Saturday, February 22, 2020

Guerra² - A 2D Multiplayer Platform Shooter


So, I have been very busy with my Master's degree and haven't had much time to update the blog (not that the updates were frequent anyways...)

But recently I realized that one of the coolest projects I developed in the past is not here! So I'm republishing it!

 


Guerra² would be read as "War²" in English. The name is a joke with the words "War" and "Squared", which relates to the game art style (since most elements are... Squares.)

The gameplay was inspired in the game Soldat. And I developed this around 2011 if I remember correctly. This was one of my first, from the ground up, implementations of an Online Multiplayer game. At the time I had a PhP server hosting a lobby of rooms to play. But that server is now probably dead. It is still possible to play with CPUs or connect via IP to other players.

You can change your game looks with a set of predefined skins and colors with a total of 590.625 different combinations!!!

There are a few standard game modes, such as Capture The Flag, Death Match and Team Death Match. You can also choose to play by score or timed games.

In order to make maps for the game, I also developed a Map Editor, which allows the creation of maps for all game styles. If you join a server that is currently using a map that you don't have installed, the game will download the map for you.

Game controls are:
WASD - Character Movement (W jump)
Mouse - Aim and click to shoot
Space Bar - Granade, hold to aim
1~7 - Change weapon
F4 - To play in full-screen

Use the flags in the menu to change the game language.

Guerra² Download

Guerra² Map Editor Download






Thinking of maybe doing a remake of this game...?