History of Artillery Games in Indonesia

GunBound , one of first Indonesian Artillery games

Artillery game genre , probably unfamiliar to gamers . If gamers were asked , whether it's artillery games ? Perhaps only a small portion of gamers who know the answer . However , if asked , that's what GunBound ? The majority of gamers probably know that it is a shooter game genre or most gamers say the game more as the strategy game genre .



GunBound

Actually , GunBound is arillery game genre , but the artillery itself is a sub - ganre of the shooter , because the shooter itself has many sub as first person , third person and several others . In the game genre first person shooter , the game takes place in first person view ( controlled character invisible , except arms and hands only) . As for the third person shooter , the game takes place in a third person view , in other words , characters that gamers can be seen in full control .

In artillery game , at least there are 2 or more characters are fighting , whether it be fellow gamers or artificial intelligence ( AI ) . Attacks from each karkater done alternately ( turn- based) . Therefore , some gamers describe more artillery as game strategy game .

Typically also , it comes with a game artilery cardinal features whose function is to determine the amount of power destroyed ( damage ) to the opponent . When strong winds moving to the right , then the character attacks being waged in the right direction would be stronger , while attacks launched toward the left become weaker . When strong winds moving to the left , then the attacks launched toward the left will become more powerful , while the attack from the right will be weaker .

To perform the attack , gamers are required to set the angle of attack and the strength of the opponent's shots to be exact . If the wind under normal conditions ( not move to the right or to the left ) then the calculation of the angle of attack and the firepower will be easy , but if the wind is moving the gamers have to determine the angle and power of the shot according to the movement of the wind . Usually there are also power-ups that can be used to increase the attack power , accuracy and some other shots . The coolest thing is gamers can use the equipment to its deadly effects .


Select for combat aircraft - Kaboom Online

Environment that is in the game can be destroyed when exposed to fire . This is the feature that will make the battle between gamers become better , because gamers must be able to maintain a position on the ground to keep from falling when the beachhead was destroyed by enemy fire . If the characters fall into another footing , then the character will survive . Unfortunately , if the character falls to the bottom , then the character will die .

The first artillery game is the work of Mike Forman in 1976 with the title of Artillery , where the game can be played in the BASIC ( Beginner 's All -purpose Symbolic Instruction Code ) . To play the game , gamers must enter a code to operate . A year later , there was a game called War - 3 which is the work of ME Lyon and Brian West , which is where the game is a home computer version of the game Artillery . In 1979 , War - 3 development team to revise the game and named it with Artillery 3 .


Artillery on the Apple II - 1980

Development of the artillery game became very popular after the appearance of Worms in 1995 , a game developed by Team17 and has been published by many companies as Microprose games , THQ , Microsoft Games Studios , Sega and Codemaster on PlayStation , Game Boy , Sega Genesis ( Mega Drive ) , Sega Saturn , the browser ( web based game ) to mobile devices based on Android and iOS . Currently , there are 20 titles in the Worms series , with new titles Worms : Clan Wars release pa datanggal August 15, 2013 for Windows PC and the device is the first Worms series that appeared on Steam .


Worms 2 : Armageddon Trailer

Since its first appearance , now there are about 50 games genre such as artillery Sling Stone , Tank Wars , Ballerburg , Gravity Wars , Cannon Fodder , Gorillas , Scorched Earth , Death Tank , Genocide , MoleZ , Liero , Hogs of War , Mortar Mayhem , Pocket Tank , Space Tanks , Snails , GunBound , Gusanos , Chick Chick Boom , Death Tank , Tank Strike , Wormux and Hedgewars . What if gamers have played a flash game called Cat vs Dog , the game has several factors to be categorized as an artillery game , but unfortunately , gamers can not control the movement ( forward or Rewind ) and the angle of attack of character .

The emergence of online gaming genre in Indonesia artillery started by GunBound , a game developed by Softnyx and released by BolehGame in 2004 . Unfortunately , the game did not last long in Indonesia. Then , appearing GunBound Season 2 ( Revolution ) on November 1, 2010, but still not able to survive in the cruel games industry in Indonesia and closing services on December 21, 2012 .

After the disappearance of the world series game GunBound Indonesia , there is no longer online game genre artillery in Indonesia until on May 22, 2013 appears Kaboon Online Indonesia . Kaboom Online is a web-based game with artillery genre developed by Hongbao Network and Dapeng Games and published by login or register in Indonesia. The game tells the story of air combat against an alien invasion and evil robots . With the advent of the game , then re- running regeneration artillery game .


Kaboom Online Indonesia
In addition to the web browser , there are some games that can be played on mobile devices based on Android , which can be obtained artillery games for free . Some interesting game is Bomb Me (App Store / Google Play ) , Blastron , Warmux , Wormix and several others. Artillery to play the game , gamers must have a strong feeling calculation and . It may be hard at the start of play , but with practice it is feeling the set angle and power of the shot , the better .