NANY 2012 Entry Information
| Application Name | Flipside |
| Version | 1.2012.01.12 |
| Short Description | A game based on Sean Howard's Game Mechanic #41: Flipside |
| Supported OSes | Probably only Windows (XP, Vista, 7) |
| Web Page | http://flip.deozaan.com/ |
| Download Link |  Flipside v1.2012.01.12 Win.zip (2221.88 KB - downloaded 79 times.) |
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| Version History | v1.2012.01.12 - Added team turn indicator to make it clear which team's turn it currently is. v1.2011.12.31a - Fixed bug where killing a unit blocking your path would not allow you to move to the newly available space(s). v1.2011.12.31 - Special units can now be attacked. Fixed bug that made units always do 2 points of damage. Fixed other various display glitches. |
| Author | Deozaan |
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Description
The following description was adapted from Sean Howard's Game Mechanic #41: Flipside
This is a two-player game where both players play at the same keyboard (hotseat multiplayer). It has a very simple premise. You have a single board, where you play on both sides of it simultaneously. Basically, one side tries to kill the other side. Players take turns moving units and attacking each other.
But wait, you say, if they are on two different sides of a plane, how do they fight each other? You notice that each side have two different looking units in the corners. They are special units. They cannot be killed, but they also cannot attack either. If they are targeted and hit, they will be pushed back a square in the opposite direction of the attack.
But if they aren't combat units, what do they do? They can flip specific squares from one side to the other. The unit with a + on his helmet flips all the squares in the same row and column (orthogonally), while the unit with an X on his helmet flips all the tiles going out diagonally from his position. The special units do not change sides at all, ever, but any other unit on a flipped square is moved to the other side regardless of which side he started on, unless of course one of the special units is occupying a tile that a regular unit would flip to.
Features
Hotseat multiplayer.
The game is portable in the sense that it will work from a portable drive, however, be aware it does create folders/files in the user directory on the PC that need to be manually removed if you care about that.
Screenshots
In the description above.
Instructions
Left click to select a piece to move, then click within the green squares shown to move it to that position, or left click the unit again to unselect it. You cannot unselect a unit if it has already moved or performed an action.
Right click to perform an action. Normal units can attack adjacent enemy units (not diagonally).
Right click with a special unit selected to see which tiles will be flipped by that unit. If you want to flip those tiles, double-right-click. Remember, special units cannot attack. They can only flip tiles and units located on the flipped tiles.
Due to the fact that you may be able to move or perform an action when you don't want to, you will sometimes need to press T to end your turn. Note that you always have to manually end your turn with T after moving a special unit if you don't also want to flip any tiles on that turn. Also note that you can't skip your own turn without doing anything. You must move or perform an action before ending your turn.
It should also be noted that units benefit from being on the same colored squares and are weakened when standing on opposite colored squares. So a light knight standing on a light square will do more damage and take less damage than a light knight standing on a dark square.
Installation
Unzip to location of your preference (see known issues below for directory locations the game might not work in).
Using the Application
Run the Flipside.exe file.
Uninstallation
Delete the Flipside folder.
WinXP: Delete the \Documents and Settings\[USER NAME]\Application Data\Craven Entertainment\Flipside\ folder.
Vista/Win7: Delete the \Users\[USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Craven Entertainment\Flipside\ folder.
Known Issues
The game will not run properly if the path contains non-ASCII characters. So if your Windows username uses non-ASCII characters, don't try running it on your Desktop or from within other folders in your User directory.
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I'll keep testing this out and encourage others to do the same! 