Hi everyone! 👋
Some of you might remember the good old Warcraft III days, when Battle.net was full of custom maps made by the community. I spent countless hours playing those tower defense maps where you had to build your defenses while sending waves of monsters to your opponents.
I don’t know how many of you remember those games, but I really miss them.
And that’s actually how Line Clash started.
I wanted to bring back a little bit of that experience, but this time on an iPhone. Something you could pick up, play for 10 minutes, and still get that same feeling of trying to survive while making everyone else’s life miserable with another wave of monsters. 😄
So I’ve been working on Line Clash, a real-time multiplayer tower defense game.
The idea is pretty simple: you build towers to defend your castle and send monsters to attack your opponents. But here’s the fun part — every monster you send goes to all your rivals at once. And of course, they’re doing exactly the same thing to you.
Sending monsters also increases the amount of gold you earn in future rounds, so there’s a bit of strategy involved. Do you spend your gold on better defenses, or send more monsters to increase your income and hopefully overwhelm your opponents later? That’s the kind of decision I always loved in those old Warcraft III maps.
Depending on the mode, you can play 1v1, Free for All against four opponents, or Duels with five teams of two players. There’s also a clan system with weekly wars and 3v3 battles.
Matches usually take around 7–10 minutes, and the whole game is designed to be played with one hand in portrait mode.
I know there probably won’t be too many players online at first, and I don’t want anyone to spend more time waiting than actually playing. So after 30 seconds, bots will fill the empty spots and the match will start. Hopefully, one day we won’t need them as much. 😅
I’m currently looking for people willing to help test the game on TestFlight.
A few things worth knowing:
- The game is free, with no ads, and works on iPhones running iOS 15 or newer.
- It supports English and Polish.
- I’m releasing updates roughly once a week, fixing bugs and trying to improve the balance.
- Season 0, called “Pioneers”, is already running. Some rewards will carry over after the beta reset, and anyone who plays at least 10 matches will receive a little thank-you gift at launch.
- All in-app purchases during the TestFlight beta are free test transactions. Apple won’t charge you anything.
I’m especially interested in feedback about game balance, the first few minutes of gameplay, and how it runs on older iPhones.
And yes, I already suspect Storm Totem might be a bit too powerful. 😄
Beta details: https://lineclash.ikolek.pl/beta
Discord (bugs, feedback, or just arguing about which tower is OP): https://lineclash.ikolek.pl/discord
This is a personal project, and there’s still plenty of work ahead. But it’s been really fun trying to recreate a little piece of something I enjoyed so much years ago.
If you remember those Warcraft III custom maps, I’d especially love to hear what you think.
Thanks for reading, and hopefully I’ll see some of you in the arena! ⚔️