels; you can change your unlocks at any time before a level starts.

Levels and challenges

Each map brings a different challenge. Some use multiple paths to divert your fire, while others use terrain to limit where you can place towers. Enemy waves combine monsters with different strengths and weaknesses, and challenges include resistances and target manipulation. Optional bonus stages let you become more powerful.

Towers and targeting

Place gems in towers to make them cast the spells you have assigned. Towers offer different targeting modes, so you can focus powerful towers on enemies with the most health, slow fast enemies, or use slower projectiles against nearby targets. Relying on first targeting is not always reliable.

Spells and gems

The game has 40 spells. Each spell operates individually and does what it says, while the playhead determines which spell is cast next. Casting a spell moves the playhead, and some spells can move it themselves. Spell order matters: one misplaced spell can weaken a gem or make it behave unexpectedly.

Modifier spells change how projectiles behave, including increasing their damage or making them home in on enemies. You can stack modifiers as many times as fit; each cast adds to a pool that is cleared when a projectile is cast, except for certain spells.

More to explore

• 50 levels
• 11 enemies
• A map editor
• In-game achievements