I'm making a tactics game with ideology as the theme, and since i got a lot of inspiration from here, i thought i'd share it and get you guys' opinions and suggestions for it.
So far, the gameplay concept is pretty well developed. It is a turn based game on a square grid, and you get to select and control an army consisting of the units of a certain faction (maybe 100 spearmen, 20 heavy spearmen, 8 light cavalry, 2 heavy cavalry, and a general). You can move the units, have them attack other units, do complex tactical manoeuvres, flank the enemy, encircle them, whatever you want.
I posted this here to see if you have any suggestions on how to improve it or ideas for new units, maybe some questions. You can also contact me at my email if you want a free copy when it comes out at [email protected] :)
I'm also going to post more info below, like the campaign map and more details on the gameplay.
The different ideologies have more than one city state because i couldn't think of a way to balance the map with only three factions.
The different city states will have different generals, so the Ancap faction will have cities where one general/emperor is Trump, whereas in another one it might be Pinochet, or Bush lol. same with the other factions. All will have about 4 different generals.
Luis Gonzalez
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Alexander Thompson
Shit, here is the higher quality version haha
Anthony Fisher
Interesting. Is it a browser game? demo?
Blake Wood
What is earplug tape sam hyde?
Landon Sanchez
Bump. I like the spirtes
Matthew Powell
I was thinking a standalone game, but another user suggested a browser game. The problem is that i don't know much about browser game development. Maybe i'll make one for browser in the future.
As for the demo, since i've only been working on the game for about a week, 2/3ds of which was making the sprites and art, all i've got is a really shitty prototype where you move cubes around and make them fight each other. It is kind of fun, though, that's why im making it into a full game.
Also here is a sprite i just made for the "kekistan" city state leader. He is a retarded frog.
Jordan Bailey
Ahahah, seems amazing
Easton James
Thanks. I like pixel art, especially with a limited palette. All of the sprites were made using only 8 colors, pic related
Benjamin Richardson
>zizek >not engineer class or a defensive shield class he has a knowledge of toilets like no other and an unparalleled connection to the trash can and its uses
Jaxon Gray
bump
Landon Gomez
Nice, but for me the anarcho fascist troops are too repetitive
Jason Myers
unless he rolls in on a trash can, in which case he should be heavy cav. Also why "anarcho fascists"
Cameron Powell
this too
Camden Myers
Yeah i think i'll have to think of more. If anyone has any suggestions i'd be glad to hear them. The theme for the anarcho-fascists is ironic meme ideologies, like nazbol and shit.
>Also why "anarcho fascists"
It's funny
Carson White
>The problem is that i don't know much about browser game development I guess it depends on the engine your using. You can compile for browsers in unity.
Luis Bell
yeah but it doesnt make any sense. Like christo pagan. Also why doesnt sam hyde have a black shirt?
Hudson Ward
>ANACRHO FASCISTS >ANACRHO
Nicholas Diaz
Yeah, but the problem is that i have yet to learn unity. I'm making this in Love2d, but i think that it can also compile for browsers. I'm going to research more later.
>yeah but it doesnt make any sense.
I know, that's the point. It's representing meme ideologies.
>Also why doesnt sam hyde have a black shirt?
Didn't look good IMO, the blue is better for the blue background.
fuck
Colton Mitchell
I have been thinking about how to put the current situation we are in into a narrative but its so fucking insane and nonsensical it seems impossible to make it into a narrative and not seem silly/implausible
Like how do you make a politician character that that defends outsiders after they rape children/kill natives, or dodges question on whether female genital mutilation is wrong and still have half the people in the society like him
How do you write that without it being silly
Joseph Wright
what language does it use? unity uses c# and js, there are quite a lot of tutorials on it as well, but I suggest you use, whatever is the easiest/most familiar to you.
Jayden Long
>I know, that's the point. It's representing meme ideologies. You could just leave it "communist, fascist, capitalist" and it would make much more sense dude Especially as only one of the communists is an anarchist Other than that it seems great, you just need more variety for the fascists. Maybe like put in a brownshirt or the SS or something
Dylan Long
also capitalist heavy cav should be helicopters for obvious reasons
Benjamin Powell
will you put Mi General on it?
Isaiah Edwards
I'm naming the world "clown-world" so it might get a pass for being silly.
It uses Lua. I really like lua (mostly because of the awesome syntax), and Love is faster than Unity, so i could probably add tons of units and shit and it will still be playable on a really shitty computer.
I will definitely try to learn unity and JS tho
fixed, i think
Makes sense, i'll add different fascist units. I like the anarcho- thing, tho. It makes it look silly.
