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| {{Short description|Video game series by Ninja Kiwi}}{{for|the first game in the series|#Bloons Tower Defense}} | | {{Short description|Video game series by Ninja Kiwi}}{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}{{Infobox video game series|title=Click of Duty|image=Call of Duty logo 2023.svg|caption=|developer={{Indented plainlist| |
| {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}{{Infobox video game series|title=Bloons TD|image=Bloons TD iOS Logo.jpg|caption=The logo of ''Bloons Tower Defense'', the first game in the series.|platforms=[[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Browser game|browser]] (Flash), [[iOS]], [[macOS]], [[Nintendo DSi]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Nintendo Switch]]|developer={{Plainlist| | | * [[SOI Studios]]<br />(2024–present) |
| * [[Ninja Kiwi]] | | }}|publisher=[[Monsteristic]]|genre=[[Incremental]]|platforms=[[PC]]|first release version=<!--''[[Click of Duty: Dark Warfare]]''-->|first release date=<!--October 21, 2025-->|latest release version=<!--''[[Click of Duty: Dark Warfare]]''-->|latest release date=<!--October 21, 2025-->}}'''''Click of Duty''''' is an upcoming [[Incremental game|incremental]] [[video game]] franchise published by [[Monsteristic]], that will start in 2025. The games will be developed by [[SOI Studios]] using [[HTML]] and [[Javascript]]. The first and upcoming title, ''[[Click of Duty: Dark Warfare]]'', is scheduled to be released on October 21, 2025. |
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| }}|publisher=Ninja Kiwi|genre=[[Tower defense]]|first release version=''Bloons TD''|first release date=August 16, 2007|latest release version=''Bloons TD Battles 2''|latest release date=November 30, 2021|parent=[[Bloons]]}}'''''Bloons Tower Defense''''' (also known as '''''Bloons TD''''' or '''''BTD''''') is a series of [[wikipedia:Tower_defense|tower defense]] games under the ''[[wikipedia:Bloons|Bloons]]'' series created and produced by [[wikipedia:Ninja_Kiwi|Ninja Kiwi]]. The game was initially developed as a [[wikipedia:Browser_game|browser game]], built upon the [[wikipedia:Adobe_Flash|Adobe Flash]]<!--many of the Bloons TD games are still playable on Adobe Flash emulators--> [[wikipedia:Computing_platform|platform]] and released in mid 2007. Later games in the series expanded to support various mobile platforms, including [[wikipedia:Android_(operating_system)|Android]], [[wikipedia:IOS|iOS]], [[wikipedia:Windows_Phone|Windows Phone]], [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Portable|PlayStation Portable]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo_DSi|Nintendo DSi]], [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]], [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]] and [[wikipedia:MacOS|MacOS]]. Games in the ''Bloons'' series older than ''Bloons TD 6'' are available through the Ninja Kiwi Archive on Steam. | |
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| In the game, players attempt to prevent Bloons (the in-game name for [[wikipedia:Balloon|balloons]]) from reaching the end of a set course by placing towers or road items along it that can pop the bloons in a variety of ways, typically by using the power of monkeys. A handful of towers can stall the bloons and give the other towers more time to pop them by freezing and gluing the bloons. Money is gained by popping bloons, completing rounds, and collecting bananas from existing banana farms which can be spent on new towers, upgrades for existing ones, or temporary items such as exploding pineapples and road spikes.
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| | |''[[Click of Duty: Dark Warfare]]'' |
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| The main objective of ''Bloons TD'' is to prevent Bloons (in-game name for [[wikipedia:Balloon|balloons]]) from reaching the end of a defined track on a map that consists of one or more entrances and exits for the bloons.<ref name="wired-btd4mobile-review">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/03/bloons-td-4-iphone-review/|title=Review: Armed Monkeys Pop Deadly Latex in iPhone Bloons 4|magazine=Wired|via=www.wired.com}}</ref> The game is a [[wikipedia:Tower_defense|tower defense]] game and thus the player can choose various types of towers and traps to place around the track in order to defend against the bloons, gaining 1 in-game dollar for every layer of bloon popped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcwelt.de/news/Bloons-TD-257959.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301232330/http://www.pcwelt.de/news/Bloons-TD-257959.html|archive-date=March 1, 2012|title=Bloons TD|date=August 23, 2007|work=PC Welt|language=de|access-date=January 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name="PG2">{{cite web|url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/Bloons+TD/news.asp?c=21718|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192307/http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/Bloons+TD/news.asp?c=21718|archive-date=January 2, 2014|title=Bloons TD coming to PSP Minis|date=June 24, 2010|access-date=January 1, 2014|first=Jon|last=Jordan|work=Pocket Gamer|url-status=dead}}</ref> If a bloon reaches the end of a path, the player loses lives (or in later games, health); once these are all depleted, the game ends.<ref name="ASTD4">{{cite web|url=http://www.appspy.com/review/4080/bloons-td-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192746/http://www.appspy.com/review/4080/bloons-td-4|archive-date=January 2, 2014|title=Bloons TD 4 Review|date=January 6, 2011|access-date=January 1, 2014|first=Andrew|last=Nesvadba|work=App Spy}}</ref><ref name="STP">{{cite web|url=http://www.slidetoplay.com/review/bloons-tower-defense-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102195839/http://www.slidetoplay.com/review/bloons-tower-defense-review/|archive-date=January 2, 2014|title=Bloons Tower Defense Review|date=October 21, 2009|access-date=January 1, 2014|first=Tim|last=Rattray|work=Slide to Play}}</ref> The bloons always follow the map's set path on the track until they either reach the exit(s), are popped, or are moved to an earlier part of the track by a tower's ability.
