Isle of Arrows – Tower Defense Studio Gridpop Inc Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, a… $5.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsIsle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders? * Tile-Placement meets Tower Defense: Isle of Arrows is a unique blend of genres that adds a new strategic puzzle element to the Tower Defense formula. * Roguelike structure: Each run is randomly generated with different tiles, enemies, rewards and events. Playing through campaigns unlocks more elements to appear in the game. * Modes & modifiers: A variety of game modes, guilds, game modifiers, and challenges make each playthrough unique. Gameplay Each round, you get to place a tile on the isle for free. Spending coins allows you to skip to the next tile immediately. When you're ready, call the next enemy wave and watch your placed defenses in action. There are 50+ tiles in Isle of Arrows: Towers attack the invaders. Roads extend the path the enemies walk on. Flags grow the isle, giving you more space to build. Gardens reward you with coins. Taverns boost all adjacent archery towers. And so on. Features * 3 game Modes: Campaign, Gauntlet, Daily Defense * 3 themed campaigns that each have their own unique set of tiles * 70+ tiles * 75+ bonus cards * 10+ events that can help or hinder you Please note that Isle of Arrows does not offer cloud save functionality for the time being. Information Seller:Studio Gridpop Inc Genre:Board, Puzzle, Strategy Release:Nov 03, 2022 Updated:Jul 06, 2023 Version:1.1.4 Size:120.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal https://apps.apple.com/us/app/isle-of-arrows-tower-defense/id1607942817 anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,125 703 113 #2 anthony78, Nov 2, 2022 Looking forward to this but won’t be out until 11 pm EST here. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #3 LordGek, Nov 2, 2022 Heck yeah, the Steam version was a hoot. A real nice hybrid of TD with Solo Carcassonne. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 999 113 #4 ste86uk, Nov 2, 2022 Mine just downloaded but it’s time to sleep sadly, hopefully I’ll get a look at it tomorrow. aconfusedkender Well-Known Member Sep 28, 2012 1,362 122 63 Oil & Gas Kendermore, Ansalon #5 aconfusedkender, Nov 3, 2022 Watched Real Civil Engineer play this on YouTube a few weeks ago and then saw it coming to mobile. Super stoked as I love me some TD and strategy! Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,574 1,131 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #6 Anotherkellydown, Nov 3, 2022 This looks sharp enough even for the most anti-TD gamer. Looks incredible. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #7 LordGek, Nov 3, 2022 It's dropped here in the US! Even cooler, I love how it includes a new guild JUST added to the PC version yesterday! So it's very clear this won't be the all too typical situation of being months behind the computer version. ste86uk likes this. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #8 Quoad, Nov 3, 2022 Hadn’t seen this before. Bought based on steam, skipping the negative reviews. First impressions are positive - I like this. The one point definitely worth mentioning is that tapping on tiles rotates them - I don’t think this is explained in the tutorial and it led to an immensely frustrating / impossible first run or four. (Why do I only get corners facing one way???) Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #9 Echoseven, Nov 3, 2022 Isle of Arrows is beautiful in many ways, but it’s strength is also it’s biggest downfall. The game plays out a lot like a board game. In typical tower defense fashion, you’re tasked with defending an isle against waves of invaders following a known path. Between waves you can place tiles that add towers, extend the path, let you earn more gold, or add land that you can then build on. The tiles you get are randomly selected and this… this is what gives the game its fun roguelike twist, but can also ruin a run. Going wave after wave without seeing extra towers is a very real risk that puts you behind the power creep. However, good strategy can go a long way to mitigate that. Every turn you get good, which can be used to skip a tile or four, in the hopes of finding something that helps. Planning ahead is also absolutely crucial, even if you have to adjust your plans later. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable game that is very pretty, tons of fun, and quick to pick up and understand. It is explained in the tutorial though. ROGER-NL, slewis7, Anotherkellydown and 1 other person like this. