🏰 Ember Cannon Battery

Ember Cannon Battery is a free online tower defense game set in a smouldering volcanic frontier, where wave after wave of armored convoy marches in to overrun everything you hold. Your job is to read the all-directions core, place ringed cannons and mortars in exactly the right spots, and turn a quiet outpost into an unbreakable kill-zone. Start with the reliable Light Cannon to thin out fast scout tank scouts, then layer in the Heavy Mortar so heavy heavy tank units never punch through your line. Gold flows in with every kill, and a clear wave bonus rewards clean defenses — bank it to expand your grid or pour it into upgrades that double a tower's damage. The difficulty climbs steadily across all 14 waves, with a boss every fifth wave that forces you to rethink your layout instead of spamming the same tower. Slowing towers buy time, splash towers melt clustered swarms, and long-range beams finish armored stragglers, so balance always beats brute force. Everything runs right in your browser with mouse, touch and keyboard support — no download, no sign-up, just instant strategy you can pick up in seconds. Chase a perfect no-leak run, beat your saved best-wave score, and master a ember-flavored campaign that rewards smart planning over luck.

How to play

• Select a turret and tap a build slot around the central core to mount it.
• Turrets auto-rotate and fire at the nearest threat closing on the core.
• Press Send Next Wave (or Space) — the armored convoy pours in from every edge.
• Ring the core with splash and slow turrets to cover all approach angles.
• Keep the core alive: any enemy that reaches the centre damages your base.
• Outlast all 14 waves and the heavy boss assaults to hold the sector.

Controls

Mouse or touch: tap a tower in the build bar, then tap a build slot around the core to place it; tap a placed tower to upgrade. Keyboard: 1-4 select towers, Space sends the next wave, P pauses, F toggles fast-forward, R restarts.

Features

• Four upgradeable ember-themed towers, each with a distinct role: rapid fire, splash, slow and long-range beam.
• A handcrafted all-directions core map with escalating waves and a boss every five rounds.
• Earn-and-spend gold economy with wave-clear bonuses and in-place tower upgrades.
• Smooth canvas gameplay with 2× fast-forward, pause and instant restart.
• Works on mobile and desktop with a saved best-wave leaderboard.

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