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| | |''[[Click of Duty: Dark Warfare]]'' |
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| There are three classes of bloons in the game: regular (unnamed in the game), MOAB-class and Boss-class. As of ''Bloons TD 6'', the regular bloons consist of: red, blue, green, yellow, pink, black, white, lead, zebra, rainbow, purple, and ceramic bloons. MOAB-class bloons are in the shape of a blimp and consist of: the MOAB (Massive Ornary Air Blimp), the BFB (Brutal Flying Behemoth), the DDT (Dark Dirigible Titan), the ZOMG (Zeppelin Of Mighty Gargantuaness), and the BAD (Big Airship of Doom). Tougher variants of most bloon types contain a number of specified weaker ones.<ref name="TD1 IGN">{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/03/08/free-game-of-the-day-bloons-tower-defense|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201065442/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/08/free-game-of-the-day-bloons-tower-defense|archive-date=February 1, 2014|title=Free Game of the Day: Bloons Tower Defense|date=March 7, 2012|access-date=January 1, 2014|first=Justin|last=Davis|work=[[IGN]]}}</ref> In later versions of the game, regular bloons possess sometimes special characteristics such as camo (which most towers cannot detect), regrowth (the ability for the bloons to slowly grow back to their original size), and fortified (which doubles the health of certain bloons), that resist certain tower types.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bedford|first=John|title=App Of The Day: Bloons TD 5|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/mobile-apps/40183/app-of-the-day-bloons-td-5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194559/http://www.gametrailers.com/mobile-apps/40183/app-of-the-day-bloons-td-5|archive-date=January 2, 2014|work=Gametrailers.com|access-date=January 1, 2014|date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> With each level, the intensity of bloon waves proportionately increases.<ref name="ASTD">{{cite web|url=http://www.appspy.com/review/3845/bloons-td|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109093343/http://www.appspy.com/review/3845/bloons-td|archive-date=November 9, 2013|title=Bloons TD Review|date=October 4, 2009|access-date=January 1, 2014|first=Damian|last=Chiappara|work=App Spy}}</ref>
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| '''Towers''' | | Development on the game platform that was titled "''COD: HQ''" began in June 2014, after Cookie Clickers' popularity blew up in a matter of months. Mob Productions looked for development teams to make the game but were unsuccessful until [[Ethan Morland]] agreed to develop the project alone. Development officially began that December and continued all the way until its release in 2023. The development process was extremely slow compared to any other game with the focus on quality of each area of the game. |
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| Towers are the main defensive utility in the ''Bloons TD'' series. Each tower has its own unique purpose, power, and use, with some being powerful against specific bloons but unable to target others effectively.<ref name="btd5rev">{{cite web|last=Aylott|first=Chris|title=Bloons TD 5 Review|url=http://www.slidetoplay.com/review/bloons-td-5-review/|publisher=SlidetoPlay.com|access-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222022/http://www.slidetoplay.com/review/bloons-td-5-review/|archive-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref> Every tower can be upgraded to increase power and other capabilities by spending the in-game currency, known simply as 'money', which is earned by popping bloons and at the end of each round.<ref name="btd5rev" /> In ''Bloons TD 4'' onwards, certain towers such as banana farms can be placed to produce additional money during a round (end of the round in ''Bloons TD 4'').<ref name="GZ">{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Leif|title=Bloons TD 5 Review|url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/bloons-td-5-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192435/http://www.gamezebo.com/games/bloons-td-5/review|archive-date=January 2, 2014|publisher=Gamezebo.com|access-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref>
| | === First generation, Unreal Engine === |
| | TapBurst Studios was founded in early 2013 and struggled to choose what type of games they wanted to design and release. |
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| In later games, there are multiple difficulty levels; for instance, in ''BTD5'', there are four difficulty levels and in ''Bloons Monkey City'' there are six. The higher the difficulty the player plays on, the fewer lives they have and the more each tower and upgrade cost. There are also different types of maps rated by difficulty; in general, there are more types of maps in newer games.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/105565/android-amusements-bloons-td-5/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104070010/http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/105565/android-amusements-bloons-td-5/|archive-date=January 4, 2014|title=Android Amusements: Bloons TD 5|date=January 8, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2014|first=Jenni|last=Lada|work=Technology Tell}}</ref>
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| | On August 7, 2023, a teaser trailer was posted, confirming the title. Around this time, a phone number was set up by Activision that was shared via social media. This phone number, after participants agreed to a few terms, would begin sending anonymous messages to participants, such as "we need someone like you, with experience in Al Mazrah." This phone number was noted to give unusual responses when sent the word "zombies" or the names of multiplayer maps from ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' (ex. "Rust"). A day later, on August 8, Activision confirmed that ''Modern Warfare II'' operators, weapons and cosmetic items would carry over into ''Modern Warfare III'' and released a blog post detailing the specifics of the carry-over. |
