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Chris K
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 06:11 Edited at: 20th Nov 2004 19:55
Here's my entry for the Scorched Earth catergory. It's called Tankoids

There's a video at the bottom

Enjoy - http://www.geocities.com/cubes_game/Tankoids_41604c886fa8f.zip

Geocities has very limited bandwidth so if someone would host it somewhere else I would be very grateful.
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 06:34 Edited at: 1st Nov 2004 06:35
Quote: "Geocities has very limited bandwidth so if someone would host it somewhere else I would be very grateful."


http://www.simpload.com
user: TGCusers
pass: simpload3

hope you find it useful.

*edit - you'll have to upload it as an .exe, .zip isn't allowed.

Its the product that counts, not the method.
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 06:43
Says the site cannot be found (simpload).

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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 06:55
Good game Chris

The graphics are excellent and fit together seamlessly, I especially liked the cheesy "BOOM" and "BANG" text animations. The atmosphere on the stormy sea level is very good. The gameplay is faithful to the original, and pretty addictive, although there are some balance issues (one tank is sometimes much better positioned than the other in a level).

I didn't notice many bugs, although the "m", "p" and "t" keys do not seem to work properly.

Good luck in the competition


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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 07:25 Edited at: 30th Nov 2004 02:45
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 07:26
Rob, how in the world did you download that file? O.o You posted the comment after Geocities had "exceeded its allocated data transfer".

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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 07:40
Quote: "Says the site cannot be found (simpload)."


sorry, that was me playing around with the DNS, hopefully it won't take long to reset.

Its the product that counts, not the method.
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 07:53
yeah nice game but when you blow things up like the lighthouse and you blowup the base the rest floats in mid air. but very nice anyways...and how do you pick up thoose powerups i shoot them but they dont give them to me

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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 10:03
So is there no computer AI? Great game.

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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 16:16
No there's no AI, I tried it but it was too hard to make it convincing. I mean, it has to know to go get powerups (and use them!), move to a better position, tunnel through ground etc. It's a lot more complicated game than other Scorched Earth entries.

You have to drive over a powerup to pick it up.

If you want to make it appear above press C + R + K

Did you see all the characters? My favourite is the Pirate.

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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 17:03 Edited at: 1st Nov 2004 17:06
Quote: " yeah nice game but when you blow things up like the lighthouse and you blowup the base the rest floats in mid air. "


That is what is supposed to happen in Worms-type games.

Shame that there was no source for us to tinker with, good luck in the compo

Is there any way for us to create our own levels?

Quote: " Rob, how in the world did you download that file?"


I saw the thread as soon as Chris created it, I then spent a while actually playing the game.


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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 18:35
Quality stuff Chris.
I think this will finish very high in rankings.
Presentation, graphics, sound, music, gameplay all very, very good.
No bugs found.
Have you included source in compo entry?

Very nice game


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Chris K
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Posted: 1st Nov 2004 22:52 Edited at: 1st Nov 2004 22:59
Yeah. I forgot to put the source in the zip but I emailed it to Rich.

To make your own level you need to draw them in paint and save them as .pngs in a folder.

call them they're grid coordinates (11.png, 34.png). Then you need to trace over the level of the land and it stores the values in an array. There's some code at the bottom to do this.

If you want snow just add Propersnow() to the loop and for rain add rain()

Put an mp3 file in the Music folder called the same as your level.

If you want to change the starting positions edit the array Storm.Start or whatever.

If you don't have the source then just paint over one of my levels and make an array Floor(4000) for the ground heights. Remember that 0,0 is the top left of 11.png and the y's get less as you go up.

I'll upload the source here this evening.
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EDIT----

Look at the Media folder to understand it better.#
I might release a new media pack, you can edit any of the pictures in the media folder to make new tanks.

I might have time to upload a new version with taunts (only found my mic today!) and then you'll be able to record your own ones of those)

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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 00:33
OK.

Here's the new version with the source code.

Can someone please upload it for the competition. You'll have to call it Tankodis_V2 or something.

Please only download it from here if you are going to upload it to TGC, the bandwidth is limited and I can't upload it myself.

Thanks very much:

http://www.geocities.com/cubes_game/Tankoids_41604c886fa8f.zip

Chris K
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 04:30
Hellooooooo?

Can someone please upload it for the competition, I would be eternally grateful.

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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 04:46
yup. i'll do it as soon as your bandwidth is restored! ^_^
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 04:49
This is great! I just love those graphics Everything about this game is quality.

I couldn’t find any bugs and the game ran smooth even on my old machine.

Nice work


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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 05:18
uploading.
Chris K
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 05:23
Thanks sooo much.

I hope someone notices the 'Kam - e - kazee !' taunt which is a little nod to the original Worms (remember that?) which of course gave me a lot of 'inspiration'

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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 06:32
hehehe. you're welcome. ^_^ Nice game you have! Tis really nice! It's a whole lot better than my random junk, which i doubt you could even call a game. T.T
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 04:51
Great game Chris, I love the presentation. Music was also very fitting to the style. Good gameplay overall.

I'd love to see you develop this project further.



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Chris K
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 06:16
I was thinking about making Waroids - a sequel which is just for two players but has loads of units (infantry, jeeps, helicopters)

Kind of like a turn based strategy but from the side.

There are a few things that I want to do.

I want a better level editor (can't have overhangs to start off with at the moment)

Glad you liked it though.
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 15:07
nice game.. all you need is some AI now!!!
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Posted: 5th Nov 2004 21:08
but is the complete game?

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Chris K
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Posted: 6th Nov 2004 21:40
It's finished, if that's what you mean.

I did add AI but the ai() function is empty. If you look at the code you can see that there is an array ai(4) which tells you whether the tank is player or computer controlled.

If you set it to 1 you lose control of the tank but it doesn't do anything.
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Posted: 7th Nov 2004 05:16
Nice Work!

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Chris K
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Posted: 11th Nov 2004 23:28
Thanks a lot.
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Posted: 17th Nov 2004 04:26
ooh! I'm excited after reading all that! dowloading it now! hmmm 5.18KB/sec!!! oh i wish i had broadband!

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Posted: 20th Nov 2004 05:41
Bumpety bumpety bump.

Come and play my game.

It teh pwnz.
Chris K
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Posted: 20th Nov 2004 19:55 Edited at: 20th Nov 2004 19:58
Here's a tiny video (click download button - 800k)
It's in .mov format.

It's only about 10 seconds long but it shows off the 1st level, the style, the animations and the camera movement.

Enjoy.

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Chris K
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Posted: 30th Nov 2004 02:39
You can now download Tankoids from the showcase.

Thanks TGC
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Posted: 30th Dec 2004 21:29
This game was really alot of fun, and pretty darn impressive.

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Posted: 3rd Jan 2005 01:04
Thanks very much.

Still no sign of my prize though...

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