{"author_link":"\/author\/31eee384\/","author_name":"the31","author_uid":"1712","comments":[{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:19am","epoch":1367219640,"text":"Was Fun! Fit theme well."},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:56pm","epoch":1367243460,"text":"Awesome, got a 2:1 kill ratio"},{"author_name":"YSelf Tool","author_uid":"10854","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1367243520,"text":"Music would be great. A method to get new units would be great. That said: fun game! There are too few RTS at LD."},{"author_name":"Hyaku","author_uid":"7393","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:59pm","epoch":1367243640,"text":"Its really cool, but need more levels or some kind of goal.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>At this point you can just move your units to the spawning point an see how the enemies dies."},{"author_name":"AndyBumpkin","author_uid":"1735","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1367243820,"text":"I liked it - I was rubbish at it! But could see where the tactics came into it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Felt a bit unfair that the enemy kept spawning loads of new chaps in. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would have been good to play some missions with this control system (but where there were fixed numbers of enemies!)"},{"author_name":"Follett","author_uid":"11500","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1367247540,"text":"This needs to be a full blown game with big battles. I loved this. All I could ask for is a way to buy more troops."},{"author_name":"Griffablanc","author_uid":"6980","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1367251740,"text":"It's a very sweet play mechanics :)"},{"author_name":"AaronYip","author_uid":"4897","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:58am","epoch":1367376780,"text":"This was fantastic. :D Not sure whether my soldiers crouching did anything, but I can definitely see myself playing this way too much, with just a few more systems to mix things up."},{"author_name":"robc","author_uid":"15363","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 6:08am","epoch":1367388180,"text":"Nice little RTS.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Agree with the need to be able to get more units. Would also be nice (in an expanded version) to have an objective to attack or something.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Certainly has a lot of potential for a larger scale game :)"},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:55pm","epoch":1367412600,"text":"I killed 2 soldiers for every one of mine. Viva la Revolution! The island shall be free!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool to see someone use a tactics idea in their game. Want more like this."},{"author_name":"CherryNukaCola","author_uid":"4966","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1367412960,"text":"Very existential. Love the title, too!"},{"author_name":"Uhfgood","author_uid":"53","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:16pm","epoch":1367514660,"text":"Pretty interesting way to do it.  Added complexity while still attempting to keep it minimalist."},{"author_name":"finefin","author_uid":"16498","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1368388860,"text":"killed 239 enemies by camping in one corner of the map. awesome minimalistic RTS game! one of my favourites!"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1368674640,"text":"this was alot of fun -- i wanted more levels and the ability to buy more type of blips -- cool game"}],"images":["ld26\/1712-2d04e525d85044b92183f09983186dfc.jpg","ld26\/1712-78aa1b7a69bc1fc4adcb281dbf5aafc4.jpg","ld26\/1712-e33d882082ad2e8b0d0c1c5f6fe87f41.jpg","ld26\/1712-8aed7f8cae1c97567228921c1ba24314.jpg","ld26\/1712-0a8e67a889037be65116112e9eddc2fe.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.galacticgaming.net\/hosting\/ld26\/","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/31\/we-call-it-tactics","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25275","g_author":"1712","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25305","g_title":"We Call it Tactics","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"251","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1712-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1712-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1712-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1712-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/1712-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"================================================================================\r\n\r\n\r\nYou command a small number of troops on a small island. Do as much damage to the enemy as you can. Some may call this a pointless conflict. We call it tactics.\r\n\r\n\r\n================================================================================\r\n====CONTROLS\r\n\r\nThis game requires a mouse. I also suggest a scroll wheel.\r\n(It has been reported that We Call it Tactics works on touch devices with Flash Player, but I have not tried it myself.)\r\n\r\n--SPECIFICS\r\n\r\nClick\/drag with the mouse to scroll the map.\r\nUse the scroll wheel to zoom the map.\r\nClick on a squad to select it.\r\n\r\nWhen you have a squad selected:\r\n- (Quickly) click again on the same squad: select half of the units in the squad.\r\n- (After a delay) click again on the same squad: deselect the unit.\r\n- Click elsewhere on the map to tell the squad to move there directly.\r\n- Click on another squad to merge the current squad into the other one.\r\n\r\n--SPLITTING\r\nThis might be confusing, so I'll explain further:\r\nYou can split squads by double\/triple\/quadruple\/etc.-clicking on them, then ordering them to move. This commands part of them to \"separate\" from the squad, hence creating a new squad.\r\nThe number of clicks is associated to number of units selected as follows:\r\n1 click: 100% of squad\r\n2 clicks: 50% of squad\r\n3 clicks: 25% of squad\r\netc.\r\n\r\n--MERGING\r\nThis orders the selected units to become part of the targeted squad. Note that you can use the repeated-click \"partial selection\" feature in combination with merging. So, for example, you can send 25% of one squad to merge wth another by triple-clicking the first and then clicking on the second.\r\n\r\n================================================================================\r\n====THE HIGH GROUND\r\n\r\nWhile there obviously isn't any elevation in We Call it Tactics, there are a large number of bonus\/malus scenarios, although they should be intuitive for the most part. I'll list them below--if you want to figure them out yourself, don't read this part!\r\n\r\n--AIM MODIFIERS\r\nUnits are harder to hit when \"dug in,\" represented by shrinking. This happens when they stay stationary.\r\nUnits are harder to hit when they are in a forest, regardless of where shooters are located.\r\nUnits are easy to hit when swimming.\r\nSwimming units cannot fire.\r\nFlanked units (units moving perpendicular to the direction in which they are being fired upon) are easy to hit.\r\nUnits can aim slightly more accurately when standing still.\r\n\r\n--OTHER MODIFIERS\r\nUnits can reload faster when stationary.\r\nUnits move slowly while under fire.\r\n\r\n================================================================================\r\n====RE: THEME\r\n\r\nI took the theme into consideration in a few places. The most intentional was in the control scheme: everything's done using the mouse through gestures everyone's familiar with due to services like google maps. The art style is also very basic, and units on opposite teams don't even have distinguishing features. It's all about the tactics.","title":"We Call it Tactics"}