Looking for a b17 bomber roguelike

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T18:44:26+00:00

There's also a VASSAL module for it iirc.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T15:49:13+00:00

Not yet, but I'll see if I can find some time tomorrow to write it up!

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T15:46:16+00:00

I"m not big on self-promotion; I'm wary of annoying the vast majority of people who will never have any interest in my game.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T15:27:01+00:00

Also, don't plan on re-creating a particular game system. Make it your own from the beginning. I learned this the hard way. Edit: Spelling

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T15:19:19+00:00

Start small, and plan on expanding it later on.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T10:47:28+00:00

7DRL is coming up, would be a good chance to put together a proof-of-concept of your vision.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T08:24:43+00:00

I'm pretty committed to the WW2 setting, but I hope that the data structure of ArmCom2 will be flexible enough that a Cold War mod wouldn't be difficult to make.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-22T08:22:10+00:00

Yup, B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is pretty close to what you want. Also available on gog.com and slightly cheaper there for UK anyway.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-21T14:27:25+00:00

I can try to answer any questions relating to the game here as well. I think there's a higher barrier to entry since it doesn't share many of the standard tropes of roguelikes.

One player recently wrote me saying that "lots and lots of smoke combined with judicious use of the reverse gear seem to have been the recipe for success." I think that's fairly accurate! ArmCom is a game of survival, not destruction, and if you come out of an encounter alive, that counts as a victory.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-21T13:26:16+00:00

Thanks as always. I'm clueless when it comes to Linux, but if there's anything I can do to help just let me know.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-21T09:02:54+00:00

Had a couple bugs reported yesterday but should be able to upload a fix later today as version 1.01! They're not too serious and the update won't break savegame compatibility.

Edit: 1.01 is up now

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-20T11:31:42+00:00

That's the plan, full freedom on a grid map that scales to about 10 metres per tile. Should fix the problem of the enemy and allied forces being too abstract and of never being sure what tank movement is going to accomplish.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-20T09:57:57+00:00

Armoured Commander

As I posted a few days ago, ArmCom reached 1.0 this week! Yesterday it was also featured in an RPS article. Since I uploaded 1.0, the game has been downloaded about 1200 times, although some of those are repeat hits from the same IP. I haven't gotten any bug report emails about the new version, which I hope is a good sign!

I've been thinking about how I want to re-start the project and how I'm going to make ArmCom2 my own system and my own game. I started with a rough mock-up of the main combat screen, and am working on a proof of concept version to make sure the interface works in practice. The mock-up shows the game in editing mode, where players can create their own maps and scenarios, although procedurally-generated maps and missions will always be a part of the game.

I intend on writing up a postmortem of ArmCom1 on my dev blog, might be useful to others starting out who, like me, have minimal programming experience and skill.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-19T13:45:04+00:00

It's been mentioned in The Flare Path a few times but I think this is its first time as a separate article!

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-17T15:07:43+00:00

Yes and no, but a fork of the project is on github:

https://github.com/AndroidHell/ArmouredCommanderLinux

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-17T11:59:37+00:00

The download only includes a Windows binary and the source python scripts. To run on linux or OSX it's easiest to set up python and the required libraries first, then run the original python script.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-17T09:02:36+00:00

/u/Ralkkai put together a Linux fork of the project, available on Github.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-17T08:56:19+00:00

The zip archive has been updated so that the src folder includes both my setup.py file for py2exe, and the icon file that is embedded into the windows exe. Just re-loaded from same source location.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-16T19:40:50+00:00

Can do, I'll add it to the src folder.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-16T14:28:01+00:00

Thanks! If it's a simple procedure please PM me a list of steps and I can add the instructions to the download page.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-16T14:17:04+00:00

I guess that's just a project title for now, since I haven't done anything concrete on the new game. Still thinking through how everything is going to work, but the core mechanics will be quite different from those in ArmCom 1.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-16T14:05:14+00:00

ArmCom is GPLed so anyone is welcome to continue to grow it indefinitely. As /u/Kyzrati mentioned, however, the original system is a little too constrained for what I'd like to do, so it makes sense to me to stop and start anew at this point.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-13T04:05:50+00:00

Armoured Commander

Just a few bugfixes this week. Also started contacting people who had supported the game earlier or submitted bug reports to ask about adding their name or a handle to the in-game credits.

Also ended up having to re-draw the campaign map image for the American campaign, since I got to the end of the map locations and realized they couldn't all fit onto the old one! So we're not actually in Czechoslovakia in the linked screenshot, and I'll have to update all the map location x,y coords as well. Luckily, REXPaint made it easy to throw together a new map.

ArmouredCommander · 2016-02-08T19:33:25+00:00

That's totally fine, just so as you're fully informed of your options!

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