Pokemon Tower Defense: v3.0 is out now!

New update is out now! Enjoy! I will post a new blog on Monday. I won't be around much today so I won't be able to moderate a lot of comments.

Want to play Ninja-ja? Get a shiny pikachu, shiny mew, shiny starter, shiny magikarp or have your suggestion for a weapon design to be used on Ninja-ja? Click here for more info on how you can get those things.

I'm keeping the same shiny hunt so that everybody can get their shiny Farfetch'd :D Also the avatars are not added on this update but when I do add them I will allow you to pick which generation you want it from the ones I posted on the poll. A lot of you requested this so I will make it happen.

v3.0.1 is now out it fixes the following:

• Small typo on the new story level.
• Pokemon that have the move selfdestruct will now be able to move around.
• The 4th challenge mode will now work correctly no matter what you do.
• The chapters will now unlock correctly once you beat all the levels in the previous chapter.
  

It includes:

• New Story level!
• New Challenge Level!
• One new pokemon to catch via NPC Trade!
• New TMs! - Poison Jab, and Swords Dance.
• Bug Fixes

Look at the previous blog for more details on what this update includes.

Where can I play?

• Play here on the blog by clicking on the "Play PTD!" tab.
• Download the EXE, SWF or APK by clicking on the "Game Downloads Link" tab.
• PlayTowerDefenseGame (Not yet updated)
• FreeWorldGroup (Update to v3.0.1)
• Gamerfish (Updated to v3.0.1)
• OneMoreLevel (Updated to v3.0.1)
• NewGrounds (Updated to v3.0.1)
• MiniJuegos (Updated to v3.0.1)

As always let me know what you think of the new levels, and features added to this update.

Thanks and have a good weekend.

Weekly Progress: PTD and Ninja-ja

Hey guys, another week of updates is coming your way.

Want to play Ninja-ja? Get a shiny pikachu, shiny mew, shiny starter, shiny magikarp or have your suggestion for a weapon design to be used on Ninja-ja? Click here for more info on how you can get those things.

You might have noticed the new poll asking about Anonymous posting on the comments, the reason I have it there is because there has been a lot of spam lately and I wanted to see how the majority of you feel about the issue.

Ninja-ja will have an update this week but I don't have all the details set yet, I will post them once I get them ready.

Pokemon Tower Defense v3.0 progress list: (Update will be out within 2 hours!)

New Challenge Level - (100%)

• Intro (100%)
• Level Layout (100%)
• Level Waves (100%)
• Ending (100%)

New Story Level - (100%)

• Intro (100%)
• Level Layout (100%)
• Level Waves (100%)
• Ending (100%)

New NPC Trade Pokemon (100%)

• Graphic (100%)
• Shiny Graphic (100%)
• Add stats to the game (100%)
• New Moves (3) (100%)
• Swords Dance (100%)
• Poison Jab (100%)
• Night Slash (100%)

Non Catchable Pokemon (6) (100%)

• Graphic (100%)
• Add stats to the game (100%)

New TMs added (2) (100%)

• Swords Dance (100%)
• Poison Jab (100%)

New Relearn moves added (2) (100%)

• Swords Dance (100%)
• Poison Jab (100%) 

Bugs 

• Stealth Rock - Will now do more damage per hit, but will hit each pokemon less frequently.
• Petal Dance - The cooldown has been increased from 18 to 36. 
• Pokedex - When evolving a pokemon the pokedex should now correctly keep track of it's pre-evolutions.

Finishing Touches & Distribution (25%)

For now this is all I have but I will keep updating it as the week goes on, thanks and let me know what you think.

Pokemon Tower Defense: v2.8 is out now! New challenge mode level, pokedex and achievements! Shiny hunt on hold. Perfect update week.

New update is out now, quick post and I will be leaving for the day.

Want to play Ninja-ja? Get a shiny pikachu, shiny mew, shiny starter or have your suggestion for a weapon design to be used on Ninja-ja? Click here for more info on how you can get those things.

Click here to get your shiny charmander code!

It includes:

• New Challenge Mode Level (greatly inspired by forum member Zackirus, with music by Hank Winer)
• Pokedex and Achievements
• Bug Fixes

Where can I play?

