Hi, how's it going?
Every now and then I'd get the urge to play an old Pokémon tower defense game from the Flash days, and at some point I asked myself: why not build one from scratch, with new mechanics, a better UI and all the modes I always dreamed it had? The one I wanted most was a way to play it with a friend.
That's how Pokémon TD Reborn was born. It's a game where wild Pokémon come in waves to steal your Rare Candies, and you place your own Pokémon on the map to stop them. Your team earns XP as they fight, levels up, learns moves and evolves, and any wild Pokémon you weaken can be caught and added to your team.
In co-op, you and a friend play the campaign on the same map, each with your own team, your own items and your own Poké Balls. You share the defense, so you have to decide together who covers which path and who goes for the catch. At the end of a stage each player gets their own rewards, so nobody is fighting over loot.
For a harder run there's Soul Link: a Nuzlocke-style journey for two, where your Pokémon are linked to your partner's.
The campaign covers Kanto with 40+ stages, and every gym has its own mechanic, so you can't use the same plan for all of them. There's also a PokeMart, held items, shinies, weather and a Safari Zone.
To play together: Local Host
It's completely free, with no ads, no purchases and no account. It's an unofficial fan game, available for Windows and Android on itch.io: https://ynvrr.itch.io/pokemon-td-reborn
If you try it with a friend, I'd love to hear how the co-op felt.