AirDogs 1942, a TBDI sample game

**Michael Hartlef** · 02-09-2007, 10:57

Hi folks,

after 3 weeks part time work, I proud to show off a little 2 player game.

I have to say thank you to Petr Schreiber for providing the TopDown3D
sources as they helped a lot during the development.

The game is called AirDogs 1942 and is a WW2 dogfighting game. It's not 100% finished
but allready fun to play. My son and I enjoy it very much.

The controls are simple:

JoyY to go faster or slower, or UP and Down
JoyX to turn
Button 1 to shot
Button 2 to select

If no joystick is connected, you ADWS and space or LEFT,RIGHT,UP,DOWN,L

Once the bundle functionality is working again, I will create an exe for it.

Like allways, comments are welcome.

Take care
Michael

EDIT on June 7th, 2008: Updated the code with bug fixes and singler player code by Petr Schreiber. Also the menu buttons have a better size now so the FPS isn't dropping down anymore.

**Petr Schreiber** · 02-09-2007, 12:03

Mike,

this is perfect !
Finally my joypad got some use

Really good, nice and clean look ... fantastic !

I tried to use my PC steering wheel and joypad to control planes and it worked perfectly.

Good work!,
Petr

**Michael Hartlef** · 02-09-2007, 12:10

Steering wheel, not that is something. Thanks for the nice words.

**ErosOlmi** · 02-09-2007, 12:12

FANTASTIC !
Thanks a lot to you for this astonishing example and for your new TBDI module. Tell me when you will be ready for official release.
Also a big thanks to your son, that I imagine he was your beta tester ;D

I will play with my son too and will give you back impressions.

A big :-*

**Michael Hartlef** · 02-09-2007, 12:25

I can tell you, he had a blast.

The game isn't 100% finished because I was suffering from headaches and neckpains a lot this week. But the publisher made me releasing it. ;D

I will work further on it, as I have some ideas.

Single player mode, different planes, options, maaaayyyyybe network playing.

It's a simple game but you can do a lot with it.

**ErosOlmi** · 02-09-2007, 12:31

Originally Posted by Michael Hartlef

It's a simple game but you can do a lot with it.

Well, not so simple. All is present: presentation, interface, multiple controllers plus keyboards, graphics, sprites, sounds. An impressive job, Mike.
Code is perfectly organized, clear. A joy to have a look for study purposes.

**Petr Schreiber** · 02-09-2007, 12:33

Mike,

I hope my work on new TBGL will go ok as till now,
when released, it will simplify even more whole source of AirDogs

Just after playing Airdogs I finished attaching camera to entity which was making problems before,
so your game has brainhealing efffect too

Bye,
Petr

**Michael Hartlef** · 02-09-2007, 12:37

Originally Posted by ErosOlmi

Code is perfectly organized, clear. A joy to have a look for study purposes.

That was another goal I had. Writing a playable game in that short period and still having a codebase that is reusable and readable. Overall I put around 30-40 hours into it. It also helped me to figure out how fast and far I could come in a given timeframe.

has brainhealing efffect too

I'm glad I could help out here.

I can't wait till you release it.

**kryton9** · 02-09-2007, 21:59

Thanks Mike, as Eros said, you did a complete job, I really liked it from start to finish. A beautiful splashscreen, a nice menu, sound, sprites, action, and scenery, plus wide support of input. Excellent, thanks so much for the hard work and release!!!