Tank Commander LD

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★30%
​Tank Commander LD.

You take control of a tank crew who cannot leave the body of a battle tank (the 'room'). You do not control the tank directly, instead you must give instructions to your crew and assign them to the various functions within.

Getting started:

Until you have a commander, you cannot see out of the tank. Likewise, until you assign a driver, you cannot drive the tank etc. etc. The crew can be assigned to the various functions on the right-hand side of the screen. Remember, you only have 3 crew members.

Commander: Assign a commander to view the game world outside of the tank.

Driver: Assign a driver to .. eh, drive the tank

Loader: Needed to reload the main gun

Gunner: Needed to rotate and fire the main turret.

Fix Engines/Turret/Hull: Assign a crew member to fix one of these components

Ext. Guns: Assign a crew member to sit outside and fire at the enemy.

I used Java 1.8 and LWJGL 3.1.

Unfortunately, I didn't have nearly enough time to finish this game, and as such there are no real levels or objectives. I would appreciate any feedback you have about the controls of the tank and the game mechanics (using the power of imagination); as I am thinking to continue this project over the christmas holidays with some proper missions.

Also, bugs, crashes would be great to hear about!

Thanks

Comments6

#gmdsgn15 Dec 2016, 13:41
Love graphic! Love tanks!
Archonthewizard
Archonthewizard17 Dec 2016, 17:15
Cool idea, if you had time to polish it and put a game together.
dvdking17 Dec 2016, 17:15
this is really great concept, wish it was more completed

i loved how you do not see anything if you remove commander
Flaterectomy
Flaterectomy1 Jan 2017, 13:45
A pretty cool idea. Feels incomplete (like you said), but I like the concept.

Not sure about all the infantry shooting flimsy bullets at the tank should damage it so. Would probably work better with less infantry and more tank-on-tank action. The overall pace could slow down a bit then too.

Graphics are all right, but it all feels kinda flat. Shadows!

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