{"author_link":"\/author\/asimilon\/","author_name":"asimilon","author_uid":"19241","comments":[{"author_name":"DanielVF","author_uid":"31898","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1387208280,"text":"The gun aiming system worked well.\r\rI 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."},{"author_name":"Tsumei","author_uid":"31720","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:44pm","epoch":1387215540,"text":"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.\r\rIt 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."},{"author_name":"Cheshyr","author_uid":"20497","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1387215660,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"OmegaVesko","author_uid":"30668","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1387215660,"text":"The camera controls are really annoying, but otherwise I like it."},{"author_name":"jojohnson1","author_uid":"24496","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1387215960,"text":"Great game, but it's not really about "You only get one" - one enemy? hm."},{"author_name":"BoppreH","author_uid":"30967","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1387216500,"text":"Looks great, but I couldn't review because it ran too slowly."},{"author_name":"asimilon","author_uid":"19241","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1387234860,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"asimilon","author_uid":"19241","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1387234980,"text":"@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."},{"author_name":"ThatGuy","author_uid":"17563","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:47am","epoch":1387244520,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"RadioLemon","author_uid":"18002","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 1:56am","epoch":1387245060,"text":"That was pretty cool. It's always funny to see what the AI is going to do."},{"author_name":"JaymeeMak","author_uid":"30729","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:39am","epoch":1387247640,"text":"The physics were extremely wonky, and I frequently became permanently stuck in the terrain."},{"author_name":"Integershift","author_uid":"25019","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:53am","epoch":1387248480,"text":"I couldn't see the enemy, so I just had to drive around aimlessly until i bumped into them"},{"author_name":"goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1387252560,"text":"My browser just cant handle this game. Looks kinda complicated though. It freezes after like 10 seconds.\rHeavy use of WebGL I guess."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:20am","epoch":1387257300,"text":"Cool idea, I love the tanks wars concept in 3d. Good work !"},{"author_name":"leuhfahn","author_uid":"32106","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:38am","epoch":1387269180,"text":"I don't see the enemy in the game. Maybe another time!"},{"author_name":"Gamelabbers","author_uid":"32152","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:05am","epoch":1387274400,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:00am","epoch":1387277700,"text":"Now I remember the ol' times"},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:47pm","epoch":1387291320,"text":"well done for a 2 days comp :)\r\rThe game controls and camera need some polish but I was still able to play!"},{"author_name":"RoseNinja","author_uid":"27220","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1387292640,"text":"nice idea, fun with rolling tanks"},{"author_name":"JALgames","author_uid":"26549","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:01pm","epoch":1387299360,"text":"a good game with nice graphics and a good steering system"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1387301580,"text":"nice game, I agree with others, the camera control is annoying and it's too hard to know where is the opponent."},{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1387306980,"text":"Gameplay is too hard, thankyou for the web version"},{"author_name":"hnjslater","author_uid":"16286","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1387315200,"text":"Great game but the AI needed a little work. Very impressive for 48hours!"},{"author_name":"minibutmany","author_uid":"22427","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1387319340,"text":"The collision detection was really weird, I was flipping all over the place!"},{"author_name":"AaronGordon","author_uid":"16006","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1387322160,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:41am","epoch":1387326960,"text":"The web version instantly turned to a white screen for me"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 12:42am","epoch":1387327020,"text":"And the download didnt contain a exe... Cant run it..."}],"images":["ld28\/19241-0b9bcd6ffe8cc39dada6e3ba13358183.jpg","ld28\/19241-20a72e0dc0039f99677eda1a2bd335f1.jpg","ld28\/19241-aa39b02841a960356b531e5ad53f3289.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/c2dtxs5bylz4k04\/TankBlast.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/tankblast.bomshanka.webfactional.com\/tankblast.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/17qpjughjjp3u9k\/TankBlastSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21220","g_author":"19241","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21249","g_title":"Tank Blast","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"788","g_commentcount":"27","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/19241-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/19241-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/19241-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Shoddy AI! Good fun though.\r\nAway3D for the engine.\r\nJiglib for the terrain (http:\/\/swf-flash.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/04\/away3d-40-how-i-made-tire-marks-with.html)\r\nThis font that I made before but is free to use (http:\/\/www.pentacom.jp\/pentacom\/bitfontmaker2\/gallery\/?id=896)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.bfxr.net\/ for the sounds.\r\n\r\nWASD move the tank.\r\nQE rotate turret.\r\n13 gun elevation.\r\nZC less\/more power.\r\nX fire gun.\r\nClick moues and drag to move camera.\r\nThe tenuous \"You only get one\" link is that you only get one chance to see your enemy if he is far away at the beginning!!! Weak I know ;)","title":"Tank Blast"}