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Those Pesky Parachutists

Author:

Steve Harris

Submitted:

3rd February, 2008

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Genre:

Arcade

Downloads:

146

Rated:

39th Place

(4.5 / 5)

HMS Big Ears is under attack! Enemy planes are dropping off paratroopers to take over the ship. All that's left is you and a handful of men. Defend the ship for as long as you can. Good luck soldier!

Those Pesky Parachutists is a mini-game from the upcoming Turning The Tide PC game. If you like this, keep an eye on www.turningthetide.info for the release date

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Posted by Crazy Codemonkey

3rd February, 2008

nice idea.

Posted by Guru Rinpoche

3rd February, 2008

Rated :

Neat, but it's kind of a drag when you think you've shot down a plane and the guy parachutes out at the last second and kills one of your guys--something you can't really prevent. I would think an explosion like that would kill anyone inside, or at least force them to abadon the plane immediately...

Posted by Attan

3rd February, 2008

The bullet seemed too oversized, and you could have made a nice animation when you hit the parachute rather then just deleting it, other then that i liked the graphics.

The gameplay wasn't very bad either, but just too boring and common. But i guess that's because it's just a mini game in a bigger project.

Posted by -Adam-

3rd February, 2008

I agree, the bullet graphic was too big, perhaps it should have looked more like a missile?

Posted by Steve Harris

4th February, 2008

"Neat, but it's kind of a drag when you think you've shot down a plane and the guy parachutes out at the last second and kills one of your guys"

I did think about this and did change it, but decided it was more challenging to have guys jumping out of a burning plane at the last second. You never know, they might not have been able to get their parachute on any quicker!

"The bullet seemed too oversized"

This is supposed to be a cartoony style game so I don't think an oversized object is too out of place (IMO).

Posted by ~Zigzag~

4th February, 2008

"The gameplay wasn't very bad either, but just too boring and common."
That doesn't sound like very good gameplay. But I won't rate til I get to play it.

Posted by Moonyjacob

4th February, 2008

Rated :

fun and addictive! my name on the highscore is Moonjacob, and this game is really good

Posted by Guru Rinpoche

4th February, 2008

Rated :

I do agree with you Steve, it's cool to have last-minute ditchers, but when they ditch literally a pixel before the plane hits the ship, then there's no way to prevent them from killing one of your guys...that's usually how I lost, from something I couldn't feasably prevent.

And the bullets are a good size--they have a sense of weight to them, which makes their large, slow trajectories and explosive charge believable.
Comment edited by Guru Rinpoche on 2/4/2008

Posted by Steve Harris

4th February, 2008

Thanks Guru Rinpoche. I'll see if I can do something with checking the Y positions of the plane before allowing a bale out.

If anyone wants to vote it, i've entered it in to the vitalize compo on www.madword.com - http://www.madword.com/play/Pesky--Parachutists/

Posted by Hayo

4th February, 2008

Rated :

This rating is for the coding

Posted by

5th February, 2008

Rated :

Wish this was more of a level system type game with diffrent screens, i thought it was fun for a mini game i loved the sound effect when u shoot a paratroopers to their death

Posted by Fragasnap

7th February, 2008

Rated :

It would have been more fun if when I was doing so well a parachutist wouldn't land on my ship and kill all of my crew at once.

Posted by Steve Harris

7th February, 2008

Must have been Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Posted by Fragasnap

7th February, 2008

Rated :

Must have been.
Also, I beat ya score, Steven.
Now you'll have to play like a madman until you get 980 more points than you previously have

Posted by Steve Harris

7th February, 2008

Hehehe that isn't even my score, although I wish it was!

Posted by U.2

8th February, 2008

Rated :

The idea is good, and it's an OK game.

Posted by Torava

9th February, 2008

Rated :

Nice game. It's pretty similar than Blue Dragon.
Comment edited by Torava on 2/9/2008

Posted by Hayo

10th February, 2008

Rated :

No coincidence there.

Posted by bobshishka

10th February, 2008

its great for a mini game

but a level system would be nice

Posted by MBK

23rd February, 2008

Rated :

This is for the coding and the graphics ... <looks at Hayo>

Good game. My two complaints are that the soldiers AI wasn't so good, and the enemys could shoot them from clear across the boat.

Note: if I could put this as 4 and 1/2 stars, that's what it would be, but oh well

The bullet is fine how it is imho.

Comment edited by MBK on 2/23/2008

Posted by MBK

26th February, 2008

Rated :

Hah ! .. I'm Still in 1st !

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