War Games

[mac-10]

Hi

I am starting my next game and would like to know what you think.
The game is based loosely on an introversion game call def-con
Here is a link to the site
http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/about/screenshots.html

game play vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfETZiFxq8

introversion make really great games

obviously it’s not going to be as complex but it just reminds me of the film
war games anyway.

Basic out line of the game:

Select a side: red or blue
Select a difficulty level.
The difficulty level will coven a number of things
1) number of assets ie aircraft
2) the population size for each side
3) the speed and power of each asset

you will have 3 minutes to do as much damage as you can
and the side with the largest population at the end wins.

You can cycle through your assets using the left shoulder button and select a targets Using the right shoulder button.

The enemy ai will have 2 modes attack a landmass at all cost or return fire if fired on.

All the countries landmasses will be generated randomly.

Here are some screens I did in photoshop.

I have just started on the coding.

Let me know what you think
Any suggestion would be great too

Thanks

Mac

 

[moz]

goodluck

 

[saehn]

Wow, very cool and interesting looking. I'll definitely want to try it out.

 

[kardasan]

I've always wanted to be a leader of nuclear empire >)

 

[___]

sweet! sound exciting.

 

[norm]

looks awesome - looking forward to playing it

 

[pferguso]

I like the idea! I can't wait to see your game in action! Good Luck!

 

[Alex.]

By what I can see so far, it's the first of its kind on the GP2X The graphics look great, that minimalist, illustration-like style, I love it.

Keep up the good work mac!

 

[Nova]

From your mockups, the graphics look fab, I hope you keep that style for the finished product. Although I've just started on a game, I don't have much coding knowledge, and can't offer many tips at the moment, all I can say, however is good luck!

 

[virusx]

I really like Defcon. The game is simple but very immersive.
I also really liked the black background with all the lightening effects.
Do you think it would be possible to do the same (partially I mean) on Gp2X?

Good luck for your project, I will follow it closely.

 

[kardasan]

I just have one feature request:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmk-nEX3w0&...ted&search=

PLEASE! It's so gorgeous

 

[ketchupgun]

what a great idea

i like the 3minute rule too.
I find the best games on GP2x are the short (sometimes-puzzle) type games..for the shorter subway travels.

liscening issues aside,
I'd love to hear that erie "Shall We play a game" from Wargames the movie upon startup!

Hey...maybe I'll make that my GP2x start up sound!

 

[mac-10]

Thanks for the words of encouragement

I have been working on some test code
To make sure I can get the look and feel
Of the mock ups here is a pic

I’ve still got loads to do but at least
I know I can get the game to look right.

I've got to find a crappy voice synthesiser
The eerie voice would be a really nice touch

Thanks again

Mac

 

[rokdcasbah]

I've got to find a crappy voice synthesiser

check out flite. i say that not because it's crappy but because it's small compared to other engines.

 

[sam fisher]

When you load up the game you should play the voice from wargames! "Would you like to play a game?"

 

[Alex.]

I just have one feature request:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmk-nEX3w0&...ted&search=

PLEASE! It's so gorgeous


Haha, it was from clicking that link that YouTube started to redirect me to the Polish version of the site each time I viewed something afterwards :lol:

This will be a great game Mac, keep up the good work

 

[saehn]

I've got to find a crappy voice synthesiser
The eerie voice would be a really nice touch

How about SAM output in the C64 emulator CCS64, recorded to a WAV? You could then compress to MP3 or OGG.

 

[mac-10]

Hi

Thanks for the links.
I want to ask your opinion on the voice in the game.
I used S.A.M for the first link, for the second link I used Text aloud. Which do you prefer?

I like the first one it’s sounds more retro.

http://www.webpointsolutions.co.uk/screens/PLAYAGAME.mp3

Or

http://www.webpointsolutions.co.uk/screens/PLAYAGAME1.mp3

Here is a pic of where I am up to.
I’ve got the landmasses drawing in with there population values
and I am starting on the sprites classes.

Thanks

Mac

 

[deps]

Looks great!
I prefer the first voice.

 

[Samba Pa Ti]

introversion originally copied the 'war games' 'global thermo nuclearwar' game in Uplink (it was a secret mission where you had to get into the introversion game server, if i remember correctly)

i found the uplink version much more appealing (even tho it wasnt much of a game) i own defcon and uplink and i cant say im that impressed with defcon :/