Tank wars is a two player top-down death match game, where the player with the most wits and the best tactics triumphs. Players must race around the map, dodging any hazards they may encounter and collecting health and ammo power ups to blast the heck out of their opposition.
Player 1 Controls: Arrow keys, / to shoot.
Player 2 Controls: WASD, Q to shoot.
Players must collect power ups for their health and ammunition
Players must watch out for hazards and enemies on the map as they race to win
10 Feb 2009 - New map, screenshots above. 14 Feb 2009 - Finished the ‘Electricity ball’ map, new map WIP: Paradise. Screenshots above. 16 Feb 2009 - Finished Paradise Map, and a new map, ‘Revolver’. Screenshots will follow soon. In the meantime, check out the first official game trailer on YouTube (HQ version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bMfR5dPLPo&fmt=18 17 Feb 2009 - Uploaded updated screenshots of the new maps, and finished a new map, ‘Urban Highway’ 18 Feb 2009 - New lava level, screenshot above! 19 Feb 2009 - Another map, “City Fog”. Screenshot above! 2 Mar 2009 - After a hiatus due to computer problems, the project is now back into full swing with two new maps: “Whirlpool” and “Foul Waters” 4 Mar 2009 - New and final (for the moment) map, ‘Avalanche Mountains’ made. Now efforts will be turned to a menu system, and other types of gameplay. 14 Mar 2009 - Menu system completed, levels now being detailed. Level 6, ‘Lava’ is now updated, check out the new screenshot above
Well… winning is easy, beat the crap out of the other player until they run out of health! And yes it’s one large screen, the tanks are pretty small, but it’s a lot easier both programming wise and gameplay wise to just have the one large screen… plus, I don’t thing I’ve ever heard of a 2d split-screen game?
I would think that left ctrl would be easier to hit than the “?” key. And I’m guessing that you mean the “/” keys as “?” would be shift+"/" . Good luck with the competition.
Hey. Simple and nice idea you have there.
… I just thought about… - inspired by your screenshots - have you considered using normal maps for those graphics? Everything should stay like it is (maybe little details here and there) but if you’d use normals and lights for explosions it might give some some nice effects (but there is one condition - lightning have to be set up perfectly - we don’t want to destroy current style/mood of your game - it should stay flat). It have to be tried.
I already look forward to playing this. Haha.
