[FredFredrickson]

AHOVI has been accepted into the cagematch! If you liked it, please show your support with a vote here!

You can also show your support by rating the game at the Indie Games Showcase! Click here to check it out!

Greetings everyone! After months of development, I have finally finished Aces High Over Verlor Island! 3D dogfights, online play, & high scores!

For the uninitiated, AHOVI is a 3D top-down arcade shooter where you pilot a biplane, and compete against other people online, or against yourself (and the clock) in the 3 single player modes. You are capable of performing a few special maneuvers, and various power-ups occasionally appear in order to help you stay alive.

Screenshots


Each of the 3 single player modes has an online high score board set up so that you can compete against others, and of course, you can also compete directly with people in brawls of up to 8 people at once! For each single player mode, and the multiplayer mode, you can earn Reflect credits, which are basically just a way of showing others your skill level, and how much you've played.

Controls
Using menus:
LEFT MOUSE - Click to activate a button
UP & DOWN ARROWS - Navigate menu options
ENTER - Activate a button
ESC - Close the current menu / exit the game

Playing the game:
LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS - Turn your aircraft left or right
LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS (double tap) - Do a barrel roll
UP ARROW (hold) - Speed skill
DOWN ARROW (hold) - Slow Skill
DOWN ARROW (double tap) - Perform a vertical loop
SPACE BAR - Fire machine gun
ESC - Exit the game

Multiplayer only:
ENTER - Begin chat type mode / send message
SHIFT (hold) - View scoreboard

HOST CHAT COMMANDS:
/players - view a numbered player list
/kick # - replace # with the desired player number from the player list to kick a player

Miscellaneous:
F4 - Toggle windowed / full screen mode

Download
Click here to download (Version 1.02 - 5.56 Mb)

NEW! Click here to download AHOVI Map Maker! (1.57 Mb)



Like a few of my previous games, (Evolites and Linked), in order to submit your high scores, earn credits, and play online, you'll need a Reflect Account. You can find out more about how the system works, and sign up at the Reflect Games website. It's free, fast, and painless!

A special note about playing online
If you want to host games online, you might have to set up your router to use port forwarding. you can find out more about that here. Just make sure TCP port 27782 is open, and you should be good to go.

[kovreu01]

Yay! First to reply! I loved watching this game come together, and now it has!

Interface: 10/10
Sound: 6/10
Graphics: 9/10
Playability: 8/10
Presentation: 10/10
Ease: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
Total: 8.57/10
Hot Feature: Commercial quality; superb presentation.

One of my favourite GM games!

This post has been edited by kovreu01: 18 March 2007 - 12:59 AM

[jls900]

Awesome. been waiting for this...

I havent gotten a chance to play it online but single player was fun and the graphics were awesome, nice textures and nice detail. Great job.

This post has been edited by jls900: 18 March 2007 - 12:47 AM

[jc84144]

WOW! great game. Best looking and most fun 3d game i seen made with GM.

[kovreu01]

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I logged in to play multiplayer, and it said I needed to update my version of the game. The version I have is 1.00, but the only version available is 1.00! Yet in your screenshots, the multiplayer button at the menu isn't disabled!

Oh wait, it's working now.

Bah! Stupid post!

This post has been edited by kovreu01: 18 March 2007 - 01:00 AM

[Armageddon]

Good job! Not in full 3D, but I like the vertical loop!

[ESENESES Games]

10/10!!

[Leif-Ericson]

Finally, this is out.

This will make GM's multiplayer way better, and boost Reflect activity. But there is one Reflect game that will boost activity way more than this, but I bet everyone already knows that.

[Dracodragon]

Great to hear that this game is finally finished! Congratulations yet again on another great game Marty!

I enjoyed all the things in the game and thought everything from sprites, music, to the theme were all harmonized well together. You have outdone yourself yet again.

I cant wait to play people online, hopefully when my internet starts to run faster you will be seeing me on there.

10/10

-Draco-

[sn0wb0arder381]

I finally tried out the multiplayer with a few people, and it was amazing. It was a bit laggy, which was a little unexpected since I do have a good connection and have 0 lag on every game.(11-44 ping on battlefield 2)

[frank34443]

I saw this in the WIP forum fred, and already then it was amazing. I can't download this atm but I will soon. I can barely wait to see what this game has in store.

[metalhead1023]

WH00T!

I've been waiting for this day will edit with full review congrats fred on completion.

[Pondwater]

Three Cheers! Go you cropdusters!

[madlawyer]

I say five words: Cage Match Hall of Fame.

[T-Bird]

Im glad this is out not only because its a great game, but also because it puts you that much closer to HT3D2 *drools*

[msnacks]

this looks amazing!!! The screenshots are very convincing cant wait to play it!!!


it wasnt quite as good as i thought, i dont like the idea of the "skill level" and it take skill to fire the gun and do tight turns, however the graphics are great it was flawless and addicting, i wish there was more single player missions tho!!!


8.8/10

This post has been edited by msnacks: 18 March 2007 - 04:53 AM

[sid673]

Man, best game ever! But the whole trick metre thing really let it down for me.

[Leif-Ericson]

The music, the graphics, everything is perfect!

If only someone would create a server. Sadly not many people are on.

[BBaller]

I've got a server going right now. Hmm, I wonder if it plays a sound effect when another player joins. That way I can have the game running at the spawn screen in the background while I work on other stuff, and the sound will alert me when a player joins.

[metalhead1023]

Why complain about the trick meter do you want a game with no challenge what so ever?