altanis

Joined 3 years ago

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59
Member since
Aug 22
c, c++, rust, javascript, and basically every other language
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Comment · 2 years ago
lol someone ddosed the website, i fixed up the firewall and the game is back on
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey, me and my friend Aspect saw you. Thanks for checking out my game, have a good night!
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice, thank you for playing!
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah that "desync" is because the server mspt (shown next to your latency) was likely very high. It's because of a memory leak, I'll investigate when I get a chance.

I'll look into that game, I've never heard of it. Not sure how I'd incorporate NPCs in a fast paced game like this, if you have any ideas let me know!

Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah, that bug is from a memory leak, I haven't had a chance to debug it since I'm traveling but I'll figure out the cause by this week.
Comment · 2 years ago
You ultimately will need to try to kill the player who is chasing you. Choose one tank you think will kill them, and keep trying until they die. That's basically the point of the game; choose tanks adapted to your environment and get as many points as you can.
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey, thanks for the suggestions! By the way, you can hold K to level up to max, this is temporary though.

Levels are determined by halving your XP then finding the correct level, just like Diep.io. I agree with you though; I'll probably make it less harsh.

Level scaling is already exponential (its harder to get levels as you progress).

I actually really like the noob flag idea; when spectating, a bunch of people were confused on what to do and kept dying to a higher level person. I will definitely add this feature in the following week.

Comment · 2 years ago
WebRTC is complicated; there are many more edge cases compared to websockets. Off the top of my head, I know I'd need to run a TURN server for people behind symmetrical NAT or CGNAT networks, which would be a pain. WebSockets are much more accessible for everyone. In the future I'll investigate UDP protocols, but its likely I'll always use TCP for web games.
Comment · 2 years ago
Not at the moment, no. I'll add a tank editor in the future which could technically be ported offline, but I don't have too big of a desire to port it to a native app.
Comment · 2 years ago

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