A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Android

Bestagon Defence is a non-repetitive tower defence. Often tower defences are repetitive, you find a strategy, and it all becomes rather similar. So we've taken rogue-genre elements to spice it up, all upgrades can be applied to multiple turrets, and the shop is randomised every time you open it! Sounds fun? Why not give it a go!

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If you would like a build for Linux, please message us! Email (bestagon@alchemix.dev), Discord (link above), Github or a message on this page works! We've stopped building for Linux as we had nobody download them, but it's easy enough to create a build for it.

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Liking the newest update so far, though balancing is a bit off.

I'm definitely seeing improvements since before, keep going :)

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Glad to hear it. I did test the new level a quite a bit more than I have for previous updates to get level balance correct, but I do rely a lot on player feedback for module/turret balance so more sure to share it on the Discord!

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Haven't played this in a while, it's fun to pick up again.

Hexagons are the Bestagons

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New update pog

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nice game

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So I got the game to work somehow and now I can give a review:

Things I liked:

  • Simplistic style
  • Can be picked up rather easily
  • Good transitions
  • Loading times are good
  • RNG of getting turrets and buffs is fun

Things that I didn't like:

  • Zooming is not very good
  • No sound, it makes the game feel a bit empty
  • UI doesnt make a lot of sense when first looking at it
  • Any TD needs the ability to speed up so you don't have to wait for money and also a pause
  • UI should not move along with the game when zooming
  • Not very clear originally what turrets do
  • When selecting a turret, the only way to close it is by clicking on an empty turret slot, this is not possible once you are filled with turrets

Conclusion: The game is very simple and it's hard to do a tower defense wrong and this ones not that bad. Good luck with your development and I hope you can improve on your game in the future!

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Thanks for the feedback!

Zooming is not very good

We’re working on our controls, they were previously rewritten, so getting the right sensitivity is going to take a bit.

No sound, it makes the game feel a bit empty

Sadly neither me nor BLOODWIING are sound designers, so we’d prefer to focus on the gameplay and art before spending time hunting for the right sounds.

UI doesnt make a lot of sense when first looking at it

If you’re referring to the shop, that was left over from internal testing (for example the shop button doesn’t look like a shop button) and will be changed.

Any TD needs the ability to speed up so you don’t have to wait for money and also a pause

It’s on our todo list!

UI should not move along with the game when zooming

The coins, health and other level UI elements move along with the level to avoid clogging up the screen (it’s built for mobile and desktop). But we’ll have to take another look to see if this is the best choice.

Not very clear originally what turrets do

There currently isn’t a tutorial, but all turrets should be explained in that, or some sort of in-game wiki.

When selecting a turret, the only way to close it is by clicking on an empty turret slot, this is not possible once you are filled with turrets

You could previously click anywhere to deselect but this caused many problems with selecting and has been disabled until it’s been fixed.


If you’ve got anything else you found issues with, don’t hesitate to let us know!

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Of course, I'll be keeping an eye on updates and trying it out from time to time! Good luck

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Actually clicking the same turret should deselect the turret, at least that works for me (Windows).

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Game crashed after logging in and starting game. Unable to relaunch afterwards :(

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windows btw

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Was there a crash report? Windows should work (I’ve had players play on Windows today)

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No crash report, it simply just closed after I "logged in" and wouldn't launch again

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Could you join the Discord so that we could assist you more efficiently?

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Someone in our Discord also recently had the game not open, they said that Win + Tab made it reappear. Can you try that?

Please inform us if that works, if it doesn't it would really be helpful that you joined the Discord, so we could figure out what is wrong... ^^'