Tank Body Problem

(jimsitu.com)

56 points | by jimbooonooo 4 hours ago

4 comments

  • jimbooonooo 4 hours ago
    I grew up playing scorched Earth on Windows 3 just over a thousand years ago, and have always enjoyed that game. here is my implementation using a circular world with basic orbital dynamics added. in theory it works on mobile as well, but is best intended to be a PC browser game.

    in the interest of transparency, this was generated on qwen 3.8: 27b, so you should consider the "my implementation" loose at best.

    I'd love feedback on what works and what doesn't.

    some weapons, such as the laser satellite and the peacock feather have additional actions that can be commanded after the initial launch. for instance the laser satellite will shoot a laser in whatever the current orientation is, and the peacock feather will split up into multiple feathers when pressing the space button or the fire button again.

    enjoy!

    • SubiculumCode 3 hours ago
      Loved that game...and there is definite potential here. It seems like a player can just move right next to opponent and fire? That doesn't seem right?
      • jimbooonooo 2 hours ago
        good catch, thank you. I will update so that you're limited to like one to two tank lengths per turn.
    • datadrivenangel 1 hour ago
      How long did it take to make this with Qwen?
    • WhiteNoiz3 3 hours ago
      I also grew up playing Scorched - love this twist on the old idea.
  • foo12bar 7 minutes ago
    You should make it so you can coerce the moon to fall out of orbit, crash into the planet and destroy half of it.
  • olliepro 3 hours ago
    Moving L/R is OP
    • ivanech 2 hours ago
      Yes you can drive up to your opponent and hit them point blank
      • jimbooonooo 2 hours ago
        Good catch, fix in progress. I am also working on adding a single player version and a leaderboard.
        • dvh 11 minutes ago
          Also there is no way to lower power on mobile
  • datadrivenangel 1 hour ago
    Very cool! it seems like the first player can't switch weapons though.