This game comes highly recommended by Dave, so you'll have to blame him for it. I'm busy studying for finals, wrapping up a quarter I won't soon miss. So, in the meantime, I'll leave you with Defend Your Castle, an odd game of violence against stick figures intent on invading your castle. From what I can tell, the gameplay has some depth by allowing you to purchase additional units and upgrades between levels...but, it will have to wait until this weekend when I'm all done. Play Defend Your Castle.
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Spendable points before you start you next round is key to no loosing units, so don't spend all of your money between rounds.I am 40+ need over $250,000.00 per round to keep all my men alive.
If you get enough wizards do you ever learn a fourth spell???
Posted by: Dre | February 25, 2005 5:04 PM
Not sure if anyone is going to read this but anyways..
Quit playing after level 20 because at that point you have seen everything the game has to offer. After that all you do is get more archers, mages and workers which is alot like collecting bottle caps or postage stamps except it's not real. First 20 levels are fun but after that it's the same stuff over and over.
Also, anyone who says they made it to level 952 is either a compulsive liar, had a computer program do it for them or has no life. If each level takes three minutes the game is going to take 2,586 minutes, or ~ 1 day and 19 hours.
Posted by: The Ghost of Dave Thomas | March 8, 2005 11:16 PM
im on level 62. I have 1550 archers. 225 wizards, and 151 repair dudes. I can't lose!
are ther ever any other creatures?
Posted by: awesome | March 9, 2005 5:28 PM
Jus started today level 28 250 archers 150 wizards and 50 repairors. Is anything new gonna happen now? cos its gettin kinda borin?
jamie :)
Posted by: jamie | March 17, 2005 10:12 AM
that guy who is on leverl 520...thats alot of levels, alot of hours, and alot of dead stick figures!
Posted by: Jake | March 17, 2005 5:12 PM
Sry to say this but if someone reached 100+ levels it is unrealistic. Lvl 36 took close to 10 minutes, which mean that i have over 640 minutes to go... so long and each lvl gets longer and longer.
Posted by: Calvin | March 22, 2005 10:37 PM
dude this game is boring when you almost end it i finished the game at level 1000 and there are big big big dragons so you would need about 50000 archers to win
Posted by: lance kim | April 1, 2005 4:16 AM
How do you beat the big black guys that come out once in a while?
Posted by: Alex | April 2, 2005 1:42 PM
Hahaha! It's funny when they die
Posted by: brookes | April 3, 2005 4:40 PM
yo what up all? hey how do u buy mages and archers?
Posted by: mountain foo | April 6, 2005 7:04 AM
I think a max lev a human can make to is 100 (And it is almost impossible), there are no dragons. Everything is a lie. There are no monsters the creators didn't add. so don't lie, because you will just embarass yourself.
Posted by: Nemo | April 6, 2005 9:08 AM
Thank God for this game!Or else i wouldnt be doing anything during my computer class and my french class!
Posted by: Dustin | April 7, 2005 9:59 AM
yo mountian foo try clicking on the flags :D
Posted by: some guy | April 15, 2005 8:53 AM
where do you buy all this stuff?? I just find buildings to buy, no men anywhere....
HELP!!!!!!!!
Posted by: miriam | April 25, 2005 3:22 PM
ok.... I read the help menu....
Posted by: miriam | April 25, 2005 3:32 PM
What does the demolition lab do? I bought the crap and it didn't do anything.
Posted by: *N* | May 3, 2005 2:46 PM
If you like this game, try "Storm the House," it is an improvement, in my opinion. http://www.freeonlinegames.com/play/1429.html
Only on this one was I able to get to level 50+, until my processor/vid card could not handle the mess!
Posted by: Jason Rizos | May 3, 2005 9:31 PM
actually a human can get a long way past level 100. i made it to 500 b4 i accidently deleted my saved game file. btw there are only the small stick man, small stick men, big stick men. there are NO dragons!