| {{Video game timeline|2007=''Bloons Tower Defense'' and ''Bloons Tower Defense 2''|2008=''Bloons TD 3''|2009=''Bloons TD 4''|2011=''Bloons TD 5''|2012=''Bloons TD Battles''|2013=''Bloons Monkey City''|2016=''Bloons Supermonkey 2 Mobile|2018=''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', ''Bloons Adventure Time TD''|2021=''Bloons Pop'', ''Bloons TD Battles 2''|subtitle=}}
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| There are currently six released numbered games in the ''Bloons TD'' series apart from various add-on packs and spin-offs such as ''Bloons TD 4 Expansion'' and ''Bloons Monkey City''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Tower-Defense|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125122710/http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Tower-Defense/|archive-date=January 25, 2014|title=Tower Defense Games|publisher=Ninja Kiwi|access-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref> The newest release, ''Bloons TD 6'', was released on June 14, 2018.<ref name="PRLog">{{cite web|url=https://www.prlog.org/12629600-ninja-kiwi-announces-bloons-td-6-in-development.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330002912/https://www.prlog.org/12629600-ninja-kiwi-announces-bloons-td-6-in-development.html|archive-date=March 30, 2017|title=Ninja Kiwi Announces Bloons TD 6 in Development|publisher=PRLog|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref> The series was retitled from ''Bloons Tower Defense'' to ''Bloons TD'' in 2009 due to infringement on the ''Tower Defense: Lost Earth'' trademark owned by [[wikipedia:Com2uS|Com2uS]].<ref name="trademark">{{cite news|url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Com2uS+news/news.asp?c=17997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129201058/http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Com2uS%2Bnews/news.asp?c=17997|archive-date=November 29, 2010|title=Com2uS "guides" developers not to use its trademark Tower Defense|last=Jordan|first=Jon|date=January 25, 2010|work=PocketGamer.biz|access-date=January 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| | On August 17, a full reveal took place inside of a ''Call of Duty: Warzone'' event, which concluded with a reveal trailer. Pre-orders were also opened, with players being able to play the campaign up to a week early, as well as gain access to new operator skins and an open beta for the multiplayer mode. |
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| | ''Modern Warfare III'' was released on November 10, 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Similar to ''Modern Warfare II'', the campaign was released in early access for all digital pre-orders, starting from November 2. In July 2024, ''Modern Warfare III'' was made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. |
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| | == Reception == |
| | ''COD: HQ'' was praised for its ambition at launch, though did recieve some backlash, mainly for being called "COD", something players think of being used for the ''Call of Duty'' franchise. The positive reviews praised the gameplay and the feeling that each part of the game felt complete. |
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| | [[Category:Monsteristic games]] |
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Click of Duty is an upcoming incremental video game franchise published by Monsteristic, that will start in 2025. The games will be developed by SOI Studios using HTML and Javascript. The first and upcoming title, Click of Duty: Dark Warfare, is scheduled to be released on October 21, 2025.
Unlike other popular video games,
Development on the game platform that was titled "COD: HQ" began in June 2014, after Cookie Clickers' popularity blew up in a matter of months. Mob Productions looked for development teams to make the game but were unsuccessful until Ethan Morland agreed to develop the project alone. Development officially began that December and continued all the way until its release in 2023. The development process was extremely slow compared to any other game with the focus on quality of each area of the game.
First generation, Unreal Engine[edit | edit source]
TapBurst Studios was founded in early 2013 and struggled to choose what type of games they wanted to design and release.
On August 7, 2023, a teaser trailer was posted, confirming the title. Around this time, a phone number was set up by Activision that was shared via social media. This phone number, after participants agreed to a few terms, would begin sending anonymous messages to participants, such as "we need someone like you, with experience in Al Mazrah." This phone number was noted to give unusual responses when sent the word "zombies" or the names of multiplayer maps from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (ex. "Rust"). A day later, on August 8, Activision confirmed that Modern Warfare II operators, weapons and cosmetic items would carry over into Modern Warfare III and released a blog post detailing the specifics of the carry-over.
On August 17, a full reveal took place inside of a Call of Duty: Warzone event, which concluded with a reveal trailer. Pre-orders were also opened, with players being able to play the campaign up to a week early, as well as gain access to new operator skins and an open beta for the multiplayer mode.
Modern Warfare III was released on November 10, 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Similar to Modern Warfare II, the campaign was released in early access for all digital pre-orders, starting from November 2. In July 2024, Modern Warfare III was made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
COD: HQ was praised for its ambition at launch, though did recieve some backlash, mainly for being called "COD", something players think of being used for the Call of Duty franchise. The positive reviews praised the gameplay and the feeling that each part of the game felt complete.
