Lob! Lob! Lob!
In the year 30XD, there were... a bunch of tanks... that started... fighting!
Lob! Lob! Lob! is a Pico-8 demake of Scorched Earth, with mechanics that should be familiar to anyone who's played that game, or others like it (e.g. Tank Wars, Worms, etc...). It is a turn based tank battle game, where you select a weapon, set your angle and power and let it fly!
The game has support for up to 8 players or AI bots, in hot-seat multiplayer. Try out all seven weapons and 5 utilities!
Pixels, Design, Music and SFX by Nette
Also available on Itch.io.
Controls
Camera Mode:
- DPad: Move Camera
- Z: Item Select
- X: Aim Mode
Item Select Mode:
- DPad: Move cursor
- Z: Cancel, -> Camera Mode
- X: Select item, -> Camera Mode
Aim Mode:
- Left & Right: Change angle
- Up & Down: Change power
- Z: Camera Mode
- X: Fire
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OMG. This is AWESOME.
I don't think I've even seen everything yet but this updated version of Scorched Earth (With some of the improvements brought from modern games like worms) is sweet.
A few things are missing (Funky bomb, napalm etc) but all in all it's still pretty cool. (I assume the dirt physics were an intentional omission)
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We initially really wanted to do Napalm, and also have the dirt fall rather than reset instantly. Sadly, I ran pretty hard right into the token limits, so we came up with some simpler to implement, but still fun weapons like the lighting bolt shell. Glad you like it!
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Looks beautiful! Very polished! Maybe I am just a weakling, but I could really use at least a partial view of the the projected arc of my projectile.
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Nice! Love me some worms / gorillas.bas. Check out Micro Murder as well if you haven't already.
Regarding tokens and using fewer of them, https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=27762 might help you get started down that particular rabbit hole :)
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OMG. It's SCORCHED EARTH!!! I used to play Scorched Earth for hours and hours as a kid. This is amazing.
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