Posted by: hintswen | May 10, 2005 2:03 AM
To use demo lab click on a convert. (after buying the lab, and you have to have a spare convert guy. they are blue headed stick guys on the top right end of your screen.) the convert will walk out of you castle with TNT on his butt. click on him to detonate. he will be walking AWAY from your castle.
Posted by: Samurai | June 2, 2005 2:37 PM
i am sooo addicted 2 this cool game try it NOW!!!
Posted by: 4get luv i luv chocs | June 6, 2005 1:04 PM
it was a blast at first but then it got way too easy. They should never have put in the enemy kamikazee's.
Posted by: stonee | June 7, 2005 2:28 AM
I agree that Storm the House is also a great, addicting game. It did get easier towards the end though.......well, until the very end.They threw so many tanks at me that my computer couldn't keep up and I finally lost on round 62!
Posted by: stonee22us | June 7, 2005 6:32 AM
This game is so easy 330 wizards 200 archers 250 repairmen, and i just leave the web page up, while i cruise around other sites. You dont have to even play the game to progress, its awesome!!!
Posted by: Adazard | June 8, 2005 12:21 AM
Dude Storm the House is so cool, took me a bit to figure out that reload is spacebar =P but its better then defend the castle.. dont get me wrong defend the castle is an awsome game i got to lvl about 34 then the bell rang in school =P take my advice check strom the house out =D
Posted by: DarkKnight | June 15, 2005 11:42 AM
So I have about 300 mages, 30 craftsmen, and 1000+ archers. Is there anything left to do in this game?
By the way, your website is beyond badass. Best of luck to you.
Posted by: michael | July 1, 2005 4:13 AM
i'm in lvl 116 atm.. it's not impossible.. i have 1700 archers 161 mages and 260 workers.. the archers do the whole job for me.. my castle has over 3.000.000 hps..
have 280k casualties
it takes about 20-30 mins to pass a stage in this lvls so it would need weeks to get to level 900+
Posted by: uller | July 19, 2005 7:19 AM
This game ROCKS!!! I hope more people go on it it is great! Tell all yer mates and family well enjoy coz i did! luv hazxxxx
Posted by: haz | July 19, 2005 12:52 PM
http://www.freeonlinegames.com/play/1429.html
dude this game is awsome (storm the house) i got a screenshot af it at a very early level and forgot to take another one anyway i actually got up to level 98 2 more 2 100 damn
Posted by: Danny | July 28, 2005 5:47 AM
Hi All
How do i train archer and wizard?
I am at a loss.... do i have to click some special buttons
Posted by: matt | August 18, 2005 9:56 PM
i think your nuts if you spend all day playing a computer game. i must admit, it is a very addicting game but there is more in life then just playing games. annyone agree?
i am sorry for my spelling, i am from belgium.
Posted by: bert | September 3, 2005 11:55 AM
Hey, I'm on level 21. I should quit. hehe :)
Posted by: MadTerran_kr | November 10, 2005 12:53 AM
Uh, I'm on level 32 now. Awesome game.
Posted by: MadTerran_kr | November 10, 2005 6:29 PM
Stage 41
1000 archeres
250 repairmen
250 mages
Castle's HP:450,000
Casualties:30,856
Total score:6,320,050
Now I don't have to do anything because my castle is invincible. I just watch it for fun.
Posted by: MadTerran_kr | November 10, 2005 7:49 PM
After about level 20, the game plays itself, and is an amusing background application.
So far I have completed stage 117, have 200 mages, 200 workmen, and 1,000 archers; 100,000 hit points; 38,534,952 spendable points; 59,976,780 total points; and the bad guys have 288,087 casualties.
This is just to let you know this is in fact quite possible.
I'll update again when I finally get bored and stop telling it to play another level while I do other things.
Posted by: Chris S | December 11, 2005 10:48 AM
can some1 send a me a screenshot of a decent lvl so prove ANY1 can get past lvl 40
Posted by: frank | March 27, 2006 6:23 PM
i know a cheat!!!
