u/rcwnd

Anyone remember this one? I always liked the free rotating world and the movement of homing missiles.

This is my attempt at reimplementation of reimagined Seek & Destroy. It's not a carbon copy of the original but also not a completely different game. I tried to keep an essence but spice the rest.

I would be very happy for feedback or your personal memories of playing this back then.

I used to play this game as a kid. Even later when I started to learn programming I was curious about how the game worked under the hood. Many years later, well exactly 30 years after the original release, here is openSEEK, my attempt to remake the engine of the game.

While the game itself is mostly playable, I'm currently stuck in the usual 90% done phase. Now I'm mostly battling with the data/assets automatic exporter from the original game files. That's necessary for the actual publication of the engine, as I cannot include the original assets due to copyright issues. And without them the game is not really playable.

The engine is written in Lua / Love2D and my goal was to reimplement the original game mechanics using modern programming techniques and technologies. I wanted to keep the feel of the original game while also making it more modern and accessible to new players. Some of the new features include improved graphics effects (as you can see on the video), alternative helicopter skins (these are included in original game data but was never used in the game), co-op multiplayer support, and improvements to the tank controls (remember how clunky they were in the original game?).