TIDE Play Test

This is a prototype of a game in development. 

Controls for Base Building:

You can click on a building to select it.

Click with a building selected on a grid to place it in that grid.

You can use shift click to place multiple of one building on different grid tiles.

Click and drag on existing buildings to move them around grid tiles.

(Deploy Panel)

You hit the plus button on a unit types UI element to add it to a boat. You can also remove units with the minus button.  You can switch boats with the arrows at the top of this panel. You can also see how many boats you have in between the arrows.

The boats can only hold 12 units. 

This panel is a Work In Progress (WIP) so expect changes to it.

Order to play game:

Upon hitting start you will be sent to base building. There will be 4 tabs on the left side of your screen. Each one is a way you interact with or spend your resources. The tab with a grid is the aforementioned base building. You can then move to the research panel to spend RP, the produce panel to make units with Alloy, and the deploy panel to place units onto boats. That last step is critical as you cannot play without units in boats... you will just lose. The next button to become acquainted with is the "To Archipelago" button. This will you take you to the archipelago where you can select and island to invade. The islands are the green diamonds, the brighter ones are islands you can go to. Once you have selected an island you can see what island it actually is and then hit  the "Launch Assault" button to go to the island. This will transition you to the RTS scene where you troops will land on the island and allow you total command. The controls are listed below.

Controls for RTS: 

W A S D & up down left right: Move Camera

Q & E: Rotate camera

Scroll to zoom in and out

Left Click: selects friendly units

Click and drag: selects all units in a box

Shift Click: Adds units to current selection

Shift + Number key: Adds selected units to a group

Number key: Selects the group corresponding to the key pressed

Double Click on One Unit: Selects all of that type of unit on the screen

Right Click: Tells selected units where to go

Right Click + Drag: Set the selected units formation

Right Click on Enemies: Tells selected Units to attack that enemy

At any point while in a "Run" you can press the Escape to end the run and go to the main menu. In case your run gets stuck by a bug or you cannot complete it.

After this its just rinse and repeat! Thankyou for playtesting our game, your feedback is invaluable to us! You can email us your feedback at alphfeeback@gmail.com.

Sincerely,
The Zip Squad Team
(The sound settings don't work right now)
(And the UI may be buggy in some areas)