Board 'n' pieces
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== Full screen recommended==
A tactical (board?) game for 2 players playing on the same machine. *(Shh it's a lot easier to play if you have 2 mouses)*
This is my first Compo submission! Yay!
I really hate how bad I am at chess. The pieces keep jumping around through impossible spaces, and my king got mated inside a castle!?
So here's a totally non-chess-like game, where your surrounding allies can support you, and pieces can't cross the whole board in a single turn.
And you know what, let's forget the king. It's 2018, everyone's equal! (I mean the game mode is Last Man Standing)
Post-Compo Update:
- Bugfix: forcefully resolve endless battles.
- Added stupid AI so people playing alone can test the game.
Controls: Mouse only unfortunately.
Tools:
- Engine: Unity
- Sound: Audacity, Garage Band, Bfxr
- Images: Aseprite
Source Code Note:
The source included doesn't run as it is. Unfortunately some of the code libraries I used are paid assets (most notably Entitas) and thus I can't include them for public sharing.
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Possible variations I thought of
(Do tell me if you think one of them is a good idea)
- Bring the "king" back: each player secretly assign a squad as their "king" units. When that unit die, they lose.
- Bring the king back 2: no secret, but the leader squad get a buff (x2 strength maybe?)
- Stop the snowball: each time a squad is defeated, its controlling player get a skull mark to use (mark a tile to destroy)
- Custom team (choose your loadout/formation)
A tactical (board?) game for 2 players playing on the same machine. *(Shh it's a lot easier to play if you have 2 mouses)*
This is my first Compo submission! Yay!
I really hate how bad I am at chess. The pieces keep jumping around through impossible spaces, and my king got mated inside a castle!?
So here's a totally non-chess-like game, where your surrounding allies can support you, and pieces can't cross the whole board in a single turn.
And you know what, let's forget the king. It's 2018, everyone's equal! (I mean the game mode is Last Man Standing)
Post-Compo Update:
- Bugfix: forcefully resolve endless battles.
- Added stupid AI so people playing alone can test the game.
Controls: Mouse only unfortunately.
Tools:
- Engine: Unity
- Sound: Audacity, Garage Band, Bfxr
- Images: Aseprite
Source Code Note:
The source included doesn't run as it is. Unfortunately some of the code libraries I used are paid assets (most notably Entitas) and thus I can't include them for public sharing.
Don't read the part below if you haven't played the game
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Possible variations I thought of
(Do tell me if you think one of them is a good idea)
- Bring the "king" back: each player secretly assign a squad as their "king" units. When that unit die, they lose.
- Bring the king back 2: no secret, but the leader squad get a buff (x2 strength maybe?)
- Stop the snowball: each time a squad is defeated, its controlling player get a skull mark to use (mark a tile to destroy)
- Custom team (choose your loadout/formation)