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2008 · Puzzle · Strategy

The Creeps!

The Creeps! is a tower defense mobile game developed by Super Squawk Software for iOS and Android devices. The creeps (monsters) come out in waves from an open closet door and travel in a path going towards a child's bed. The player must prevent the creeps from reaching the child's bed by placing towers to destroy them before they get to the bed.

Released
23 December 2008
Platforms
AndroidiOS
Genres
PuzzleStrategyTower defense
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Themes
Kids

About

The Creeps! is a 2008 tower defense video game developed by Super Squawk Software for iOS and Android devices. The player must prevent monsters (referred to as 'creeps') from reaching a child's bed by placing towers that destroy them. The Creeps!

was followed by sequels The Creeps! Holiday Edition and The Creeps! 2.

›Story

There are Creeps living in your closet! Defeat the things that go bump in the night with toy blasters, glue bottles, flashlights and boomerangs. Summon a giant spider to slow your enemies, or a UFO to sap their energy!

Battle Ghosts, Zombies, Vampires, Aliens, Dinosaurs, Robots, Pirates and MORE!

Keywords

  • tower defense
  • 2d

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The Creeps! is a tower defense game, and the player must prevent monsters (referred to as 'creeps') coming out of a closet from reaching a child's bed by destroying the monsters with towers placed around the level. Creeps arrive in waves, and travel along a path from the closet door to the bed; bosses appear every ten waves. The bed has ten health, and if too many creeps reach the bed, the game ends.

Towers may be purchased using coins and can be upgraded by the player, increasing damage and firing speed. Coins are earned by destroying creeps. Towers will automatically attack enemies within range, or targets may be selected manually by the player. Some levels have a super tower, which has varying abilities (such as temporarily creating a UFO that damages creeps in its path) that are controlled by tilting the device using accelerometer-based controls.

Development

References to other mobile games were added in updates to the game, including pygmies from Pocket God and a Doodle Jump themed tower.

Reception

AppSpy praised the game's graphics and sound effects, as well as its replay value, calling it "a great game with a lot of style and diversity in its gameplay". TouchArcade described the game as "surprisingly challenging".

148Apps praised the game's gameplay, noting specific features such as manual targeting & double speed, but criticized the game's UI, expressing that some buttons are too close together.

Legacy

The Creeps! was followed by sequels The Creeps! Holiday Edition for iOS, and The Creeps! 2 for iOS & Android.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
iOS23 December 2008Worldwide
Android11 December 2013Worldwide

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