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #10 LordGek, Nov 3, 2022 I feel your frustration on this but, yeah, it is both covered in the tutorial as well as the "How to Pay" slideshow. I really like how the instructions are handled. Ideally, all games should do this. Have a somewhat guided interactive tutorial AND some sort of written instructions to cover this same material. I find more often than not, after going through a tutorial and then playing the game on my own, there will be a few basic mechanics that eluded me. If the game includes something like this game's "How to Play" it is then really easy to quickly flip through the instructions to see that ONE bit I needed re-explained as opposed to sitting through the whole tutorial yet again for this one mechanic. slewis7 likes this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 319 124 43 #11 Ghostdog1, Nov 3, 2022 This could have been the casual TD game. But devs destroyed it in my opinion with depending too much on RNG for placing towers and correct pathing. Instead of tactic or strategy it‘s pure luck what card you will get next. Sometimes you just wait for 7 or 8 rounds to get one Attack Tower. I also don't like the fact that by the time you'll hit round 30 you'll be trying to take care of 3 different paths. So you have to split your already extremely limited RNG resources even more, rather than just trying to focus down the one main path you've been building for 20 rounds. It would have been so much better just to implement a splitting path in later rounds. I truly love TD games, but this one is too punishing. And it makes no sense. The art style and sound in this game is so relaxing and easygoing. So why does it need to be so frustrating? Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #12 Echoseven, Nov 3, 2022 To be honest I don’t find it that difficult until the final two waves. One thing that goes a LONG way towards mitigating difficulty is collecting a buttload of gold. One small thing that’s glossed over in the tutorial is that you get more gold for every 10 gold you hold. So if you have 9 gold, you get +1 at the end of a wave. If you have 40, you get +4 per wave. This is HUGE, and in my last run I had over 60 gold towards the end. Still lost, because it was late and I completely forgot about one of my paths, but I think that managing gold well (and cycling through 10+ cards per wave with it) mitigates the randomness hugely. But it took me many runs to get that far. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,125 703 113 #13 anthony78, Nov 3, 2022 I like the game and just the way it mixed the genre up. But I do agree that RNG makes too much of a difference between having a very good game or a really shitty one. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #14 LordGek, Nov 4, 2022 The further you get in your runs, the more new tiles and events you'll unlock for future runs that can really make your job easier. BlueTrin and AltsKev like this. solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 905 285 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #15 solarnya, Nov 4, 2022 I'm on the fence buying it but not enough decisive factors to pay ¥1,000($9)for this game(so far in Japan, apps cost extra 30% compared to other regions on AppStore ) Chq likes this. Chq Well-Known Member Jul 20, 2013 441 60 28 #16 Chq, Nov 4, 2022 Last edited: Nov 4, 2022 In Germany, too, the price is too high for me (7€!!). I'd rather wait or not buy it. No problem, but playing video games slowly seems to be a true luxury. Greetz Chris solarnya likes this. Duke12 Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2013 1,018 41 48 #17 Duke12, Nov 4, 2022 For those who thinks price is too high a tip: dont buy Nintendo Switch. vivafringe, cyllwynn, orangecan and 1 other person like this. elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 704 556 93 #18 elcrazy, Nov 6, 2022 So I haven’t picked it up yet sure to the reviews above. But I’m assuming you have possibly played a bit further? Is this a genuine roguelike where really you’re not supposed to get too far till you have unlocked more? Once playing a lot will you start to get a lot more towers and better runs? Or just more tiles with even worse rng? Curious as the game looks interesting. Haven’t been into tower defence in years. But I will almost try anything with a good roguelike element. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 999 113 #19 ste86uk, Nov 6, 2022 Finally tried this one and so far I’m not sure how I feel, I don’t mind the gameplay mostly but I don’t really like the randomly spawning new paths to have to start defending as you go. That mixed with everything else with this game just kind of puts me off a bit so yeh…not really sure, maybe I’ll refund it but I’ll try more first. @elcrazy Only did the tutorial level and then a proper game so can’t say much but I unlocked 16 new elements after my first run, new towers and bonus cards etc AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 564 157 43 Male Developer #20 AltsKev, Nov 7, 2022 Game is awesome, i can't stop playing ! RNG can be counter with gold, you need to be smart on tile placement and try to optimize your path. 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Watched Real Civil Engineer play this on YouTube a few weeks ago and then saw it coming to mobile. Super stoked as I love me some TD and strategy!
It's dropped here in the US! Even cooler, I love how it includes a new guild JUST added to the PC version yesterday! So it's very clear this won't be the all too typical situation of being months behind the computer version.
