{"author_name":"tsmaster","cat":"LD #04 - Infection - 2004","comments":[],"epoch":1196582880,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75695","p_author":"tsmaster","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"111527","p_title":"Infection Wars","p_cat":"LD #04 - Infection - 2004","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1196582880","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1197590400","event_key":"88","event_name":"LD10"},"text":"

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Infection Wars<\/em><\/a> is a multiplayer game where you use an “infectatron” vehicle to bring a population of “protoplasmoid” objects over to your color. There is a (fairly dim) AI to play against, but it’s best if you’re playing splitscreen head-to-head with one or more humans. It supports up to 4 players (with multiple joysticks\/gamepads, preferably, or keyboard, or mouse).<\/p>\n

It was written using PyGame (no OpenGL), and was my first game development contest entry. For a while, I had been driving around with a license plate holder based on the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This came in 9th in both innovation and completeness. I’m still rather pleased at how this game turned out – it’s a pretty simple game with some easy-to-understand but unusual mechanics. A few more hours could be spent on the game to fix a few shortcomings, including the fact that sometimes the protoplasmoids get hung up on walls, and that the AI is regrettably (and nigh-unplayably) dim.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: final<\/a>, infection<\/a>, multiplayer<\/a>, pygame<\/a>, python<\/a>, split screen<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 2nd, 2007 3:08 am","title":"Infection Wars"}