RTS Lite - possible?

lefooshlefoosh Member Posts: 4
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Morning All,

Just a quick question as I'm about to embark on a new game and I'm looking into potential game engines.

I'm planning to make something along the lines of Cannon Fodder where you click to select a unit member and direct them to a spot. They will need to auto-retaliate if they're shot and attack if an enemy comes into range. I'll also need to add in power-ups, different enemy types... but thats for later on.

I know this is asking a lot but I want to know - first of all - is it possible to click and drag select actors and direct them to a position and if game salad has any sort of pathfinding potential!?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Kris

Comments

  • jb15jb15 Member Posts: 602
    Possible--well, I'm not going to say it's impossible. But--GS doesn't support tables/arrays yet, so if I were you I would definitely NOT do a RTS in GS. I believe arrays are expected in the fall. You might at least wait till then.
  • lefooshlefoosh Member Posts: 4
    Hey jb,

    Thanks for the reply - fall's not too long away at least... So right now theres not pathfinding equivalent. Might be heading back to unity then...

    Thanks again,

    Kris
  • jb15jb15 Member Posts: 602
    Good luck with Unity. Some incredible games have been made with that engine.

    Hope to see you in the fall, though. :)
  • ChunkypixelsChunkypixels Member Posts: 1,114
    Tables and arrays are listed on the roadmap as coming in Winter... which could mean anything up to March next year.

    Hopefully it'll be sooner, but I wouldnt hold your breath.
  • lefooshlefoosh Member Posts: 4
    Hey, thanks for your thoughts - perhaps this idea isn't best suited for GS but I like the product and want to give it a decent crack as I'm definitely a designer not a coder!

    I'm thinking platformer or scrolling shooter maybe, something like zombies ate my neighbours...

    The lite will have to wait till the next game maybe!
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Honestly, reading your description, you certainly *could* do it in GameSalad - there's nothing there really that hasn't been done before.

    Selecting a unit and moving it - pretty easy.

    Retaliating when enemy is near - use Magnitude, or even just an invisible actor around the player that denotes a 'vision' zone.

    Powerups - yep - easy.

    New enemies - again, not a biggy.

    Now, a full blown RTS - *that* might be problematic - but what you describe wouldn't be too hard if you know what you're doing ;)

    Cheers,

    QS :D

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  • lefooshlefoosh Member Posts: 4
    Hey 'sheep,

    That's interesting, thanks for your post. This'll be my first game but it's obvious there's a very active community here so I think I'm gonna go for it!

    I think my mistake here was titling this post with 'rts' as it's not really - it's more of a click, select, move to point tactical game... Let's see how I get on!

    Thanks again all, will start a post and a blog, keep you all, well, posted!
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