Control 8

[combatking0]

Don't worry, this isn't a sequel. I have been working on this over Christmas which is why I didn't take part in the unofficial Christmas challenge.

In this program, you take control of a robotic space probe (called "8", though there's no reference to this in the program yet) and use a symbolic programming interface to create a series of commands to tell it how to reach its goal - similar to the "Turtle" teaching tool of the 1980's.

I haven't finished the mission maps yet, and most of the graphic tiles are still from the Earth Trial set, though Mission 8 has some of the Moon Mission tiles.

Please let me know what you think.

I have included the incomplete users guide too, to get you started.

[combatking0]

It's been a while since I've worked on this, and I've been thinking about making it more customisable.

At the moment, you can write maps in Notepad / Wordpad / Notepad++, but I am thinking of making the graphics tiles importable at run time.

This means I can issue a developer with the game engine, and they can produce the 32*32 pixel tiles to suit their imagination, and import them just as they would a map.

I can also change this to work using the arrow / WASD keys instead, to make it into an RPG style game engine. If anyone is interested, please let me know, and I'll either collaborate on a project, or give you the tools to start you own project if you prefer.

I have attached the Windows and Mac versions, but it is just as easy to make this into a .swf for playing on a web page.

Missions 12, 13 and 14 haven't been written properly, so they are copies of an unfinished Mission 11. I'll work on this soon.