• Play here on the blog by clicking on the "Play PTD!" tab.
• Download the EXE, SWF or APK by clicking on the "Game Downloads Link" tab.
• PlayTowerDefenseGame (Updated to 2.8)
• Gamerfish (Updated to 2.8)
• OneMoreLevel (Not yet updated)
• FreeWorldGroup (Not yet updated)
• NewGrounds (Not yet updated)
• MiniJuegos (Updated to 2.8)  

I think everybody out there has their own idea of what a perfect (but doable) weekly update would be. So why don't you let me know, but don't email me (I have plenty of emails!), post it on the forums http://s4.zetaboards.com/poketd so that everybody can see and comment on your individual suggestions (The comment space bellow is too hard to sort). If you guys come up with a good (doable) weekly update I will try to make it happen.
Just a couple of rules:

1. You can suggest a story level but don't suggest a storyline since I already have that set.
2. You can suggest a challenge mode and design one if you want.

Let me know about level cap, new moves, tms, new achievements, and even tell me which shiny hunt pokemon I should give out.

Let's make it happen, let me know what you think of this update and let me know what your perfect, but doable, weekly update would be.

What's next? Ninja-ja, Pokemon Tower Defense progress list.

Hey everybody, this is a little late coming but better late than never.

Want to play Ninja-ja? Get a shiny pikachu, shiny mew, shiny starter or have your suggestion for a weapon design to be used on Ninja-ja? Click here for more info on how you can get those things.

Get your shiny Abra! Click here!

Ninja-ja: v1.1 is now out, if you bought the game send an email to dbell1984@gmail.com to get your update, thanks!

The pokemon tower defense update is still happening, and here is what we have for you guys:

• Final Touches and distribution (100%)
• Challenge Level (greatly inspired by forum member Zackirus, thanks for the great idea!) (100%)
• Level layout (100%)
• Level waves (100%)
• Level music by Hank Winer (www.soundcloud.com/hankwiner)
• Adding some TMs to the pokemart (Postponed until a later update)
• Bug fixed
• Shiny starter mystery code not working on 3rd evolution starters. (100%)
• Evolution Button: When pokemon is evolving during the level the game crashes. (100%)
• Self-Destruct bug (100%)
• Relearn only moves (ex. Thunder Fang for Arbok) (Postponed)
• Pokedex/Achievements (you decide which one on the poll above) (100%)

For the New Feature I have added a short poll on the website, you guys get to decide which feature you would like first.

• Pokedex/Achievements - A pokedex will be added to the game to keep track of who you saw and who you caught, also achievements will be added into the game for finding certain pokemon and completing certain task, like beating a level without losing candy.
• Targeting System - Your towers will be able to target different units depending on what command you give your pokemon. For example, attack first, attack last, attack lowest health..etc.
• Different Pokeballs - Be able to buy different pokeballs that will let you catch pokemon at higher percentages.
• Trading Center - A place that you can search for trades being done by other players. Search by who you want in the trade or search by what you want to trade, all trades will be handled by the game so once both sides agree on the trade you will both get them immediately.

Choose wisely :)

Also the last poll it seems like you guys want to keep trading, so trading will stay, in the future I might tweak things here and there but for now it stays like it is.

I also added two new tabs to the site called "Suggestions" and "Bugs" these will cover both games PTD and Ninja-ja, make sure you read them before you offer a suggestions.

The artist search is almost completed I sent emails to the top 9 applications that we received that fit into what our next game is going to be. Once they answer the emails we will pick from there. If you didn't get an email and you applied I just have to say thank you for even considering applying for the position, a lot of you had great art and we might contact you for a different game but for our next game we were looking for something very specific, some time this week I will send out a thank you letter to all who applied.

Thanks again for sticking around, the support is greatly appreciated. Let's continue on this journey! As always, let me know what you think.

This Week on Sam and Dan Games: Ninja-ja and Pokemon Tower Defense Progress

Want to play Ninja-ja? Get a shiny pikachu, shiny mew, shiny starter or have your suggestion for a weapon design to be used on Ninja-ja? Click here for more info on how you can get those things.

Hey guys! Another week of updates is upon us, so let's get started.

This week we are giving away a shiny Rattata, thanks again to our new sponsors PlayTowerDefenceGames.com, the clues are a little harder this time so good luck. Click here to start your hunt.

Looking at the poll it seems that most of you liked the change of scenery around here so I will keep this new layout for a while until we all get tired of it.

An update about the artist position, we still haven't decided on who are going to pick but we have narrowed it down from 77 applications to about 17 that we really liked. If you haven't applied but are interested then you are more than welcome to submit your portfolio to sotero86@gmail.com. But before you do, look at past blogs to find out what the requirements are.

New APK v2.5.3 fixes many issues found on 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, download it now!

