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Team Fortress 2D, Anyone?

By Jim Rossignol on September 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm.


This has to be one of the finest entries to TIGSource’s awesome Bootleg Demakes competition. It’s Gang Garrison II, a demake of the peerless Team Fortress 2. It’s a two-dimensional version of the red-vs-blue class-based game we all know and love. In fact it’s almost the same game… only flatter. It’s got network code, heavies, snipers, scouts, the lot. There’s a video of it in action after the link, but I think you should just download it and host a server – anyone can do it!


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  1. 20/09/2008 at 15:19 Matt says:

    And if you host a server and post it here, I’d love you forever.

    The loading and main screen are entertaining, but playing a game would be better.

    edit: I saw one server show up for a few minutes on the lobby screen, but I kept getting connection-failed errors. :(

  2. 20/09/2008 at 15:25 nabeel says:

    Wow, that is pretty awesome.

    nabeel

  3. 20/09/2008 at 15:26 suchchoices says:

    My favourite entry so far is Little Girl in Underland

  4. 20/09/2008 at 15:40 MedO says:

    We’re on RPS! Woohoo!

    The version linked here is the Compo version that was submitted before the deadline. Please check the latest posts in the forum if you want to try the most recent version (b19 currently). It *maybe* fixes the networking bugs and contains some balancing changes and other additions. It’s still a work in progress though.

  5. 20/09/2008 at 15:50 Dr_demento says:

    Looks a lot like the sublime Soldat. More people should play that.

  6. 20/09/2008 at 16:28 Naurgul says:

    I tried it a few days ago but the lack of players prevented me from actually getting a feel for the game. It has a nice style, though, that much I admit. Maybe we should organise a RPS session at some point?

    PS: I got disconnected too the other day time and time again. Today I didn’t play it enough to get to that part, I guess

  7. 20/09/2008 at 17:15 Nero says:

    Found a server the I played on a bit, and it’s very well done. At the end I came back to my main TF2 class, medic, and it was awesome.

  8. 20/09/2008 at 17:17 Rob says:

    Having not played TF2 for months, this reminded me what I loved about that game.

    @MedO
    If you’re reading this, there’s an exploit in that the intel can be taken into the supply room, stopping the game. You probably knew already but just in case.

  9. 20/09/2008 at 17:41 Vitalis says:

    Been putting off checking this out after seeing it in a number of places.

    Had a quick blast few mins ago, actually quite impressed- very amusing in very not quite sure why sort of way, verisimilitude I guess.

    (6 syllable words are great =p)

  10. 20/09/2008 at 17:43 Benjamin Finkel says:

    Change class to Q. Lovely Easter Egg.

    Ben

  11. 20/09/2008 at 17:47 Mogs says:

    ‘Anyone?’

    Nope.

  12. 20/09/2008 at 17:53 manintheshack says:

    Tis an awesome demake. The music and graphics are perfectly done. It’s a bizarre coincidence that I posted about this on my blog yesterday! Or is it..?

  13. 20/09/2008 at 19:48 raigan says:

    You should check out Buddy Base 2 — possibly more interesting in that it’s a different kind of game (“1D” RTS like Medieval Clash/Steam Brigade) rather than a side-view FPS: http://isaacwilliams.net/uploads/buddybase2/demo01/

  14. 20/09/2008 at 20:27 Chis says:

    The moment I saw the screenshot I had a flashback.

    Interesting concept, fun video, but I must admit that having the “real thing” makes me unwilling to try this.

  15. 20/09/2008 at 20:40 Juxe says:

    I’ve played it a bit and I still can’t get the disguise and the sentry guns to work. (Perhaps somebody could offer a suggestion?)

  16. 20/09/2008 at 20:59 Rob says:

    @Juxe

    The sentry guns and disguises aren’t in the game as it stands.

  17. 20/09/2008 at 21:50 Sahagin says:

    This game is everything I hate about the internet.

  18. 20/09/2008 at 21:59 Juxe says:

    @Rob I thought they added it after the Tigsource deadline ?

  19. 20/09/2008 at 22:11 Kyle to the Jones says:

    The internet lag is pretty brutal, but it is still amazing

  20. 21/09/2008 at 00:20 TheDeadlyShoe says:

    Still a fan of House Globe. :)

  21. 21/09/2008 at 01:39 MarvintheParanoidAndroid says:

    @Sahagin: This game is everything I love about the internet.

    Hopped on a server earlier and it got up to a good 6v6, fantastic.

  22. 21/09/2008 at 05:29 MindBrain says:

    Sorry you are wrong Hitler TF2 rocks

  23. 21/09/2008 at 08:52 The Apologist says:

    I just want the music on MP3! It’s amazing.

  24. 21/09/2008 at 09:01 Corbeaubm says:

    If you think this idea is cool, Soldat has been doing something similar (and better) for a long time now: http://www.soldat.pl/

  25. 21/09/2008 at 17:33 Synnah says:

    I was wondering when RPS was going to pick up on this! It encourages me greatly to hear that people liked my music. Should anyone wish to download the main theme, it’s available here: http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=32577

  26. 03/10/2008 at 02:22 TuRkEy says:

    The article title on this one is a little confusing, since there is actually another Team Fortress game called “TF2D” or “Team Fortress 2D”, just YouTube it.

    Half-Life Library Article on Gang Garrison 2:
    http://halflifelibrary.com/wiki/Gang_Garrison_2

  27. 07/01/2009 at 23:25 0_0 says:

    Look for the newer versions. We are somewhere around version 40 where sentries and spies work.

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    Love the music!

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  37. 25/10/2010 at 18:33 canopy says:

    Funny, reminds me of red vs blue

  38. 25/10/2010 at 18:35 canopy says:

    funny reminds me of red vs blue

  39. 25/10/2010 at 18:52 canopy says:

    funny, reminds me of red vs ble

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