Fruit War

Fruit War is a tower defence game. Waves of fruit roll down a path to the kitchen door. Build kitchen gadgets beside it, and swat fruit yourself, to pop every one before it gets in.

How to play

1. Pick a gadget from the tray, then tap a free tile to build it there.
2. Press Send wave 1. After each wave rolls in, the next counts down and sends itself; send it early for a coin per second left.
3. Popped fruit pays coins for more gadgets and upgrades.
4. Fruit that reaches the kitchen costs lives. At none, the level is lost.

Gadgets

• Knife Block: quick knives at the fruit in front.
• Toaster: hot toast that splashes where it lands.
• Freezer: slows every fruit around it.
• Blender: whirls everything close by, through rinds.
• Peeler: peels rinds off, so every hit after lands in full.
• Microwave: a slow ding that cooks every fruit around it.
• Spatapult: scoops fruit and flings it five tiles back, onto another path if one is nearer. Never a boss.
• Bug Zapper: a bolt that jumps from fruit to fruit.

Tap a built gadget to upgrade it twice, or sell it.

Your swat and powers

Buy the swatter, then tap fruit to swat it. Swat upgrades carry to every level. The Ice Tray freezes every fruit for a moment, and the Frying Pan slams wherever you tap; both recharge.

Fruit

Grapes and bananas are quick, and a popped banana leaves a peel that makes fruit slip ahead, so swat it away. Coconuts and pineapples have rinds. Watermelons burst into slices. Some levels fork, or have two baskets.

Controls

• Mouse / touch: pick a gadget, then tap a free tile. On touch, tap once to see it and again to build.
• Right click: put the gadget back.
• Esc or P: pause. Continue on the title card picks a level up again.
• 1x / 2x / 0x: double speed, or stop at 0x to build.

Scoring

Fifteen levels open in turn: nine in the Garden, then six in the Kitchen, where counters crowd the floor. Keep nearly all your lives for three stars, half for two, any for one. The leaderboard ranks your stars. Achievements are on the title card.

Endless and seasons

Win a level to Keep going with endless, ever tougher waves; every tenth brings a Giant Pumpkin. The maps change with the seasons, and before some holidays the fruit dresses up and a holiday level opens.

Tips

• Build where the path bends to reach two stretches.
• Put a Freezer before your Blenders, and a Peeler before your Knife Blocks.
• A Spatapult near the kitchen buys everything else another go.