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PoliGuard Unblocked

Line a zigzag road with geometric towers and survive as many waves as you can.

psst: bring a keyboard for this one

now playing: PoliGuard

An orange road snakes across a dark grid, and red shapes keep walking down it. PoliGuard unblocked asks you to stop them with towers made of stars, squares, pentagons and diamonds.

There is no final wave. Each round is a little harder than the last, and your score is simply how long you hold the line. The game is by Ion Mateus.

How to play PoliGuard

You begin with 100 coins and 10 lives. Choose a tower from the panel on the left, or press a number from 1 to 7, then click an empty square that is off the road. The outline turns green on a legal spot and red on a blocked one.

Your towers fire by themselves. Each enemy you take down earns coins plus score, and later waves pay more. Spend your coins on more towers or on upgrades, which boost damage, range and fire rate for every tower of that type at once.

Any enemy that walks off the end of the road takes a life. A short countdown separates each wave, and enemies get tougher and quicker as you go. Lose all ten lives and the run ends with your final score.

Controls

To…KeyboardMouse
Pick a tower to buildNumber keys 1 to 7Click a tower in the left panel
Place the picked tower—Left-click an empty square away from the road
Cancel the current choiceEscape—
Remove towers for a partial refundDelete toggles remove modeClick "Remove", then click a tower
Upgrade a tower type—Click the "i" button on a tower card
Set a tower's targeting—Right-click the tower
Zoom and pan the map—Scroll wheel to zoom, drag to pan
Pause and change game speed—Click "Pause", then 0.5x, 1x or 2x

Tips

  • Spend your first coins on two Basic Towers. That is exactly what 100 coins buys, and the pair handles the opening rounds.
  • Pick favorites. Since an upgrade covers a whole tower type, investing deeply in two or three types beats owning one of everything.
  • Slow them, then hit them. An Ice Tower near your damage dealers means each enemy stays in range longer.
  • Change Sniper targeting. Right-click a Sniper and set it to aim at the strongest enemy so its big hits are not wasted on weak ones.
  • Use bends. Towers placed where the road doubles back can reach enemies on both legs of the turn.
  • Pause to plan. You can read tower cards and buy upgrades while paused, then switch to half speed for tricky waves.

PoliGuard questions

How much do I get back for selling a tower?

Removing a tower refunds 70 percent of its base price. Coins you put into upgrades are not returned.

What are the seven tower types?

You get Basic, Fast and Strong towers, a long-range Sniper, plus Explosive, Ice and Poison. Explosive towers deal splash damage, Ice slows enemies and Poison hurts them over time.

Does PoliGuard work on a phone?

Not well. It is made for a desktop or Chromebook with a mouse, since it uses right-click, the scroll wheel and keyboard shortcuts.

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