April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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An entry for the Ludum Dare 26 Jam.
Completed under the competition rules, but after the original deadline.
It's not much of a game, but it does fit my two goals:
- Learn how to write a game in Haxe
- Actually enter Ludum Dare
Instructions:
- A,D; Left, Right to aim.
- W,S; Up, Down to change power.
- Space to shoot
Click for focus.
Source code: https://github.com/jpverkamp/vtanks
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 74% |
| #352 | Theme(Jam) | 3.07 |
| #374 | Humor(Jam) | 1.71 |
| #423 | Fun(Jam) | 2.44 |
| #458 | Audio(Jam) | 1.39 |
| #502 | Mood(Jam) | 1.96 |
| #509 | Overall(Jam) | 2.42 |
| #532 | Graphics(Jam) | 2.02 |
| #546 | Innovation(Jam) | 1.68 |
Comments
after loosing my first tank to myself, it is quite fun to play. reminds me gorillas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)
@Nakato: I actually played with a few nice gradient fills, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to get Haxe to generate it bottom to top rather than left to right which just looked strange. Alternatively, I could have used images (a la http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png/300px-Scorched_Earth_title_screen.png), but that's a bit less minimal.
@Dietrich Epp: That took a while to get right. It's still a little buggy...
@raincole: Completely forgot about that! I added it to the readme text.
@everyone: Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad I made some time this time to submit. The LD community is amazing.
Nice work! This would be a cool worms style game engine that you could build upon.
I miss Scorched Earth : (
Nice game, and glad to see you decided to stick it out and submit instead of giving up! I liked the terrain mechanics, but I wish there were a more visual way to see your power (like the length of your barrel?) so that it would be a little easier to learn. Good job!
I remember being addicted to this kind of tank games years ago. Great memories :3
maybe the graphics were a bit too minimalist but I had fun playing it
Classic scorched earth :D. Needs more visual appealing, but its hard in few days :)
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Very simple concept.
Graphics are perhaps to minimalist, white on fullblack was not very good for eyes