Minions (flash game)
Encyclopedia
Minions is a free Flash
-based browser game
created by Paul Preece and David Scott of the Casual Collective, who are the creators of Desktop Tower Defense
and Flash Element TD
, respectively. The game has been featured by gaming reviewer The Escapist
for winning an award at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. As of 2011, the game has been played millions of times on Kongregate. It is based on the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients
.
After the initial 30 second phase of Minion selection, the game begins. The game is two dimensional, and scrolled vertically. The two teams, blue and red, spawn on opposite sides of the map; one on the top and the other on the bottom. Each advance across the terrain, destroying towers, fighting enemy minions and mini-minions, and cooperating with teammates, with an eventual goal of destroying the enemy base. Towers, mini-minions, and minions are destroyed when their hitpoints level reaches zero.
Gaining experience is a crucial part of Minions, as it enables a minion to increase damage and to level up its unique specials. Experience is gained as long as a player is living; however, attacking enemy minions and towers enables players to gain experience faster.
, called "Casual Credits". The bonus pack allows the player to unlock two exclusive "minions" and enhanced game hosting options.
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
-based browser game
Browser game
A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet using a web browser. Browser games can be created and run using standard web technologies or browser plug-ins. Browser games include all video game genres and can be single-player or multiplayer...
created by Paul Preece and David Scott of the Casual Collective, who are the creators of Desktop Tower Defense
Desktop Tower Defense
Desktop Tower Defense is a Flash-based browser game of the tower defense game genre created by first-time game designer Paul Preece in March 2007. The game had been played over 15.7 million times as of July 2007, and was one of Webware 100's top ten entertainment web applications of 2007. DTD is...
and Flash Element TD
Flash Element TD
Flash Element TD is a Flash-based browser game of the tower defense game genre created by first-time game designer David Scott in January 2007. The game had been played over 140 million times as of March 2009.-Gameplay:...
, respectively. The game has been featured by gaming reviewer The Escapist
The Escapist (magazine)
The Escapist is an online magazine covering video games, gamers, the gaming industry, and gaming culture. Published by the Themis Group, it was edited by Julianne Greer up to June 30, 2009, then by Russ Pitts through September 2011, and is currently edited by Steve Butts. The Escapist was first...
for winning an award at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. As of 2011, the game has been played millions of times on Kongregate. It is based on the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft...
.
Gameplay
The game is a multiplayer game playable by any even number up to 12 players. Every player controls a "minion", similar to a tank or bot, and works with a team (either red or blue) to destroy the enemy base. There is a selection of eight minions (five when playing on Kongregate, six when playing on the Casual Collective without the "Bonus Pack" and eight when playing on the Casual Collective with the "Bonus Pack"), each with their own strengths and weaknesses.After the initial 30 second phase of Minion selection, the game begins. The game is two dimensional, and scrolled vertically. The two teams, blue and red, spawn on opposite sides of the map; one on the top and the other on the bottom. Each advance across the terrain, destroying towers, fighting enemy minions and mini-minions, and cooperating with teammates, with an eventual goal of destroying the enemy base. Towers, mini-minions, and minions are destroyed when their hitpoints level reaches zero.
Respawning and Experience
Towers and mini-minions do not respawn after being destroyed; however, minions turn into "ghosts" when destroyed and respawn after a certain amount of time.Gaining experience is a crucial part of Minions, as it enables a minion to increase damage and to level up its unique specials. Experience is gained as long as a player is living; however, attacking enemy minions and towers enables players to gain experience faster.
Scoring
At the end of each game, players are ranked and awarded points based on their performance in the game. A player's score depends on experience, kills, tower damage, and whether or not the player is on the winning team.Bonus Pack
People playing on the Casual Collective can purchase a "Minions Bonus Pack" with the site's virtual currencyVirtual currency
Virtual currency is used to purchase virtual goods within a variety of online communities; which include social networking websites, virtual worlds and online gaming sites....
, called "Casual Credits". The bonus pack allows the player to unlock two exclusive "minions" and enhanced game hosting options.