Desktop Tower Defense Triumph

I finally completed Desktop Tower Defense. (on medium)

For those of you who haven't played it at all or much, this might not seem like a big deal. And for those of you who are pros this isn't much of an accomplishment either right? But after hours and hours of trying different strategies, creating different paths for those evil but cute little creeps to travel along the longest distance blasting them with multiple weapons along the way. I finally did it.

A friend of mine was over watching the hockey game and with the PC close to the TV we were taking turns trying to complete Desktop TD. After several frustrating turns Kevin says "That's it I'm going to youtube to see how to beat this game!" I first protested saying I want to figure it out on my own but it was to late the video was playing and I couldn't turn away.

So I finally beat it, but I feel cheated, I didn't figure out the strategy on my own. I don't have that satisfaction that I kicked mediums ass with my cunning.
Maybe I can redeem myself by completing it on hard. Oh no the hours that will be wasted!

Traffic p.1

"Hello World"

Interested in seeing how many visitors www.TowerOfDefense.com gets and where they come from?

This section will be to show what progress and/or lack of progress I achieve in promoting www.TowerOfDefense.com in hopes of greater traffic. First post of many like this I hope.

I can say that I am pleased that traffic so far has been slowly increasing on a daily basis. The 3 main sources of traffic are in order:
1. referring sites = 51% (sites like digg.com, neatorama.com and paid traffic like Adwords )
2. Direct Traffic = 30% (people that have me bookmarked or type the url and go directly)
3. Search Engines = 19% ( Google 59%, MSN & Live.com at 39%, the rest 2%)

As of yesterday I am averaging 2500 page hits / day. That translates to roughly 600 visitors / day hitting at an average of 4 pages viewed per visitor.

Hopefully through word of mouth and increased rankings in search engines my traffic will continue to grow. :)

Mini Dilemma

Hi again,

Two posts ago I talked about getting people to vote for games on my site: www.TowerOfDefense.com And how this is important at ranking the best games and I will in turn put them in the appropriate order.

But here's my mini dilemma. The most played game on my site is Vector TD. Its sitting #1 on my top 5 online games which is shown on every page. It even knocked down Desktop TD for top spot as voted by the players. This is a great game to have as a #1 game because it looks and plays great. Perfect for TD fans and also a great introduction for new players.

But recently Flash Element TD surpassed it in its ratings. I should of course move it above Vector TD but I'm having a hard time because it doesn't have that polished look like Vector TD, and I want the #1 game to represent my site well. I want to make the best impression on new players that for the most part try the #1 game before any other game.

UPDATE: Oddly the ratings got reset somehow (I didn't do it I swear) for Flash Element TD. And so far all the new votes have been much lower than Vector TD. Well I guess my mini dilemma fixed itself. :)

More Games

Hi,

More content is always a good thing.
I've added a 3rd page to the online games section at:

www.TowerOfDefense.com

Enjoy.

Rate Games

Rate TowerOfDefense.com's games!

At the bottom of each online game at:
www.TowerOfDefense.com
you'll see a 10 star rating system.

How Rating games helps everyone:
It give me a good indication as to what games people like. And I can in turn use this data to organize the order in which the Tower Defense games are listed.
So for those who have only played a few TD games or none at all, they will now have quick easy access to the best Tower Defense games as voted by you.

check it out at: www.TowerOfDefense.com

First Post

Hi,

My first blog post! yey

This is where I will be posting news and updates
for my Tower Defense games website:

www.TowerOfDefense.com

Lots to come.