Overview
CastleMine is a tower defence game where the goal is to dig deep into the earth to release and destroy the evil spirits that live below.
Building Towers
To build a tower first tap the place you want to build. This can be any dirt, rock or tower square. Once selected a pop up tower selector will appear. Tap the tower you want to build and will appear on the square you selected. Each time you build a tower the cost of building that same tower type goes up by 20.
Tip: If you hold down any tower button you will get more information about it.
Defence towers are bought with gold. You begin each level with a set amount of gold and you earn more by killing enemies and digging up gold deposits.
Defence towers attack enemies. Each time a defence tower fires at an enemy it gains XP. When a tower receives enough XP it can be upgraded. When upgrading a level 3 it can be upgraded to a new type of tower. For example a level 3 Ice Tower can be upgraded to either a Long Bolt Tower or a Frost Bolt Tower.
Support towers are bought with crystal. You can only get crystal by digging up crystal deposits. When support towers are placed next to defence towers (vertical and horizontal only, not diagonal) that tower will become stronger. Support towers will either improve a defence tower’s attack damage, range or XP.
Digging
To start digging tap the dig circle icon. You can never dig into rock or lava squares and you can also not dig while enemies are spawning. When digging you can only dig left, right or down and form 1 continuous path to the bottom. This means you can’t create branching paths.
Each time you dig downwards you will be digging into enemy territory. This will open a portal in which enemies will spawn from. Enemies that spawn will follow the path that you have created to the top and it is up to your defence towers to destroy them before they get there.
At the end of your path are the summoning stones. Each time an enemy reaches the end a stone will be destroyed. If all stones are destroyed or you dig yourself into a dead end it will be game over.
Level Stars
At the end of the level you will be given a star rating. Stars are used to unlock more levels.
0 Stars: Level failed
1 Star: Level complete
2 Stars: Level complete and no summoning stones were lost
3 Stars: Level complete, no summoning stones were lost and all skulls were collected.
Skulls and Relics
Hidden underground you will find skulls and relics. Collecting all the skulls will give you an extra star and the end of the level and is the only way to 100% complete a level. However each time you collect a skull the enemies will get harder either by gaining more health, moving faster or spawning in greater numbers.
Tip: You don’t need to collect skulls to complete the level. If it’s too difficult come back and play the level later once you have levelled up some more skills.
Collecting relics will grant you a 10% bonus to XP at the end of the level.
Levelling Up
At the end of each level you will gain XP. Each time you level up you will gain 3 skill points you can use to spend on many different upgrades that will help you on your quest to destroy what lurks beneath.
And that’s it for now! But there’s plenty more to discover in CastleMine so good luck and have fun!
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