Geo-Defense strategy tower game for the iphone

Medium Level 3 - The Hat (Version Two)

2011-10-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

This is one of the hardest levels in my opinion but that makes it one of the most enjoyable. I play it a lot and this is one solution that works, at least on iPhone 3G. Sometimes it gets a bit close to the mark on level 20 but once you have got past there you are home and dry.

I link the blasters and lasers to the Vortex Tower and after level 20 get the Vortex to level 7. Don't bother linking the missile towers.

Before you get to Level 20 make sure you have at least one Shock Tower up to level 7 near the end otherwise some will slip through. Also have a Blaster Tower at level 7 near the end so it only fires when the critters get close to the exit.

If you still have problems at level 20 try playing around with more blasters near the exit or getting two Shock towers to level 7.

There you go - no lives lost.

Medium Level 2 - Gordy Take Three

2011-04-07T08:10:00.000-07:00

The two lasers can do a lot to help at the beginning - line them up well.

Having two means that one can keep firing while the other is upgraded.

Build one laser up to 7 and build the blaster up to 7 for optimum range. The laser in the top right corner needs to be lined up so that it is at the correct angle to shoot down the angled line as the critters move away from it.

Add more blaster towers and upgrade them to 7.

Now we've added a missile tower at the bottom left. Get it up to at least level 5 which means each bomb is not wasted. Level 6 is best but don't go to level 7 as it's too slow.

Another missile tower. Get them all up to level 6.

This is what we've been working towards. Plenty of shock towers as the critters get very fast towards the end.

This is when it gets fun.

Level complete with no loss of life.

Hard Level 13: Twister

2011-02-19T10:56:00.000-08:00

Waves: 14
Lives: 1
Cash: $50

You only have one life on this level so be careful! There is only one tower which can quickly and effectively slice through creeps on their straight paths, so that is what I've concentrated on. You need to set each laser up very accurately so that its ray will shoot straight along the DOWNWARD path it is next to. That way it will slice through more creeps as they move away from it. It takes practice to do this.

You will be quite safe if you just stick to lasers for the first few waves. You can see how the top right laser is slicing through lots of creeps at once.

By about level 6 you need to leave enough dollars to buy some blaster towers. These need to quickly be upgraded to level 7 in order to kill the ones that I call the "impervious creeps". As you can see the blaster bullets are diverted around them - except for level 7.

This level took many hours to beat.

DLC Medium Level 2 Walking Stick

2010-09-27T01:36:00.000-07:00

Well.

I tried doing this with a minimal number of towers but in the end had to give up. Just give it all you've got. Lots of Vortex Towers help with extra energy.

Medium Level 2 - Gordy - Take Two

2010-09-25T04:34:00.000-07:00

Another way of completing this level - I plan to post a video soon - just waiting for my tripod to be delivered!

DLC Hard Level 2 Hide 'n' Seek

2010-09-23T11:45:00.000-07:00

Waves: 13

Lives: 5
Cash: $110

Well, I've done the level and it wasn't too bad once I realised that you need to get as many Blaster Towers (green) up to level 7 as quickly as possible. That's because anything less than that just bounces off the little round critters. Work quickly and get some vortex towers linked up to the blasters for extra pizzazz.

GeoDefense Sneaky Snake Solution

2010-09-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

No lives lost

Hard Level 11 - Defy Expectations - another version

2010-05-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

As some people were finding this difficult, I have worked out another way of winning this level. Concentrate on Laser Towers and Vortexes first so that those critters that bounce anything else away can be destroyed. Then slow everything down in the middle section. Finally add a Missile Tower to the Lasers as everything that reaches the third section can be blown up. Fun!

Medium Level 14 - Q

2010-01-08T05:20:00.000-08:00

Waves: 17

Lives: 7
Cash: $52

Enjoy. Try not to lose too many lives.

Medium Level 13 - Speed Round II

2009-10-26T11:30:00.000-07:00

Waves: 48
Lives: 5
Cash: $60

Oh yes, extra levels. GeoDefense version 1.4 has slipped in some extra levels, so here is my take on Medium Level 13. When NSXDavid says, "A shock tower or two is a must-have", he's not kidding. These critters move FAST. So slow them down before they wipe you out.

Hard Level 12 - Rabbit Hole

2009-09-11T05:56:00.000-07:00

Waves: 38
Lives: 10
Cash: $24

The creeps take their time winding their way to the final destination. I found that setting up the towers early on was helpful, then it was a case of upgrading them at the right moments to keep on upping the ante. Well, I'm there. All levels of GeoDefense successfully completed without a single life lost. It only took three months. Good value for a £1.19 application. Bring on the next one - Swarm!

And here is a slightly different solution for Rich to try.

Hard Level 11 - Defy Expectations

2009-09-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

Waves: 15
Lives: 10
Cash: $100

This took me many, many days to work out. You soon find that there is only one weapon which is effective throughout the game. However, despite many attempts, I just could not solve it. Then I tried putting in more Vortex Towers...

