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Tank Blast

By asimilon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness352
Graphics5042.92
Humor5972.00
Audio6732.05
Fun7112.54
Overall7882.64
Mood8282.24
Innovation8922.17
Theme9911.64

Comments

danielvf 2013-12-16 15:43

The gun aiming system worked well.

I did start out not being able to see the enemy, and without a radar, map, or top , had to drive around randomly until contact was made.

tsumei 2013-12-16 17:44

It actually feels a lot like the games they made off the success of Scorched earth when they tried to make the 3d version. So I suppose in that sense you have created a tank game more or less like the way that the game makers did it back then.

It is a little clunky to play though, as you don't really know where the enemy is, and your camera angle feels awkward. But it's well executed, and plays without a hitch.

cheshyr 2013-12-16 17:46

same as above; without a zoom feature, it was a lot of wandering until I found the enemy. very shiny game though, and the mechanics appears to work... except the loop-de-loop tank render on certain hills. :-p i enjoyed it; well done.

omegavesko 2013-12-16 17:46

The camera controls are really annoying, but otherwise I like it.

jojohnson1 2013-12-16 17:51

Great game, but it's not really about "You only get one" - one enemy? hm.

boppreh 2013-12-16 18:00

Looks great, but I couldn't review because it ran too slowly.

asimilon 2013-12-16 23:06

Yeah I just tried it on a 1.8ghz net book and it's unplayable :( Works fine on my 2011 MacBook and on desktop with ATI 5750, I guess the terrain overpowers lesser graphics cards.

asimilon 2013-12-16 23:08

@jojohnson : yeah the "you only get one" link is *very* tenuous (you only get 1 brief glimpse of the whole battle field at the beggining) It was one of the few themes I downvoted, so wasn't so happy with that winning.

thatguy 2013-12-17 01:47

Fun game, though a bit too easy with the AI rarely hitting. The tank began rolling around the x-axis a couples times while driving up a hill. You captured to spirit of the genre quite well, good job!

radiolemon 2013-12-17 01:56

That was pretty cool. It's always funny to see what the AI is going to do.

jaymeemak 2013-12-17 02:39

The physics were extremely wonky, and I frequently became permanently stuck in the terrain.

integershift 2013-12-17 02:53

I couldn't see the enemy, so I just had to drive around aimlessly until i bumped into them

codecranker 2013-12-17 04:01

My browser just cant handle this game. Looks kinda complicated though. It freezes after like 10 seconds.
Heavy use of WebGL I guess.

archaeometrician 2013-12-17 05:20

Cool idea, I love the tanks wars concept in 3d. Good work !

leuhfahn 2013-12-17 08:38

I don't see the enemy in the game. Maybe another time!

gamelabbers 2013-12-17 10:05

Real tough cookie to crack in 48 hours! hats off :) User interface is nice and clear, and a lot of fun to blast tanks. Ground collision is a bit iffy (i keep doing summersaults), improved ai, materials/texturing, music, smoke effects would be an improvement oh, sorry feature creap, awesome for 48 hours, seriously!

pereubu 2013-12-17 11:00

Now I remember the ol' times

gre 2013-12-17 14:47

well done for a 2 days comp :)

The game controls and camera need some polish but I was still able to play!

roseninja 2013-12-17 15:09

nice idea, fun with rolling tanks

jalgames 2013-12-17 17:01

a good game with nice graphics and a good steering system

voider 2013-12-17 17:38

nice game, I agree with others, the camera control is annoying and it's too hard to know where is the opponent.

01rafael 2013-12-17 19:08

Gameplay is too hard, thankyou for the web version

hnjslater 2013-12-17 21:25

Great game but the AI needed a little work. Very impressive for 48hours!

minibutmany 2013-12-17 22:34

The collision detection was really weird, I was flipping all over the place!

aarongordon 2013-12-17 23:21

Liked the concept of trying to find your enemy. Had a bit of trouble seeing the enemy at the start though. Would have been nice if the camera was able to follow your shell all the way so you can see where you're firing. All working and a pretty solid game, nice one!

jupiter_hadley 2013-12-18 00:41

The web version instantly turned to a white screen for me

jupiter_hadley 2013-12-18 00:42

And the download didnt contain a exe... Cant run it...