Ayden Lee
>JS tho I'd recommend c# over js desu
Alexander Rivera
It only makes 1 of them look silly. Thats "anarcho fascist"
Cameron Smith
Yeah, I was thinking JS for web dev haha
It's for meme ideologies that's why it's silly.
James Gomez
Yea the js in unity is different compared to web webdev. I still wouldn't recommend it.
Parker Cook
If I were you I would drop it, it doesnt add anything, seeing as only 1 of the communists is an ancom and anarcho fascism literally is an oxymoron
Samuel King
>mfw recently started working on a similar game but in a different setting
WHAT THE FUCK user YOU CUNT NOW EVERYTHING WILL THINK I COPIED YOU
REEEEEEEEEEEE
Chase Moore
Someones triggered,.
Michael Carter
No no I'll learn C# for unity, I was just thinking JS for native web dev
It's funny because it's an oxymoron. The game will be kinda humorous
You release it and I'll sue you
Blake Flores
FUCK YOU I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ON MY OWN A MONTH AGO
FUUUUUUUUCCCKKK
Jonathan Nguyen
Kek, OP has balls of steel
Ryan Campbell
I gathered that by sam hyde and zizek. I still think it makes the faction names stupid for reasons expressed earlier
Caleb Walker
FIRST THEY STEAL OUR FLAG THEN THEY STEAL OUR GAMES
CROATIA MUST DIE SLAVS ARENT WHITE
Grayson Wilson
if that flag isnt hell then I dont know what is
Jace Scott
You don't, because the left will not be able to see the politics behind that, and will blame it on whites anyways. Just like they blame whites for black murders, when in reality it is black themselves.
Working on trying to make a small animation series myself, meant to convert soyboys who play video games purely for escapism to understand the importance of understanding heritage, and how whites need to reclaim there own.
I don't know if this will answer your question, but what I'm doing is having a foreign man have his nation be destroyed because the secularization and mass migration of people who came meant the destruction of their culture and unity. Said foreign man warns the equivalent of Europeans about the dangers this can cause on them, and they need to reclaim family structure etc. etc..
I think the best way to handle this situation is to make it just obvious enough so people can understand that this is commentary, and that this is relevant, but not so obvious that it detaches from an entertaining story. Marvel does the latter and it's clear why they're absolute garbage even to liberals.
Anthony Morris
let the current gen handle it gramps
Henry Wright
I was wondering how Sup Forums would react to thi kind of themed vidya, as I am also currently working on a VN project which has a political theme. (Your GFs represent a certain ideology and wear school uniforms symbolizing said ideology) We're still eciding on whether to make it a deep thinking experience, a meme game, or both.
Michael Peterson
do the a-fas units upgrade during battle? like if a chad slays enough enemies he becomes awakened chad?
Carter Hughes
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Dylan Sanchez
Ever played "Everlasting Summer"? It's free if you haven't, on steam. See if you can make it that deep.
Evan Gomez
aussie shitposter should to be the skirmisher for the fash, the pagan can then be bumped down to swordsmen, and then chad as heavy swordsman
Ethan Collins
I know, it's supposed to be stupid. Its funny.
Haven't thought of that. I think it'd be better to updrage after battle for consistency reasons.
Sounds good, thanks!
Matthew Anderson
Looks amazing lol
Thomas Smith
Thanks!
Chase Clark
who is bucket head?
Jackson Rivera
>ancap >no McChildslaves™ as skirmishers >no Security Guards as swordsmen >no Helicopters as heavy cavalry >no Hoppe/McWarlord as emperor general
user I'm disappointed.
Brandon Watson
Make sure to add Mr. Pierce
Anthony Turner
Idk, will probs change him into someone else
Ancaps are also neocons and protestants, not just ancaps. But nice ideas, will implement!
Ill try!
Brody Miller
>Ironic Pepe Cosplayer vs Pepe Cosplayer kek
William Peterson
finngolian should be heavy cav (horse archer) Spurdo as heavy spearman
Mason Evans
Horse archers are light cav, but thats a great idea. I think I'm going to make another faction for all these suggestions :)
Jack Carter
well then you'll have to get rid of the ironic pepe Also what other faction?
Landon Sullivan
Idk, i might just add more units for each faction instead of splitting them.
Cameron Wood
Lol you racist losers and your cringy ass "ideas" Try going to college and getting a real degree, you'll do much better in life than making a racist video game to get money from other racist losers
Asher Ward
but then you have to come up with more units. Really easy with the capitalists and commies, but really hard with the fash without just doing what you did and having two variations on things. Also more programming. Also Hitler as Heavy Cav unless you are avoiding that. Maybe richard spencer or something
Nathan Hughes
The fact that you even felt the need to say that is pretty pathetic user.
