WIP Nr.2: Disposable Heroes - Back in the front

[metal_pt]

Commands:
- Use the arrow keys to move your soldiers.
- Click and hold (thanks D-Doldier) left Mouse to fire in any direction.
- Double click left mouse to throw grenades.
- Click on your soldiers to see their status.
- To assign each soldier to a diferent platoon click on the soldier and then click on the platoon you wish him to go to.

Mission goals:
- Destroy all enemies.
- Destroy the hut (with grenades, flamethrower ou rocket launcher*).
(Weapons available on the right side of the map)
* The Rocket Launcher takes a while to fire

Noise Meter:
- Enemys are noise and (120º) sight "activated".
When the red alert light starts flahing it means you are about to get into trouble.

Note:
The game is ment to be playable on a PPC but still needs a lot of optimization. This downloadable version is a windows desktop executable.
I would apreciate some feedback, new ideas and eventual bugs.
Thanks

UPDATE
No more rocket launcher delay.

[d-soldier]

Thats pretty damn awesome! Took me dying once before I realized to HOLD the left mouse to shoot. Other then that, I think the only thing I didn't like was the soldiers' colliding with the graves... looking forward to seeing this developed further.

[Troodon]

Nice game.
Maybe you could make the graves smaller or at least remove the physical collision between them and the soldiers.
Also the bullets could be able to go little (for example 20%) though the forest.

EDIT: Oh, d-soldier was quicker than me in the grave feedback.

[metal_pt]

Thank you both :D

Grave problem and bullet through the forest (hopefully) solved.

Thank you once again.
(score up for both of you)

[Tytan McAnguns-PL]

Yeah , this is good game .

[metal_pt]

Thx for the feedback Tytan .

[Troodon]

I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but it would be handy to know who you are moving. In many strategy games there is a dot/circle/line/square near the actor that will move.

[metal_pt]

Yes, it is a great idea, but due to the size of the main characters sprites i decided to signal the ones that are in hold position.
But I'll sure take that into consideration.
Would you mind pointing out a picture/link where I can pick up a couple of ideas?
Thanks again.

[Troodon]

Thanks for the score.
It's difficult to find good pictures but here is one simple from the Age of Empires 1:
http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal/re ... /build.gif

The selected unit has
-grey square to show that he is selected
-green bar to show the health
-white square in the minimap to show his position
-task bar where he can be controlled (you could add grenedes and other special weapons here)

[metal_pt]

Cool, I got the picture.
The squad leader (or the active squad) will be highlighted on the ground

Thanks once again

[Troodon]

No problem.

[metal_pt]

Here goes the latest version (some new gfx)

Feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks

[d-soldier]

Nice, the rounded coastline looks much better. I did notice that when moving around(or into) the trees, the physical response shakes the view pretty bad... dont remember if that happened in the old version or not.

[metal_pt]

Thanks once again D-Soldier, problem (hopefully) solved
Can I ask you how did you feel about the game's playability? thanks.

Score up 4U

[d-soldier]

Judging by it's screensize, it is being developed for a mobile device right? I honestly think it IS a game I would play on such a device, with some more development... a few new enemies (maybe a tank), different style maps (some woodland, some desert, etc.) I like it, and think that it could be developed into a mobile game that people will pay $8-10 for the full version.

I also noticed that when moving diagonaly that the view's/player movement gets rough... not a big deal, but noticable.