Flip Tactics

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READ THIS FOR THE RULES!

This is not an orignial idea. Idea from:
Three Hundred : Mechanic #041
http://www.squidi.net/three/entry.php?id=41

This is a multiplayer tactics game. There is no AI. There is no network multiplayer. That's out of scope :(

Pieces:
1. King - sphere. Protect this.
2. Mage - tall & thin. Can flip tiles.
3. Soldier - big. Plain pieces.

Rules:
1. You lose when your King dies.
2. A piece dies if it is outnumbered - the number of neighbor (8-cell neighbors) enemies is one greater than the number of neighbor allies. [enemies > allies + 1]

Movement:
1. The King can move one tile in four directions per turn.
2. Others can move one tile in 8 directions per turn.

To flip tiles, select the Mage, then click the tile it is on.

To deselect, click some other tile.

Sorry for the lack of polish. This was the 2nd attempt at making a game. I wasted about 2/3 of the time trying to implement the other idea I had. haha. this was more of a prototype

Comments20

uprightpath28 Apr 2014, 02:51
Overall rather nice.

Only thing I'd say is to have a method for deselecting the mage and for instantly flipping the table over. The click-drag feature is bothersome and gives you really weird angles.
Kalabasaauthor28 Apr 2014, 13:27
Yeah. Sorry for the lack of polish. This was the 2nd attempt at making a game. I wasted about 2/3 of the time trying to implement the other idea I had. haha.
DarkMeatGames28 Apr 2014, 15:08
Really cool idea, and fairly well executed in the given timeframe. Even though the idea in theory isn't yours, I could see you taking it somewhere new and making something really unique!
Anti28 Apr 2014, 15:09
A rather nice game! It felt a bit confusing at first and the camera was a bit awkard but aside from that, a fun game.
Maek28 Apr 2014, 15:16
It' okay and a cool idea.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
Oddly Shaped Pixels30 Apr 2014, 08:50
You found a nice concept! Nice interpretation of the theme!
ccglp
ccglp30 Apr 2014, 14:05
Good concept!
jaxonf92
jaxonf9230 Apr 2014, 14:06
It's quite fun and implemented very well
skymen
skymen30 Apr 2014, 14:47
Cool idea
Skipi1 May 2014, 03:37
I like this idea, although I wish there was some form of AI, even if it's rudimentary and makes random moves. Still, nice execution.
renegadeninjanl1 May 2014, 11:33
The game idea is good. I like the board flip effect after blue/red takes their turn.
holgk1 May 2014, 11:36
New idea. But you can feel that you didn't spend that much time with this attempt.
colludium2 May 2014, 16:53
Nicely put together.
Random Abductions
Random Abductions2 May 2014, 18:06
Idea is nice, however it doesn't really feel balanced yet. But that might be a lack of tactics.
Gamepopper
Gamepopper3 May 2014, 20:33
Really neat idea, although the way to move tiles isn't very clear. If I click on a tile it doesn't select the piece I want to move.
Kalabasaauthor4 May 2014, 06:19
Are you on Firefox? There's something about Firefox about clicking
Kalabasaauthor4 May 2014, 06:24
@Gamepopper That was a bug in Firefox. Click event attributes were incorrect. It is now fixed.
camlang6 May 2014, 14:18
Good idea!

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