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Starfleet Pilot
6 years ago

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Tanks are coming! This is the second type of enemies in the game. Significantly stronger armor than basic drones, equipped with a heavy mortar that pierces though shields in seconds.

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Heavy Tank (Starfleet Pilot) - Download Free 3D model by dejw (@dejw) [0d45bad]
A tank model designed for Starfleet Pilot, a fast-paced mobile endless runner-type game, available for Android. (GameJolt, itch.io). - Heavy Tank (Starfleet Pilot) - Download Free 3D model by dejw (@dejw) [0d45bad]
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Ground support

Tanks are the second type of the enemy that were added in the game. They have significantly stronger armor than basic drones, and they are equipped with a heavy mortar that can pierce though ship’s shields in seconds. Rewards for taking down a tank is also much more hefty.

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Technicalities

From the technical point of view, this enemy was particularly challenging, because it is driving on the ground, and its maneuvering abilities are much more limited than drone’s:

  1. it has to rotate in the direction it wants to drive to, this slows its path following behavior down a bit, which makes it easier to overshoot path way-points, if the next point is at a very wide angle

  2. it cannot move in the direction perpendicular to its velocity - this is the essence of the vehicle-like behavior; this prevents its from changing directions on the spot, which makes tanks slower and less agile than drones, and many times they simply cannot keep up with player’s pace.

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What’s next?

You can expect updates on more types of enemies that are planned (some of them are on the ground, some of them are flying), but in the meantime, I am working on a demo (maybe also a web version) for everyone to download and give feedback.

Stay tuned,
Dawid



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