Lincoln Hughes
Also, here is the prototype i put together in like 4 hours, its really, really shit, but i just did it to see how i would handle the movement, turn switching, attacking, etc. The finished game will have a much bigger playing field, better unit sprites(these are 16x16), a moveable camera, actual units and graphics, etc.
TL;DR: THIS IS A SHIT DEMO THAT IN NO WAY REPRESENTS THE FINISHED GAME, I WILL PROBABLY WRITE THE GAME FROM GROUND UP AFTER THIS
I have 12 PhDee's
Yeah i'll just switch some units up and just add more generals
Lincoln Lewis
Did I trigger someone? LOL! Go LARP somewhere else you nazi
Samuel Ortiz
A PhD in being a basement dweller maybe? Try harder.
Camden Walker
yes
Owen Mitchell
I'm enjoying this nice concept thread. How's it feel being that assmad?
Lincoln Nelson
also ubermesch for heavy spearman. And that about does it as far as I can remember. Unless you wanna switch sam hyde with hitler and make sam hyde heavy cav.
Jason Russell
Make it Hortler instead.
Elijah Morgan
Because you cringy losers could be going to college and getting a real degree to get a real job instead of being racist on the internet? No wonder Drumpf loves the "uneducated" so much.
Xavier Baker
that wouldn't be funny enough. Hitler is going into the Ancom pile, and will talk about how the nazis were actually anarchists
Caleb Ward
Bumped
Camden Morgan
I think thats breaking the theme too much. Too much humour actually becomes detrimental as you'll get carried away, leaving everyone else kinda puzzled as to whats going on. Things you find funny in your head will not translate too well. Other people need to be able to find it funny. Too much surrealism makes people just switch off
David Cox
I guess that makes sense, good point
David Perry
wasted digits by a fucking leaf
Carter Robinson
and how do you know that he isn't going through college? He need to know programming to do this game and I can say that he is really talented at making sprites too, don't feel jealous that you cant do anything of this.
Robert Torres
>I was thinking a standalone game, but another user suggested a browser game. The problem is that i don't know much about browser game development
Send me a few sprites and a background and I'll make you a short demo
Jaxon Carter
Shoot me an email (at the top of the thread) and ill send them to you :)
Samuel Bennett
make it similar to tanks of freedom (advance wars ripoff for android, you can find it in f-droid) where you can make new units at capturable buildings
James Nelson
which is why you should drop the anarcho. The humour does not come from the faction names, but from the characters in the factions themselves and how they relate to contemporary politics and how youve put them all in a battle together
Luke Johnson
Would literally throw money at this.
Would like to see how it is developed and if it will be a game kill my want for a new C&C
Eli Cruz
in effect you are turning ideologies into memes and then making fun of them, not making fun of "meme ideologies"
Yeah that's why you should drop the anarcho (phoneposting btw). Because the anarcho isn't actually funny . I don't go haha anarcho fascists that doesn't make any sense haha. Instead I go wtf that doesn't make any sense. It detracts from your humour because instead of satirising ideologies you are literally creating ones that don't exist to make fun of them
Chase Evans
You are too serious for this. It's anarcho fascism because it doesn't represent an actual ideology, but meme ideologies in general, from Nazbol to alt-alt-right.
Also yes its funny >:(
Jeremiah Scott
It's not actually funny. I love me some super fucking surreal memes, but that's not funny, it's stupid and detracts from the humour of your game and it's really funny cast. You are inventing something to make fun of, rather than making fun of something that already exists. It's the lamest satire ever because it defeats the point of it. Because I didn't get what anarcho fascism was, you literally had to explain it to me. You had to explain a faction name to me. Think on that
Alexander Gutierrez
Its hilarious
Henry Gray
It's not funny. I know it's not funny, because you literally had to explain the joke to me
Owen Bennett
It's funny, fuck you shill
Gabriel Kelly
ITS HILARIOUS (and also serves more functions other than being a joke)
Jackson Reyes
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Matthew Reed
You have already proven your comedic skills are lacking, so you aren't the best judge of what is funny, also you'll have to explain this function to me and in the game itself
Adrian Hall
>not all different variations of Sam hyde/10
Jordan Jenkins
You are a retard
Julian Mitchell
Maybe you should stop derailing this guy's thread because he made fun of your based ideologies
Juan Harris
Not a fascist. He came here looking for feedback and critique which I gave, not drool from an illiterate mongrel so you may be in the wrong thread
Ryan Murphy
Let's ignore this for now. The name stays, it's a theme.
Hunter Miller
It's funny user. Ignore the fucking upside down straya posters.