Minecraft Tower Defense

In the game "Minecraft Tower Defense", you become the protector of your blocky hideout. Instead of jumping straight into building towers, you first carve out a winding path through the dirt leading up to your house. Monsters like creepers and zombies use this trail to march toward your front door. You can set up obstacles and choose the right defenses to slow down or wipe out every creature that dares to appear.

How to play?

First, grab your shovel tool and dig a path for the creepers, skeletons, and zombies to follow. You can make the road twist and turn any way you want — the more corners you add, the more space you have for setting up towers. Drop different traps and blocks: splash water to hold monsters in place, add cacti to poke at them as they pass, or pour lava to burn up anything that slips through.

Next, build your turrets close to tricky spots. You can pick from four types: one tosses mobs' eggs, another chucks snowballs, one uses arrows, and one launches fireballs. Try putting a water block right before an arrow turret — when a zombie steps in, it gets stuck long enough for arrows to finish it off. Tougher crowds of monsters will appear each round and hurry straight for your base, moving quicker as your score climbs. If a beast sneaks into your house, you just lose one out of six lives — no need to panic, but you do need to fix your defenses fast. Every choice — from how you dig the road, to where you put traps and towers — decides how long your house stands against the mob invasion.