Microlyte Tankzone

Microlyte Tankzone AGA          

AmigameJam 2025-26 entry.

Game Objective:

Collect Microlyte crystals, get powerups, shoot stuff, beat the high score. Push enemy tanks into pits! 

Collect at least 20 crystals before the Enemy!

Avoid the pits as they cause damage to you as well as enemies.

Controls:

Joystick port 2

button 2 / V key - external view.

Arrows and +/- keys to move camera in external view.

P key: pause (camera pan still works in pause)

Esc / Mouse button 2 - exit to front end.

Del/Help / button 3 - change weapon (best available will be auto selected).

Configurable gameplay:

- Difficulty

- Customise the objects in your level

- Optional time limit.

- Change number of crystals to collect

- Unlock new levels with more deadly enemies.

- Engine type

Hud

Left side:

- Speed bar, Score, crystals collected/left in the level

Right side:

- Health bar,  lives left/powerup level, ammo.

Features:

Game engine is 68k assembly, with the front end in AmiBlitz

Optimised full frame rate physics and collisions.

Steps and trenches (look simple but so complicated!)

Fully rotatable copper driven horizon.

Amiga optimised render engine, playing to the strengths of palletised bitplane system.  1990s 3D engine rebooted for 21st century! 

Directional lighting, distance fog palette effects. 

Sprite and copper hud updating at full frame rate regardless of 3d update rate.

Requires AGA Amiga + fast ram. OCS version to come at a later date.

Configurable extra scenery in the options screen for faster Amigas.

Experimental fastmem render buffer option for fast Amigas.

The future?

Story mode.

Better sounds (feel free to get creative and mod your own 8SVX iffs into the sounds directory!)

Music (feel free to play you own music!)

More and better scenery and levels.

Level editor (so you lot can do the work!)

Customisable tank colour schemes.

Day/Night/Seasons colour palettes.

Configurable tanks and power ups .

Fogging and distance levels set up properly

2 player split screen coop and fight modes.

25% of any donations will go to Medecins Sans Frontieres to help victims of real tanks so if you enjoy it, please consider giving. The rest will undoubtedly get spent on supporting other Amiga and Retro Projects. Thanks in advance!