Ace of Spades (What the Deuce!? Minecraft... WITH GUNS?)

henke on 13/4/2011 at 20:36

(http://ace-spades.com/) Download link/Server listing
(http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/11/apr/spade/spade.png) FAQ IMG
(http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/13/10-reasons-you-need-to-play-ace-of-spades/) RPS Post

So I was storming the enemy fortifications, when suddenly an enemysoldier pops his head up behind the cover he's built for himself. I'm in the wide-open so I realize that in a shootout I'm gonna get my ass handed to me quickly. So instead of shooting I switch to my shovel, stop, and dig out a hole underneath me. Just in time, because I hear the bullets whizzing overhead. Using my pick and shovel I dig out a trench sideways, then move a bit and pop my head up. I see my enemy. Take a shot. Miss. He returns fire. I dig my trench a bit further, and keep trying to outflank him. After a few shots back and forth I finally bite the dust. Dead, but happy to have experienced a type of gameplay I've not seen in a FPS before.

It's dynamic trench warfare with deformable terrain. Sorta like what that Fracture game was going for I guess, but actually good. Hard to get into any servers though, but keep trying, it's totally worth it once you get in. :D

henke on 14/4/2011 at 16:27

Hrm, I don't think you guys heard me... I said MINECRAFT WITH GUNS!

How about this? STEALTH!

I was just STEALTHING AROUND behind enemy lines. I found a long-ass tunnel someone had dug that took my up right into the enemy zone. Realizing I might be in danger, but also in a supreme postition to fuck some shit up for the other guys, I began sneaking around through all the fortifications and other MINECRAFT-esque things the blue guys had made. Then I saw one of the blue guys sniping at some of my fellow greendudes so I snuck up behind him and blew him away with my GUN.

I can't imagine why there's been no reply to this thread yet. It's free and awesome and did I mention MINECRAFT-like?

It's voxel based though so it looks more like that Woxelstein 3D thing that also had deformable terrain but not really any idea what to do with it from a gameplay-perspective.

june gloom on 14/4/2011 at 17:42

i don't think they can hear you, they're too busy hiding in their hovels from the hordes of creepers roaming the shattered wastelands of all their work because they only put down 5,999 torches and forgot to put one in the corner

Koki on 14/4/2011 at 17:58

Java?

gunsmoke on 14/4/2011 at 22:53

Beer?

Ladron De La Noche on 14/4/2011 at 23:06

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv8HQocOjF8) Green is Master Race. Blue is Scum. - Ace of Spades
Gameplay video. Looks like fun and that's the only thing that really counts. :)

Why is it called Ace of Spades?

demagogue on 14/4/2011 at 23:28

Spade is referring to the shovel, so it's like calling it Master Shoveler.

I keep getting an error trying to get on any server, "Server Timeout: Version mismatch or map transfer fail". Every single time. I can't imagine every single server is using an outdated version so... something is tripping up the map transfer?

Edit: Ok, finally got on ... after trying a lot of servers. I guess it's because there's just not that many, and most of them are either full or duds at that.

Also noticed it's very sensitive to resolution. I had to tweak it in the config to get it to run.