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DS homebrew announcements > KhetDS - The Strategic Laser Game! v111 released

#164936 - Etias - Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:03 pm

THIS GAME IS AT VERSION 1.11. UPDATED TOPIC IS ALWAYS FOUND:
http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=6222.0


I worked on this for the last two days and have it at least in a playable fashion. If you don't know what Khet is, here is a description.

It's the game that combines lasers with classic strategy. Players alternate turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces having two, one or no mirrored surfaces. All four types of pieces (pharaoh, obelisk, pyramid and djed column) can either move one square forward, back, left, right, or diagonal, or can stay in the same square and rotate by a quarter twist. Each turn ends by firing one of the lasers built into the board. The laser beam bounces from mirror to mirror; if the beam strikes a non-mirrored surface on any piece, it is immediately removed from play. The ultimate goal is to illuminate your opponent's pharaoh, while shielding yours from harm!

(The red laser shoots out the top left, from the circle there, the grey one from the bottom right. red pieces can't go on the grey squares and grey pieces can't go on the red squares)

This game is being released to get feedback, etc. I will be updating it with more features. As of now, it is only 2 player on the same DS. I hope to add Wifi and computer AI soon. I will also be adding different configurations to play with. There are 3 main ones in Khet but I am also going to make it that players can make their own. I am also looking at redoing the graphics, possibly 3D.

As for now, enjoy the game! This is my FIRST DS game and also my first C/C++ program so please let me know what you think!

v1.02 - 03 Dec 08
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Added in the 3 basic layouts. These are the ones that are in the rules. The way it works is:

* Classic: Use this setup if this is your first time to play Khet. Good for learning the game
* Imhotep: A variation on CLASSIC that opens up new defensive possibilities.
* Dynasty: A setup with an immediate balance of offense and defense that develops quickly.



v1.01 - 03 Dec 08
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* Added the ability to deselect an item, to do this just click any where off the game board
* Added a highlight so you can see which piece you have selected
* Added a version number on the Rules screen so you can see what version you have.
* (Updated link)


v1.00 - 03 Dec 08
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*Game added

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Get it from http://digitaleconnected.com/uploads/Khet.rar

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Last edited by Etias on Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

#164943 - Shigindo - Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:58 pm

Oo!

This game looks pretty damn nice, Etias! Gonna have to try this one out.

#164971 - Chase-san - Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:05 pm

You ported Khet to the DS, thats dangerously addiction possible.

#164973 - Etias - Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:54 pm

Right now I am working on adding WIFI and the addition of laser splitters. Also custom layouts.

The custom layouts and splitters will probably come out before the wifi because coding in the wifi is harder then I thought. Will get it soon though

Thanks for the feedback. If you have comments, suggestions, etc, let me know

#165021 - Darkflame - Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:37 pm

Oddly enough, I just saw the physical version of this game on FireBox.com and thought I'd want to try that, but didnt want to pay for a physical version :p Perfect.
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#165206 - MechaBouncer - Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:16 pm

Is it just me, or is the download link for this broken? I wanted to check this out. It sounds like a lot of fun!
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#165207 - Etias - Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:27 pm

MechaBouncer wrote:
Is it just me, or is the download link for this broken? I wanted to check this out. It sounds like a lot of fun!


This is the main topic, I always keep it updated here. Sorry about the broken link

http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=6222.0