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Tank Shooter

By mrjavafrank

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun3833.02
Overall6332.83
Audio6572.09
Humor6831.84
Mood7662.36
Graphics7992.28
Innovation9262.09
Theme9751.76

Comments

dragonmaster412 2013-12-16 00:31

looking good

parapup 2013-12-16 04:41

Simple and fun.

suese 2013-12-16 10:10

With a bit of music and some better colours this could be a really great game. It was enjoyable enough to make me want to try and 'beat it'. Not sure how it fits the theme though.

coblynau 2013-12-16 10:11

I got confused by the controls but after a while it made sense. :)

mortl8324 2013-12-16 10:11

Cool little game

milugames 2013-12-16 10:14

Nice little game. Everything seems to work well.

I would've wished for you to do something a bit more with the "you only get one" theme. Otherwise good job!

ossah 2013-12-16 10:44

Really enjoyed this. Simple fun tank game.

mirroar 2013-12-16 10:58

Pretty fun. I kept running into things (which is also what eventually killed me) and the enemy AI seems to be doing pretty well.

xgeovanni 2013-12-16 12:11

The Linux download link is broken.

linuus 2013-12-16 12:14

I think the controls could use some work, along with the graphics.

gusanolocovg 2013-12-16 16:08

getting stuck on the terrain was a little annoying especially things like water, I did like how the tank drove though even if it was buggy at times.

lordjosephdeburg 2013-12-16 18:06

Interesting game, very well designed. I like it!

moop 2013-12-16 18:55

Simple but enjoyable. Would be interesting to see how it plays with a tighter turning circle.

xmmmx 2013-12-16 19:01

Cool game, I like the driving mechanics. As others already mentioned it is difficult to find a good connection between this game and the theme. But good job anyway.

mrjavafrank 2013-12-16 19:17

I hope you read that "You Only Get One" life for both worlds (ingame) ... I just added it to my description of the game. But I wasn't very happy with the connection to the theme, too! Thanks for the feedback so far! :)

iamwhosiam 2013-12-16 19:22

i really enjoyed this, i love the big level to go around in. i plan on keeping this around and finishing it.

2013-12-16 21:19

Just nice, easy to play =}

venks 2013-12-17 16:08

I haven't played a game like this since Jaguar for the NES. Really solid stuff. Nothing like a good ol shooter to kill time.

zconnelly13 2013-12-17 16:11

Would not open for me :(

xception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Game/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Game.jar
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)

rincewind_cz 2013-12-17 20:34

It runs, but I only get 1x1 window which cannot be resized to some reasonable size :-/

mrjavafrank 2013-12-17 20:47

Have you both updated Java? I'm sorry that it doesn't run on your PC :(

killerstarbunny 2013-12-17 21:40

Fun the hitting water sound should change it sounds like you hit a wall.

buddydoq 2013-12-17 21:46

Simple, but fun! Loved the dirt particle when starting the tank.

mekuri 2013-12-17 21:49

Nice game. As soon as you can earn money and upgrade stuff I'm sold. I really liked this, it was great fun!

dcampos 2013-12-17 21:51

It seems a very polished and quite complete game for such a short amount of time.

zephyr-raine 2013-12-17 21:52

The upgrades system is nice and the particles are good looking, a bit of music would be great. =)
Good game.

sknoslo 2013-12-18 15:42

Fun little game. With a bit of polish it could be really good.

dsoft20 2013-12-18 16:36

Nice game but I don't think that the game fits the LD theme.

pkenney 2013-12-18 17:08

You did a lot of things right here!

Most tank games, in my opinion, make the vehicle so slow that it's not fun, while yours was in between a car feel and a tank feel, which I thought was great. Slower would have been boring, and faster gets a bit too hard to control and has problems because you can't see what's coming.

Also some great little touches, such as the brake lights, and the dirt flying out the back when I get moving from a stop. I was going to say the turrets let me out-range them and gimp them all... but then later in the level the turrets did NOT have that flaw, so I realized it was a progression of difficulty choice.

Well done, I love vehicle combat games but the genre is full of pitfalls, you avoided most of them.

A few small points of feedback:

- I think skidding is what takes a vehicles "feel" over the top. Even a tank could reasonably skid on grass. It might seem hard to implement, and it depends on your logic, but I had some luck implementing skids in the past using a "traction limit" and if the "asked" traction exceeds the limit, you give them the full limit, and then only a percentage of the portion above the limit. This creates a slide when turning at big speeds that I think adds a ton of fun to any vehicle game. That's just my opinion, of course.

- I strugged to get through a few tight areas, particularly the final turret on the narrow beach.

- I think battles would have been a bit more dynamic if the map was structure a little differently. Mostly the walls created an open space, so the battle was inside walls, but no walls were inside the battle.

- Maybe it's less challenging, but I like the idea of near misses in this sort of game with leading and fast targets. What if my shell would LAND where I clicked (beyond a certain range) and have an explosion with splash damage?

Anyway, that's a lot of comments, but I wish more people did vehicle combat!

shellfishgames 2013-12-20 11:34

A good start. With a bit more polishing, a little faster gameplay (although that's probably a matter of taste) and better sound and visuals it could become a really cool and addictive game. Having the upgrade menu in there certainly was a good idea. :)

dqmhose 2013-12-26 13:27

That's some pretty fast badass tank! :D

onlyslightly 2013-12-28 07:10

Loved how the controls felt 'tank-y' nice job!

stmatn 2013-12-29 20:30

Nice game!
The ending was funny :D
It was quite hard sometimes, to hit the moving enemies, but once I got used to it, it was ok. The turrets can be shot from a save distance, but you probably know that already ;)
Good work! :)

serialvelocity 2014-01-01 20:47

Looks good, not sure what I was doing but got as far as the long stretch of sand. :)

moosefly 2014-01-05 04:47

This was very enjoyable! I wish there were more levels :P