Tank Shooter by MrJavaFrank

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made by MrJavaFrank for LD28 (COMPO)
Control :
- W,A,S,D Drive
- Shoot & rotate with mouse/space

Kill all enemies! There is a little suprise at the end! Other things are explained ingame :)

Care : You Only Get One life for both worlds!

Rate the game for feedback pls :)

All Textures, Sounds und all code were made in 48 hours by myself!

Note : I just recognized that i wrote "Chrismas" instead of "Christmas"! Sorry for that mistake :)

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.83 633
Audio 2.09 657
Fun 3.02 383
Graphics 2.28 799
Humor 1.84 683
Innovation 2.09 926
Mood 2.36 766
Theme 1.76 975

Feedback

DRAGONMASTER412
16. Dec 2013 · 00:26 UTC
looking good
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 · 04:36 UTC
Simple and fun.
Suese
16. Dec 2013 · 10:05 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 10:06 UTC
I got confused by the controls but after a while it made sense. :)
mortl8324
16. Dec 2013 · 10:06 UTC
Cool little game
milugames
16. Dec 2013 · 10:09 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 10:39 UTC
Really enjoyed this. Simple fun tank game.
Mirroar
16. Dec 2013 · 10:53 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 12:06 UTC
The Linux download link is broken.
Linus Lindberg
16. Dec 2013 · 12:09 UTC
I think the controls could use some work, along with the graphics.
gusanolocovg
16. Dec 2013 · 16:03 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 18:01 UTC
Interesting game, very well designed. I like it!
moop
16. Dec 2013 · 18:50 UTC
Simple but enjoyable. Would be interesting to see how it plays with a tighter turning circle.
XmmmX
16. Dec 2013 · 18:56 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 19:12 UTC
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
16. Dec 2013 · 19:17 UTC
i really enjoyed this, i love the big level to go around in. i plan on keeping this around and finishing it.
flexl94
16. Dec 2013 · 21:14 UTC
Just nice, easy to play =}
Venks
17. Dec 2013 · 16:03 UTC
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
17. Dec 2013 · 16:06 UTC
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
17. Dec 2013 · 20:29 UTC
It runs, but I only get 1x1 window which cannot be resized to some reasonable size :-/
🎤 MrJavaFrank
17. Dec 2013 · 20:42 UTC
Have you both updated Java? I'm sorry that it doesn't run on your PC :(
killerstarbunny
17. Dec 2013 · 21:35 UTC
Fun the hitting water sound should change it sounds like you hit a wall.
Brian Mayberry
17. Dec 2013 · 21:41 UTC
Simple, but fun! Loved the dirt particle when starting the tank.
Mekuri
17. Dec 2013 · 21:44 UTC
Nice game. As soon as you can earn money and upgrade stuff I'm sold. I really liked this, it was great fun!
dcampos
17. Dec 2013 · 21:46 UTC
It seems a very polished and quite complete game for such a short amount of time.
Zephyr Raine
17. Dec 2013 · 21:47 UTC
The upgrades system is nice and the particles are good looking, a bit of music would be great. =)
Good game.
sknoslo
18. Dec 2013 · 15:37 UTC
Fun little game. With a bit of polish it could be really good.
dsoft20
18. Dec 2013 · 16:31 UTC
Nice game but I don't think that the game fits the LD theme.
pkenney
18. Dec 2013 · 17:03 UTC
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
20. Dec 2013 · 11:29 UTC
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
26. Dec 2013 · 13:22 UTC
That's some pretty fast badass tank! :D
OnlySlightly
28. Dec 2013 · 07:05 UTC
Loved how the controls felt 'tank-y' nice job!
StMatn
29. Dec 2013 · 20:25 UTC
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
01. Jan 2014 · 20:42 UTC
Looks good, not sure what I was doing but got as far as the long stretch of sand. :)
Moosefly
05. Jan 2014 · 04:42 UTC
This was very enjoyable! I wish there were more levels :P