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Team Fortress 2D, Anyone?
Written by Jim Rossignol on September 20, 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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Tags: demakes, free, gang garrison 2, team-fortress-2, tigsource
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nabeel says:
Wow, that is pretty awesome.
nabeel
September 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
suchchoices says:
My favourite entry so far is Little Girl in Underland
September 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
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.
September 20th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Dr_demento says:
Looks a lot like the sublime Soldat. More people should play that.
September 20th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
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
September 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
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.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
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.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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)
September 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Mogs says:
‘Anyone?’
Nope.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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..?
September 20th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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/
September 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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.
September 20th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
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?)
September 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Rob says:
@Juxe
The sentry guns and disguises aren’t in the game as it stands.
September 20th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Sahagin says:
This game is everything I hate about the internet.
September 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Juxe says:
@Rob I thought they added it after the Tigsource deadline ?
September 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Kyle to the Jones says:
The internet lag is pretty brutal, but it is still amazing
September 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
TheDeadlyShoe says:
Still a fan of House Globe. :)
September 21st, 2008 at 12:20 am
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.
September 21st, 2008 at 1:39 am
MindBrain says:
Sorry you are wrong Hitler TF2 rocks
September 21st, 2008 at 5:29 am
The Apologist says:
I just want the music on MP3! It’s amazing.
September 21st, 2008 at 8:52 am
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/
September 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am
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
September 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:22 am
0_0 says:
Look for the newer versions. We are somewhere around version 40 where sentries and spies work.
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March 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Jayteh says:
Love the music!
June 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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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. :(
September 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm