I’ve got a new ROM to be tested featuring the first game code. This was created on a new install of windows however and I had some issues setting the environment up again and I couldn’t get this working on my DS. Hopefully everyone else will have better luck, though I’ve included the PC build as well so you can see what it’s supposed to be doing.

The test includes all the tests from the last release, but has a new one at the bottom, ‘Test F (Game)’. Choosing this you’ll be shown an abstract view of the game world featuring some terrain, two units and a building.


The green tiles show grass, black for cliffs and brown for road. The clump of red blocks is a building for the Red army and the two single blocks are units.

The selection cursor can be moved around with the D-Pad/arrow keys. Use A on a DS or X on the PC to command a unit to move. There is no attacking yet. Use B on the DS or Z on the PC to select the unit under the selection cursor. You can select units from any army right now.

The debug menu lets you do some more stuff:

Game/Path/Draw toggles the pathfinding route being drawn
Game/Path/Heuristic changes the pathfinding heuristic
Game/Path/Method changes the pathfinding cost method
Game/Army/GiveFunds gives 100 bucks each time its activated
Game/cellsize changes the size of the tiles drawn
Game/debuginfo toggles the info written on the right side of the screen
Use the escape button to quit the PC build. I’m interested in hearing any feedback people have about the test but more interested if anyone can get it working on their DS!