Stand Tall — Usef Farahmand

Overview

Problem

The goal was to build a tower defense game with a distinctive central identity — rather than defending a generic base or flag, giving players an objective with real symbolic weight, backed by systems that could scale to dozens of levels and enemy types without becoming unmanageable.

Solution

Designed and developed Stand Tall in Unity around a custom wave generation system and a dynamically growing climbing path for enemies, supporting around 10 enemy types across roughly 50 levels, with progressive difficulty, a tower upgrade system, save/progression via Easy Save 3, and English/Persian localization.

Target Audience

Mobile players who enjoy strategic tower defense games with progressive difficulty and a distinctive theme.

My Role

Game Developer — game design, gameplay programming, wave and enemy systems, tower and upgrade systems, save system, localization, and Android optimization.

Duration

2 mths

Team

Solo

Technologies

Unity
C#
Tower Defense
Data-Driven Design
Unity Localization
Easy Save 3

Gallery

Lessons Learned

Building the wave and enemy systems data-driven from the start made it far easier to balance difficulty and add new content later, and centering the game around one strong symbol (the cypress) gave the whole project a clearer identity than a generic defense objective would have.