The Great Finale

Event Content

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The Great Finale has been removed from the game as of the 21st of December 2023 as it was part of the Lunar Overture Event.
This page has been preserved for historical purposes.

The Great Finale
Developer(s)	Your_Adversary
Difficulty	Event
Length	Long
Wave Structure	Event
Modifiers	HP Locked (+20% Rewards) Mutation (+20% Rewards)
Triumph Rewards	840, 120 EXP & Jester
Mode Information
Gamemode Type	DefendTheCenter
Base Health	500
Waves	14
Level Requirement	Level 5
Starting Cash	Solo: $7,500 $7,600 (Group Bonus) Duo: $6,000 $6,100 (Group Bonus) Trio: $5,000 $5,100 (Group Bonus) Quad: $4,000 $4,100 (Group Bonus)
Shared Cash	12.5% (Duo) 16.7% (Trio) 18.75% (Quad)
Music
Official In-Game Ambient (Official) Tower Defense Simulator OST - Stardust Ambient Tower Defense Simulator OST - Stardust In-Game Version
Final Wave (Left Hand and Right Hand) (Official) Tower Defense Simulator OST - Lunar Overture

Description

The Great Finale was the event map for the third act of the Lunar Overture Event. Like other event maps, this map had a specialized wave structure with special enemies. Players started with a varying amount of cash, based on how many players there were in the match. In solo it was $7,500 in duo it was $6,000, in trio it was $5,000 and in quad it was $4,000. If you were in the Paradoxum Games group, it was increased by $100.

This map had the HP Locked modifier, which set the base health to 500. It also had Mutation which increased the enemy health by 10% of their regular health. Both these modifiers increased rewards by 20%, which is a total increase of 40%.

This map had a unique system of giving players cash for killing or damaging enemies. You only got cash from them if they were killed, or in some cases, damaged by a specific amount of health. Additionally, the amount you got was a set amount of cash, which was not always equal to the enemy's health. In solo, you received 100% of the cash when an enemy was killed or you damaged it enough. With each additional player, this decreased by 25%, which means that in a quad, you only got 25% of the cash. This amount was distributed between players based on how much damage they dealt. However, if a player did not deal any damage, they would receive a percentage of the enemy's full cash upon its death or when it was damaged enough, which was 12.5% in duo, 16.7% in trio and 18.75% in quad. If it was a decimal, it got rounded up. For example, the Actor1 gave $80 when killed in solo, $60 in duo, $40 in trio and $20 in quad between the players that damaged it. Players that did not damage it received $10 in duo, $13.36 in trio, which was rounded down to $13 and $15 in quad.

Design and Path

The Great Finale took place in the same theater as A Dark Tale and The Haunted Past, however, the entire theater was in ruins. Brown rubble and spikes could be found on the walls, alongside what appears to be white light. There were also multiple collapsed rusty metal supports there. In the center of the map there were multiple purple paths, which were surrounded by brown ground. There were multiple holes in the path, where the path was replaced by a purple translucent path. Multiple black spikes and purple floating platforms could be found. On the sides, there were three Spotlights which could be used to confuse enemies and damage the Left Hand and Right Hand.

The paths started at the five portals and ended at the God Cube in the middle of the map.

Story

Unlike A Dark Tale or The Haunted Past, The Great Finale lacked cutscenes, so all of the plot was relegated towards dialogue given by the Narrators on this map. There was also little connection to the previous two acts; for example, there was no mention of The Umbra, a heavy focus of the plots of A Dark Tale and The Haunted Past.

When the game began, the Narrator revealed that they had been around for years behind the scenes since the Halloween 2020 Event, highly suggesting that they are the same person as the Narrator from Trick or Threat Town. This is the only backstory The Grand Finale provided; the rest was a stand-alone plot where the Narartor exclaims directly to the players that they were ruining their plans, then attempted to defeat them in a fury using their army of actors.

Rewards

The game calculated how many Coins and EXP you received based on how many waves were survived and if the match was won. During periods of 50% more EXP (08:00 UTC Friday – 08:00 UTC Sunday), any EXP earned was multiplied by 1.5x. The VIP gamepass also multiplied any EXP earned by 1.25x.

Any reward that ends in a decimal point is rounded down, no matter the first figure of the leading decimal.

