I decided to take a slightly different approach to Phase III of this series than I had initially intended, since there was a little restructuring that needed to be done in order to support a cleaner and more efficient system. The intent was to have this post cover the basic solution to the towers themselves, but after getting back into the code, it made more sense to discuss stage structure, wave management and creep variety first. This way, we will actually have something on which to test our towers when we make them.

When you finish reading this post, you will have the ability to customize your waves via an XML file along with defining the path of the road — and therefore the creeps — in the same XML document. Allowing for customization in this way will pave the way for building a framework that can be enhanced for many different uses.
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