Cutie-Tanks

This is a arcade game where the last one alive wins.
The players play as very cute tanks, and can shoot an unlimited amount of bullets / bombs at eachother.
A player can only take 10 hits before dying. The last one standing wins. Matches are around 1 to 2 minutes and very chaotic. For now there are 3 levels to choose from, but I plan on making some more.

The game had multiple gamemodes:

• Single Match:
  play one match and return to the skin and level selection screen for another one.
• Freeplay:
  the same as Single Match, but you can customize all stats for players.
• Duos/Teams:
  play in teams or duos against others.

Also, there are skins. To join a game press down on the dpad on the player select screen, and then use up and down to select a skin from a lot of cool tanks.

The game is playable online on itch.io and also as a instalable app using Electron.

Play on itch.io

Installation

It is possible to run the game locally using Electron. I have prebuilt packages available for Arch Linux and a Lutris install for other distros. If you want to run it on MacOS or Windows, you can build it yourself using for example Electron Forge.

Lutris

There is a Lutris version available which will install the latest version for a single user.
Download using Lutris

AUR

There are two AUR packages available for Arch Linux:

• cutie-tanks:
  install latest stable tag from GitHub system-wide

• cutie-tanks-git:
  clones this repo and builds it using parcel

AUR packages can be installed using an AUR helper like yay or paru:

yay -S cutie-tanks

Build from source

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/RobinBoers/cutie-tanks

2. Install npm & parcel bundler

sudo apt install npm
sudo pacman -S npm

npm install -g parcel-bundler

3. Install dependencies

npm install

5. Build

npm run build

Development

Make sure you have parcel and nodejs installed:

npm install -g parcel-bundler

The game uses Phaser 3 Scenes for the different "states" the game can be in. These are:

• Loading:
  for loading all the assets
• Main menu:
  to connect controllers and display the logo
• Mode select:
  to select a game mode
• Settings:
  to configure settings for Freeplay Mode
• Player select:
  to join the game and select a skin
• In-Game:
  to play the game
• Winner:
  shows the winner(s): the last one / last team standing

To test the game:

npm start

To package for production:

npm run build

The game will be put in /dist.

Electron

There is a experimental electron version available in /electron. It uses electron-packager and electron-installer-flatpak for building.

To test, run:

cd electron && npm run dev

To build as a flatpak:

cd electron && npm run build

Controls

The game is designed with a Xbox controller in mind, but any controller should work. To move use the left analog stick. To aim use the right analog stick. To shoot use the analog right trigger. To navigate menus dpad or left analog stick and A/B or start/select.

NOTE: the image above says ABXY to change the level. Since a recent version that has changed and the levels are selected just like any other menu is navigated: using the dpad or left analog stick.