World of papercraft artillery

Wanna play some tanks?

What is this?

World of papercraft artillery is a simple boardgame implementation of the artillery game. It is Python script which generates artillery tables for a symetrical 2D game area. The terrain (mountains) is described by a mathematical function hardcoded (SHAME!) in the script.

Why is this?

It is a pet project of me and my roomate. It all started with the idea if it would be possible to play the artillery game offline on a squared paper.

How to use it?

Simple, just download and print out one of the four generated levels. In the

1) Draw the game area Take a squared piece of paper and mark fifty squares horizontaly and fifteen sqraues verticaly. On the left of level there is a surface height mark "~" for every 2 squares. Draw the whole line as the level.

2) Place your tank on the drawn surface Pick a place where your and your oponent's tanks are starting.

3) Pick a direction & angle Direction of your howitzer can be to the left or to the right. Angle must be between 0° and 90˚. Pick without looking at the table.

4a) Fire right When shooting to the right side. On the "↷" Y axis find the square number (place) from which you fired. On the horizontal X axis (top) find the angle in wich you fired.

At the intersection of the column and row you shall find the result in a format IMPACT SQUARE: IMPACT ANGLE

4b) Fire left When shooting to the left side. On the "↶" Y axis find the square number (place) from which you fired. On the horizontal X axis (top) find the angle in wich you fired.

At the intersection of the column and row you shall find the result in a format IMPACT SQUARE: IMPACT ANGLE

Substract the IMPACT SQUARE from fifty to get the final place

Levels

There are four distinct levels prepared in a csv format. You can download a prettyfied .ODS of the kolin level

How to run?

python3 papercraft-artillery.py > milesovka.csv

Is it any good?

Yes

Credits

Created in cooperation with Pavel Mares