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[koalefant]

Crate Before Attack is a multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends while navigating a landscape with their sticky tongues. It is a hybrid of a realtime and turn-based game and is inspired by roper schemes of Worms Armageddon.

Game highlights are:

• Grappling hook focused gameplay;
• Fun physics;
• Procedural animation;
• Online and local multiplayer;

There is a playable build online available.

Here is how early gameplay looks like:





Links:

• Website: CrateBeforeAttack.com
• Twitter: @CrateAttack
• itch.io: koalefant.itch.io/crate-before-attack

[koalefant]

The game is four months in development. It is being built with Rust as both Desktop and WebGL application using miniquad crate.

Here is a video of some early attempts to implement physics:



(the map credit goes to Dreadson)

And a later improvement thanks to persistent contacts described in GDC2006 Box2D-Lite turorial by Erin Catto.

[koalefant]

At the moment I am working on AI and it is now able to both attack and retreat:

[koalefant]

Here is an earlier visualization of decision tree of AI doing navigation:

[Ashedragon]

Sounds kind of interesting so far, though the main gameplay conceit isn't quite clear.  Interested in seeing more videos as it progresses!

[koalefant]

Sounds kind of interesting so far, though the main gameplay conceit isn't quite clear.  Interested in seeing more videos as it progresses!

Thanks! From the gameplay, it is a mix of a turn based strategy with a platformer. Each player has a team of frogs, and does turns one after another attacking the other side (similar to Schorched Earth or Worms). The turn itself however, is real-time, one gets limited amount of time, but can move freely and motion mechanics is similar to grappling hook in some platformers.

[koalefant]

I was working on improving normals for physical contacts against terrain and those are way more stable now.

Red - old one using naive signed distance field gradient.
Green - new one using convex shape of local terrain fragment generated with Graham scan.

[koalefant]

This week I am working on in-game visual scripting:

[koalefant]

I just added for level art to the game:

[koalefant]

Second map is in, This time with Dinosaurs!

[koalefant]

Playing a bit with eye animation:

[koalefant]

And this week I have been working on Golf-Club weapon:

[Rogod]

I was about to say "This looks exactly like Worms, why wouldn't we just go play that?" then I saw the golf club weapon and was sold :D - I think, while you've definitely got a solid engine here, you should definitely focus on new concepts like this to distinguish it from the Worms series.

[koalefant]

I was about to say "This looks exactly like Worms, why wouldn't we just go play that?" then I saw the golf club weapon and was sold :D - I think, while you've definitely got a solid engine here, you should definitely focus on new concepts like this to distinguish it from the Worms series.

Thank you, I hope to keep up and get enough unique elements and charm

[koalefant]

There is a new level in the game called Ruins from wonderful https://www.behance.net/spoon_tar



I was also working on improving lobby and now it is possible to join and watch matches that are already started. The game state is restored by applying a deterministic replay:

[JobLeonard]

• Grappling hook focused gameplay;

As the overused meme goes: you SOaB, I'm in!

[koalefant]

• Grappling hook focused gameplay;

As the overused meme goes: you SOaB, I'm in!

Glad to see your enthusiasm!