Press Kit for Toaster Defense

An unique game that mashes the Tower Defense and Shoot 'em Up Platforming genres!

Genre:	Tower Defense and Shoot 'em Up Platformer
Platforms:	Windows
Developer/Publisher:	Wooshido
Players:	Game can be played with a single player, or team up with a friend in co-op mode!
Playtime:	Story Mode play-though usually takes 3-4 hours. Game has an Endless Mode, for an infinite amount of fun!
Price:	$9.99
Release Date:	May 23rd, 2022

TOASTER DEFENSE is a fast-paced tower defense game mixed with shoot 'em up platformer mechanics. Build lamps, fans, and meat tenderizers to aid in your defenses and find the deadliest combination. Protect the toaster — at all costs!

• A tower defense blended with a shoot 'em up platformer!
• Story mode that includes 30 levels and 3 bosses! 
• Endless mode on 3 unique levels! 
• 27 very fashionable hats and 27 stylish skins!
• Play using mouse/keyboard or Xbox Controller!

Who Am I?

I am Nathan Wooten, an indie game developer based out of Columbus, Ohio, USA. I've wanted to make video games as long as I can remember. I attended a local community college to study Video Game Art & Animation. After graduating, I applied to game studios, big and small, in hopes of taking my next step into the game industry. Alas, I learned how difficult it is to get a foot in the door, and was rejected quite a bit. 

At that moment, I decided that in order to pursue a life long dream, I would have to forge my own path.  I dove head first into programming and taught myself C# to use in Unity. Over the course of the next few years, I taught myself to program games until I felt comfortable enough with C# to move forward.  

I've made a few small games while learning, some can be here on my itch.io page. Toaster Defense is my first commercial release, and while it can be quite nerve wrecking to release my first game on Steam, I'm very excited to share my hard work with everyone!

How did Toaster Defense come into existence?

As I taught myself programming, I started to learn by making the genre that pretty much every developer starts with; platformer. As I was learning, I started to develop a 2.5D platformer, but then I realized two things: 

1. There was nothing unique about the game.
2.  The game's scope was too large for me at the time. Taking these into consideration, I wanted to make a fun, unique game that was achievable for a solo game developer.

 

I started researching other platformer games, both old and new, to brainstorm how I could turn my 2.5D platformer into something unique. There was one game that sparked the idea that would become Toaster Defense: Mario Bros. Yes, that old arcade game triggered something in my brain. "What if I made it a small map like Mario Bros, and I put something at the bottom of the map to protect like a tower defense game? It can be a game that mixes platforming and tower defense mechanics! That's pretty unique!", I thought to myself. From there the idea continued to develop  and Toaster Defense evolved into what it is today!

Find a larger version of the game screenshots and character images in the press folder (below) for you to use!