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Slntnsnty
2003.02.28, 12:28 AM
Well I have finally! completed my second Mac port. Pocket Tanks. It is being received very well. The first game DX-Ball did average, as expected since it was an old game... We (the original author Mike Welch and I) really wanted to release DX-Ball first so that we could get the kinks ironed out of my Mac engine and have a solid release of Pocket Tanks. I think it was well worth it!

Here is a link to my site if anyone is interested in checking out the game:

www.ctspgames.com

I am really slammed right now with customer support and whatnot, but I am definately planning on writing a PostMortem, discussing the fun and not-so-fun of porting games to Carbon.

Might be a little while though.

Any ways - I just wanted to say releasing a game on the Mac feels like home! Its really cool the way this community works. Much different on the PC side :( Sure people play games, but there is just a different Atmosphere over there.
Mars_999
2003.02.28, 01:06 AM
Oh my god your pocket tanks is like Scorched Earth!! Cool to bad I don't have a Mac or I would try it out.
David
2003.02.28, 02:23 AM
the download is a corrupted archive it says
sealfin
2003.02.28, 03:51 AM
I didn't encounter any problems with the archive; like the game, especially the (very slightly odd) background music.
Slntnsnty
2003.02.28, 07:43 AM
We are pushing around 6GB a day since it got on Maccentral... So if you have a corrupted download, its probably just because of the amount of traffic :( I can verify that the .sit is not corrupted. I wish I knew of a better way to preserve the integrity of the archive...


Yes! Well there is a bit more to the history of Pocket Tanks than just "Scorched Earth" =) But there is definately some simularities. BTW if you are on a PC you can get the PC version here:

www.blitwise.com

Mike also wrote Scorched Tanks for the Amiga. He wrote Pocket Tanks somewhat in Homage to the old 2 player artillery games from the 70's .and 80's

At any rate, it is a great game =) and I was really honored to be able to port it to the Mac.
ERaZer
2003.02.28, 09:23 AM
Yeah, Pocket Tanks is cool(I've played it at my friends PC before) but one artillery game I've played for a long time and still do occasionally is Dome Wars, it just fits my need for fun :)
Mars_999
2003.02.28, 06:56 PM
Originally posted by Slntnsnty
We are pushing around 6GB a day since it got on Maccentral... So if you have a corrupted download, its probably just because of the amount of traffic :( I can verify that the .sit is not corrupted. I wish I knew of a better way to preserve the integrity of the archive...


Yes! Well there is a bit more to the history of Pocket Tanks than just "Scorched Earth" =) But there is definately some simularities. BTW if you are on a PC you can get the PC version here:

www.blitwise.com

Mike also wrote Scorched Tanks for the Amiga. He wrote Pocket Tanks somewhat in Homage to the old 2 player artillery games from the 70's .and 80's

At any rate, it is a great game =) and I was really honored to be able to port it to the Mac.


Yes Scorched Tanks was on the Amiga thats where I first played it!!!
DaFalcon
2003.03.03, 05:38 PM
Tons of fun! Thanks for the announcement here :-)

You can count on my registration with a few weeks once I have some discretionary income :-)
David
2003.03.03, 07:49 PM
I like it a lot :), the download works now.

I was actually thinking of making a game like that.
Mazilurik
2003.03.03, 08:58 PM
Great game; I think I'm starting to develop an addiction to it. Simple yet fun gameplay, great polish, nice visuals, and a rather... interesting soundtrack (in a good way). Of course, Scorched Earth will always hold a special place in my heart, but this is better for quick, five-minute games (and doesn't make me start up XWindows). Thanks for porting it to the Mac!
codemattic
2003.03.06, 12:38 PM
and it looks like it is currently the most downloaded game on www.MacGameFiles.com

Congrats!!
wallyfoo
2003.03.07, 06:06 PM
I just reviewed Pocket Tanks for Mac Gamer (http://www.macgamer.com). The review will be posted soon. I just want to say congratulations on an excellent port of a terrific game.
wallyfoo
2003.03.19, 12:07 PM
The review has been posted.

http://macledge.com/features/publish.php?id=1462
Fenris
2003.03.29, 06:29 AM
Yeah, I downloaded it at work (just don't tell my supervisor. :) and then I d/l:d it again when I came home. Me and my girlfriend played it for three hours straight, and then we registered it, and have played it a lot since then. I guess that's a pretty good mark. :) (Never paid for shareware before. :D)