Hard Level 10 - Final Victory

2009-09-11T05:53:00.000-07:00

Waves: 40
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

I used a nice mixture of colours to complete the task!

Hard Level 9 - Eternity

2009-09-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

Waves:19
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

Everything seems fine for about the first seven levels, then something happens to the best-laid plans of mice and men... So get those Shock Towers into place!

Hard Level 8 - Resistance is Futile

2009-09-09T15:15:00.000-07:00

Waves: 38
Lives: 5
Cash: $24

There are a LOT of waves on this one. At first the critters get wiped out quite quickly but get faster and faster. So you need to make strategic decisions fast as to which towers you upgrade and when.

Hard Level 7 - Final Push

2009-09-08T15:54:00.000-07:00

Waves: 10
Lives: 10
Cash: $40

There is only one way to win. The critters come hard and fast, so that's the way you need to play. Just keep adding towers as quickly as you can. You'll get there.

Hard Level 6 - X Factor

2009-09-08T11:02:00.000-07:00

Waves: 15
Lives: 10
Cash: $25

This took quite a few days and experiments with positioning and combinations of towers before I found a way to stop the critters breaking through. Unlike some levels I found that it was a good idea to use all types of tower, relying on their different abilities. For example, the laser towers have a long reach, but the blaster towers concentrate on nearby critters whch can be crucial in the final stages. Here's how I did it to keep all 10 lives intact.

Hard Level 5 - Knit Knack Shack

2009-08-26T15:23:00.000-07:00

Waves: 13
Lives: 10
Cash: $100

Hard Level 4 - Fall in Line

2009-08-26T15:14:00.000-07:00

Waves: 20
Lives: 10
Cash: $47

Hard Level 3 - Blaze!

2009-08-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

Waves: 30
Lives: 10
Cash: $40

Hard Level 2 - Angular View

2009-08-24T15:14:00.000-07:00

Waves: 30
Lives: 10
Cash: $40

This is the revised version since the level difficulty was increased in the update. You have to stop ANY of the creeps getting past the first triangle. Otherwise you are dead. Thanks to nespodzany for his solution, which I have adapted very slightly.

Hard Level 1 - The Eye

2009-08-24T15:11:00.000-07:00

Waves: 10
Lives: 1
Cash: $24

Unbelievably on the first of the hard levels you only get one life. You'll need to run this one a few times before you realise the optimum times and places to add towers.

Medium Level 12 - Tidak Apa Apa

2009-08-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

Waves: 14
Lives: 10
Cash: $100

Tidak apa apa is Balinese for 'Never Mind'. Funny that. This Geodefense level took me longer to work out than any of the previous. Like many days. But then it is the final Medium Level. (Or was - there are now two more). Since the game was updated to 1.4 I have found a better solution which is posted below. It is important to get the Blasters up to level 7 as soon as possible as everything else apart from Lasers just bounces off some critters!

Medium Level 11 - Circular Logic

2009-08-20T16:58:00.000-07:00

Waves: 24
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

There's a great tip in the intro to this level - double-tap a laser to lock and unlock it. So if you place your lasers to fire along pathways and slow down the critters enough, you can fry them with just three towers :). Very economic.

Medium Level 10 - Knot so fast!

2009-08-20T15:35:00.000-07:00

Waves: 14
Lives: 10
Cash: $20

On this Geodefense level, the only towers that could keep up with the speed of the critters were the lasers. I tried everything else. Got there in the end.

Medium Level 9 - Good Plumbing

2009-08-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Waves: 24
Lives: 10
Cash: $60

Not too difficult for a Medium Level. It's nice that you get the chance to shoot critters several times with the same tower. Looking forward to playing 'Swarm' when it comes out.

Medium Level 8 - Bad Plumbing

2009-08-20T14:45:00.000-07:00

Waves: 24
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

Build up the defences, and slow them down. Fun trying to guess where they will appear from next.

Medium Level 7 - Sticky Hairball

2009-08-20T08:22:00.001-07:00

Waves:18
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

This is kind of fun and not too difficult once you realise that you need weapons that have a longer reach and which can catch fast moving critters. So I opted for laser towers exclusively and got through once more without losing a single life....

Medium Level 6 - Sneaky Snake!

2009-08-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

Waves: 12
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

I used a combination of all the available towers. The critters needed wearing down early in their journey, although I also needed to place some towers near the last lap to catch any sneaky ones. It took quite a few attempts before I found a winning formula.

And here is a video of a slightly different solution.

Medium Level 5 - Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-08-18T11:33:00.000-07:00

Waves: 12
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

It was tempting to get very strategic with this Geodefense level, with carefully placed lone wolf towers gradually enhanced. Except that the critters kept gettin through. In order to survive with all lives intact, I was forced to resort to lots and lots of green Blaster Towers to wear them down. And wear them down I did.

Medium Level 4 - Sidelines

2009-08-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

Waves: 20
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

The answer is surely green.

