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May 4, 2011
Game Musings, Mars Defender

Mars Defender

May 4, 2011
Game Musings, Mars Defender

My experiments using the tilt sensors to fly a spaceship model have turned into a 2D Asteroids-like game with 3D models. The tilt sensor has been replaced with standard virtual joystick controls for the iPhone.

This started off as a simple shooter but quickly started to take on a story-line; I have about 20 missions planned, focusing on a war between Asteroid Belt colonists and a Mars/Earth alliance.

Spaceship models were bought from the excellent 3drt.com

You can try out a playable web demo here (4 missions written so far)

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