things are starting to come together...

You know how it is when you're playing a game and it shows you an ad; you think, for once, "Oh, that actually looks like a game I'd play!" and then you go ahead and download it, play it for a bit, and then realise that it's either nothing like the ad suggested, or it's plagued with ads, or the part you actually wanted to play is a small sub-feature of the actual game? Quite a mouthful... but that's exactly what kept happening to us. More specifically, we were always seeing these amazing Tower Defence games that seemed totally epic, but then the actual TD gameplay was either non-existent, or merely formed a smaller part of a bigger game. Added to this, we always felt that what did happen in those various TD games, was that it was super fun but then also super short-lived. They were also only ever available against the computer.

Five years ago, we'd had enough of this, and decided to embark on an incredible journey through C#, Unity and Blender... finally culminating in something tangible!

Today, the very first version is available to play as an APK!

But what even is this, you might be asking? What are you here for?

TAU - Tower Assault Universe is a first-of-its-kind, real-time pvp tower defense game. Everything under the hood is exactly what any TD fan would expect, with players being able to collect and upgrade their units through very similar mechanisms to what we find in other titles of the same genre. The only real difference - and it's a big one - is that TAU allows players to enjoy that classic Tower Defense style gameplay, but now it's online, against a real player somewhere else in the world!

We're running balancing and meta testing as we speak, shortly after which we'll go ahead and build out the last few elements of the MVP; player profiles, leaderboards, rewards, notifications etc - you know, all the backend stuff. The game itself is actually done, and working great 👌

Check back soon for more updates - we'll also be listing all the more important info about the game, like the rules, which units are available and how best to use them, some initial starter strategies and more!

PLUS!!! We're also going to make TAU an incredibly community-focused game. So, we're starting off by creating a Discord server, hopefully sometime next week, and then we'll start inviting anybody that's interested, to start testing and playing with us.

Something big to note is that we plan to roll out our very own monthly, bi-annual and yearly tournaments with real cash prizes for TAU. Some of these events will be virtual and some will be physical, with the intent of all of TAU's biggest fans and it's best players together, under one roof.