A tower defence game set in The Unfinish’d
Hold The World Together
A tower defence game on a world that is coming apart.
Build along the road the Unwritten walk, hold the World Anchor, and cut away your own ground to drop what is on it. Free in your browser, with no sign-up.
In development. Playable now, and nowhere near done.
The idea
A world that was never finished.
Each level is a page of it: a floating island of written ground with a World Anchor holding it together, and a tear in the page that the Unwritten climb out of. You build along their road, hold the Anchor, and try to keep the page from coming undone.
The twist is the ground. It is not scenery. It decays, it falls into the Void, and you can cut it away yourself to drop what is walking on it. A page you finish with holes in it still counts, so long as the Anchor stands.
Only the World Anchor’s health reaching zero ends a run. Everything else is a question of how much of the page you can keep.
Screenshots
Straight from the game.
What it is
A defence that falls apart on purpose.
Ground that decays
Every tile cracks, frays and falls into the Void on a timer, faster beside the tear. You are defending a page that is coming apart.
Cut The Thread
Unmake your own ground to drop whatever is standing on it into the Void. It counts as a kill, and it pays more than a turret would.
Seven ways to build
Shoot, break armour, mend, steady the ground, shove, earn Thread, or bridge a hole. Each structure does one job well.
Bosses and world events
The Eraser, the Crystal Golem and the Void Mage hold the hard pages, and from the fourth wave the page itself starts to interfere.
Edits to your tools
Stars pay Fragments, and Fragments unlock Edits: permanent rewrites to one of your tools. Carry three into a page, though some refuse to sit together.
Plays in your browser
No install, no account and no wallet. Scores land on the boards as you play, and it works with a mouse or on touch.
Before you play
Good to know.
The first load is big
The game comes to roughly 25 MB, because the whole thing runs in your browser. It loads once and is then cached.
Mouse or touch
Click a card, then a tile. On a phone, tap and confirm, pinch to zoom, and turn the phone on its side, because the page is wider than it is tall.
No sign-up
Scores land on the leaderboards as you play, with no account and no wallet. A wallet is only needed to claim a prize, never to play or to rank.
Questions
Quick answers.
Is Hold The World Together free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no download or sign-up.
What kind of game is it?
A tower defence strategy game. You build structures along the road the Unwritten walk, hold the World Anchor, and can cut away your own ground to drop what is walking on it.
How is it related to The Unfinish’d?
It is set in the same world, with different demands on you. The leaderboards are separate because the games are.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Tap a structure card, tap a tile, and tap again to confirm. Turn the phone on its side, because the page is wider than it is tall.
Is the game finished?
No. It is playable now and nowhere near done. What gets fixed, what gets cut and what gets built next is decided by the people who play it.
Who makes it?
It is made by Arcade Union, and built by Stuart Heathcote.