Squareland Wars - battle of viruses FINAL VERSION!!!

[Thanx]

Hello All!
I haven't been posting on the forums lately. Partly because of school, but mostly because of this - Squareland Wars

This is a strategy-game in which you play against the computer virus. What's at stake? Rule over Squareland!
3 map sizes, up to 7 enemies, 2 computer personalities

Thanks to mojo domo for music, sound, testing, and helpful ideas!

If you play this, please comment it!
I want to make a sequel in which you'll have REAL battle, and more action!
Thanks everyone!
THANX
THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION! yay! lol Choose from windowed and full-screen mode, new how-to-play section, and I've added a hotkey system also! Enjoy!

[stevenp]

play this game, you will be glad you did

**********HOW TO GET A GAME STARTED**********

hold down the 1 key and click purple with the mouse
hold down the 2 key and click pink with the mouse
( this option is not limilted to ONLY those numbers or colors, to UNSELECT colors and numbers, use this same method with the 0 key)


click the word SMALL ( in map size )

slick the word COMPUTER PLAYERS * this will bring your to a screen that you can pick enemy play style)

click icons to change ( can not be human vs human )

then start game

THE GAME WILL NOT START UNLESS ALL OPTIONS ARE SUCCESSFULY SELECTED

[Game A Gogo]

very nice... I don't know how to play... will look in more in depth later

[Troodon]

Nice menus and instructions but I can't start the game!
Lol, I choose all the options but then I don't find any 'start' key. I've tried also enter but nothing worked.
Is there something obvious I haven't spotted?

The music and the sound effects are cool and go very well with the theme!
Bugs: Well, I never succeed to start playing but I found somekind of bug. When I switched to the play menu and then back to main menu and again to play menu the player-number slider dissappeared.
Ideas: I should play the game first to give ideas. Hmm, something constructive...oh yeah! You could add popup hints when you move the cursor on the menu options. Could be made with canvas for example.

[wsc24]

Very good music and the graphics are good too.
What do you have to do to start the game?

wsc24

[stevenp]

i added a how to start game in my 2nd post if anyone has a hard time geting a game started

[Troodon]

Oh I see now.

Perhaps some hotkeys could be added for faster hardcore playing.
Also the robot voice "run human!" etc could perhaps fire less often.

Cool strategy gaming!
I'm taking over the medium map!

[wsc24]

Can be handled easier.
I can not start Game

Wsc24

[Thanx]

Maybe you can't start it, cause you haven't selected something. The button won't let you go on only if you haven't selected something. Make sure all players have a selected color, and that you have a map size selected!

[wsc24]

Now I understood it. The figures from the numerical block are not accepted. With the other figures it works.
wsc24

[Thanx]

Sorry it gets a little complicated sometimes hotkeys... hotkeys it's hard to do them when things SO depend on which square it is done on... I'll try anyway I'll make Squareland Wars 1.1 but I hope that'll be the real final. I've already started on Squareland Wars 2 - The revenge of the Virus
Teaser-trailer:
The time of the Trojan-horse virus is over..... Now has come a new time..... A new Lord to rule the technologies of the world... The Spartan knight virus.... muhahahaaa

Completely different maps and concept, campaign mode, real "battles". I'll keep you all up to date on its developement, I'll have screenshots now and then. I'll try to not over complicate things

[Troodon]

Sorry it gets a little complicated sometimes hotkeys... hotkeys it's hard to do them when things SO depend on which square it is done on... I'll try anyway I'll make Squareland Wars 1.1 but I hope that'll be the real final. I've already started on Squareland Wars 2 - The revenge of the Virus
Teaser-trailer:
The time of the Trojan-horse virus is over..... Now has come a new time..... A new Lord to rule the technologies of the world... The Spartan knight virus.... muhahahaaa

Completely different maps and concept, campaign mode, real "battles". I'll keep you all up to date on its developement, I'll have screenshots now and then. I'll try to not over complicate things

Can't wait for the updates!
I didn't mean coordinated hotkey system but like this:
for example I want to upgrade power in a square; I hold 'u' key down and press the square. It would be faster than choosing every time from the (cool) drop-down list.


Perhaps you could also make some kind of visual indicator that shows about the power of each square without needing the cursor help. For example darker colour, or some slimey virus objects walking on the squares. (lol, the 2nd one was half-joke)

[Kalladdolf]

could you please post a windowed version?
my screen messes up all the time.

[Thanx]

Hey!
That version, I realized isn't good anyway, and I'm finishing the hotkey system tekdino suggested, and I'm also making a new How-to section.... Alltogether, the new version comes tomorrow, and I'll make sure, that you can download the windowed version too.

[Troodon]

Ok, thanx thanx.