Steps to creating a TD

[ENCIIBeast]

I've seen the guides and I'm still not sure what the proper order of map making should be.

For instance what I'm thinking is:
Step 1: create the terrain
Step 2: create towers (including abilities and upgrades)
Step 3: create creep waves
Step 4: write triggers
Step 5: test

Is this the easiest order to do things in?

 

[bounty hunter2]

Post this in the WE help zone. Ask for an admin to move it.

 

[ENCIIBeast]

I've seen the guides and I'm still not sure what the proper order of map making should be.

For instance what I'm thinking is:
Step 1: create the terrain
Step 2: create towers (including abilities and upgrades)
Step 3: create creep waves
Step 4: write triggers
Step 5: test

Is this the easiest order to do things in?

 

[rAmPaGingONI]

probably. other than the creep waves thats how u do most maps

 

[Just_Spectating]

i would start with creep making then tower making.

 

[SlickR]

Creeps than towers.
I find it better to balance the towers off the creeps than the other way around and also that allows more more creative tower making and thus leading to more strategies.

 

[BlacKcuD]

The above posters are correct. First creeps than towers.

Be sure to have no "jumps" in the wave difficulty. Make a spreadsheet (or use your head ) and try to create a rough difficulty estimate for every wave like: movespeed * hitpoints * armor * (1+evasive abilities %)

And you should decide weather to have a linear or exponential increase in this "difficulty".
If your difficulty graph/line looks fine add some small bumps; these will become your "noob filter waves" ;-)

I did this for my td project and it turned out to be a f*king good idea. It is not as much effort as it sounds and a nicely balanced difficulty will make your td much much more enjoyable. Your testers will love it

Good mapping,

blackcud

 

[Anachron]

I've done 3 TDs, and all in this order:

A bit terrain.
A few towers.
A few creeps
Make the unit spawn
MAke the unit movement
Make more towers
make more creeps
... ~ while ~ ... xD