Posted by: Rammer124 | June 8, 2006 11:32 AM
Tip: Run the game in low quality, it makes the levels take much less time. I'm at level 44 with 8527250 points. Also, if you leave fewer archers, you can convert loads of emenies quicker making it easy to get thousands of men!! Awesome game
Posted by: Pi Guy | July 3, 2006 10:04 AM
How do you buy stuff like archers and mages???!!!!!!!!!!I only last to like day 12 because I buy all those buildinds but no people!!!! I might just go back to storm the house.
Posted by: John | November 11, 2006 2:06 PM
i cant defeat the big guys, any tips? converting takes forever
Posted by: Auzzy | November 11, 2006 8:38 PM
I agree that after Stage 30 its not worth it to go on anymore because there's no way those stick men are going to do enough damage to really hurt you!
Also, I've tried Storm the House and the only real complaints I have are #1: you can't save after each stage and #2: I wish there was a pause button when I need to get up in the middle of it!
Posted by: Caro | December 1, 2006 12:10 PM
i agree that this game is awesome. but sometimes it makes me mad and it is starting to get dull. oh and the reason you are losing all your men is becasue they all have to be even. like 200 magicians, 200 archers, 200 repairmen. i found that out the hard way. i had 200 hundred magicians and repair men, but about 800 archers. after the round was over, it said i had lost 600 hundred archers whick took me forever to get. i think it would be awesome if someone would redo this game. maybe after every ten rounds get a different person to kill, maybe catapolts,bombs, and actually raise a sqad of stick figures with different strengths and weaknesses and batle other people online. oh and a kool website like that is xgenstudios.com then click on stick arena. you have swords and guns.
Posted by: ryan | December 3, 2006 2:51 AM
if it's true that you lose men because they are not even then how come i lost 30 wizards on round 15...i had 30 wizards and i lost them all and got owned by giants.
Posted by: iky | December 11, 2006 10:27 PM
I have no earthly idea how to get past level 12. Any help???
Posted by: Benjamin | December 23, 2006 6:22 PM
hey benjamin, i got past level 12, just keep trying. but i cant get passed 15!!
Posted by: ross | January 8, 2007 6:37 PM
THIS GAME IS SO ADDICTIVE for like an hour or less. i regret building so many archers. by around lvl 16 it was no longer a castle but a heavily armoured terminator. eventually u can finish levels just with conversion...if you can touch the guys before the archers arch them. they should make a sequel with a lot more variety
Posted by: rodo | January 17, 2007 5:14 AM
LOL - before the archers "arch" them? Lovely, that's my new favorite word. I applaud your creative use of language.
Reminds me of something Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) once said: "Verbing weirds language."
Posted by: Valarauka | January 17, 2007 5:53 AM
Yeah, this game is really amazing. My only problem with it is once you get 500 some archers all you have to click is "play" and you've won... Even if there WERE more weapons and differnt ways to kill them, the archers would pick them all off before you even got a chance to use them.. I'm on level 24 and it gets WAY to boring. ( I suspose I shouldn't be so good -.-" )
Posted by: Jordan | January 20, 2007 3:53 PM
how is it when i go from round to round all my archers dissapear?
Posted by: n.a | January 25, 2007 10:11 PM
how do you buy archers
Posted by: summers | March 18, 2007 6:55 PM
can you convert more than 1 at a time?
Posted by: Joe | March 21, 2007 5:19 PM
I feel bad for the stick guys ... I'm on level 30 and the're getting slaughtered. I try to convert as many as I can so they don't die
Posted by: Robert | April 6, 2007 11:28 PM
Jees! Im on stage 361 and its just impossible all the guys come running at ur castle really quick! Then hundres of the kamikazi gyz come really fast!
(BTW the only way to get tho the really high levels is to use cheat, press tab until you highlight new game then type splattery, it will take you to the upgrade screen then keep typin splattery to get more money and higher levels!) each time you type splattery it puts you up from lvl 21, 10 levels at a time.
