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Kingdom TD: Draft Your Demise

Coming soon · Q1 2027

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Choose the enemies. Build the defense. Survive your decisions.

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A different kind of tower defense

In Kingdom TD, the next wave starts with a choice. You draft the enemies yourself, trading danger for the resources to build a stronger defense. Planning is untimed, so there is room to consider the route, the towers, and the consequences.

A connected fantasy campaign, persistent tower progression, challenges, and fixed-seed Endless play give those decisions room to grow.

THE EXPERIENCE

How it plays

Draft the horde
Choose the enemies you will face. Balance a safer wave against a riskier, more rewarding one.
Build the answer
Place and upgrade towers, then shape the routes that bring enemies through your defenses.
Ride the line
Reposition your mounted rider to support nearby towers and gather fallen gold.

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Towers and combat effects along the route.

Choose the enemies for an upcoming wave.

Plan the route with the path-building tools.

Boss-wave draft choices and enemy details.

Development

I built Kingdom TD in Godot with GDScript, keeping the rules of a run separate from the scenes that present them. Authored maps, enemy definitions, tower specifications, and draft choices feed shared gameplay systems.

I designed the mounted rider as a support character: positioning strengthens nearby towers rather than turning the game into direct hero combat. That distinction keeps the focus on the defense you have built.

CHANGELOG

Version updates

Release notes and progress, newest first.

Update2 Oct 2026A calmer look, and more time to save your sparks
- Menus, shops, the HUD and pop-ups have a simpler parchment-and-wood look that stays sharp at any size. Draft cards, save banners, and the wave and level reports keep their decoration.
- Text across the game is easier to read.
- The turret shop is slimmer, and choosing a turret shows its details beside the shop.
- Building a path uses a compact bar along the bottom of the screen instead of a large tray.
- The wave tracker rolls forward to each new wave.
- The draft's confirm bar is smaller, and every wave modifier is listed above it. Shortcut cards now say so.
- On/off options, including Skip the tutorial, are clear ON/OFF switches.
- Campfire sparks now last 15 seconds, and a wave won't end while one is still out, so you can still bring it home after the last enemy falls.
- Your abilities only appear during combat, and their descriptions show when you hover them or first use them.
- The War Table reveals new upgrades as you unlock them.
- Monster Codex portraits fit their frames, The Path fits taller screens, and Hall of Echoes cards no longer cut off their text.
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Update1 Oct 2026A friendlier first hour
- Tutorial hints and tooltips no longer cover the things they point at, and the camera shows the whole island while you build your path.
- Placing a path tile or tower with the mouse now lands exactly under the cursor.
- Towers placed too far from the enemy road now warn you before you spend the gold.
- The tutorial now builds its path before the first draft, just like every campaign level, and editing that path is optional.
- The turret shop shows every tower's name, explains rising prices, and marks prices you can't afford yet.
- Your rider is easier to spot, and your abilities explain what they do and why a cast didn't go off.
- Clearer messages around boss rewards, wave events, and the speed button.
- Fixed level intros where some cliffs and terraces stayed missing while the island assembled, then popped in at the end. Every piece now rises into place.
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Update30 Sep 2026Wider crowds, creeping blight, and a smoother tutorial
- Enemy crowds now spread across the whole road instead of marching in three tidy lanes. Bosses still hold the center.
- Portal blight now creeps over cliff edges and drips down the rock faces below.
- Widescreen, ultrawide, and taller displays fill the screen instead of showing black bars.
- The tutorial's first draft is clearer: no duplicate cards, and the required pick is marked Forced.
- The intro shows Skip and Continue prompts.
- In the demo, winning the tutorial battle unlocks Endless.
- Clearer labels throughout: the draft shows each wave's payout, the deck shows its card count, and locked landmarks name the level to clear.
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ROAD TO LAUNCH

Kingdom TD

Choose the enemies. Build the defense. Survive your decisions.

DoneAnnounced, with its Steam page31 Jul 2026
Up nextPublic demo
PlannedSteam Next Fest
PlannedLaunch on SteamQ1 2027

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