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Enemy at the Gate Released for Review

by Henry Shilling · in Torque X 2D · 08/31/2009 (12:25 am) · 15 replies

The game I have been working on Enemy at the Gate has been posted for review in the XNA Creators Club. If you are an XNA premium member please check it out and give it a review.

I look forward to seeing more of your games up there as well. I learned a lot and got lots of help from the forums, thanks. I plan on writing up at least a few of the things I learned as soon as I catch my breath.

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Associate John Kanalakis
EnvyGames
#1
08/31/2009 (1:14 am)
Congratulations Henry, I'll review it tonight.

John K.
www.envygames.com

Torque Owner David Horn
#2
08/31/2009 (10:09 am)
Looks cool man, I'll check it out.

Torque Owner Jake Davis
#3
09/02/2009 (6:23 am)
Reviewed and passed. I'd be really interested in any tutorials you could write up from your experience.

One thing that would have helped in the game was a quick "How to play" screen. It was super easy but took me a minute to figure out how to move the vehicles...I'm sure some users will not be able to figure it out...sad as that sounds.

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#4
09/02/2009 (10:52 pm)
I am planning on writing up how I got the GUI to work. seriously that was the hardest part and took 50% of the development time.

Torque Owner David Horn
#5
09/03/2009 (12:40 pm)
Played and passed.

Torque Owner Lucas Shinkovich
#6
09/05/2009 (11:54 am)
Played and reviewed.

I also have to agree with Jake; after playing up to level 14 I was still unclear as to how points are calcualted to achieve the best score and it was also unclear as to how to make the vehicles shoot at the enemies rather then move towards them. Although it seemed easier to me to run into the enemies rather then shoot them.

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#7
09/05/2009 (3:08 pm)
OK I guess my son wins. the circles are the range of the vehicles, when an enemy is within range it gets shot. Like a tower defense, or missle command. : )

I told him we didn't need instructions.


Associate John Kanalakis
EnvyGames
#8
09/05/2009 (4:52 pm)
I've learned to always listen to the kids. ;)

John K.
www.envygames.com

Torque Owner Matthew Hoesterey
#9
09/08/2009 (9:08 pm)
Just reviewed it. Passed. :)

A little game play recommendation, I'd shrink the units a touch. It was pretty easy to park the tank and car on opposite sides of the house as shields and then just move the helicopter.

I was confused at the start too. Maybe a arcade style how to play loading screen. Press a to continue type thing.

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#10
09/10/2009 (8:47 pm)
LOL!! Another argument with the son, however I was for the smaller circles and he was against! Thanks for the input, I do plan to include some of these changes in the update.

Associate John Kanalakis
EnvyGames
#11
09/10/2009 (9:33 pm)
Also received my pass, by the way. You should almost be there. Unfortunately, once you pass a game, you can't see the Creator's Club progress bar anymore.

John K.
www.envygames.com

Torque 3D Owner Tom Ogburn
Starlit Sky Games
#12
09/12/2009 (3:37 pm)
It was at 91%, so my pass should have been the last one needed.

Tom Ogburn
Starlit Sky Games, LLC

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#13
09/13/2009 (4:44 am)
Thanks guys it made it out today. We'll see how it does.

Associate John Kanalakis
EnvyGames
#14
09/13/2009 (12:31 pm)
Congratulations! That's great news, it's fun to see another Torque X game released!

John K.
www.envygames.com

Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
Smokin Skull
#15
09/13/2009 (6:18 pm)
The Next one is already in the works. I think I am really getting the hang of the framework. I know that like so many others I mistook the editor as the main tool. The editor is almost unnecessary, It's just a nice to have tool. I have explained that a few times now in the XNA forums.

Now if we could only do something about the docs : )