Bombs and Bullets - a 2D RTS inspired by Command and Conquer

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:: BnB ::
dev :: Commander Rad
tools :: Love2D, Maya, Blender, Spine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin
web :: twitter.com/GamesBreakfast
progress ::
+ UI work continues
+ Mockup for Game Room menu has been made.
+ Minimap is now also displayed in the Game Room.
+ You can now select a faction from a drop-down menu in the game room.
+ Made a faction browser set of menus for players to browse the units and tech tree of each faction. (see vid)
- Only US faction for now, but we'll begin added a second faction soon enough.
- In future, we might let player customize their factions with specific units if they like.
+ Added a map checker in order to make sure each map matches the game version so that no bugs from a mismatch.
+ Separated out surface level map data so that loading up the map list would take a long time if there were many maps.
+ YouTube channel soundtrack playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pcpkL ... 77eo8PSN1w
+ Version 0.052 released and is available here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets

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:: BnB ::
dev :: Commander Rad
tools :: Love2D, Maya, Blender, Spine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin
web :: twitter.com/GamesBreakfast
progress ::
+ In-game UI, game room UI and map select UI are done, testing begins.
+ World map select screen version 1 is done. The player can select any available real-world map from this menu.
- The world map is composed of 1 pic for x1 zoom, 36 pics for x6 zoom, and 1296 pics for x36 zoom. 400 potential maps at the x36 zoom level. (see pic)
- Technically, the maximum amount of real-world maps is 259200. Obviously, most of that is ocean and wilderness and I won't be adding them all any time soon.
+ Streamlined and semi-automated the workflow to output the heightmap and tilemap necessary to generate in-game maps.
+ Game maps linked to the world map can now have a custom 'display name' and 'details' section.
+ Work to make the tiles 3D in-game begins. Previously, they were a bunch of 2D frames of a 3D model.
- This is being done because the previous method was particularly resource-intensive and having static 3D objects in Love2D is not prohibitively complicated to do.
- For those interested in using our 3D Model Renderer in Love2D, it is available here: https://github.com/xiejiangzhi/model_renderer
+ New track released this week, first track for the US faction: https://youtu.be/aT11Ff_3vcw
+ YouTube channel soundtrack playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pcpkL ... 77eo8PSN1w
+ Version 0.052 released and is available here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets
- For those that would like to use the AGDG recap, its here: http://recap.agdg.io/

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:: BnB ::
dev :: Commander Rad
tools :: Love2D, Maya, Blender, Spine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin
web :: twitter.com/GamesBreakfast
progress ::
+ UI work largely complete
+ World map map selection
+ Testing for version 0.06 is ongoing. Lots of bugs found, lots of bugs fixed.
+ tilemap generation from heightmap and heightmap workflow cleanup improved.
+ roadmap extraction from Google Maps explored and matched with the heightmaps.
+ 3D tiles inserted into game
+ 3D / 2D scaling issue fixed
+ Texture-swapping for tiles works, we only need 6 standard objs for all tiles
+ Exploring how to get seamless textures to transition between multiple tiles
- For those interested in using our 3D Model Renderer in Love2D, it is available here: https://github.com/xiejiangzhi/model_renderer
+ New track released this week, first track for the Russian faction: https://youtu.be/WhwonkWmUf8
+ YouTube channel soundtrack playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pcpkL ... 77eo8PSN1w
+ Version 0.052 released and is available here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets
- For those that would like to use the AGDG recap, its here: http://recap.agdg.io/

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Version 0.06 has been released!

This release brings about an overhaul of the UI in-game.

These include:



The world map for selecting maps based in real-world locations.



Faction info menu when picking a faction.



A full overhaul of the sidebar menu.



Improved construction countdown timers.



Control groups. Set by Ctrl + a number, selected by that number.



Display for troops loaded into vehicles.



Troops in a vehicles can be ordered out individually.



Drivers of vehicles can also be ordered out.



A new ledger menu was added, for more detailed information display.



The ledger menu also contains a full tech tree for the faction.

Feel free to download this update now, here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets

Our next update will focus on the map as well as map generation.

As always, a click, download, like, comment, share, purchase or donation is highly appreciated!

Cheers, C.Rad

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:: BnB ::
dev :: Commander Rad
tools :: Love2D, Maya, Blender, Spine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin, QGIS
web :: twitter.com/GamesBreakfast
progress ::
+ Next version is tile and map focused
+ 3D tiles more or less finalized, more tile textures for more tile types continues
+ Seamless tile textures are implemented
+ Seamless tile texture transitions are also in (pic)
- Some restrictions in how many different types of tiles can exist in a single chunk of the map, which is 15x15 tiles
- If there are too many types of tile textures in a chunk, a checker marks it out with red boxes in the map editor
+ Map generation now uses QGIS, which can output heightmaps and roadmaps at the correct scale. This reduces many processing steps
+ Roadmaps from QGIS are pixel-perfect but still require some processing and additional functions in map generation before they can be used
- Map generation using tangram heightmapper and literal screen grabs of Google maps roads has been binned
+ With batch processing, generation of base maps for all landmasses on Earth is achievable
- Currently have 316 maps in the docket, ready for further processing and testing
+ Now that tiles are a little more fleshed out, work for specific biomes can begin
+ Automatic node generation is in the works. These will help the AI navigate as well as automatically set start positions, resources, and map exit points
+ Lots of changes to the data editor with regards to the tile data
+ YouTube channel soundtrack playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pcpkL ... 77eo8PSN1w
+ Version 0.06 released and is available here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets

[nephele]

Heh, almost got it to run :3

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Heh, almost got it to run

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If it crashed, would you kindly post an error?

If you're at the map select screen. Just select a map, go to the game lobby and you should be able to start a game.

Not that there's much to play at the moment, there's no real AI, but you can fight waves of enemies if you choose "Swarm AI".

[nephele]

It did crash when starting a level, I didn't investigate it yet.
But this is BnB running on Haiku as a quick and dirty port, not sure if you want to provide support for that yet ;)

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It did crash when starting a level, I didn't investigate it yet.
But this is BnB running on Haiku as a quick and dirty port, not sure if you want to provide support for that yet

lol, neat.

If your computer is tiny, it might be because my game is rather heavy. Anyhow, I won't speculate since I know nothing of that OS.

We only support Windows externally, and Mac internally. Might do Linux eventually. Thanks for giving it a go regardless.

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:: BnB ::
dev :: Commander Rad
tools :: Love2D, Maya, Blender, Spine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Zeplin, QGIS
web :: twitter.com/GamesBreakfast
progress ::
+ 3D tiles with seamless textures are in
+ Textures transition seamlessly
+ Texture LoD is in
+ Water is in, can be animated and can also transition seamlessly between different types of water
- Looks weird and is way too bright, will tweak later.
+ New grass and tile-linked objects are in.
- Grass is too dark and blurred for some reason will tweak later.
+ Lots of changes to the tile data structure to support the new texture, water, and grass systems.
+ Hammered out how tile decals work, which will be helpful for road generation.
+ Exploring what types of tiles are needed for certain biomes for map generation.
+ Really trying to solve road generation using raster maps extracted from QGIS and Open Street Maps.
+ YouTube channel soundtrack playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pcpkL ... 77eo8PSN1w
+ Version 0.06 released and is available here: https://balancedbreakfast.itch.io/bombs-and-bullets