Posted by: Jd | April 10, 2007 9:33 AM
1100 Archers
600 Magicians
600 Craftman
Posted by: DS | May 6, 2007 6:06 PM
1000 craftsmen
80 archers
200 mages
Posted by: Anonymous | May 7, 2007 6:59 PM
I am at level 122... 307,000 casualties, 2000 archers, 300 repairmen, 300 mages, and almost 64,000,000 points. Levels are about 1/2 hour each.
Posted by: Peschel | May 9, 2007 1:08 PM
Hey! This game rocks my socks. i'm done with stage 42: 1000 archers
450 wizards
500 craftsmen
38,211 casualties
my castle has 400,000 hitpoints
and 7,854,900 points
Quick question- is there any way you can get rid of some of your guys? because now that i have 1000 archers, I don't need that many wizards. And its a beach having to spend 315,000 as unit upkeep.
Posted by: defendyourcastledude | May 27, 2007 5:37 PM
Ok now i'm on level 51. And that unit upkeep is getting pretty annoying. Any tips??
my stats are basically the same, now my castle healthpoints is 500,000. and my points is over 10,000,000. oh and casualties- 51,592
Posted by: defendyourcastledude | May 27, 2007 11:58 PM
i got to level 987 with 134567 archers 23457 mana poop guys 345678 work shop men and my castel has 456789345 hp but i think it takes to long to load when you put a guy in the temple. cool game
Posted by: bob | May 28, 2007 10:08 PM
This Game is so easy once you get the hang of it. hint
Posted by: Edgar | June 7, 2007 1:46 PM
People, This is game is getting boring:
800 Archers
100 Mages
100 Craftsman
Around ~470 000 points
When do the dragons and such come? All I have seen are
Sucide Bombers
Giants
Stick Figures with log things
Stick Figures
Right now I am pretty much invincible
When do the dragons and such come?
Posted by: MyKingdomForADragon | June 13, 2007 10:17 AM
don't even think of that splattery cheat cause its a waste of time! try it, cause if you ever got to level 10 before, then you know what its like to play there, so type splattery just once to get there and see how impossible it is to beat.So if you type it 100 times it will be even harder yet.
P.S..........still funny to watch how fast the figures run
Posted by: GTAKING | June 20, 2007 11:47 PM
what level do the dragons come?
for anyone that was wondering, the giant men come at level 14 ! :P
Posted by: kelly the hippoGirl | June 26, 2007 5:08 AM
Dragons only appear in the paid version of Defend your Castle :) I have it, and CRAP is it hard to kill them...Spells don't work on them, and they take about 50k hp outta ur castle every hit...
Here's what I do at start of game...
Posted by: Anonymus o.O | July 3, 2007 9:08 PM
Alright guys... I'm sorry to say, but i've dominated all of you noobnuggets.
lets just say i'm on stage 207.
oh you don't believe me? lemme give you the stats.
Over 195,000,000 points
Over 930,000 casualties
My castle Hp is 5,000,000
I have...
4,000 archers
4,000 craftsmen
500 wizards
.. and yes i do have a life!!! just not a very socially active life.
i just watch the sticks. the game usually takes around 45 minutes, so i usually go do something else, then come back and click 'ok' for it to continue.
so this game.. is awesome. it gets a little old, but i want to see if the game ever ends!!
Posted by: Balla-fo-Allah-boy | July 4, 2007 7:01 PM
It may seem hard to play this game in the beginning but with this guide its not that hard. . .
