TL;DR:
https://github.com/jonathanabennett/megastrike/tree/v0.1.0I still remember the first time I played the Alphastrike rules all the way back when they were an addendum in the back of SO (I think it was SO). I thought "Holy Crap! This is awesome!!" Then, I moved and I couldn't find anybody to play with. But I hoped someone would port it to the computer. Then I realized, "Hey wait, I program. Maybe
I could port it to the computer."
It took me 12 years to figure out enough programming to actually, properly, start. But now, here is a playable* version of the game**.
Note the asterisks. This is still horribly work in progress, but I hit all the goals for my very first release (Units on a board which roll initiative, move, shoot, and die). Right now, what is implemented is the simplest, barest bones possible version of the game.
1) Installing isn't automatic, you'll have to set it up yourself.
2) You can't pick your armies. It's Lyran Alliance vs. Draconis Combine.
3) You can't pick your units. The Lyrans get a Phoenix Hawk and a Longbow, the Dracs get a Locust and a Marauder.
4) You can't pick their starting locations.
5) Things that should happen automatically (like rolling initiative) don't, you have to click the button.
6) There's a Deployment phase, even though you can't deploy.
7) There's no terrain, just a flat featureless plain.
8) There's no log.
9) There's no "undo"
10) If there's an error, it probably won't handle it gracefully.
If, after all those caveats, you're still interested, see the link above and read the README for instructions to play around with it. My goal is to get another release out quickly which adds army-building and unit deployment (and hopefully an easier install process), but I'm a one man show here so I won't promise anything (unless some of you want to jump in and try to help!).
Part of why I posted this here is...
Hey, MegaMek Dev team! I wrote my board file reader to be compatible with your .board files. I also know that you have a large image-pack with images for all the units. Would it be possible for me to use the assets you already have that look so good?
