MiniLD #40compo

MAD

by william_edwards

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.67

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.33

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.67

Mutual Assured Destruction!

Release early, release often; already you can click on some ICBM silos in the US and fire them.

Use the arrow-keys and pgup/pgdn to spin the globe.

Why don't you help code it? All contributions gladly received! Fork & pull request time! https://github.com/williame/ludum_dare_mini_40_MAD

Comments13

hdon20 Feb 2013, 16:06

I believe this requires Python 2.7 and Tornado. You can get Tornado at https://github.com/downloads/facebook/tornado/tornado-2.4.1.tar.gz

rhod36020 Feb 2013, 17:36

I thought we were only allowed to code on between the 22nd and 25th? I am new to this, how does it work?

Will Edwardsauthor20 Feb 2013, 18:02

if you want to run it locally, you can just open index.html in Firefox and run it from the local filesystem.

Chrome needs you to install a webserver; there's a Python/tornado one bundled with it.

Hayawi22 Feb 2013, 21:25

Thats true. This is pretty much cheating. Not cool dude, not cool.

XXChester23 Feb 2013, 02:41

I have to say yeah it is cheating; but on the other hand nothing should have been announced before the competition was to start.

That being said I won't be starting until the theme is announced (if at all).

Will Edwardsauthor23 Feb 2013, 14:03

Folks, its a mini; we're here to have fun! If I can't get the weekend off, I'll damn well waste some evenings and enjoy myself doing it! :)

BrianSChung26 Feb 2013, 15:19

Nice work!! The globe, along with the ICBM paths, have a fantastic look to them. How did you calculate the paths? Is it by any chance related to haversine / great-circle distance?

Will Edwardsauthor27 Feb 2013, 07:35

@BrianSChung thx!

The number of short lines in the arc of the missile is determined by haversine, yes. https://github.com/williame/ludum_dare_mini_40_MAD/blob/gh-pages/game.js#L69

Then the actual positions on the arc are from quaternions. I did not try to mimic a real ballistic path or the kind of paths real ICBMs take e.g. http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/minuteman.html

Alx10127 Feb 2013, 23:14

I liked the graphics and i think it fits in with the theme. It was however, not so much of a game, so i couldn't really enjoy it. Great work anyway with the webGL stuff!

Martin_Monosys28 Feb 2013, 20:02

Not quite sure how to run it, I'm not willing to install any more stuff just to run this game. Can't vote, sorry!

dasrkrain1 Mar 2013, 06:08

I must admit to bombing my own cities... I did not see a score or instructions so I assumed it was just a mass free for all. Lol

Madball3 Mar 2013, 07:51

It looks great, but there is very little gameplay. You should make pathes not visible (or transparent) when looking at the opposite side of globe. Also sometimes missles fly to the opposite direction, crashing somewhere in the ocean.

Arc5 Mar 2013, 09:43

@Martin_Monosys ...it's worth the install - I enjoyed the visual display. Surely there will be others using webGL in future entries? ...and there will be those that argue webGL is the future! (err, I'm not one of those, BTW)