Choppa', Run to thee! by billknye
Choppa', Run to the thee is a top down helicopter combat game. The story goes that you are a lone pilot caught behind enemy lines. There are other pilots scattered around whom you must rescue. At the start of the game you have no weapons, you must rescue your fellow pilots as it is dangerous to go it alone. Rescue all the pilots to win, get shot a bunch to lose. Before you start the game you can customize some of the settings which can make the game very interesting.
Cheats are included too (for debugging really, but they are fun sometimes so I included them): F1-F3 to get weapons
Includes 3 original songs, about 1 minute each, they are not particularly good but you kind of ignore them once you start playing.
You will need the .Net Framework 4.0 and XNA 4.0 Runtime, links below:
.Net Framework 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en
XNA 4.0 Runtime: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97
(the XNA runtime may include .Net 4.0, not sure)
Edit: Added a build using the XNA Reach profile for older graphics cards, should have only used this one but I forgot.
Cheats are included too (for debugging really, but they are fun sometimes so I included them): F1-F3 to get weapons
Includes 3 original songs, about 1 minute each, they are not particularly good but you kind of ignore them once you start playing.
You will need the .Net Framework 4.0 and XNA 4.0 Runtime, links below:
.Net Framework 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en
XNA 4.0 Runtime: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97
(the XNA runtime may include .Net 4.0, not sure)
Edit: Added a build using the XNA Reach profile for older graphics cards, should have only used this one but I forgot.
Ratings
| Coolness | 9% | 67 |
| Overall | 3.22 | 88 |
| Audio | 3.22 | 58 |
| Community | 3.00 | 89 |
| Fun | 3.22 | 78 |
| Graphics | 2.90 | 147 |
| Humor | 2.00 | 206 |
| Innovation | 2.89 | 153 |
| Theme | 2.67 | 153 |
You need to have Windows Media Player installed as well. Being hateful of the problem I removed it from my system. The Exceptions couldn't quite handle it (pun intended).
I liked the control scheme, but it was very hard to get used to (strafing when it would move your chopper in the opposite direction at times, up at others, that kind of thing). Perhaps if the camera rotated with the chopper it would be easier?
Thanks for the feedback on the camera, something I will keep in mind for the future =)