Tank Battle ! by lavwa

In an arena filled with electric tanks, you must preserve your energy and defend yourself against your enemies ! Hit them with your laser to disable their engine, or drain their energy with your EnergyDrainer(tm) ;)

Goal
Protect your tank !
You must survive for 5 minutes, disabling as many tanks as you can!
Collect batteries to recharge your tank.
Get keys to steal an enemy tank when yours is about to explode!
How To play - Commands
Left-click : Fire laser
Right-click : Capture tank (if you have a key)
WASD: Move * Turn
Q/E : Strafe
Ctrl : Hover jump
Space : Break
1: Toggle Weapon Mode : (Laser / Energy Drainer)
B : Toggle Score Panel
Y : Restart Game
P : Quit Game
H: * Reset position and rotation * (In case you are stuck!)


| Windows | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehwk0o4d56t8qkg/Windows.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/tanks-battle |
Ratings
| Overall | 524th | 3.2⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 354th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 391th | 3.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 556th | 3.3⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 542th | 3.2⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 446th | 2.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 340th | 2.588⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 564th | 2.941⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Congratulations 5/5 for your bravery !!! GOOD LUCK ^..^
Unfortunately the game is not really playable, as the tanks are very bumpy, the controls frustrating and the enemies very hard to locate unless... they're shooting at you. In a couple occasions I died within a second of spawning. I only killed one enemy throughout all my ~10 attempts.
Too bad you lost so much time with the the procedural tanks, if the game was more balanced it could have been great. But hey working on procedural tank generation must have been a cool exercise, and that's also what LD is for - experimenting. We don't succeed every time!
I really liked hopping around in the map, blasting other tanks. I liked the fact that the tanks had destructible parts, it was a nice polishing touch to the game.
I got a bit confused with the weapon swapping, It would be nice if the was a different visual effect depending the weapon.
But! I had fun nonetheless. My main gripe aside from the main game controls is that 'P' (as well as the 'Quit' button when you push escape) should take you to the menu, not exit the game completely, in case you want to switch arenas or read the instructions.
Also, I'm not entirely sure what "hover jump" is supposed to do, as it never actually did anything for me.
Edit: one thing I forgot: the power mechanic didn't really come into play much, more could've been done with that. But with how much stuff you got into the game in such a short time, I can see why not every mechanic is done to perfection.