Right now I'm on lv 40
Posted by: PB | July 7, 2007 7:09 PM
The dragons only come if you buy the full version of the game from xgenstudios to buy it go here:
http://shop.xgenstudios.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=1
Posted by: Kyle | July 15, 2007 11:32 PM
2000archerz
300wizardz
950workerz
Posted by: my stats | July 19, 2007 1:13 AM
The reason why archers/wizards/workmen dissappear is because
Posted by: anomnomus | July 19, 2007 7:31 AM
If you want to keep playing in the later levels without your archers killing all the stickmen you could only have 50 archers and spend most of your people on magic, I do this and I end up converting most of the stickmen that survive the archers
Posted by: anomnomus | July 19, 2007 8:10 AM
im on lvl 40+ with 100 craftsmen, 1400 archers, and 835 wizards. I recommend getting 600 or more wizards so your mana bar will barely budge when using instant covert spell or spell 3. then when you start your lvl just keep your cursor on the very left side of the screen where the invaders come in, hold the number 3 and just rapidly click to convert about a hundred people per level maybe more!!!! yes thats right you can just the the number buttons for the spells you dont have to keep pressing them each time you want to use a spell.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 26, 2007 1:21 PM
Press tab until a yellow box is around new game.. Then type in splattery.. You get a lot of spendable points..
Posted by: CookieMonster | August 1, 2007 3:00 PM
I did what "PB" said but i still died!!! Because i didnt buy the things to fix my building because he said not to!!!
Posted by: CookieMonster | August 1, 2007 4:07 PM
No, the game never does end, after a certain point it just generates the next level and increases the difficulty in various ways each level, after a while it becomes impossible to win without hacking, By level 900 I'm quite sure you would have far more than the defeatable amount of guys coming at you.
Posted by: QM | August 9, 2007 2:14 AM
"PB's" tactic does work.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 12, 2007 3:20 AM
ok you all think your so great cuz you have thousands of guys protecting your building but i am on level 157 and i have 350 archers 400 craftmen and 200some mages that i no longer use. try and see how FEW guys you can have and still get to the next level that makes it more fun and interseting rather then haveing so many guys that it becomes pointless. its just more fun.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 7, 2007 10:33 PM
how do you get to train archers???? plz answer
Posted by: Dopey | September 8, 2007 11:21 PM
Okay, to cover a few points mentioned by a few people:
FIRST:
To train units, you have to first purchase a temple (to convert enemies) and then the respective building for each unit. When you convert enemies, they will show up as blue stick figures under the health of your castle. After you've purchased a building, you click on it's respective flag and one of your converts will become that type of unit.
red flag = archer
yellow flag = wizard
green flag = craftsmen
After you have enough wizards (I think it's somewhere between 15 and 20) you will get an INSTANT conversion spell so you can drop someone in your castle to convert them AND you can convert other people with the spell while they're running towards your castle as long as your mana holds up.
I would skip craftsmen for a little while, but you have to be aggressive with your killing if you do that. Get about 30 archers and 15-20 wizards as quickly as you can and use the explosion spell to kill the giants along with a bunch of the little guys while the archers kill more. Just upgrade your castle to have some more HP and you should be good to go. When you have some spare converts, drop 5 into craftsmen and that will be a good start on that.
SECOND:
Losing units at the end of a level is directly related to how many SPENDABLE POINTS you STARTED that level with, not how many you ended with. You must start each level with enough spendable points to support the amount of units you are starting that level with. Otherwise, you'll lose them at the end of that level.
THIRD:
The cheat almost makes the game harder. You get lots of cash, but it jumps you up 10 levels each time. I got all the cash I wanted, purchased all the buildings, and upgraded my castle's HP to about 150k, BUT it started me on level 311 and it doesn't start you with enough converts to repel the amount of guys coming at you. It was really hard. I got slaughtered in like 30 seconds.
So far, without the cheat, I'm on stage 32 and it's easy.
Posted by: Justin | September 13, 2007 11:05 AM
How do you get archers? I click the flag but then nothing happens... what should I do?
Posted by: Matt | September 21, 2007 4:59 AM
you know if you exit the webpage can you get your game back or do you have to start all over again?
Posted by: Anonymous | September 22, 2007 10:41 AM
It took me till the third try to make an unbeatable castle. Level 41 with 1200 archers, 1000 wizards and 100 craftsmen. Does anyone know whether there's a need to make more of anything? Does it ever get hard/fast enough to hurt me with this many troops? It is decidedly boring after about level 25 but I wanted to see something new. Haven't for the last 20 levels though.
