Marty Game Studios
Hold the marsh. Guard the gold.
Golden Goose: Defenders is a cinematic fantasy lane-defense game. Pick a guardian, fortify the boardwalks, and survive twelve escalating waves — including thunderous boss sieges — across haunted biomes.
⚔️ What You Do
Enemies march lane by lane toward your nest. Place turrets, spend Supplies, and jump into the fight yourself with goose skills — sword sweep, sword throw, and rain of fire. Lose the nest, lose the gold.
- Lane defense — five boardwalks / corridors under pressure
- Active hero combat — you fight beside your towers
- Boss waves — golems, dragons, wardens, and apex titans
- Between-wave building — upgrade the line before the next surge
🗺️ Campaigns
Misty Marsh
Boardwalks through fog and fireflies. Swamp goblins, demon bats, shamans, and marsh bosses under moonlight. Dynamic weather — morning mist, rain, storm, and night.
Ruined Temple
Stone corridors and forgotten wards. Bone acolytes, ossuary giants, idol wyrms, and cyan ghost-light. Unlock by clearing the Marsh (Early Access may open it early for testing).
Coming later: Volcanic Nest · Frost Hollow
🛡️ Systems
Guardians
Choose your defender — each with a signature passive. Start as the Oathkeeper Goose, or play marsh heroes like the elf, fox, owl, and more. Skills are shared; identity comes from passives and playstyle.
Turret Nest
- Gander Guard — reliable lane fire
- Egg Mortar — splash clusters
- Longbeak — sniper reach
- Brood Brazier — flame pressure
Boss Sieges & Loot
Clear a boss to open cinematic loot chests, bag gear, and push deeper. Difficulty tiers (T1+) scale the campaign for veterans.
Meta Progression
Earn GOLD, unlock pads and turrets, manage equipment, and keep multiple guardian profiles. Online account + license key unlocks the full game.
🎮 Features
- Two playable campaigns at launch (Marsh + Temple), more biomes planned
- 12-wave structure with named encounters and boss kits (13 torments for each campaign to complete).
- Gather, rare, Mythic, Legendary and Set Items.
- Hero skills: Sword Sweep · Sword Throw · Rain of Fire
- Layered environments, weather, and campaign music beds
- Boss portraits, telegraphs, and ability voice / SFX
- Windows desktop build (Electron) with fullscreen support
- Cinematic intro story from Marty Game Studios
- Online Leaderboards avaliable worldwide.
- Help shape the game.
🖥️ Platform
Windows installer / portable build. Keyboard + mouse. Pause with Space · Mute with M · Fullscreen with F11.
📜 Early Access Note
Golden Goose: Defenders is in active Early Access. Expect balance passes, new biomes, and polish. Buyers get updates as we ship.
Studio: Marty Game Studios Tagline: Hold the marsh. Guard the gold.
Gameplay images:
Bags and inventory.