Hadn’t seen this before. Bought based on steam, skipping the negative reviews. First impressions are positive - I like this. The one point definitely worth mentioning is that tapping on tiles rotates them - I don’t think this is explained in the tutorial and it led to an immensely frustrating / impossible first run or four. (Why do I only get corners facing one way???)
Isle of Arrows is beautiful in many ways, but it’s strength is also it’s biggest downfall. The game plays out a lot like a board game. In typical tower defense fashion, you’re tasked with defending an isle against waves of invaders following a known path. Between waves you can place tiles that add towers, extend the path, let you earn more gold, or add land that you can then build on. The tiles you get are randomly selected and this… this is what gives the game its fun roguelike twist, but can also ruin a run. Going wave after wave without seeing extra towers is a very real risk that puts you behind the power creep. However, good strategy can go a long way to mitigate that. Every turn you get good, which can be used to skip a tile or four, in the hopes of finding something that helps. Planning ahead is also absolutely crucial, even if you have to adjust your plans later. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable game that is very pretty, tons of fun, and quick to pick up and understand. It is explained in the tutorial though.
I feel your frustration on this but, yeah, it is both covered in the tutorial as well as the "How to Pay" slideshow. I really like how the instructions are handled. Ideally, all games should do this. Have a somewhat guided interactive tutorial AND some sort of written instructions to cover this same material. I find more often than not, after going through a tutorial and then playing the game on my own, there will be a few basic mechanics that eluded me. If the game includes something like this game's "How to Play" it is then really easy to quickly flip through the instructions to see that ONE bit I needed re-explained as opposed to sitting through the whole tutorial yet again for this one mechanic.
This could have been the casual TD game. But devs destroyed it in my opinion with depending too much on RNG for placing towers and correct pathing. Instead of tactic or strategy it‘s pure luck what card you will get next. Sometimes you just wait for 7 or 8 rounds to get one Attack Tower. I also don't like the fact that by the time you'll hit round 30 you'll be trying to take care of 3 different paths. So you have to split your already extremely limited RNG resources even more, rather than just trying to focus down the one main path you've been building for 20 rounds. It would have been so much better just to implement a splitting path in later rounds. I truly love TD games, but this one is too punishing. And it makes no sense. The art style and sound in this game is so relaxing and easygoing. So why does it need to be so frustrating?
To be honest I don’t find it that difficult until the final two waves. One thing that goes a LONG way towards mitigating difficulty is collecting a buttload of gold. One small thing that’s glossed over in the tutorial is that you get more gold for every 10 gold you hold. So if you have 9 gold, you get +1 at the end of a wave. If you have 40, you get +4 per wave. This is HUGE, and in my last run I had over 60 gold towards the end. Still lost, because it was late and I completely forgot about one of my paths, but I think that managing gold well (and cycling through 10+ cards per wave with it) mitigates the randomness hugely. But it took me many runs to get that far.
I like the game and just the way it mixed the genre up. But I do agree that RNG makes too much of a difference between having a very good game or a really shitty one.
The further you get in your runs, the more new tiles and events you'll unlock for future runs that can really make your job easier.
I'm on the fence buying it but not enough decisive factors to pay ¥1,000($9)for this game(so far in Japan, apps cost extra 30% compared to other regions on AppStore )
In Germany, too, the price is too high for me (7€!!). I'd rather wait or not buy it. No problem, but playing video games slowly seems to be a true luxury. Greetz Chris
So I haven’t picked it up yet sure to the reviews above. But I’m assuming you have possibly played a bit further? Is this a genuine roguelike where really you’re not supposed to get too far till you have unlocked more? Once playing a lot will you start to get a lot more towers and better runs? Or just more tiles with even worse rng? Curious as the game looks interesting. Haven’t been into tower defence in years. But I will almost try anything with a good roguelike element.
Finally tried this one and so far I’m not sure how I feel, I don’t mind the gameplay mostly but I don’t really like the randomly spawning new paths to have to start defending as you go. That mixed with everything else with this game just kind of puts me off a bit so yeh…not really sure, maybe I’ll refund it but I’ll try more first. @elcrazy Only did the tutorial level and then a proper game so can’t say much but I unlocked 16 new elements after my first run, new towers and bonus cards etc
Game is awesome, i can't stop playing ! RNG can be counter with gold, you need to be smart on tile placement and try to optimize your path. Check my screenshot, RNG is present but keep your gold
