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Show HN: Gorched is terminal game written in Go inspired by Scorched Earth (github.com)
4 points by zladovan 2195 days ago
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zenojevski 2194 days ago
This is really cool!

I think I can spot a few places where you got inspired by Worms as well :)

- Scenario doodads like trees - Projectile distances when they fly off screen - Cross tombstones, like in the original Worms!

Is that right?

Edit: What do you think of remote multiplayer via shared Tmux sessions?

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zladovan 2190 days ago
Yes you are absolutely right about Worms inspiration :)

There is minimally one another thing I would like to borrow from Worms and it's the water. I like the idea of tanks to be sunk when they are "out of terrain".

Good idea with this multiplayer. I didn't think about this way. Fell free to reach me on e-mail (see github profile).

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mikecoles 2194 days ago
This is what has been lacking. Scorched Earth was a great game to play in the office. Coworkers could take their turn whenever they had time. Through the years, I've searched occasionally for an updated version.

Thank you for this.

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zenojevski 2194 days ago
I have been working on a remake of Scorched Earth for a little while, that is modern but still faithful to the original.

I find myself playing it often, for a quick minute or two, just to release tension accumulated during the day :) Maybe you'll have some fun as well!

It doesn't need anything other than a browser to play, and you jump straight into action!

- https://pastry.itch.io/ravaged-planet

It's single player only unfortunately (yet) and the AI leaves quite a bit to be desired... But I'll get to it eventually!

Here are the instructions:

- You are always the red tank - Left/right arrow changes the firing angle - Up/down change the firing power - Pressing SHIFT and/or ALT performs the above faster or slower - Tab/shift-tab switches between weapons - Spacebar fires

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zladovan 2190 days ago
You are welcome. It's pleasure for me to see when somebody likes it.

I am planning to keep adding more features, so if you are interested check github repo after while again. E.g. there will be definitely some way to increase radius of explosion in next release.

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