Rewards were calculated as:

Coins Reward	EXP Reward
( 600 ÷ (1 + [(14 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^1.3) + 100 (Triumph Only)) × 1.2	( 100 EXP ÷ (1 + [(14 ÷ Current Wave) - 1])) × 1.2

For a brief period of time, EXP was calculated as:

( 50 EXP ÷ (1 + [(14 ÷ Current Wave) - 1])) × 1.2

It was possible to randomly get these three accessories upon triumph of the third act:

	Eclipse Crown	Mask of Symphony	Necromancer's Tome
Stock	12,000	6,000	3,000

It was also guaranteed to get this accessory upon triumph of the third act:

	Narrator's Top Hat
Stock	50,000

Gates

Gates were an enemy obstacle that was available for purchase by the player that could block a potential path.

Despite having only five points from which enemies could spawn, the map branched out into many different paths, which caused enemies to approach from many different angles if none of them were blocked. On several paths, however, a translucent outline of an arch shape was visible, and when built, the gate solidified into a barrier that prevented that path from being taken.

On the various paths, there were nine total gates which could be built for $1,200 each. Each gate, when bought, blocked a single path from being used. Any enemy that was heading down that path would be teleported to a different one if the gate blocks its path, though if the gate did not block it the enemy would continue to use it. Any enemy that was originally directed on a specific path but was not yet on it would be directed to a different path.

Wave Structure

The formula for calculating wave bonus on each wave was:

($800 + (Waves Completed - 1) × $200) × (1 - 0.05 × Players)

The wave clear bonus appeared when you had killed every enemy in the wave. It is half of the wave bonus.

The waves in The Great Finale could not be skipped. They followed these timings:

Waves	Wave Timer
1-6	1:00
7-8	1:20
9	1:30
10-15	2:00
11	1:30
12-13	1:40
14	∞

After enemies stopped spawning, there ws a delay before the wave is looped. This will make the exact same enemies spawn again, before the cooldown starts again. The wave structure below only lists the base number of enemies, it does not account for the wave looping.

On Waves 1 to 9, the delay before the wave looped was 10 seconds. On Wave 10, the delay before the wave looped was 60 seconds, but because of how long it took for the wave to stop sending enemies, this never happened. On Wave 11, the delay before the wave looped was 10 seconds. On Wave 12, the delay before the wave looped was 7 seconds. On Wave 13, the delay before the wave looped was 15 seconds.

On Wave 14, the wave did not loop. Instead, random enemies would spawn, which had their health increase the longer Wave 14 lasted.

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Wave Structure

Wave	Dialogue		Enemy Type & Amount
1	Narartor	Ever since Trick Or Threat Town... I worked tirelessly behind the scenes for YEARS to get here.. And you think I'II just let you ruin EVERYTHING??	12x Actor1
	Narartor	WHODOYOUTHINKYOUARE?? I’LL WRITE YOU OFF HERE AND NOW!!
	Commander	What the-…. This guy has fully lost it! Prepare for a full out attack!
	Commander	Looks like we can use the spotlights to stun the enemies back for a bit. Keep an eye out for those batteries, you're gonna need 'em!
2	-		10x Actor1, 5x Citizen Plush
3	-		12x Actor1, 5x Citizen Plush, 2x Knight
4	-		14x Actor1, 2x Knight, 6x Citizen Plush, 2x Knight
5	Narartor	You just LOVE to ruin everything you touch, huh? Ohhh... Two can play that game...	4x Actor2, 2x Knight, 9x Actor1, 2x Knight, 6x Citizen Plush, 9x Actor1
6	-		1x Cobalt Guard, 4x Actor2, 12x Actor1, 3x Knight, 7x Citizen Plush, 7x Actor1
7	-		2x Cobalt Guard, 5x Actor2, 9x Actor1, 4x Knight, 9x Citizen Plush, 12x Actor1
8	-		4x Knight, 6x Actor2, 12x Actor1, 7x Voodoo Doll, 6x Actor2, 5x Knight, 15x Citizen Plush, 5x Actor1
9	-		26x Marionette, 3x Voodoo Doll, 3x Knight, 2x Cobalt Guard, 7x Citizen Plush, 12x Actor1, 7x Actor2, 4x Actor2, 3x Voodoo Doll, 4x Knight, 26x Marionette, 7x Citizen Plush, 7x Actor1
10	Narartor	I-It says in the script right here that you're supposed to be dead by now. So, for ONCE... Why don't you just STICK TO THE SCRIPT??	26x Marionette, 5x Voodoo Doll, 5x Cobalt Guard, 14x Citizen Plush, 10x Actor2, 7x Voodoo Doll, 26x Marionette, 6x Actor2, 1x Executioner
	Narartor	Executioner actor number 1! KILL THESE FOOLS!
	Executioner	Yes sir! After this, you owe me a pay raise!
	Narartor	Hahaha!… NO!
11	-		26x Marionette, 8x Voodoo Doll, 5x Cobalt Guard, 10x Actor2, 6x Knight, 2x Sock Puppet, 26x Marionette, 9x Actor2
12	-		4x Actor3, 8x Cobalt Guard, 2x Sock Puppet, 12x Actor2
13	-		30x Marionette, 4x Actor3, 5x Knight, 8x Cobalt Guard, 2x Sock Puppet, 12x Actor2, 5x Knight, 1x Executioner, 30x Marionette, 3x Actor3
14	Narartor	Sorry, I can't let you leave my theater... I have a reputation to uphold, and you'll tell the world of my FAILURES! I can't have that... AND I WON'T.	1x Left Hand, 1x Right Hand, 30x Marionette, 4x Actor3, 5x Knight, 8x Cobalt Guard, 2x Sock Puppet, 12x Actor2, 5x Knight, 1x Executioner, 30x Marionette, 3x Actor3

