Broken Brothers Deluxe Beta v1.0

[thegamedesigner]

Trailer (YouTube)

Broken Brothers Deluxe is my newest strategy game. Survive, unlock, conquer!

A real-time strategy game, with twisted angels, industrial spider queens, dog-fighting aircraft, interactive units, over 26 perks, and lots of giant spikes!


It is a beta, so I'd love and all feedback! I'm throwing it to the crowd, rip it to shreds, please. Once I'm done crying, I'll crawl back to my computer and make the game better.

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Thanks all!
- Michael.
www.spyeart.com

[TimS]

Crashed as soon as it got to the main menu:

Error E1514 -- Invalid pointer or handle in. [ok] [cancel]

Clicking 'ok' just pops up another one, and 'cancel' closes it out.

Vista 32 bit SP2, ATI2600, Core2Duo T5750.

[thegamedesigner]

This problem is in the read me. You're running vista with UAC on. You need to run it as an admin. Right click and select 'Run as administrator'.

The game is trying to access the level & save game files in it's folder, but Vista is not letting it.

You could also install it on a different drive then C:

[TimS]

Hey, pretty cool game so far!

Some random notes:

1) - Sound effects?

2) - Doubleclicking on a unit should select all units of that type onscreen... one of those RTS standards.

3) - I dig the text... it has an odd flavor. Perhaps for the final game you can make some short animated cutscenes to further add to the story.

4) - I like the sometimes hazardous terrain.

5) - Fighters are a bit hard to select whilst swooping around. Maybe make them land when nothing dangerous is around? (they'd have to scramble fast though)

6) - I like the perk system -- makes you feel like you're customizing it a bit. I didn't even have bombers until the very end of the last level, and I was ok with that. It'd be especially cool over the course of a 30 mission campaign or so... the grind factor.

7) - Sometimes the ion beam misses... the terrain? It just makes a white line that stays there forever.

Guess that's about it. Keep it up and keep us posted!

-Tim

[thegamedesigner]

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm guessing the ion cannon has a glitch. I'll see what I can do to clean that up.
And I agree that double clicking on a unit should select all of the same type. It's on my list, it just didn't make it in under the deadline.

There are sound effects in the game. I'm assuming that they are just too low to hear. Although the sound might have been toggled off in the menu? (Or key s?). I'll make sure that they are loud enough in the game though.

[TimS]

ah... key 's' -- that reminds me.

WASD should move the camera, like the arrow keys. It'll likely be the first keys a lot of core gamers will try (I know I did), and it's a more comfy layout for most folks (farther from the mouse hand, etc.).

[Uhfgood]

If you want I can preview it next Friday (or the Friday after) on Indie Flux. (Essentially means getting your youtube video, some advance screenshots and a blurb)... If so let me know (preferably through private message through the board)...

If not or if it's too late for a preview, then you don't have to reply.

[thegamedesigner]

Ya, I'll have to add wsad moving the camera, and x toggling the sound when I release an update.