https://github.com/spajus/tank_island

Top down 2D shooter game that involves blowing up tanks
https://github.com/spajus/tank_island

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Top down 2D shooter game that involves blowing up tanks

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/spajus/tank_island
• Owner: spajus
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-10-29T06:39:14.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-15T08:35:32.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-30T07:48:33.183Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: book, game, game-2d, game-development, gamedev, gosu, indiegame, ruby
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 10.6 MB
• Stars: 52
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 15
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Tank Island

Tank Island is an open source 2D top down shooter game that was created with Ruby using

[Gosu](http://www.libgosu.org) game development library while writing

[this book](https://leanpub.com/developing-games-with-ruby/).

## Screenshots

![Tank Island Game](https://leanpub.com/site_images/developing-games-with-ruby/50-hud.png)

![Tank Island Game](https://leanpub.com/site_images/developing-games-with-ruby/54-visual-debugging.png)

[Gameplay video on YouTube](http://youtu.be/c2M_zJ9KcS8)

## Book: Developing Games With Ruby

Complete process of building this game is described step by step in this free to read book:

[Developing Games With Ruby](https://leanpub.com/developing-games-with-ruby/read)

## Installation

Before installing, make sure you have:

- Ruby installed, preferably through [rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv), not rvm.

- ImageMagick (`gem install rmagick` should work).

- Gosu prerequisites for [Mac](https://github.com/jlnr/gosu/wiki/Getting-Started-on-OS-X),

    [Linux](https://github.com/jlnr/gosu/wiki/Getting-Started-on-Linux) or

    [Windows](https://github.com/jlnr/gosu/wiki/Getting-Started-on-Windows)

To install it, run

    $ gem install tank_island

## Starting the game

There are several ways to start the game.

### Running in 800x600 window mode

    $ tank_island

### Running with custom resolution

    $ w=1600 h=1200 tank_island

### Running full screen with custom resolution

    $ fs=1 w=1200 h=800 tank_island

## Controls

### Gameplay

- `W` `A` `S` `D` moves your tank.

- Mouse `left click` shoots.

- `ESC` goes into menu and away from it.

### Debugging

- `R` respawns your tank.

- `T` spawns an enemy tank under mouse cursor.

- `F1` enters debug mode.

- `F2` toggles profiling