The Darkling Plain is a kind actiony-strategy thing, where the goal is to destroy the enemies bases, while protecting yours. It is playable on desktop and mobile browsers that support HTML5, and should run fine except on some of the lowest-end phones.
There is a short 4 level campaign mode, and and an endless arcade mode. Every time a player wins or loses in the campaign, a global score gets updated on the webserver.
The graphics are pretty minimal, and the controls are simple, too. Just click or touch to move around, and you will automatically shoot at nearby enemies.
Looks good, I really wish there was a bit more to dying. I didn't get any audio, and it was rough trying to defend your base when it only takes one hit from a rampaging enemy to obliterate it.
Yeah, there is no audio, as HTML5 is a beast with getting it to work. Also, don't forget that enemy bases are just as vulnerable. Thanks for the feedback!
This is a solid game and I enjoyed playing it. I like the quotes, but usually I was still clicking the moment after death so it was easy to click past the loss message.
Awesome game! Super fun to play. Minimal controls and graphics were spot on. I player this game with one hand, while drinking coffee with the other...on a train. (Android phone, android browser) played both campaign and arcade: liked campaign more. Lots of action and the pacing of the bullets and troops was great! It really created a fun tension with minimal game elements. Nicely Done!
That's a really neat set of mechanics! I very much enjoyed this one. One thing: I never get to read the quotes after i die because I'm still clicking when they come up. You need to turn off input for 2 seconds or something like that.
Great design. Seriously, i loved it. The hills slowing you down, the trees and it's stealth mechanics... And for a bright closure: minimalistic RTS gameplay. Bravo.
The best strategy is definitely to capture the bases in the middle of the map to spawn your blue legion. This brilliantly captures the minimalist theme and manages to pack in a lot of gameplay. Good job.
I like the style you have here, and the color theme. thought it was interesting to move around and not worry about shooting. Pretty impressive you got two game modes in there. Would be good to have some indication of which army is winning in campaign mode.
WOW man, really awesome game, the feeling, the controls, like, really responsive, the simplicity in it is great, feels like doing the thing without doing, very nice =D
I love the quotes you put, it added depth to the game. The game is actually pretty fun and dying in one hit adds a lot to the intensity. Also cool that you keep tabs on which color is winning. Come on, blue team!
Overall I enjoyed this! The idea of keeping tabs on team score is really cool.
Great game. I used to click all the time and usually skip by accident the end text that says if you win or lose. Except this little detail it a lot of fun.
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Nice game!
well done!
jus didnt loke the trees!
Overall I enjoyed this! The idea of keeping tabs on team score is really cool.