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A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - NakedApe - 05-24-2025
EDIT: I finished this game and posted it in the Games zone. https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3959 The WIP had 104 downloads.
Deep in the African jungle, high in his tree-top lab, NakedApe has been hard at work on his next space game. This is my first attempt at 3D - well, 3D Lite for the mathematically challenged anyway. I tried to keep this fast-paced since attention spans are short. This has one-handed mode for easier play too. Thanks to bplus for help with circle aspects, SierraKen for the globe routine and Steve for bits of code off the forum. This looked best at higher rez, so I made it 1920x1080.
It's a work in progress and I plan to take it a little further, so feel free to tell me what it's missing or not. Thanks for playing.
Ted
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - SMcNeill - 05-24-2025
Does it have a spaceship flying with a banner that reads "<-- STEVE IS AMAZING"??
I feel that would really improve anything...
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - NakedApe - 05-24-2025
Hmm, good idea, Steve. Ill put it in the hopper.
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - SierraKen - 06-04-2025
This is really awesome! The looks are incredible, but I can't figure out the controls. I tried reading the instructions in the beginning but the arrow keys don't do too much and the W key only shoots sometimes. If the movement and shooting can be fixed, I think it would be pretty fun.
-Ken
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - NakedApe - 06-04-2025
(06-04-2025, 11:12 PM)SierraKen Wrote: This is really awesome! The looks are incredible, but I can't figure out the controls. I tried reading the instructions in the beginning but the arrow keys don't do too much and the W key only shoots sometimes. If the movement and shooting can be fixed, I think it would be pretty fun.
-Ken
I guess I need to beef up the instructions. The lasers only fire when the ship is lined up with the target. So use the 'A' and "D' keys to spin the ship till they're aligned plus or minus 10 degrees, then the radar line turns green, and the purple targeting laser lights up and tracks the bad guy. Then fire! If the ship is rotating clockwise and the target is moving counter-clockwise, then hit the 'S' key to switch directions. Use the space radar and gauges to track what's going on. The arrow keys are for dodging bombs mostly - and grabbing the falling booty if you're in two-hand mode. Hitting the 'Z' key turns on auto-dodge which makes it easier to play.
Thanks for trying it!
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - madscijr - 06-20-2025
(05-24-2025, 01:09 AM)NakedApe Wrote: high in his tree-top lab, NakedApe has been hard at work on his next space game.Very cool looking game, very weird game play!
I have no idea what I'm doing, would need to spend some time with this.
If you can make the controls more conventional for us old-timers who only know how to play Pac Man and Asteroids (or give more detailed instructions), that would probably help.
But it's a gorgeous looking game... Keep up the good work!
(05-24-2025, 01:09 AM)NakedApe Wrote: Deep in the African jungle,
PS this reminds me of an old rhyme the kids would recite in grade school, something about a constipated ape deep in the heart of the African jungle, LOL
RE: A New Game: The Sentinel, Attack of the Circles - NakedApe - 06-20-2025
Thanks, @madscijr! It's a WIP. I'm still fine tuning it and adding an ending. Also I'm making the first two rounds more of a tutorial with lots of voice-overs telling the player what to do.
So there's a lot of distracting eye candy, but really most of the game is just using the A and D keys to spin the ship so that it lines up with the target. The radar scope makes it easy - just align the yellow dot (the ship) with the red dot (the target) by spinning around. Then fire the lasers with the W key. Use S to switch rotation directions as needed. For easy, one-hand play, hit Z at the start to turn on Auto-Dodge. The arrow keys are optional, used to manually dodge the bombs for more points and difficulty.
Stay tuned for the final product soon-ish. And thanks for giving it a go.