Articles - Armchair Bomber 2

Armchair Bomber 2 is a fast paced, action packed three-dimensional take on the classic game of Bomberman' However, an extra dimension is not the only thing added; powerups, new game types and much more have been thrown into the mix to create an exciting and fresh new game' Developed as a mod for Half-Life, while full of bugs and prone to random crashing, the original Armchair Bomber proved to be fun and exciting, obviously with a lot of potential' With the announcement of Half-Life 2, the team of the original game became very excited at the possibility of taking advantage of these new features in a new installment of their mod' However, with further investigation it was realised that they could make the game use the open source engine, Irrlicht, and market it as a stand-alone game' The team slowly grew to encompass friends from the Half-Life community who were interested and willing to embark on the new horizons of being involved in a stand-alone game' Using a modified Irrlicht engine,...