battleships forever

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-09-18 08:34am

Neat little (10mb) space based RTS game

Oh, and it's freeware. You can get it here

The most fun is you can design your own ships, no matter how rediculous they get.

Case in point:

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-09-18 09:41am

LAWL! You gave bender a bling Grill!!!! that is spectacular! You win, sir, and you win hard WITH A VENGANCE!

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-09-18 10:26am

I havn't made the Bender myself but thank you, kind sir

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2007-09-19 02:06am

Woah..... When did they improve the game ship design feature?

I got into this game when the author joined the relevant thread at SB, its a blast.

The missions are fun and it requires actual tactics and coordination to get a good score.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-09-19 02:21pm

Is it me, or does the download link not work? The music pack works fine, just can't get the actual game, which is a slight obstacle.

Edit: You know, you'd think I'd notice the large 'Download Mirrors' button. *ahem*

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-09-19 03:03pm

interesting game but incomplete.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-09-19 04:15pm

It probably refelcts badly on me that my first creations are renditions of Kushan Frigates.
I do like the way that you can drop your creations straight into sandbox mode to see if your tweaks have gone correctly, especially as the Clone Weapon tool keeps catching me out.

DrMckay · Post by **DrMckay** » 2007-09-19 04:32pm

how do you create ships??

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-09-19 04:40pm

Use the shipyard program, maybe?

It's pretty simple, but I liked Warning Forever too. Does it surprise anyone that people honestly want base-building and racial distinctions? Gamers are the worst thing to happen to the gaming industry.

DrMckay · Post by **DrMckay** » 2007-09-19 05:16pm

whoops. found it. One Colonial Light cruiser, coming up!

Darkevilme · Post by **Darkevilme** » 2007-09-19 06:29pm

Niice game. Behold my sanest creation in it.

Most noticeable features are standard blaster broadsides and the custom cannon along the center. Each of those beamers is set to five damage and extra range to make up for having their traverse reduced to zero, two of these ships can actually destroy the aegis walls of an alien drednaught from the front.
Oh and in regards to stark's second paragraph, bwah? o.0

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-09-19 06:36pm

While I was poking around (since BF is another game that crashes due to Vista's user rights system) I saw plenty of people saying 'needs basez lol' and the like. I hear all games should be the same?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-09-19 08:16pm

Stark wrote:While I was poking around (since BF is another game that crashes due to Vista's user rights system) I saw plenty of people saying 'needs basez lol' and the like. I hear all games should be the same?

I haven't found myself wanting it, but at the same time I wouldn't mind there being an additional game mode which supported bases and such. Yes, some people just want the same basic gameplay element but with different details mixed in; that's got to be valid on some level, else anyone who wanted to play deathmatch would still be on Quake 1.

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-09-19 10:33pm

Awsome program. Very fun.

Tinkered around and built a small integrated force.

On the top and far left are Viper class. Two modified beamers (2 clip, 1 damage, 30 reload, 800 range) and four flak cannons make it's armaments. It's kinda a paper tiger. It'll punch through most default ships, especially ones with an exposed core near the front. But the fins on the back that house the Aegis protecting the two forward wings only have ten HP.

In the center are Hephestos support frigates. Still toying around with their weapons, the blue beam turrets (forgot the name) seem a little too powerful when combined with their repair systems.

And on the right, the Atmos blockade ship. Not particularly powerful, fast, or agile, it's there to stand between the enemy and more fragile ships. Two standard beamers and four standard flak allow it to serve it's purpose.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-09-19 10:53pm

Uraniun235 wrote:I haven't found myself wanting it, but at the same time I wouldn't mind there being an additional game mode which supported bases and such. Yes, some people just want the same basic gameplay element but with different details mixed in; that's got to be valid on some level, else anyone who wanted to play deathmatch would still be on Quake 1.

It isn't even an RTS, it's just an oldscore shooter. It's like saying Heroes of Might and Magic would be better if you could research tech or use your hero like in Dynasty Warriors. Putting in standard RTS features would make the game bland and usual, and it'd lose what little charm it has. ZOMG needs SupCom megamap!

