Greetings everyone! I'll be submitting this to 64 Digits soon as well, but figured it'd make a good blog post too, after a month of inactivity. [:D]
After months of development, I have finally finished Aces High Over Verlor Island!For the uninitiated, AHOVI is a 3D top-down arcade shooter where you pilot a biplane, and compete against other people online, or against yourself (and the clock) in the 3 single player modes. You are capable of performing a few special maneuvers, and various power-ups occasionally appear in order to help you stay alive.Screenshots
Each of the 3 single player modes has an online high score board set up so that you can compete against others, and of course, you can also compete directly with people in brawls of up to 8 people at once! For each single player mode, and the multiplayer mode, you can earn Reflect credits, which are basically just a way of showing others your skill level, and how much you've played.ControlsUsing menus: LEFT MOUSE - Click to activate a button UP & DOWN ARROWS - Navigate menu options ENTER - Activate a button ESC - Close the current menu / exit the gamePlaying the game: LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS - Turn your aircraft left or right LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS (double tap) - Do a barrel roll UP ARROW (hold) - Speed skill DOWN ARROW (hold) - Slow Skill DOWN ARROW (double tap) - Perform a vertical loop SPACE BAR - Fire machine gun ESC - Exit the gameMultiplayer only: ENTER - Begin chat type mode / send message SHIFT (hold) - View scoreboard HOST CHAT COMMANDS: /players - view a numbered player list /kick # - replace # with the desired player number from the player list to kick a playerMiscellaneous: F4 - Toggle windowed / full screen modeDownloadClick here to download (5.56 Mb)Like a few of my previous games, (Evolites and Linked), in order to submit your high scores, earn credits, and play online, you'll need a Reflect Account. You can find out more about how the system works, and sign up at the Reflect Games website. It's free, fast, and painless!A special note about playing onlineIf you want to host games online, you might have to set up your router to use port forwarding. you can find out more about that here. Just make sure TCP port 27782 is open, and you should be good to go.
OH MUH' GAWD! He does it again…with this amazing game…wow…just…too good for words. This seems to even exceed HT3D from my perspective. This is just…AWESOME! I love it. Once it's rateable, instant 10/10 from me. No way it could get any less…
HOLY FUCK.
is there any real estate available of Verlor Island?It's sweet!Anyway, some of the AI was slightly unrealistic. They obviously haven't learned the rules of dogfighting, like attacking your enemy's vulnerable 6 o'clock. Also, I'm reading the memoirs of a WWI fighter pilot, so i'm gonna give you some harsh criticism.The enemy did seem to know about the scissors defensive formation, but i doubt you programmed that. A WWI fighter couldn't take many hits, and unlike any other aerial war, damage to the plane wasn't what caused many of the planes to be downed. Biplanes were so small and slow that to take down a plane, you basically had 3 targets, the pilot, the engine, or the fuel tank, and it only took a burst of 10-20 roudns to take out a plane. Also the best planes, like the Albatross (what I'm assuming we're flying, as it was the Germans who painted their planes red, Britian painted their's silver and america was green) and the Spad had two machine guns. It seems like we're flying Nuiermports, as it only had 1 machine gun. Also, I'd like to have seen some co-op, where you're in a two seater, one guys a pilot and one guys the rear gunner.Co-op would have been sweet, but I have yet to brave that front in one of my games. Maybe in the next! [;)]
That looks awesome. I love plane games.
Hehe, good to see this game is finished; nothing better than seeing GM's true potential.
It's a beautiful game, no doubt about it. It didn't really seem that fun, though. I think the most limiting factor was the time it took for the plane to "recharge" after doing a stunt. Doing a couple barrel rolls in the dog fight paralyzes you forever. I had to fly away like a "coward" [;)].
Otherwise, a very slick game. Incredibly frustrating, though.Im top of the highscores in DOGFIGHT
ME!:)Darn you, Xxypher. I'm only in like…5th place or something.
Awsome! *downloads*
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