Cannon Fodder (Kanonmat)

[Walks on Clouds]

I'm part of a group at school developing a small multiplayer game called Kanonmat (Cannon Fodder). It's part of a project course we're taking and the results are available for public download on a near-weekly basis. We call it the public alpha releases and are up to versions alpha R1 through R8. They are all available at this URL: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/k...orum.php4?id=6 The pages are in Swedish, but I think you'll manage to find the right links if you actually try.

The main theme is: choose a vehicle and a map and go blow your friends up. Great fun! Our sources of inspiration are Battlefield:1942, Liero and the short but beautiful educational movie "Duck and Cover" from the U.S. Department of Defense (I believe) anno 1951.

Please note that lots of features are lacking and/or not entirely stable or completed. Also, there are two other vehicles available, but in its current state, the game crashes if you try to spawn as anything other than the buggy. This has been patched and will most likely be in the next release (AR9) due tuesday next week.


A short manual for the game is in order, I believe, if you are to be able to enjoy it at all:

Keymappings:
W forward
A turn left
S backwards
D turn right

L turns you right side up if you should happen to flip over (this is also a duck-and-cover function that will keep you from flying all over the place when you blow off a nuke)
ESC ingame menu (somewhat dysfunctional but pretty)
SPACE drop from the chopper at spawn
ENTER write something to the chat window
TAB brings up the scoreboard (very rudimentary)
F10 quits the game
§ bring up the command console
I invert mouse
M mouslook toggle
Y/H increase/decrease health
J music toggle
T hide chat window
C switch camera mode
K kamikaze
N next weapon (or (N)uke for those who are of that inclination)

Alt+Enter fullscreen toggle

RMB fire cannon

The Console:
The console is very comprehensive. It supports many in-game functions that are not bound to specific keys and, thus, not listed above. But as it uses auto tab-completion, exploring it should be no great problem for the aspiring hacker. I'm sure you'll figure it out by yourselves... Being the "tricksy, sssneaky hobbitses.." I know you to be.

Please take a peek if you feel the inclination. It's pretty nice actually although it's not much of a game just yet...