VTanks
An entry for the Ludum Dare 26 Jam.
Completed under the competition rules, but after the original deadline.
It's not much of a game, but it does fit my two goals:
- Learn how to write a game in Haxe
- Actually enter Ludum Dare
Instructions:
- A,D; Left, Right to aim.
- W,S; Up, Down to change power.
- Space to shoot
Click for focus.
Source code: https://github.com/jpverkamp/vtanks
Completed under the competition rules, but after the original deadline.
It's not much of a game, but it does fit my two goals:
- Learn how to write a game in Haxe
- Actually enter Ludum Dare
Instructions:
- A,D; Left, Right to aim.
- W,S; Up, Down to change power.
- Space to shoot
Click for focus.
Source code: https://github.com/jpverkamp/vtanks
Comments18
Dietrich Epp29 Apr 2013, 11:57
I like the destructible terrain.
Skywilly29 Apr 2013, 11:59
Great "Worms" concept, really Minimalist. Good Work !
raincole29 Apr 2013, 12:02
To those who got confused: press space to shoot.
tiffi29 Apr 2013, 12:10
after loosing my first tank to myself, it is quite fun to play. reminds me gorillas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)
jpverkamp29 Apr 2013, 19:21
@Nakato: I actually played with a few nice gradient fills, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to get Haxe to generate it bottom to top rather than left to right which just looked strange. Alternatively, I could have used images (a la http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png/300px-Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png), but that's a bit less minimal.
@Dietrich Epp: That took a while to get right. It's still a little buggy...
@raincole: Completely forgot about that! I added it to the readme text.
@everyone: Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad I made some time this time to submit. The LD community is amazing.
@Dietrich Epp: That took a while to get right. It's still a little buggy...
@raincole: Completely forgot about that! I added it to the readme text.
@everyone: Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad I made some time this time to submit. The LD community is amazing.
McFunkypants29 Apr 2013, 21:31
Nice work! This would be a cool worms style game engine that you could build upon.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2013, 03:50
That terrain-breaking algorithm is cool.
metadept30 Apr 2013, 03:53
I miss Scorched Earth : (
Nice game, and glad to see you decided to stick it out and submit instead of giving up! I liked the terrain mechanics, but I wish there were a more visual way to see your power (like the length of your barrel?) so that it would be a little easier to learn. Good job!
Nice game, and glad to see you decided to stick it out and submit instead of giving up! I liked the terrain mechanics, but I wish there were a more visual way to see your power (like the length of your barrel?) so that it would be a little easier to learn. Good job!
TaleLore30 Apr 2013, 05:02
Decent game.
Entity2D30 Apr 2013, 11:02
Great game, very much like a minimal Scorched Earth.
tcstyle1 May 2013, 09:33
It works. Had to get used to the terrain behaviour.
mort961 May 2013, 23:04
I remember being addicted to this kind of tank games years ago. Great memories :3
Tsuki_Usagi2 May 2013, 01:17
maybe the graphics were a bit too minimalist but I had fun playing it
mramaizng2 May 2013, 04:41
the terrain destruction is awesome! Great job!
Aceria3 May 2013, 08:03
Good work for your first time with new software :)
PabloAlexandre314 May 2013, 22:55
Really minimalist.
donan13 May 2013, 13:03
Classic scorched earth :D. Needs more visual appealing, but its hard in few days :)
Graphics are perhaps to minimalist, white on fullblack was not very good for eyes