https://github.com/csb6/squad-tactical-game

An XCOM-like, turn-based tactical game made in Ruby/Tk from a 2D, top-down perspective
https://github.com/csb6/squad-tactical-game

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An XCOM-like, turn-based tactical game made in Ruby/Tk from a 2D, top-down perspective

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/csb6/squad-tactical-game
• Owner: csb6
• Created: 2018-12-23T23:30:59.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: ai
• Last Pushed: 2019-04-02T07:25:37.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-17T00:21:07.895Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: 2d-game, a-star-algorithm, ruby
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 209 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# squad-tactical-game

Demonstration Video:

[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](http://img.youtube.com/vi/vRx1T4qwkBg/0.jpg)](http://youtu.be/vRx1T4qwkBg "Video Title")

An XCOM-like, turn-based tactical game made in Ruby/Tk from a 2D, top-down perspective.

The player controls a team of five blue soldiers, with the goal being to eliminate the enemy red soldiers by attacking them 

several times.

While I did not complete the enemy AI code, I implemented the A* pathfinding algorithm, allowing players to 

select a soldier, click on a destination and have a soldier find the shortest path there around obstacles. This was 

fascinating to learn about and I hope to make use of it in further projects.

To play, make sure that you have recent versions of Ruby and Tk installed, navigate to the squad-tactical-game folder, 

and run `ruby project-1.rb`

## Controls

**Left-click on a blue soldier** - Selects that soldier, displaying his stats in the right sidebar. 

Remains selected until you press the deselect soldier button or you perform an action (ex: attacking someone)

**Right-click on the currently-selected soldier** - Shows contextual menu with some actions that soldier can take. 

Info shows a window with a short description of the soldier, Overwatch allows the soldier to shoot any enemy that moves

within a few squares during the opponent's turn, Take Cover makes the selected soldier harder to hit.

**Right-click on a soldier who isn't the selected soldier** - Shows contextual menu showing chance to hit (HC) as a percentage 

that decreases as distance increases. Click the Attack button in this menu to attempt to attack that soldier.

**End turn button in right side-menu** - When you're done with all of your moves, press this button to let the Red Team move.

One Red Soldier should move 5 squares to the right of the right-most blue soldier at the end of the prior turn.