Strategy

• Early on, multiple cheaper towers with decent DPS like the Golden Soldier or Ace Pilot can be very useful here.
  • As these have flying detection, these can also be used against Voodoo Dolls later on.
  • More expensive towers like the Minigunner or Golden Minigunner are also viable here, due to the high amount of starting cash.
  • All these towers can also be quite effective throughout the whole act, especially when boosted by the Commander and DJ Booth.
  • Do note that you cannot completely rely on Golden Soldier or Ace Pilot, because of the lack of DPS and enemy health increasing with time on Wave 14.
• Stalling towers like the Sledger, Warden or Electroshocker can be quite useful at slowing down enemies and giving your towers more time deal more damage to them.
• The Pursuit can be quite effective here, but it is expensive. If you want to use it, you should not place any other towers.
• Towers that spawn units like the Elf Camp or Military Base are ineffective here due to the high amount of paths.
• There are multiple barriers that can be built around the map, blocking a specific path from being used by the enemies.
  • If an enemy is on the path and gets blocked by the gate, it will be teleported to a different path. If the enemy is past the gate and is not blocked by it, it will not be teleported.
  • Do note that the gates when built will block the Spotlight's beam, so it may not be worth building a gate.

Gallery

Miscellaneous

A mock-up of the path of the map.

Trivia

• This is the only map in the Lunar Overture Event without any cutscenes.
  • This is also the only map in the Lunar Overture Event without any voice lines.
• Oddly, The Great Finale has less waves than The Haunted Past and even has less than A Dark Tale.
• The Great Finale appears to have been extremely rushed, due to its lack of cutscenes, lack of proper balancing testing which made the event impossible and multiple bugs that came with the update.
• This is the first map to have a mechanic that permanently disables pathways.
• This is the third Defend the Center map, the first being D00M's Revenge, while the second was Cold Ambush.
  • However, unlike these two, The Great Finale does not have any plots, passive income or health regeneration. It instead has gates and Spotlights. The paths and entrances on this map are also apparent.
• Despite the God Cube being quite large, enemies only dealt damage to the base health at a small point in the center of the map, allowing some enemies to enter the cube completely before dealing damage to the base health.
• The portals that the enemies spawned from are identical to the portals in the lobby the player used to access the event statues.
• A laugh track would play when losing on Wave 14.

Update History

• 12 November 2023 - v1.9.0l
  • The Great Finale added.
  • Later the same day, The Great Finale got rebalanced.
    • Wave 14 wave loop is now weaker.
    • Wave 14 enemy spawn time increased.
    • Increased Battery drop rate.
    • Decreased Spotlight DPS from 25,000 to 10,000.
  • Even later the same day, The Great Finale rebalanced again.
    • Starting cash in solo increased to $7,500, in duo to $6,000 and in trio to $5,000.
    • Wave 14 structure changed.
    • Increased Battery drop rate.
    • Increased Spotlight duration from 5 seconds to 20 seconds.
    • Doubled EXP rewards.
    • Removed enemy health scaling on Wave 14.
  • Bug: Narrator's Top Hat always appears in triumph screen rewards.
  • Bug: Narrator's Top Hat is not given if you got a different UGC accessory.
• 24 November 2023 - v1.9.4
  • Decreased Spotlight duration from 20 seconds to 3 seconds.
  • Added enemy health scaling at Wave 14.
  • Wave 14 enemy spawn time decreased.
  • Bugfix: Narrator's Top Hat no longer appears in triumph screen rewards.
• 1 December 2023 - v1.9.4b
  • Increased Spotlight duration from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • The Great Finale removed.

Lunar Overture Event
Previous Map	Current Map	Next Map
The Haunted Past Act II	The Great Finale Act III	End N/A

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