We Call it Tactics
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You command a small number of troops on a small island. Do as much damage to the enemy as you can. Some may call this a pointless conflict. We call it tactics.
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====CONTROLS
This game requires a mouse. I also suggest a scroll wheel.
(It has been reported that We Call it Tactics works on touch devices with Flash Player, but I have not tried it myself.)
--SPECIFICS
Click/drag with the mouse to scroll the map.
Use the scroll wheel to zoom the map.
Click on a squad to select it.
When you have a squad selected:
- (Quickly) click again on the same squad: select half of the units in the squad.
- (After a delay) click again on the same squad: deselect the unit.
- Click elsewhere on the map to tell the squad to move there directly.
- Click on another squad to merge the current squad into the other one.
--SPLITTING
This might be confusing, so I'll explain further:
You can split squads by double/triple/quadruple/etc.-clicking on them, then ordering them to move. This commands part of them to "separate" from the squad, hence creating a new squad.
The number of clicks is associated to number of units selected as follows:
1 click: 100% of squad
2 clicks: 50% of squad
3 clicks: 25% of squad
etc.
--MERGING
This orders the selected units to become part of the targeted squad. Note that you can use the repeated-click "partial selection" feature in combination with merging. So, for example, you can send 25% of one squad to merge wth another by triple-clicking the first and then clicking on the second.
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====THE HIGH GROUND
While there obviously isn't any elevation in We Call it Tactics, there are a large number of bonus/malus scenarios, although they should be intuitive for the most part. I'll list them below--if you want to figure them out yourself, don't read this part!
--AIM MODIFIERS
Units are harder to hit when "dug in," represented by shrinking. This happens when they stay stationary.
Units are harder to hit when they are in a forest, regardless of where shooters are located.
Units are easy to hit when swimming.
Swimming units cannot fire.
Flanked units (units moving perpendicular to the direction in which they are being fired upon) are easy to hit.
Units can aim slightly more accurately when standing still.
--OTHER MODIFIERS
Units can reload faster when stationary.
Units move slowly while under fire.
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====RE: THEME
I took the theme into consideration in a few places. The most intentional was in the control scheme: everything's done using the mouse through gestures everyone's familiar with due to services like google maps. The art style is also very basic, and units on opposite teams don't even have distinguishing features. It's all about the tactics.
You command a small number of troops on a small island. Do as much damage to the enemy as you can. Some may call this a pointless conflict. We call it tactics.
================================================================================
====CONTROLS
This game requires a mouse. I also suggest a scroll wheel.
(It has been reported that We Call it Tactics works on touch devices with Flash Player, but I have not tried it myself.)
--SPECIFICS
Click/drag with the mouse to scroll the map.
Use the scroll wheel to zoom the map.
Click on a squad to select it.
When you have a squad selected:
- (Quickly) click again on the same squad: select half of the units in the squad.
- (After a delay) click again on the same squad: deselect the unit.
- Click elsewhere on the map to tell the squad to move there directly.
- Click on another squad to merge the current squad into the other one.
--SPLITTING
This might be confusing, so I'll explain further:
You can split squads by double/triple/quadruple/etc.-clicking on them, then ordering them to move. This commands part of them to "separate" from the squad, hence creating a new squad.
The number of clicks is associated to number of units selected as follows:
1 click: 100% of squad
2 clicks: 50% of squad
3 clicks: 25% of squad
etc.
--MERGING
This orders the selected units to become part of the targeted squad. Note that you can use the repeated-click "partial selection" feature in combination with merging. So, for example, you can send 25% of one squad to merge wth another by triple-clicking the first and then clicking on the second.
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====THE HIGH GROUND
While there obviously isn't any elevation in We Call it Tactics, there are a large number of bonus/malus scenarios, although they should be intuitive for the most part. I'll list them below--if you want to figure them out yourself, don't read this part!
--AIM MODIFIERS
Units are harder to hit when "dug in," represented by shrinking. This happens when they stay stationary.
Units are harder to hit when they are in a forest, regardless of where shooters are located.
Units are easy to hit when swimming.
Swimming units cannot fire.
Flanked units (units moving perpendicular to the direction in which they are being fired upon) are easy to hit.
Units can aim slightly more accurately when standing still.
--OTHER MODIFIERS
Units can reload faster when stationary.
Units move slowly while under fire.
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====RE: THEME
I took the theme into consideration in a few places. The most intentional was in the control scheme: everything's done using the mouse through gestures everyone's familiar with due to services like google maps. The art style is also very basic, and units on opposite teams don't even have distinguishing features. It's all about the tactics.