Tank

[kalan_vod]

About:
This will be either a 83+SE/84 line game with AI that will be constantly moving, or it will be a dumbed down version where the 83+ can play it. The reason why is that it is fast now on the calcs (the screen shot doesn't do much justice), and with AI it would only slow it down. So I will have to decide to either make one of the two or both, so everyone can play it!

Things added:
-Several obstacles
-8 way movement
-8 way Shooting
-Giant environments, as big as your calcs memory
-Map editor

Planned:
-AI, which will have either 8 way movement or just four
-More obstacles
-Menu

These ideas are not set in stone, so if you have a suggestion let me know. I will be working on other projects along with this one, so do not expect this to be released soon.

It actually runs smoother/faster on calc, and is blazing fast on the 83+SE/84 line.

[DigiTan]

Whoa! That's some pretty slick sprite design. I'm guessing from the lack of a run indicator we owe thanks to xLIB or ASM?

[kalan_vod]

It is using xLIB, I guess I should include that kind of information in my posts . Thanks, I actually made those myself!

[DigiTan]

So well does the 8-way movement work? (I guess that's handled by the xLib). I seems to work pretty accurately in the screenshot. And any idea of when we can take this tank for a test drive?

[kalan_vod]

Man I am so happy you are back around, you have the best clean humor I have ever seen! Well the 8 way movement is demonstrated in the screen shot, and it is handled with xLIB.
[edit]
You guys have to wait for a little while >.>

[DigiTan]

Yeah with 8-way shooting you could probably do all kinds of crazy stuff (makes the game a lot more intense too). Will the rules work sort of like Tankers?

[kalan_vod]

I never actually played Tankers (89 game right?), but from the SS I could make something similar without a map >.>

[katmaster]

Tankers is so AWESOME!!! Keep up the great work, this is really good.

[lecks]

is tankers that 2 player game where the field looks like it was stolen from zelda?

[threefingeredguy]

Yes.

[kalan_vod]

Oh, the deathstring version? That would be a great game. Btw it was using Ducks GS package.

[DigiTan]

Yeah, that's the one Zelda-looking one. That one used multiple AI, but you could probably have enemies respawn if the speed is an issue. Like in that Chickenshoot game.

[tr1p1ea]

WOW!

That looks awesome kalan! You had told me about this project but i hadnt seen any screenshots. It's so fast!

[kalan_vod]

Thanks to your program , I need to finish some projects so I can work more on this >.>

[kalan_vod]

Update [08/06/06]:
Seems that I have been pretty tied up this summer, so not much progress has been made, but many things have been rethought.

Things added since last update:
-Optimizations, where it is an improvement in speed along with optimizations on the map editor (which shaved 300b)
-More tiles, some of which are power ups
-Implemented 1 new type of weapon, which is a stinger missile (that you can control, like in MGS)
-Added a level compression system, which compressed the level in the screen shot by 84%

Things to be added:
-Implement more weapons, and power ups
-Decide on a type of AI
-More obstacles
-Menu

I am debating to how I will set this game up, to how the game will flow. I am thinking of creating several types of this game, such as: 1 with AI, multi player, TBS (turn based strategy), multi player linked. If tr1p1ea is able to add CLAP (linking protocol by Timendus), I should be able to make a multi player version. I am pretty sure I will have at least 1 of these versions made, and at the moment it is looking like it will be a TBS version with AI + multi player via same calc. Also, if tr1p1ea adds a compression system I will remove my basic one (which takes about 10 seconds to load each map >.>)