Posted by: Angus_MacGyver | November 1, 2007 3:59 PM
Well this game was wonderful until level 16 or so, and then it started killing all my freaking mages and craftsmen!!! Then I had no mages so i couldnt kill the giant stickmen, and no crafters so i died! =( >_
Posted by: i like to go >_< | November 9, 2007 8:22 PM
how do you get archers and demolition men?
Posted by: Jon | November 12, 2007 3:41 PM
when do dragons come
Posted by: Anonymous | November 25, 2007 4:40 PM
200 archers, 25 wizards, 30 craftsmen.
Stage 31.
3,013,100 points.
15,768 casualties...
Castle only has 200,000 HP.
I might need more archers and craftsmen.
Posted by: Jon | November 30, 2007 9:37 PM
Here are my statistics:
Castle HP: 50,000
Total Points: 2,472,000
Casualties: 13,515
Stage 26...
I get about 900 points a second! =)
Posted by: Chris Griffin | December 1, 2007 7:12 PM
At the beginning of Stage 36, I have these statistics now:
Well, I'm going to watch some videos...
Bye all! (for now)
Posted by: Chris Griffin | December 1, 2007 8:21 PM
how do u get archer people?
Posted by: meloney | December 8, 2007 5:21 PM
Awsome game, im not that great though. Whats the best way to kill those big stick figures? I can only get to level 14 before im killed .=\
Posted by: 1c3y 4rr0w
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December 23, 2007 5:54 PM
yes there are dragons! Look at the picture of the game!!!!Though,it is probably at the last level..
Posted by: Dead Stick | December 24, 2007 8:36 AM
Finally after 7 tries i got a undefeatable castle... I have 100k hp, 140 mages, 150 archers, and 120 craftsman, and im on level 25. Going to see for myself f there really are dragons in this game.
Posted by: 1c3y 4rr0w
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December 24, 2007 2:07 PM
I'm on level 40 something with only 270 archers, 100 mages, and perhaps 60 or 70 workman. You really don't need any more than that, so you're just wasting money in upkeep if you get them.
I have tons of converts awaiting assignment though, just in case I need them.
Posted by: Nuvix | December 25, 2007 1:33 AM
THERE ARE ONLY DRAGONS IN THE FULL VERSION.
if you did not buy the full version from xgenstudios, then there are no dragons.
and this question, as well as others, were all answered earlier on this page so stop posting the same questions over and over.
thx that is all
Posted by: Bob | January 11, 2008 2:26 PM
How do you kill the big black guys?
Posted by: josh | January 15, 2008 3:28 PM
Newgrounds has the full ver. free
Posted by: Mr Potato Head | January 19, 2008 8:28 PM
how do i use the flags the green, yellow, red and the others coler flags?
Posted by: Dibbie
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February 10, 2008 12:06 PM
im on level 962, with 2000 of each kind of unit
after lvl 30, i just left the game on while i did other stuff, then checked back and started the next level
this doesnt even require me to watch what happens since my archers do all the work
i used NO CHEATS. i just beat 30 levels and then let my archers play for me
Posted by: Anonymous | March 10, 2008 9:24 PM
lvl 81 1k archers 1k repairmen 250 mages 110k casualties about 600 reserves and 22.3mil points
Posted by: jared | March 14, 2008 10:16 PM
how do u check the number of reserves once it goes past 10...im only on lvl 38 with 320 mages 570 archers 120 craftsman i dont think ill need more 4 a while
Posted by: Jason Zhan | March 26, 2008 4:44 PM
wtf i had more than enough spendable points to keep my men alive and they still died...
Posted by: Justin | May 4, 2008 5:16 PM
I stopped actually clicking around level 25. Now it's just like watching zerglings rush seige tanks.
I wonder if it ever sends enough to make castles un-invincible.
level 33 or so, 17.000+ casualties, 200 archers, 50 wizards, 125 repairmen. *yawn* castle has around 300k hitpoints because i have nothing else to spend money on. it never budges from full hp.
Posted by: MattieShoes | May 13, 2008 12:52 AM