Buggy, Tank and Missile Launcher!!! by Vic
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On a tiny planet, far far away. Blue really hates Red.
BTML (Buggy, Tank, Missile Launcher) is a RTS game that takes place on a small, round planet. You expand your base by adding modules and floors to your flat. This allows you to construct units. You attack and defend by placing units on one of the 3 lanes. The enemy has learned this as well, so watch out, you might meet him on the battlefield!
Warning: The game is quite hard :).
Hint1: Build a factory to build units
Hint2: You can add floors to your building by pressing the + button at the top of your screen. MORE MODULES :)!
Hint3: Long range units can shoot past your short range units.
Hint4: Use upgrades!
Hint5: Don't give up, it is beatable! Make the blues proud!
Creators
Cavit & Vic
Tools used:
Wasabi Chips
Update: Bug Fixed where labels did not show up, be careful boys and girls, GL calls are a tricky thing in Unity :).
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INFO
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On a tiny planet, far far away. Blue really hates Red.
BTML (Buggy, Tank, Missile Launcher) is a RTS game that takes place on a small, round planet. You expand your base by adding modules and floors to your flat. This allows you to construct units. You attack and defend by placing units on one of the 3 lanes. The enemy has learned this as well, so watch out, you might meet him on the battlefield!
Warning: The game is quite hard :).
Hint1: Build a factory to build units
Hint2: You can add floors to your building by pressing the + button at the top of your screen. MORE MODULES :)!
Hint3: Long range units can shoot past your short range units.
Hint4: Use upgrades!
Hint5: Don't give up, it is beatable! Make the blues proud!
Creators
Cavit & Vic
Tools used:
Wasabi Chips
Update: Bug Fixed where labels did not show up, be careful boys and girls, GL calls are a tricky thing in Unity :).
| Windows | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4974485/LD23/BTML.rar |
| Web | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4974485/LD23/WebPlayer.html |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7283 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 41% | 748 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.88 | 20 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.27 | 70 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.41 | 42 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.63 | 5 |
| Humor(Jam) | 1.69 | 205 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.63 | 37 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.41 | 47 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.22 | 86 |
The side to side scrolling of the window wasn't intuitive to me for some reason and was frustrating to have to discover. I lost thoroughly before I found out what was killing me. I still lost thoroughly once I knew... but at least I had purpose!
Overall, to me, because of the difficulty, the game wasn't fun. I think it could definitely be fun with a more gentle introduction and I think your concept is fantastic and has a lot of potential. I'd love to play a post-compo version.
My game if you wanna try it: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5044
The option to pause, or go back to the main menu would ahve been nice, but makes no real difference.
Overall, this is a really good game, well done!
If you'd like to review my game, it can be found at:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12627
I found that an easy win can be achieved by first getting an extra income module, then a factory. send a buggy down all 6 paths, make a quick check to see if any thing is coming (if it is, send a tank down that one too), build another income mod, get the 2nd floor, checking for incoming every 15 seconds or so. By the time Ive unlocked the second floor, i've usually won!
Love that!
I beat it and got victory :) It was easier once I got a fair bit of income.
Really fun game, well done!
If you get a chance to review some games, check out mine!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=3289
Strongest aspect was probably the RTS/TD hybrid -- works really well. Could totally see this being iterated on into something pretty fun.
I also did something with resource management and such like, though for a completely different kind of game -- it's here -- http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7693
As requested, feel free to try out my entry here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=608
(well, I wrote eleven :P)
There's not much to review and my entry is far that what a game is suposed to be but my mom likes it :D:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=11198
Congratulations!!
A minimap would have been so useful! And we had not even thought of using the keyboard to rotate around the planet! Funny how we missed such things, because they are so easy to implement. Thank you for the feedback.
I am going to play the LD games you all put in the comments right away :D.
Btw, you can check games by clicking on commenters' names! :)
the concept is just amazing - I really hope you continue working on this
Never won though I tried a few times; its quite hard. Could use in-game tutorial level and gentler start.
Artwork absolutely superb.
What I missed was a minimap and moving the camera using the keyboard :P
Also, you win/lose so fast that there isn't enough time to play around with floors and upgrades.
Please keep improving it, it's already really nice !
- Graphics are great, I see some Airmech inspiration there ;)
- You could add music on later version.
- Such a fun game, good job guys!
You can play my game by clicking my username.