drone - part 1

drone is a shooter mixed with a rts/tower defence game.

This game requires a reasonably good computer to run (a video card); it will auto scale to your desktop resolution, but can be changed in-game if it is running a bit choppy ( < 50 fps).

This game can be played like a shooter, but it can also be played as an rts. There are several different strategies.

Difficulty settings are in the main menu.

WSAD = movement.

left click = everything else.

more in depth instructions on my website and in the game.

Thankyou.

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  4a4ik said 3 months ago

  Huh, Finally i played it :D And if you choose strategy it will be more interesting. But with weapons it more easier and... not to interesting you can run in circles with flamethrower.

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  Gornova said 4 months ago

  really good game, with mix of action, graphics, progression, design.. cool :D

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  4a4ik said 5 months ago

  soo cool game ! But is there a way to run it with more than... 9 fps ? it's soo slow on my PC even without music, sounds and with smallest resolution...

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  4a4ik said 5 months ago

  hm.. looks like its NVIDIA drivers problem... sorry hope play your game sometime.

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  DWWilson said 5 months ago

  Damn, that sucks. I hope you manage to fix the problem.
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  4a4ik said 5 months ago

  when i run this game my windows crashes :/

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  4

  Omega Squid Studios said 5 months ago

  Fantastic example of what gamemaker can create! Great work!

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  AG Games said 5 months ago

  This is so much more than I expected..I played for 4 hours straight..Dang!

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  Manoloko said 5 months ago

  Very elegant and entertaining game. Brilliant, we want more!

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  DWWilson said 5 months ago

  thanks :D
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  4

  SumYungGai said 5 months ago

  The structures are really expensive, and don't hold for more than a wave or two. The areas are extremely long. You don't get to keep anything you bought afterward. There's very minimal progression. Just... a bunch of things I don't like about this game.
  The concept is really great, though. I enjoyed playing it. I just wish it were slightly different.

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  DWWilson said 5 months ago

  Attrition is controlled for with the ammunition cost when you have weapons, but when you have buildings with unlimited ammo, it is the buildings themselves that have to be destroyed.
  
  There is also fairly significant damage and income inflation which is why I made the late tier weapons and buildings cost so much. (I also didn't want to allow you to have the best of everything, you have to make a decision which strategy you're going for and build around it)
  
  The inflation is caused by your income being directly tied to the enemies which are tied to the difficulty.
  
  In the next game, I'm going to split the resource system into two parts which *should* fix this. Having a experience system (based off kills) and a mana system (fixed regeneration).
  
  I made the difficulty settings screw with the attrition factor by making easy give you a 20% subsidy on everything you kill, and hard giving you a 20% tax. You should try it on easy and see what you think.
  
  You can somewhat control how long an area takes with the next wave button, I'm not sure how else I could speed things up.
  
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  Time said 5 months ago

  Sheer brilliance. I truly admire this game :)

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