I will be at MAGFest Jan 1-4 2010 (Alexandria VA) to meet Jon St. John(!), who has provided character voices for my upcoming iPhone game "Vector Tanks Extreme".
Anybody wanna hook up there?
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
MAGFest - Vector Tanks - Jon St. John
I will be at MAGFest Jan 1-4 2010 (Alexandria VA) to meet Jon St. John(!), who has provided character voices for my upcoming iPhone game "Vector Tanks Extreme".
Anybody wanna hook up there?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Version 2 - Progress Update
Vector Tanks - Version 2 is very close and it is the awesome!! I'm going to start sending out private betas in the next few days! Boom baby!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Vector Tanks 2.0 progress
Hhere's my current plan for the enemy tank spawning logic for Vector Tanks v2.
Drone tanks are basically the tanks that are in version 1.0.
H6 stands for the "Heavy Sixer" tank [atari 2600 reference] and is a turreted tank that is much more dangerous than the Drone tanks and can even drive directly over mines and the playfield obstacles and crush them. Mwahaha.
This will be for single player and 2 player cooperative. 2 player
head-to-head will be a completely different ballgame (v2 will only include single player - multiplayer is still under development.
Virus powerups will let you take over an enemy Drone tank and he will "fight for the user! [tron reference]" (you) - attacking other enemy tanks until it is destroyed (the other enemy tanks will target it as well as you - so it also diverts fire away from you).
Shields are now based on how many impacts they protect you from, rather than being timer based as it is in v1. Each Shield powerup will charge your shield level 1 unit. Each hit removes one unit. And as mentioned, the helicopters attack your shields.
Rapid Fire is now based on "rounds" (each powerup gives you more), rather than being timer based as it is in v1.
I'll likely end up nipping and tucking to get things balanced out of course.
And there are other aspects going on here too - the tanks speed up as
the game progresses, reload faster, etc.
Your feedback is solicited!
Drone tanks are basically the tanks that are in version 1.0.
H6 stands for the "Heavy Sixer" tank [atari 2600 reference] and is a turreted tank that is much more dangerous than the Drone tanks and can even drive directly over mines and the playfield obstacles and crush them. Mwahaha.
This will be for single player and 2 player cooperative. 2 player
head-to-head will be a completely different ballgame (v2 will only include single player - multiplayer is still under development.
- practice level (enemies do not fire on you) - 1 drone / 1 H6 tank / 1 jeep / no helicopters
- skill level 1 - 1 drone / 0 H6 tanks / 1 jeep / no helicopters
- skill level 2 - 2 drones / 0 H6 tank / 1 jeep / no helicopters
- skill level 3 - always at least 2 tanks - randomly either a H6 tank or a drone tank / 1 jeep / no helicopters
- skill level 4 - always at least 3 tanks - randomly either a H6 tank or a drone tank / 1 jeep / random helicopters
- skill level 5 - 4 H6 tanks at all times - randomly a drone tank instead (so you can "virus powerup" it) / 1 jeep / random helicopters
- InSaNe mOdE! - 6 or 8 H6 tanks at all times (need to see how the hardware holds up - may need this to be 3GS specific here) / 1 jeep / random helicopters
Virus powerups will let you take over an enemy Drone tank and he will "fight for the user! [tron reference]" (you) - attacking other enemy tanks until it is destroyed (the other enemy tanks will target it as well as you - so it also diverts fire away from you).
Shields are now based on how many impacts they protect you from, rather than being timer based as it is in v1. Each Shield powerup will charge your shield level 1 unit. Each hit removes one unit. And as mentioned, the helicopters attack your shields.
Rapid Fire is now based on "rounds" (each powerup gives you more), rather than being timer based as it is in v1.
I'll likely end up nipping and tucking to get things balanced out of course.
And there are other aspects going on here too - the tanks speed up as
the game progresses, reload faster, etc.
Your feedback is solicited!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
I signed up for a Twitter account, for anyone who wants to follow along.
http://twitter.com/peterhirschberg
http://twitter.com/peterhirschberg
Friday, July 24, 2009
Vector Tanks / Urbansnake Radio Commercial!
Urbansnake, the band that performed the music for Vector Tanks, is currently running a radio spot on several New York stations. Vector Tanks is mentioned in the ad!
Click here to listen to the commercial!
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Click here to listen to the commercial!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Cast your votes for Vector Tanks!
Vector Tanks has been nominated for 2 categories by appadvice.com in their "First Annual AppAwards" contest - ""Best Arcade Game" and "Best Game for Innovative Game Controls".
Go here and cast your votes for Vector Tanks!
http://appadvice.com/appawards/vote
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Progress...
Hey all,
Just a quick note to let everyone know the status of Vector Tanks. I've had a lot of personal challenges over the past few months that have kept me from devoting much time to Vector Tanks, but I have been (slowly and painfully) adding new features. I currently have 2 different types of enemy tanks in the game now - the new tank has a functional rotating turret and can drive over the playfield obstacles, crushing them. Additionally multiple tanks attack at the same time now.
Here's an image of the new (turreted) tank design, called the "Heavy Sixer".
I've also been adding and tweaking the program here and there in various ways. Work has begun on a global leaderboard system that includes chatrooms, but I'm not sure that's going to make the next release.
I'm hoping to be able to wrap up this version soon and get it submitted to the App Store. I realize it's been a long time since the last update and I am sorry.
-Peter
Just a quick note to let everyone know the status of Vector Tanks. I've had a lot of personal challenges over the past few months that have kept me from devoting much time to Vector Tanks, but I have been (slowly and painfully) adding new features. I currently have 2 different types of enemy tanks in the game now - the new tank has a functional rotating turret and can drive over the playfield obstacles, crushing them. Additionally multiple tanks attack at the same time now.
Here's an image of the new (turreted) tank design, called the "Heavy Sixer".
I've also been adding and tweaking the program here and there in various ways. Work has begun on a global leaderboard system that includes chatrooms, but I'm not sure that's going to make the next release.
I'm hoping to be able to wrap up this version soon and get it submitted to the App Store. I realize it's been a long time since the last update and I am sorry.
-Peter
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