Storm The House 2

July 30, 2006 12:12 AM

Storm The House 2is a flash based siege game involving balancing out weapon upgrades with defense & repair upgrades as an ever increasing horde of stick figure villains try to overrun you; bonus Terry Gilliam inspired weapon included at Day 40. For those curious about the original Storm the House, that's pretty much the same game as this one but worse
posted by jonson (46 comments total)

seems like crosshairs are just off when the enemy is moving. Like there's too much lag or something. Bleh.
posted by delmoi at 12:41 AM on July 30, 2006

Yeah, the aiming is pretty crappy. Very annoying game overall.
posted by bob sarabia at 1:25 AM on July 30, 2006

I like the concept. Unfortunately, the controls suck ass. Thumbs down.
posted by majick at 1:40 AM on July 30, 2006

I liked it and didn't really have a problem with the controls. It seemed like a pretty fun couple of hours to me, even if the last few stages before day 40 started to get a bit dull.
posted by teleskiving at 3:04 AM on July 30, 2006

Wow, thats a long game. Only got to level 4 before I was bored.
posted by Orange Goblin at 5:35 AM on July 30, 2006

there were crosshairs? Must be another one of those flash games that doesn't work right on linux.
posted by jepler at 5:49 AM on July 30, 2006

If you invest most of the money in gunmen, the game plays by itself.
posted by Sharcho at 5:51 AM on July 30, 2006

What jepler said. I clicked on the instructions and got nothing but an empty page with a "back" link.
posted by chipr at 7:43 AM on July 30, 2006

The gun eventually broke for my friend and I (we were both using Old Glory). I just upgraded enough that I didn't need to play.
Fun game though, I'm at day 27 at the moment :D
posted by p3on at 7:44 AM on July 30, 2006

At first I thought the aiming was off too, until I realised you need to shoot those little guys twice before they die (unless you're playing on easy mode.)
posted by Savvas at 8:36 AM on July 30, 2006

Indeed, totally broken on linux. Works well in XP though.
posted by Skorgu at 8:47 AM on July 30, 2006

Doesn't seem to work very well in Safari either...
posted by Spacelegoman at 8:53 AM on July 30, 2006

I've bought enough helpers to leave it playing itself.

the last few stages before day 40 started to get a bit dull

I'm on day 32 now. Something special happens on day 40?

I think I found a bug: my wall prices don't get reset to $3000 between games, unless I reload the page. Also, the prices of guns don't seem to have any relation to how helpful they are. I find the best gun is the basic shotgun.
posted by scottreynen at 9:27 AM on July 30, 2006

fun.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 9:27 AM on July 30, 2006

Does this remind anyone of the Middle East conflict(s)?
posted by Krrrlson at 9:50 AM on July 30, 2006

This ends up being a game about investments. Don't buy weapons too early, never buy the shotgun, just get gunmen gunmen gunmen.
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 9:58 AM on July 30, 2006

Pretty fun. The best part is the pause screen.
posted by brundlefly at 10:12 AM on July 30, 2006

I USE LUNIX I AM TOO GOOD FOR FLASH!!!!
posted by borkingchikapa at 10:16 AM on July 30, 2006

Let's see...no attackers made it past the fence. Killed them all. Yet, I got the "Fortress destroyed" message. WTF?
posted by Thorzdad at 10:42 AM on July 30, 2006

Will the game end eventually or does this go on and on...
posted by uncle harold at 10:43 AM on July 30, 2006

Okay, does the minigun work for anyone else? I simply can't fire it....
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 10:48 AM on July 30, 2006

You have to hold down the mouse button to let it spin up, doug.

