Current Progress

• Several necessary modifications of the original game, such as monster routes, tower placement. Details could be found in Methodology - Game Design.
• The setup of a reliable network for the game and the python agent transmitting data between each other via TCP. Details could be found in Methodology - Communication Design.
• An efficient method to collect the raw data from the gameplay. Details could be found in Methodology - Raw Data Collection.
• An efficient method to pre-process and label the collected data. Details could be found in Methodology - Data Pre-processing and Labeling.
• The proper application of TensorFlow 2.0 (Keras) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for the game project. Details could be found in Methodology - Machine Learning Design.

Game Concept

This 2D tower defense game is developed in Unity (C#). In this game, Monsters walk from the blue portal on the top left to the red portal on the bottom right. And the player needs to use coins (collected by killing monsters) to purchase different types of towers and place the tower properly to prevent monsters from reaching to the end of the road.

Target Audience

All age groups

Genres

iTower project is based on a single-player, 2D, tower defense game.

Objective

To reach the next level, the player current life must remain greater than 0 after the last monster of this level is exterminated or arrives at its destination.