War Planet demo is now available! It is the first 3d-game by VarisWare.

It uses a completely custom made 80-90s style retro 3d-engine running in Pico-8 and it started as a sort of learning project for me after I finally mustered up the courage to learn 3d-math and 3d-rendering; then I decided to just make it into a small game that is kind of inspired by many of the games I played during the 90s like Mechwarrior, Battlezone and Wing Commander to name a few.

The demo contains the first level of the game.  Some things may still change in the full version. Full version is coming soon and it will contain 3 levels spread over 3 Pico-8 carts. I am still making a few finishing touches to the final level, doing some feature iterations and some balance playtesting.

Using Pico-8 to make the game was a fun challenge and sometimes not so fun challenge due to the cart size restrictions and some sacrifices had to be made to fit the essential game stuff on the carts but overall the game turned out pretty nice I think.

Oh and special thanks to Gruber for making the awesome Pico-8 Tunes Vol 2 so people like me who suck at creating tunes can get some good tunes easily to their games!