[airstrike] Single player gameplay: any ideas?

[Ulf Ekström]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:30:14PM +0100, Eismann Peter wrote:

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> Here an another idea for a single play game: This version has not so
> much military scence as ULf's version (will be a little bit better
> for our youngest): Your plane have to fly around an area in a given
> way: 
> Winner is
> the plane with the shortest time and the most points.  You can get
> points if you do a few things: Fly throw holes (Hangar), below
> bridges, throw ballons, etc.  Shot down differnt ballons and don't
> kill any other lives (bird, etc) Also you have to avoid to collide
> with the other plane and other things (e.g. Big Berta bombs) The
> plane with the shortest time (and most points) is the winner (best
> highscores are in the internet) What are you think about this
> version?

Actually I think this is a great idea. There can also be things like
burning rings suspended from balloons that you have to fly through for
extra points (like in the circus).  I assume this is for a single
plane at the time, otherwise there would be problems if one plane is
much ahead of the other and they don't fit on the screen at the same
time.  Maybe there could be a horizontal splitscreen, so that two
people can play at the same time (still in the same level at the same time).
    __________
   | Player 1 |
   |----------|
   | Player 2 |
   `----------'

Perhaps this `nonviolent' style is actually more fun than bombing you
opponent.. The planes can still bump into each other, but there are no
obvious weapons on the planes.

> Maybe we can make both versions (Ulf's and this one) (Four youngest and "bad boys")

Seems like a good idea. I'll have to hack some sort of level editor together..

Ulf