willeastcott Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 TANX is an online, multiplayer tank battle game. Technologies used: PlayCanvas WebGL Game Engine (open source engine + tools), Node.JS, WebSockets, Web Audio API, Fullscreen API, Touch, 2D Canvas. Play in your browserorInstall from the Chrome Web Store ecv, austin, ian and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 This game is great Especially the fact that it runs well on so many devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentuat Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 it's great fun - congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druphoria Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I'm impressed by how smooth you were able to get the multiplayer aspect to be using websockets. I'm making a multiplayer game of my own (with socket.io) and I've had difficulty getting the game to consistently run smoothly, since TCP isn't exactly forgiving with packet delays/packet loss. Could you share some tips on how you got the enemy player motion to be so smooth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Good stuff, but can I have an option for different steering? Not literal, like when I press up, I go up on the screen, but I just go straight on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeastcott Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hi @druphoria. Sure, the server code is here, and the client code is here. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeastcott Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hi @Milton, thanks for the feedback. We'll give it some thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhluz Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Very simple and cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanojian Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Really well done game. My only small criticism is I found the controls difficult. It would have been easier for me if up was forward. Otherwise, great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeastcott Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 What does everyone think we should add to the game next? Any requests? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriqueto Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 different maps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Tank upgrades (powerups) and vanity customizations. Bombermine does a good job at this type of stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLL Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Awesome stuff ! Looking forward to the updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BdR Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow, looks awesome, I really like the TRON like aesthetics. Btw the bullet impact doesn't seem very obvious. Sometimes it seems to go through walls and enemies. Maybe it needs more visual feedback when it hits a wall or enemy, like sparks or something like that. Definitely needs more feedback when you make a kill, like maybe a "+1" animated on top of the player. Also, maybe a message at spawning "team red: shoot tanks from other team colors" or something, to me it wasn't immediately clear that it's a team-on-team type game. Oh yeah, changing your name from "guest" to something else doesn't seem to work. The dialog appears and I can enter a name but after pressing OK it's still guest. What to add? Power-ups like wall bouncing bullets, spread shot, rapid fire, mines etc. Warp tunnels like in pac-man. A country flag icon for each player. Slightly different tank models or shapes for each team-color so color-blind players can also play. Bullet deflecting walls (bullets only bounce on certain walls). Other game modes like capture-the-flag. endless possibilities ecv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachfire Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I like this game but it's just that there is no upgrading your tank or customizing it so why play this game!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdude Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Great game, the graphics are nice and it runs very smooth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umz Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Loved it, the game plays great. Smooth and very responsive. Not sure if they were bots or other players but enjoyed killing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeastcott Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 There are no bots in the game @Umz - all players are humans. At the moment, I think it's unlikely we'll add bots. It's much more fun playing against real people. Umz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecv Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 High quality. And I can't believe I'm actually beating other players on an action game o_O. Maybe cause the server is at this side of the pond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalist Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 27 minutes ago, ecv said: High quality. And I can't believe I'm actually beating other players on an action game o_O. Maybe cause the server is at this side of the pond? I think most of the players play with mobile devices, that's why they seem so bad It's much harder to play with a touch screen than with a mouse/KB, obviously. @willeastcott Can you share the percentage of mobile vs desktop users ? ecv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeastcott Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Sure @Fatalist... In actual fact, most players are playing on non-mobile platforms (at the moment). Maybe around 10% are on mobile. 20% are on Chrome OS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalist Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thanks... I guess it's harder for touchpad-users as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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