The game became much easier after I found out that space reloads.
posted by stavrogin at 11:03 AM on July 30, 2006

posted by p3on at 11:21 AM on July 30, 2006

Thorzdad:
The wall and the base have the same life meter. Wall gets destroyed, everything gets destroyed.
posted by p3on at 11:24 AM on July 30, 2006

The stickman general should be courtmartialed. Attacking on such a narrow front, against such well entrenched and supplied defenders, is sheer insanity.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:04 PM on July 30, 2006

omg zerg rush! kekekekekekekekekekekeke!
posted by Samizdata at 12:13 PM on July 30, 2006

(BTW, ended up with 260 gunmen, 105 craftsmen, and 80 silo workers, everything upgraded and a shotgun with a 200 round magazine...)
posted by Samizdata at 12:14 PM on July 30, 2006

340 gunmen, 25 craftsmen, 35 silomen and the minigun with 320 rounds... then the mouse button doesn't work !!ONE!
posted by concreteforest at 12:40 PM on July 30, 2006

The Minigun quit working after upgrading it to 451 rounds. End of game. Not to mention the invisible jeep that showed up on day 4 once. Buggy. Feh.
posted by krebby at 12:45 PM on July 30, 2006

I was doing well until I decided to try the gravity cannon. Worst. weapon. ever.
posted by chrominance at 1:02 PM on July 30, 2006

seriously, that f'ing gravity cannon is like a fakey weapon that your enemies tricked you into buying. Also, I had the same "gun stops working" problem in the middle of day 20something. But by then I had enough silo workers & gunmen that it wasn't a problem.
posted by jonson at 1:06 PM on July 30, 2006

Minigun stopped working here, too. Swapping back to another weapon still works.
posted by Leon at 1:10 PM on July 30, 2006

90 gunmen, 65 Craftsmen, 100 Silo workers. Grenade launcher.

I stopped helping after around level 32... just bought 5-10 silo workers and let the AI defend the base without me.
posted by dsquid at 1:26 PM on July 30, 2006

182 Gunmen, 20 Craftsmen, 211 Silo Workers. It just runs in the background without me.
posted by casconed at 3:17 PM on July 30, 2006

"Well, it's been a long, hard fought battle, but Storm The Castle! finally has a bass player!" I wonder if he's a stick figure? Unleash the fury of your creativity! ...or not. Specialize in damaging buildings from a distance! Defend your people from the demons of saiten! (sic) Learn the ways of the stick ninjas, then die with style! All these links I ran into, and not a few annoying popup ads, while trying to remember where I first found Defend Your Castle; which is similar to Storm The House, but, y'know, funnier. Of course, truth be told, I probably found it here back in 2003, but shush. Don't tell nobody.
posted by ZachsMind at 3:35 PM on July 30, 2006 [1 favorite]

Heh....Fisty McBeefPunch.
posted by overhauser at 4:03 PM on July 30, 2006

Day 32. 207 gunmen. 30 craftsman. 83 silo workers. I'm enjoying the sniper rifle with 242 rounds. What a time hole.
posted by marxchivist at 6:11 PM on July 30, 2006

Haha. This game shouldn't be fun.

Gravity Cannon is excellent, maybe too much so. Just align it near where they're all coming in and *whoops* everything goes up.

Keep hitting reload.
posted by effugas at 8:18 PM on July 30, 2006

I got to level 9 or 10 or so, then bought the gravity cannon. The next level happened to be when the enemy tanks roll in, and the gravity cannon happens to not do shit against the tanks. Thirty minutes of play were over in about a minute. Stupid.
posted by zardoz at 8:32 PM on July 30, 2006

Gravity cannon is horrible! The gun simply doesn't fire or reload fast enough to deal with the onslaught of tanks around day 30, whereas the sniper rifle is still extremely efficient at wiping out said tanks. I went from routinely finishing the level at 1000/1000 to dying as soon as I bought the gravity cannon.
posted by chrominance at 8:39 AM on July 31, 2006

Is there any way to download this game and play offline?
posted by inigo2 at 12:12 PM on July 31, 2006

The tanks take a few hits of the gravity cannon, and kinda need to be hit off to the side. Nothing nicer than four tanks going up all at once.
posted by effugas at 1:06 PM on July 31, 2006

An iron fist that comes from the heavens pretty much sums up modern warfare...
posted by hoskala at 3:38 PM on July 31, 2006

...whereas the first bits, before there are tanks, are an awful lot like playing Sim Somme.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 4:34 PM on July 31, 2006

Oh hell! I play through the entire freakin game, get to the "Here's your super weapon" screen and then inadvertantly dismiss it before I read how to select the damn weapon. It doesn't appear to be on the weapon select screen. A little help?
posted by bpm140 at 5:56 PM on July 31, 2006

bpm140 hit X
posted by Skorgu at 7:58 PM on July 31, 2006