I wish it had larger areas, though: they're all far too small for the speed of even the slower ships.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2007-09-20 02:33am

Andrew_Fireborn wrote:Snip

Wow, your navy is severely undergunned. I have only started work on fleet, but I can say that the design philosophy is a bit different.

This here is the Scorpion fighter. It is one of several planned fighter types, this one focusing primarily on anti-ship work.

Next, is the Lancet light cruiser. It was the first ship I've ever made, so the design has a few glitches I'm still trying to correct.

However, the Lancet project was put on hold to make time for...

This baby. The Glory-class battleship. Slow as fuck, but once it catches you, you're dead.

Size comparison: Scorpion, Lancet, Glory, meet Cronus and Hestia of the regular fleet. Needless to say, the vanilla ships feel a bit undergunned.

So, how do they perform against vanilla ships?

A squadron of Scorpions makes short work of Nagaya's Flagship.

Same goes for two Lancets.

A Glory eats Leviathan Station for breakfast.

Of course, they are not supposed to face vanilla ships, but rather, my own creations. So far, however, they fight each other.

A fighter swarm annihilates a Lancet in under a minute:

But against a Glory, they face no such luck:

The aftermath: a damaged Glory and lots and lots of fighter debris.

If you think that it is crippled, think again. Just because it lost half of its armaments does not mean it cannot take on any ship in the game and win.

3 Lancets take on a Glory:

They literally run circles around it, but it doesn't help them any- its rear broadside is only slightly weaker than the forward one

The poor guys never had a chance.

They did manage to do some damage to the bigger ship, though. All but one of it's mega-beam turrets, an assload of its forward broadside, and the starboard pod launcher are gone.

Finally, the real fun begins. A Glory vs Glory battle. This one tool almost half an hour of constant pounding. The ships closed in:

Then opened the distance again. Eventually, the shields either overloaded, or ran out of power had to recharge. By targeting unshielded sections, I was able to inflict damage on the enemy battleship:

As you can see, most of its broadside is gone, and so are a lot of the shield generators. It lost, it just didn't know it yet.

More coming soon!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Darkevilme · Post by **Darkevilme** » 2007-09-20 11:10am

I want to fight the Glory, shipfile please?

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-09-20 11:44am

The U.S.S. Booya. Took out a Leviathan in one shot.

9 Cronus are needed to take down one Booya!.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-09-20 12:00pm

Uraniun235 wrote:
Stark wrote:While I was poking around (since BF is another game that crashes due to Vista's user rights system) I saw plenty of people saying 'needs basez lol' and the like. I hear all games should be the same?
I haven't found myself wanting it, but at the same time I wouldn't mind there being an additional game mode which supported bases and such. Yes, some people just want the same basic gameplay element but with different details mixed in; that's got to be valid on some level, else anyone who wanted to play deathmatch would still be on Quake 1.

You can create starbases and defense platforms and mess around with them in skirmish.

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-09-20 12:18pm

fgalkin wrote:
Andrew_Fireborn wrote:Snip
Wow, your navy is severely undergunned. I have only started work on fleet, but I can say that the design philosophy is a bit different.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Indeed, quite different.

The first batch was mainly to build a reasonable ship that would win, unless I was insanely uncautious. Hence their non-supershipness.

A super ship's my next build. Although I still don't think I'll make a flying gun-orgy. As amusing as it must be to watch those things fire. (Stock weapons?)

Darkevilme · Post by **Darkevilme** » 2007-09-20 01:05pm

Behold, my insane and latest creation. People, i bring you Mister Rogers.

Time to load=lots.
weapons=oodles.
manouverability=like a mountain.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-09-20 01:20pm

U.S.S. Froggie. Not as powerful as Booya but strong enough.

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-09-20 02:45pm

Any of those up on their database, I'd like to take a few whacks at them.

At the least see how the Gjallerhorn measures up. She's a tougher nut than she looks.
[EDIT] Link to .shp incase you guys want to smite it like a petulant child.

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Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-09-20 02:57pm

Eh, I went more for homages than uber-gunned wank ships. :p

The Kushan Fleet assembled. Looks innocent enough, but that Ion Frigate mounts a supercharged Ion Cannon.

Do not poke the Nebula.

For those who prefer more mainstream Sci-Fi:

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-09-20 03:01pm

Beautiful work there Vanas.