I can't get further than the moon levels in Revenge of the Titans. I don't seem to be able to end each game with enough money to purchase more than the basic weapons and upgrades. Does anybody have any good general strategies for this game?
What are some good general strategies to get past the moon levels in Revenge of the Titans
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Yes, find the email originally sent by the Humble Bundle with the link to your download page. At the top of the page, there is a header that reads, "Click here for your Steam, Desura, and OnLive keys."
The money that you carry forward to the next mission is simply to total of:
any unspent money
10% of the value of all unmined crystals
40% of the value of all buildings that are still alive (the same value as if you sold them manually)
Damaged buildings will return less than 40%, so this is a maximumany bonus awarded by medals
I believe the game also increases the difficulty if you have lots of cash, and reduces it if you're running very short. So don't worry too much about losing some cash over a specific level - the game should help correct for it.
With than it mind, I'd put forward the following advice:
Losing buildings is very bad - not only to you lose their resell value, you often have to pay to replace them.
Building too many buildings is bad - because you get less money back than if you'd just left it unspent.
Selling buildings so you can spend more cash is bad - you're basically spending the resell value of the first building and devaluing it further by exchanging it for the (reduced) resell value of the replacements.
Don't always saturate crystals with refineries - 4 × $250 refineries for a single $1000 crystal is a waste, in the end you only really get the resell value of the buildings back .
I try to spend half roughly half the crystal value on refineries, so 2 for a $1000 crystal, 4 for a $2000 crystal and whatever makes sense for groups of near-by crystals (remember that a refinery can only work on one crystal at a time, but if the one it's working on is finished and another is in range it will start work on the second).
Only use the booster buildings (Reprocessor / Collector) where you have big groups of refineries, they rarely make you more cash in the long run.Barricades and mines are a permanent cost - they can't be sold, so return no resell value at the end of a level. By this same token, don't be afraid to lose / use them, it's much cheaper than losing a real building!
Don't focus too much on medals - yeah, you can get Efficient for mining all crystals before the wave ends, but it's only worth $500; if you have to spend more than that to get the medal (ie, three extra refineries) then it's not worth the effort!
However, Careful and Pristine (awarded for no buildings lost / damaged respectively) offer a small bonus for simply playing well, so don't completely ignore these.
And finally, remember that you don't need to sell buildings manually, you automatically get the resell value of everything still alive at the end of a level.
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there is a nice little tips guide over here. Also, it's worth noting that if you mine all crystals before the enemy spawning progress bar on the right runs out, you get a bonus $500. And don't be afraid to use a powerup now and then, berserk on the big guys can really make all the difference.