Medium Level 3 - The Hat

2009-08-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

Waves: 40
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

This design is updated as more recent versions of GeoDefense are much harder. The solution below has been tested for iPhone and iPad. The wigglers are indeed tough, but the Missile Towers emit plenty of splash damage, especially when they are upgraded several times. Plenty of Shock Towers are just what the doctor ordered, along with some strategically-placed Lasers.

Begin by placing Lasers at the corners to shoot along the straights. Connect them to a Vortex Tower so that they suck up excess energy.

Upgrade the Missile Tower to level 6.

Lots of shock towers are needed to slow down creeps for the crucial level 20.

Once you get past this level without losing a life you are on home ground.

When you have the layout below you don't need to do much else except for upgrading for seven levels.

The final level here is shown on the iPad.

Medium Level 2 - Gordy

2009-08-04T12:28:00.001-07:00

Waves: 24
Lives: 10
Cash: $50

This is the level that introduces us to the beauty of the Vortex Tower. So now you can recycle the bad vibes and use the absorbed energy to feed back into other towers you have linked up. Yes, the bad guys do get very tough this time, so you need to slow 'em down! Everything seems hunkydory for several rounds, then, if you haven't done the ground work, you will be well and truly scuppered.

Medium Level 1 - Speed Round

2009-08-03T18:05:00.000-07:00

Waves:14
Lives: 10
Cash: $75

It's all about speed... So use the shock towers to slow them down, coupled with lasers to weaken them on the straights and blasters to finish them off. It's then a case of strengthening the towers and adding to them at strategic points. If you are anything like me, you'll lose a few rounds before working out which ones to strengthen and in what order. You should be able to get some useful tips from the screenshots. Good old GeoDefense. Good old iphone.

Easy Level 10 - Quee's Revenge

2009-08-03T15:30:00.000-07:00

Waves: 19
Lives:10
Cash: $32

"The Quee Potato was not amused". Quite who or what the Quee Potato is, is not obvious. However, what is obvious is that you need to get some blaster towers laid out quickly in the last of the easy levels. I combined these with one each of the laser and missile towers, then built them up quickly as the creeps swarmed round and round. Hey, I got through all the Easy levels without losing a life. Eventually.

Easy Level 9 - Time will tell...

2009-08-02T16:24:00.000-07:00

On this level you need to work fast to place the towers and to strengthen them in the most effective order. Experimentation is the key and after a few losses you'll find your way to the end with all your lives complete...

Easy Level 8 - Soppy Joe

2009-07-13T15:10:00.001-07:00

Like many of the levels, you need to work out what route the creeps travel along first of all. Once you have done that, you can work out the key points for towers. Once you have started this level you need to keep adding in towers and building them up. You have to lose a few times before you can work out the optimal order for placing towers. The level may seem difficult, but wait until you get to medium and hard levels!

Easy Level 7 - Ascension

2009-07-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

This level is fun. The creeps can travel past towers more than once in different directions, and laser towers seem to be particularly useful - just make sure you build them up quick enough to keep the creeps at bay. And line them up well so they shoot straight along the paths. 40 rounds is quite a lot to get through - still I managed it with no lives lost.

Easy Level 6 - Shoulda Zagged

2009-07-02T15:18:00.000-07:00

So I'm playing every level of Geo-Defense, trying to complete each one without losing ANY lives. What I like about this game is that each level requires a different approach. You can't tell in advance what is going to work. On this level, the most effective strategy seemed to be wearing down the creeps with lots of blasters.

Easy Level 5 - The Beat

2009-06-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

"Warning: Meltdown imminent," says the retro robot. So begins the fun. I decided in the end to complete this level of Geodefence without using any Shock towers. Just a few strategically placed blasters, lasers and missile towers, then build them up over the 11 rounds.

Easy Level 4 - Loopy

2009-06-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

On this level of Geodefense you don't need many towers. They need to be placed strategically and then strengthened as each new wave of creeps sweeps through. You definitely need some shock towers to slow the creeps down.

Easy Level 3 - Fort Knots

2009-06-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

Now you can start to play with missiles, which also do splash damage. It's fun working out how to place towers so that creeps pass them more than once on their journey to doom.

Easy Level 2 - Twisty Tale

2009-06-21T16:54:00.000-07:00

On this Geodefense level you can start to play with the Laser Towers. Use the grid to line them up.

Easy Level 1 - Beginners Defense

2009-06-21T16:31:00.000-07:00

The first level of this iphone game is pretty straightforward. Just space out your Blaster Towers.

2009-06-21T14:20:00.000-07:00

GeoDefense Tower Defense game for the iphone is highly addictive as well as highly challenging! I am working my way through all the levels and trying to find a way to win without losing any lives.

This is a great game and has kept me occupied for many hours. I have posted screenshots from all the levels I have played and if you look carefully you will notice that all my lives have remained intact on the final level.

I hope you find these tips for playing GeoDefense useful. If you don't want to cheat too much, just have a look at the first screenshot for the level you are playing.

If you are interested in buying the game you can find it on the iTunes AppStore here.