Capsule Wars

Capsule Wars is about friendship and fun! Even when you're shooting each other!

Do you want to chill out with your friends and relieve yourself of the competitive burden? Capsule Wars is the answer!

Capsule Wars is a fast and highly mobile Multiplayer FPS game focused on fun and fun only. Enjoy!

If you have any questions, please email me at busy.weasel.games@gmail.com. I would gladly help you.

The game is being released on Early Access for now, so some bugs and errors may occur. If you face any problems, please consider filling out the bug report form by clicking here.

This will be incredibly helpful and will make Capsule Wars a better game.

Current version: 0.2.8-alpha

To play Capsule Wars is fast and easy:

1. Download the Capsule Wars.zip file from Itch.io
2. Consider supporting us by paying any amount that sounds fair to you
3. Extract all the files to the same directory
4. Open the Capsule Wars executable file to play

If you are using Linux and is experiencing problems with the audio, please try running the game as a regular user, instead of sudo/super/administrator.

Unfortunately, as we can't afford to have a dedicated server, there are some limitations on hosting a game online. For now, there is nothing we can do about it unless we guide you through the steps needed.

With your support, we may be able to overcome this limitation and make it easy for everyone to host a game. For this to happen, a Steam release will be needed, so you can create Lobbies and host matches to play with your steam friends.

To have fun with your friends playing Capsule Wars, someone must be hosting a match. The game is playable both on a local network or via the Internet.

For security reasons, you should not give your IP Addresses, local or public, to any person you don't know.

1. Click the "Host" button
2. Insert your username
3. Click "Host"
4. Done! Give your local IP Address to your friends who will be playing with you, and wait for them to join.

While playing in a local network is pretty straightforward, hosting a game via the Internet is a bit more troublesome. For now, there are three ways to host a game online: 1. Via port-forward; 2. With a device compatible with UPnP; 3. Use a third-party service to host a virtual local network. Check below the steps needed for both methods:

- With a device compatible with UPnP:

While using this method, a security warn may appear. This is expected, as the application will try to access some settings in your router.

1. Click the "Host" button
2. Insert your username
3. Make sure the UPnP button is checked "ON"
4. Click the "Host" button

You should be taken to the Lobby in most cases. If you don't, probably your router/modem is either incompatible with UPnP or has it disabled. In this case, try to access your device's settings page and enable UPnP (Universal Plug'n'Play).

- Via port-forward:

If you don't have a device compatible with UPnP, then your only choice is to port forward. Although this procedure changes for each device, the steps below should help you:

1. Open your web browser
2. Insert your router/modem's IP address into the address bar
3. Insert the username and password to access your device's configuration
4. Access your port-forward settings. It is usually located in the Advanced or Local Network sections
5. Add a new port forward with the following:
   1. Name: Just an identifier, type anything you want
   2. Port: Type 23571 in both minimum and max port range fields
   3. Protocol: Select UDP
   4. Internal IP Address: Type your local IP Address

- Virtual local network:

Another alternative for hosting a game is using third-party services that simulate a local network over the Internet. Unfortunately, each service works in its own way, making it impossible to make one single tutorial for all of them.

Roughly, here are the steps that you may need to follow to set up a virtual local network:

1. Access the website of one service provider (Such as Hamachi, ZeroTier, etc)
2. Register and create a new network
3. Download the software needed to use on your PC
4. Ask your friends to download the clients
5. Give your friends your network ID
   1. You may need to authorize your friend's requests to join the network
6. Use your virtual local IP to connect in the game's Lobby (ignore the IPs shown in the Lobby)

With one of these steps, you should be able to host a game with no problems. Have a good game, and thank you for your understanding.

Join a game is fast and easy, but you will need the Public IP Address of your friend that is hosting the game. You should be playing in no time following the steps below:

1. Click the "Join" button
2. Type your username
3. Type your friend's Public IP (if playing online) or Local IP (if playing locally)
4. Click "Join"

How much do you like this game? Found it fun to play? Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts, I'd really appreciate it. And if you want to support me to continue making games, and want this game to evolve, consider paying something for this game, any value will help immensely! Thank you.

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