Hordes of Orcs
Based on When Orcs Attack, Hordes of Orcs was a 3D tower defense game aimed at the Windows and Mac download market. On top of everything When Orcs Attack offered, it featured a polished user interface, improved graphics, the “Gem Drop” game mode – a CTF variant in which gems fall from the sky to random board positions, and an orc needed only to carry a single one across the threshold to win – and a slew of new maps.
Hordes of Orcs was followed by Hordes of Orcs 2, also published by Freeverse and featuring new game elements, significant graphical improvements and a new UI.
Mentions
- Freeverse releases Hordes of Orcs (Macworld)
- Hordes of Orcs Invade Windows, Protect Your Children (IGN; press release)
- Hordes of Orcs Major Update (IGN; press release)
- Hordes of Orcs on MacintoshGarden
- Hordes of Orcs on MacintoshRepository
- CNET Download review
- Ars discussion (Aside: I did not set the price, and I was terrified it was too high. I don’t know how it would have sold at a lower price, but I was shocked at how many units were sold.)
- MacHeist nanoBundle Offers 6 Mac Apps For… Free (MacRumors)
- Discussion of the nanoBundle on Unity’s forums
- Hordes Of Orcs Donated To Soldiers (Game Industry News)
- Unity forum discussion after the iPhone public beta announcement
- How to Beat Hordes of Orcs
Requirements
| Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 1.83 Ghz | 1.5 Ghz |
| RAM | 384 MiB | 512 MiB |
| Disk | 80 MiB | 75 MiB |
| GPU | Intel GMA950 | DirectX 7 graphics card w/ 32MB VRAM |
| Version | 10.3.0 and above. | Windows XP SP2 and above. |