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One war. Pick your banner, hold your ground, and decide who rules the realm.</p> <a class="play" href="play/">Play now - free</a> <div class="hero"><img src="images/battle-thornvale.png" width="960" height="540" alt="Elves defending Thornvale Pass in 3D: archer spires, a moon sanctuary and songmages along the road, with the orc horde coming and the castle at the end"></div> </div></header><main class="wrap"> <section id="game"> <h2>A fantasy tower defense in 3D, in your browser</h2> <p>Enemies follow the road to your bastion. You build on the stone platforms beside it: towers that shoot, soldiers that hold the road, walls, traps, drums and mines. Every wave is announced, every people has an answer to every threat, and none of them is the same. Call the next wave early for bonus gold, speed the game up to x3, and keep the bastion's lives: three stars for a flawless defense.</p> <p>It runs in the browser on desktop and phone, with mouse, touch, keyboard or gamepad, and it can be installed to play offline.</p> <p><a class="play small" href="play/">Start playing</a></p> </section> <section id="peoples"> <h2>Choose your people</h2> <p>Each people has four towers, three upgrade levels and two specializations each, its own colours, a hero and a power that you cast where you point. Four of them defend against the orc horde; the orcs defend their own bastion against an alliance of the four free peoples.</p> <div class="grid sides"> <div class="card elves"><h3>Elves</h3><p>Range, precision and magic. Archer spire, moon sanctuary, wildwood sentinel, songmage. Hero: Aelwen Moonbow.</p></div> <div class="card dwarves"><h3>Dwarves</h3><p>Heavy blows and deep mines. Heavy crossbow, siege slingshot, runic forge, deep mine. Hero: Borin Stonefist.</p></div> <div class="card horsefolk"><h3>Horsefolk</h3><p>Riders that hold the road. Javelin throwers, stables, war horn, palisade. Hero: Edrith Swiftmane.</p></div> <div class="card littlefolk"><h3>Little folk</h3><p>Cheap, cunning and rich. Slingers, hidden garden, snare traps, cosy inn. Hero: Pip Thistledown.</p></div> <div class="card orcs"><h3>Orcs</h3><p>Masses, fire and fear. Brute catapult, pitch pit, barracks, war drums. Hero: Grukk the Loud.</p></div> </div> <p></p> <figure><img src="images/sides.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="The side selection screen: five cards for elves, dwarves, horsefolk, little folk and orcs, each with its four towers"><figcaption>The side screen: five peoples, five ways to play.</figcaption></figure> </section> <section id="maps"> <h2>Six maps, hard mode</h2> <p>From Thornvale Pass to The Last Gate: marsh, quarry, burning wood, snowy ridge. A map opens when the one before it is won, and each people has its own campaign with its own stars. Win a map and its hard mode opens: tougher enemies and less gold.</p> <figure><img src="images/maps.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="The campaign screen: six maps with their stars, locked maps and the hard mode switch"><figcaption>The campaign: six maps, stars to earn, hard mode.</figcaption></figure> </section> <section id="shots"> <h2>In battle</h2> <div class="grid two"> <figure><img src="images/battle-thornvale.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Elves defending Thornvale Pass with archer spires and songmages against the orc horde"><figcaption>Elves on Thornvale Pass.</figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="images/battle-greystone.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Dwarves with crossbows, a forge and a mine on Greystone Quarry"><figcaption>Dwarves on Greystone Quarry.</figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="images/battle-mistfen.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Horsefolk with stables, javelin throwers and a palisade on Mistfen Marsh"><figcaption>Horsefolk on Mistfen Marsh.</figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="images/battle-emberwood.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Little folk with slingers, hidden gardens and an inn in Emberwood"><figcaption>Little folk in Emberwood.</figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="images/battle-frostpeak.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Orcs with catapults, a pitch pit and barracks on the snowy Frostpeak Ridge, facing the alliance"><figcaption>Orcs on Frostpeak Ridge, against the alliance.</figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="images/battle-lastgate.png" width="960" height="540" loading="lazy" alt="Elves holding The Last Gate with two roads and many towers"><figcaption>The Last Gate: two roads, one bastion.</figcaption></figure> </div> </section> <section id="controls"> <h2>Controls</h2> <div class="grid two"> <div class="card"><h3>Mouse and touch</h3> <ul class="keys"> <li>Tap a stone platform: a ring of choices opens around it.</li> <li>Tap a choice to read what it does, tap it again to do it.</li> <li>Round buttons, bottom left: send your hero, cast your power.</li> <li>Top bar: call the next wave early, speed x1 / x2 / x3, pause.</li> </ul></div> <div class="card"><h3>Keyboard and gamepad</h3> <ul class="keys"> <li><kbd>Arrows</kbd> jump from platform to platform, <kbd>Enter</kbd> opens the ring and confirms.</li> <li><kbd>N</kbd> next wave, <kbd>F</kbd> speed, <kbd>H</kbd> hero, <kbd>Q</kbd> power, <kbd>Esc</kbd> pause.</li> <li>Gamepad: D-pad / stick, A confirm, B back, X speed, Y next wave, LB hero, RB power, Start pause.</li> </ul></div> </div> </section> <section id="faq"> <h2>Questions</h2> <details><summary>Is it free?</summary><p>Yes. It runs in your browser: no download, no account.</p></details> <details><summary>Can I play on my phone?</summary><p>Yes. The platforms and buttons are made for fingers. You can install the game on your home screen and play offline.</p></details> <details><summary>Which peoples can I play?</summary><p>Elves, dwarves, horsefolk and little folk defend against the orc horde. The orcs defend their bastion against an alliance of the four other peoples.</p></details> <details><summary>Which languages?</summary><p>English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Change it in the options.</p></details> </section> <div class="cta"><a class="play" href="play/">Play Elfs & Orcs Tower Defense</a></div></main><footer> <div class="wrap"> <p>Made with <a href="https://jumphp.net">JumPHP</a>, a framework for retro games written in PHP. Texts use the fonts Nunito and Press Start 2P (SIL Open Font License) and GNU Unifont (SIL OFL / GPL with font exception).</p> <p>All names, peoples and places are original to this game.</p> </div></footer></body></html>