This week is Ninja-ja first update, and here is the list that Dan and I came up with:

• Android Version (0%)
• Tweaks (0%)
• Adding the Health Bar (50%)
• Graphic (100%)
• Programming (0%)
• Being able to lose (death) (50%)
• Graphic (100%)
• Programming (0%)
• Simple Point system (0%)
• Programming (0%)
• Sword mode (75%)
• Graphic (50%)
• Programming (100%)
• And a new different Bo Staff Mode (0%)
• Programming (0%)

For Pokemon Tower Defense: (Looking at a Sunday release EST Time)
Just FYI, trading is disabled until the next update, you will be able to go up to the preview mode but the security code will not work.

• Getting the APK out for v2.5.3(100% done)
• Shiny versions of all current wild pokemon (100%)
Nidoran Female, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran Male, Nidorino, Nidoking,
Zubat, Golbat, Mankey, Growlithe, Arcanine, Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath,
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebell, Vulpix, Ninetails,
Paras, Parasect, Clefairy, Clefable (100%)

Nidoran Female Shiny: Step one: Find shiny picture on bulbapedia.

Nidoran Female Shiny: Step two: Make copies of the pokemon sprite and recolor them.

• Move Relearner - For a small price you can re-learn moves that your pokemon could previously learn (100%)
• New moves (2) (100% 2 move done) Don't have enough time, so adding the other moves in a later update.
• Programming (100%)
• Final Touches, publishing, and distribution (100%)
• Challenge Mode Level - can you grab the old rod before you run out of energy?(100%)
• Level graphics (100%)
• New attack mechanic (100%)
• Level design (100%)
• New Pokemon to capture - use your old rod to capture this pokemon (100%)
• Graphic (1) (100% done)
• Stats in game (1) (100% done)
• New Moves (1) (100% done)
• Shiny Graphic (1) (100% done)
• Level Cap Increase- Will mankey finally evolve? (100%)
• Moves to 26 (2) (100% done)
• Moves to 27 (7) (100% done)
• Moves to 28 (9) (100% done)
• Evolutions (100%)
• Graphics (2) (100% done)
• Stats in game (2) (100% done)
• Shiny Graphic (2) (100% done) 
• Bugs
• APK version won't allow you to get past movie scenes. (100%) New APK available that fixes this issue you can get it now (v2.5.3).
• Can no longer trade certain illegal pokemon like (Kyogre, Mew, Onix, Blastoise, Horsea, Shellder, Staryu, Starmie), or pokemon with a higher level than the current cap. Applied to the game right now (100%) Mew is a special pokemon, too much copying of him going around, so trading has been disabled for him. Once I fix the copying issue I will return him to normal.
• Crush claw will now do damage when it removes an enemy's defense buff. (100%Thanks Zivan for the tip) 
• Level 10 Cerulean Gym will now have gym battle music (100% done) 
• After saving your profile on v2.6 you will no longer be able to save it on any lower version (Postponed)
• Trying to save an older profile online when a newer one has been save previously will no longer be possible (Postponed)
• Fixing the stop evolution button crashing the game (Postponed)
• Fixing the ally switch move (Postponed)   

As always I will be updating this post as the week progresses so check back to it from time to time.

Let me know what you think.

Pokemon Tower Defense: New Update is out! Alpha v2.2! Hitting a million views, and easter mystery gift hunt!

Well the update is out, check out the Game Download Link tab for the links to download the new version.

All mystery gift codes for people who previously donated 10 or more (the evolution stone codes) will be sent out by Monday. Thanks :)

This update bring the level cap up to 25!
And the first challenge mode level! When you beat the challenge mode level you will get a mystery code! 

Some good news! We hit over a MILLION views on newgrounds this week, I'm really grateful of you guys for getting me there and I can't wait to see how far we go!

My friend over at playtowerdefensegames.com has created a Mystery Gift Code Hunt for you guys if you go to this link http://www.playtowerdefensegames.com/blog/pokemon-mystery-gift/?pokemongame , you will get hints to find out a very special mystery gift code! This code will only be available for a week so get it while it last. Also you need v2.2 for this code to work!

As you might have seen/heard/read the game got taken down again from the android marketplace :(. So you guys will have to download the apk and install it manually. If you get any errors or just don't know how to do it, then feel free to check out our forums, somebody there will gladly help you out. I don't know a whole lot about how to install it ect. >.<

I sent the update to the following websites:

Newground - Updated
PlayTowerDefenseGames - Updated
Gamerfish - Updated
Mofunzone - not yet updated
Freeworldgroup - Updated
funnygames - not yet update
Minijuegos - Updated

If you don't play on these sites I would recommend playing on one of them, don't ask me to send an update to any other site, just tell the owner to grab the updated game from one of these.

Lastly, thanks again for all the support, and have a Happy Easter!