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[Alistair Winter]

On the first day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
A Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

[Alistair Winter]

On the second day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
Two Clan Vipers
And a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

[Alistair Winter]

On the third day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
Three chrome Maulers
Two Clan Vipers
And a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

Edited by Alistair Winter, 26 December 2016 - 09:04 PM.

[Alistair Winter]

On the fourth day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
Four buffed Warhammers
Three chrome Maulers
Two Clan Vipers
And a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

Edited by Alistair Winter, 27 December 2016 - 07:31 PM.

[Luscious Dan]

Looking good, keep up the fine work

[Mechteric]

On the fifth day of Christmas, CapperDeluxe turned your mech presents into a computer game

That's right, it is now finally playable!
https://github.com/h.../tag/v0.1-alpha

[Alistair Winter]

CapperDeluxe, on 28 December 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

On the fifth day of Christmas, CapperDeluxe turned your mech presents into a computer game

That's right, it is now finally playable!
https://github.com/h.../tag/v0.1-alpha

Man, that was so cool and nostalgic! I wish the map had the same kind of crisp graphics of HD pixel art, but man it was cool to see my pixel mechs come to life. I love how the attacks match the stock weapons and I love all the little explosions and stuff. Cool animations. And the terrifying sound of a Nova alpha-striking!

I won my first match with 5 surviving mechs! Too bad there was no endgame!

[Odanan]

CapperDeluxe, on 28 December 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

On the fifth day of Christmas, CapperDeluxe turned your mech presents into a computer game

That's right, it is now finally playable!
https://github.com/h.../tag/v0.1-alpha

Oh, this is very good!

I took a beating with the standard IS vs Clan match.
(I blame that dang Atlas who missed almost all shots)

[Alistair Winter]

On the fifth day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
FIIIVE SWEET IIC's...!!
Four buffed Warhammers
Three chrome Maulers
Two Clan Vipers
And a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

Spoiler

To keep myself motivated in this endless line of mech packs from PGI, I've decided to set a limit on how many mechs I want to pixel. I want to do 7 clan mechs in each weight class and 13 IS mechs in each weight class. This means I will not be doing the Linebacker or any future Clan heavy mechs, for example. Unless I change my mind, at some point. I just want to fill the empty boxes and then call it a day.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 29 December 2016 - 12:41 AM.

[Odanan]

CapperDeluxe, on 28 December 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

On the fifth day of Christmas, CapperDeluxe turned your mech presents into a computer game

That's right, it is now finally playable!
https://github.com/h.../tag/v0.1-alpha

BTW, can I dream with the future features?

1- Team Battle Value counter (that's quite easy to add).
2- More mechs (preferably, all mechs and variants in MWO) - lot's of work, but I can help.
3- Game modes: a] Custom Battle (basically what we have); b] Gauntlet (levels of increasing difficulty); c] Campaign (with story - yes, what's a wild dream).
4- Multiplayer.

Edited by Odanan, 29 December 2016 - 04:15 AM.

[Mechteric]

Odanan, on 29 December 2016 - 04:15 AM, said:

BTW, can I dream with the future features?

1- Team Battle Value counter (that's quite easy to add).
2- More mechs (preferably, all mechs and variants in MWO) - lot's of work, but I can help.
3- Game modes: a] Custom Battle (basically what we have); b] Gauntlet (levels of increasing difficulty); c] Campaign (with story - yes, what's a wild dream).
4- Multiplayer.

1. Yes, it would be easy, I'll see if I can get it in sooner
2. Yes, it is a lot, and well, read on...
3. Yes, would be nice, but...
4. This will not happen in this iteration of the game, because I'm using Python and a game API for it that does not already have multiplayer stuff built in.


As such, I am most likely to only do a limited set of new features to this game as it is now before potentially moving the whole project over to the Unity engine. There's a lot of limitations in the current python based game that could be overcome by such a move so it almost certainly will happen. So since that would take time to shift over to new engine and code I want to be sure that what I leave everyone with for the interim is a fun game worth playing in the meantime

Edited by CapperDeluxe, 29 December 2016 - 01:43 PM.

[Alistair Winter]

CapperDeluxe, on 29 December 2016 - 01:42 PM, said:

1. Yes, it would be easy, I'll see if I can get it in sooner
2. Yes, it is a lot, and well, read on...
3. Yes, would be nice, but...
4. This will not happen in this iteration of the game, because I'm using Python and a game API for it that does not already have multiplayer stuff built in.


As such, I am most likely to only do a limited set of new features to this game as it is now before potentially moving the whole project over to the Unity engine. There's a lot of limitations in the current python based game that could be overcome by such a move so it almost certainly will happen. So since that would take time to shift over to new engine and code I want to be sure that what I leave everyone with for the interim is a fun game worth playing in the meantime

Let me know if you need some very simple textures for the ground, buildings, etc. I'm not talking about 10 different planets with volcanoes and jungles and crystal deserts, but I could probably help you put together a simple urban setting, if you're really planning to take this game further.

[Odanan]

CapperDeluxe, on 29 December 2016 - 01:42 PM, said:

1. Yes, it would be easy, I'll see if I can get it in sooner
2. Yes, it is a lot, and well, read on...
3. Yes, would be nice, but...
4. This will not happen in this iteration of the game, because I'm using Python and a game API for it that does not already have multiplayer stuff built in.


As such, I am most likely to only do a limited set of new features to this game as it is now before potentially moving the whole project over to the Unity engine. There's a lot of limitations in the current python based game that could be overcome by such a move so it almost certainly will happen. So since that would take time to shift over to new engine and code I want to be sure that what I leave everyone with for the interim is a fun game worth playing in the meantime

Cool!
BTW, will you add the ECM (makes units harder to hit?), AMS (less missile damage), Artemis IV (more missile damage), Beagle/Command Console/Targeting Computer (easier to aim?) and Jump Jets (when selected, ignore cover but harder to aim)?

[Odanan]

Capper, how do you store the mech's database? Is it in a xml file or something?

[CDLord HHGD]

Nice to see Odanan still around, CapperDeluxe.... Who else? Been away for a while (life decided to kick me in the nuts good) but I'm coming back!

[Alistair Winter]

On the sixth day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
Six Wolfhounds baying
FIIIVE SWEET IIC's...!!
Four buffed Warhammers
Three chrome Maulers
Two Clan Vipers
And a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

[Luscious Dan]

That escalated quickly with the IICs! Nice

[Mechteric]

Odanan, on 29 December 2016 - 02:27 PM, said:

Cool!
BTW, will you add the ECM (makes units harder to hit?), AMS (less missile damage), Artemis IV (more missile damage), Beagle/Command Console/Targeting Computer (easier to aim?) and Jump Jets (when selected, ignore cover but harder to aim)?

I'm thinking that'll have to wait until the rewrite, it's not worth the effort putting in the python version.

Odanan, on 29 December 2016 - 02:33 PM, said:

Capper, how do you store the mech's database? Is it in a xml file or something?

Close, YAML files. You can see them here:
https://github.com/h...ster/data/mechs

[Alistair Winter]

On the seventh day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
seven Crabs crawling
six Wolfhounds baying
FIIIVE SWEET IIC's...!!
four buffed Warhammers
three chrome Maulers
two Clan Vipers
and a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree

[Alistair Winter]

On the eighth day of Christmas, Alistair Winter gave to me
eight Black Knights fighting
seven Crabs crawling
six Wolfhounds baying
FIIIVE SWEET IIC's...!!
four buffed Warhammers
three chrome Maulers
two Clan Vipers
and a Phoenix Hawk in a pear tree