Hey everyone,
I've been working on a game with a friend since February of last year. Our original intent was PC/Mac/Linux, but I picked up an OUYA on a whim in October and was blown away by the couch multiplayer potential. So, we spend some time optimizing and have it running pretty nicely with four players. We should be able to get up to 8 in deathmatch and other vs games with a little more tuning.
So what is it?
Gravitanks is a 2.5D dual stick shooter with a gravity based twist. Players drive massive tanks around planets or fly through space firing projectiles and other weapons. Projectiles are strongly affected by the gravity field of the planets. This can be used to the player’s advantage to fire from cover and arc shots into foes. Up to 8 players can compete in deathmatches. From 1 to 4 players can fight against the hordes cooperatively in survival mode.
Multiple ways to destroy your friends and enemies:
-Shells
-Machine gun
-High explosive shells
-Sticky bombs
-Laser
-Railgun
-Mines
-Push gun
-Planetary gravity reverse gun World affecting powerups:
-Slow motion
-No gravity
-EMP pulse
-One shot kills Multiple level types:
-Planets in open space: room to fly around
-Moving asteroid field: all motion, all the time
-Enclosed cavern: nowhere to run
-More to come We are targeting OUYA and PC/Mac/Linux with other platforms potentially to follow.
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I've been working on a game with a friend since February of last year. Our original intent was PC/Mac/Linux, but I picked up an OUYA on a whim in October and was blown away by the couch multiplayer potential. So, we spend some time optimizing and have it running pretty nicely with four players. We should be able to get up to 8 in deathmatch and other vs games with a little more tuning.
So what is it?
Gravitanks is a 2.5D dual stick shooter with a gravity based twist. Players drive massive tanks around planets or fly through space firing projectiles and other weapons. Projectiles are strongly affected by the gravity field of the planets. This can be used to the player’s advantage to fire from cover and arc shots into foes. Up to 8 players can compete in deathmatches. From 1 to 4 players can fight against the hordes cooperatively in survival mode.
Multiple ways to destroy your friends and enemies:
-Shells
-Machine gun
-High explosive shells
-Sticky bombs
-Laser
-Railgun
-Mines
-Push gun
-Planetary gravity reverse gun World affecting powerups:
-Slow motion
-No gravity
-EMP pulse
-One shot kills Multiple level types:
-Planets in open space: room to fly around
-Moving asteroid field: all motion, all the time
-Enclosed cavern: nowhere to run
-More to come We are targeting OUYA and PC/Mac/Linux with other platforms potentially to follow.
Arcing some shots:
Surrounded in survival mode:
Slow motion survival mode:
We are aiming for and end of February release with deathmatch and survival mode. More modes like king of the hill will come in updates.