Homebrew Game

Leitzge · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:11 am Post subject: Homebrew Game

Hi guys, I haven't been around for a while. I just decided to come back and maybe get some hosting.

Anyway, I'm currently developing my own game, and wanted to know what you guys think about the idea for it, and if you have anything to add.

The game is a top down "hover tank" game, where you pilot a hover tank and shoot up stuff. There is a story mode and a multiplayer mode.

There are 3 main playable tanks, each with different speeds and guns. The first one is fast and has a laser, the second one is slower and has heat-seeking rockets, and the third is medium-speed and can shoot a bomb that spins 360 and shoots small projectiles.

Anyway, any ideas?
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ruyss · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:58 am Post subject:

Sounds like an old-school arcade game to me Smile

add some interesting things to make it different and addicting and who knows, you might have the next big indy-game hit Smile

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Leitzge · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

I've got the basic engine down, and once I get some sprites together I'll post up a demo on here, but do you have any specific ideas that could make it different?
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LP-SolidRaven · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

You should try adding some features to speed up the game. Maybe a special that allows your tank to quickly jump around the field to engage several enemies at once. If done right such simple things that don't happen too often can make a game fun Smile

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ruyss · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:10 am Post subject:

Probably wouldn't hurt to add some RPG things in there (like skills, levelling, etc...), that seems to be something almost any game needs to have these days Smile

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Leitzge · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your suggestions Smile

I probably won't be putting any RPG elements in the game though, as it's meant as a fast arcade style game. I'm going to make an RPG about my school though soon.
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krt · ... Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 4995 Location: Down Under

Leitzge, I'm not much of a gamer and can't think of any ideas myself but I'm interested nonetheless in what seems to be a beefed up Asteroids. Any idea when there will be a demo?

And as expected, I'm more interested in the technical side of things, for starters, what are you developing it with?

Good luck with it by the way.

Leitzge · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:57 am Post subject:

I'm using Game Maker to make the game.

http://gamemaker.nl/

At the moment I'm actually working on two games.
In the second game that I'm working on you control a balloon around levels with your mouse by making wind. I'm pretty sure that that one will be released much earlier than this one.
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ruyss · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:58 am Post subject:

Leitzge · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:35 am Post subject:

It only really requires skill or knowledge of your class to be a decent level during the endgame, otherwise it's just time to level up.
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ruyss · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:54 am Post subject:

Leitzge · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:37 am Post subject:

Yeah, which is why I play on private servers, where you don't need to use up your time to level your character, and you can get all the gear you want.
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ruyss · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:46 am Post subject:

I played on a private server for a while, the lack of people playing, the lag and the fact that there's absolutely no challenge scared me away Smile

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Leitzge · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:57 am Post subject:

You need to find a good community to play on a private server, where the people know how to run a server and prevent lag.

There is a challenge in that you are actually playing the game against other people. I'm mainly talking about PVP here.
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ruyss · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:49 am Post subject:

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