HTML5 I made Starcraft but I only had 3 hours

[Adrien Dittrick]

Play it here:

• Itch: https://adriendittrick.itch.io/starcraft-but-i-only-had-3-hours
• Gamejolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/starcraft_bioh3h/619773
• Newgrounds: https://newgrounds.com/portal/view/796349

What is this?

I tried making Starcraft but I only had 3 hours. This improved version effectively took 5 hours to make (3 hours to reach a state with only terrans, 2 hours to add the other races and do a bunch of testing)

Features

• 3 playable races (zerg,protoss,terran)
• 2 units per race (a worker and a soldier)
• Dynamic AI which adapts as you play

How to play

• Left click: select unit (you can also hold down left click to draw a rectangle and select multiple units)
• Right click: move towards position/set building waypoint
• Build a healthy mix of your 2 unit types to win. Build only workers and the AI will rush you, build only soldiers and your economy will suffer.

 

[Toque]

Neat for a quick game

 

[K12gamer]

Slowly getting the hang of it. The video helped. Cool game!
Reminds me of the old (1989) Herzog Zewi game on the Sega Genesis (one of my old favorites)

 

[Sisyphus]

Awesome for 5 hours work mate. Would you consider developing the base game further, perhaps with new designs?

I would love to see more independently made strategy games!

I am very curious, what was your general approach to making the Ai?

 

[Adrien Dittrick]

Awesome for 5 hours work mate. Would you consider developing the base game further, perhaps with new designs?

I would love to see more independently made strategy games!

I am very curious, what was your general approach to making the Ai?

hey!
That was mostly a training session, so I don't plan on developing the base game any further (but it's open source so feel free to check it out!)

My approach for the AI was:
- continuously produce units with a 1/3 chance of workers and a 2/3 chance of soldiers
- if AI has more than 250 minerals, send a worker to expand
- if player is next to AI base, attack with all soldiers
- if AI army is double (in mineral cost) of player army, attack with all soldiers.