TC:IP

TC:IP is a programming-first tower defense game. Hostile packets travel along circuit traces toward your endpoint. Your job is to stop them — but instead of clicking towers onto the board, you write firmware.

Open the script console, write a few place() calls, hit Compile, hit Apply. Your endpoint restarts and runs your code from line 1. Watch what breaks, fix it, apply again. That loop is the whole game.

Not ready to write code yet? Enable Dry Run mode — place towers by hand, start waves manually, and when you have a layout you like, hit Convert to Firmware. The game writes the script for you. Then you can start tweaking it.

What's in this version

• 4 levels with escalating wave compositions
• 3 tower types: Firewall (damage), Router (slow), Switch (chain)
• 5 enemy types: Ping, Stream, Encrypted, Armored, Splitter
• Two script styles — C-style (place(FIREWALL, S01);) or ASM-style (PLACE FIREWALL S01)
• Dry Run mode: place towers by hand, convert to firmware when ready
• Tech tree with 30 upgrade nodes
• In-game docs and contextual tutorial
• Level editor: build your own boards and test-play them without leaving the editor
• 3 save slots
• Auto-updater — future updates install in-game

Early Access — $3.99 The core loop is complete and playable start to finish. One campaign of 4 levels right now. Buying in early gets you the full game as it grows — more levels, more tower types, and deeper scripting are all planned