Tankaar is an exclusive high speed artillery/archery game (based on Indian Mythology) on messenger which can be played with online friends by logging on to any XMPP service like GTalk, Jabber or Local XMPP service of an organization. It entails dueling as archers in Indian Mythology style by means of divine arrows called as Astras.
Tankaar.com has a projected 70,900 monthly visits and it is a privately funded startup founded from a small office in Chandigarh. Tankaar has a global rank of 380,857, and has 0 external websites linking to it, according to Alexa. The mission of Tankaar is to present you with a gaming platform where you can come and have a great time with your friends.
Tankaar.com
When you open the website Tankaar.com, you will see on the top total 6 navigations. Let us discuss them in detail.
1. Home: This is the homepage of the website Tankaar.com.
2. Download: In this section, process of downloading is mentioned like:
- How to run Tankaar on Windows?
- How to run Tankaar on Linux?
- How to run Tankaar on Mac?
3. Astras: In this category, full list of various kinds of Astras are provided such as Adhomukh Astra, Agni Gol, Agrat Gol, Baan Vrishti Dwitiya, Chandra Astra, Dhumketu, Panch Visfotak, Unmaad Gend, Uttan Astra, Vriksha Raksha, and many more.
4. Forums: Here you need to Login with your username and password to post new content. Login section is provided on left side and New forum topics on right side of forum page.
5. Developer’s blog: You can get all the information regarding following topics:-
- Tankaar 10.08: Three platforms and half century of Astras
- Why so few software products from India?
- Indian Mythology, an Idea Bag for Games
- Beauty and extensibility of Sanskrit
- Why a game on messenger ?
- Tankaar : Behind the Scenes
- Can we have a “no download” world?
- Is it safe to enter Gmail password on Tankaar Messenger?
- Why the name “Tankaar”?
- Start of an adventure named “Tankaar”
6. Wiki: To discuss the technology which powers Tankaar is the main aim of Tankaar Wiki. This wiki seeks to “make information regarding programming and hacks which went into making Tankaar more accessible to developers“.
Smack(XMPP)
- Tankaar and Smack
- Configuring Eclipse for Smack
- Lets Chat using Smack
JOGL (Java OpenGL)
- Tankaar and JOGL
- Configuring Eclipse for JOGL
- Drawing First 2D Graphics in JOGL
- Drawing Rectangle and Circle in JOGL
- Rotate Graphics in JOGL
- Displaying an Image in JOGL (Part 1)
- Displaying an Image in JOGL (Part 2)
- Displaying an Image in JOGL (Part 3)
- Animate Graphics in JOGL
Introduction of the game
You can chat with your friends and challenge them to a game of Tankaar to break free from you tedious schedule using Tankaar Messenger. You can also play against computer, if no online friend is available for play. The broad variety of astras will make certain that you have a heartening game experience. You have to just sign in with any XMPP Service account (which includes Google Account), to play Tankaar.
Tankaar can be considered as a virtual duel. This homegrown Tankaar game has been inspired from a number of other artillery games similar to Pocket Tanks, Worms, Scorched Earth to name a few and the game play is somewhat alike. The game is a 4 mb file that you can download on to your computer and sign in using any xmpp account. In the newest version of Tankaar, you can opt from as many as 50 diverse astras which find their roots in literature. The player has to make a selection of his astra, decide the angle and power and launch his astra with a ‘tankaar’.
About the founders
The idea is put into certainty by two young enthusiasts, while they were studying in IIT Roorkee. They decided to create a game that could be played while chatting with your friends, being enthralled by the potential of real time communication through the internet. XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is the technology that powers tankaar. They brought out the first version of Tankaar in January 2010, working tireless since April, 2009.
Funding Status
In this venture, the founders have pumped in their own money and have written the code themselves. For the marketing and promotion of the game, an email correspondence with the founder revealed that they are looking at external funding. Every day approximately 100 people play the game and it has been downloaded by more than 1000 users.
Version History of Tankaar
- Tankaar 10.08 (New version of Tankaar released on 8th August, 2010)
- Tankaar 10.06
- Tankaar 10.01
Tankaar 10.08 Key Features:
- Keyboard control
- Use of old SSL Port method in XMPP Connection implemented
- eMail spamming removed
- 10 more astras added, so count reached 50
- Released for Windows, Linux and MacOSX
- Levels in Tankaar Bot implemented
Key Features of Tankaar 10.06:
- Exiting from application synchronized
- eMailing friends who like to play implemented
- Interface improved
- Only online version with 40 astras
- Single full-screen window contained messenger and the game
- Customized messenger services
- Guru-Chela concept removed
Tankaar 10.01 Key Features:
- The messenger and the game used to open in separate windows
- Released as separate Desktop and Online Versions
- Desktop version contained 10 Astras (marked as *)
- Online Version contained all 30 Astras but only 10 were granted by default, others could be earned by making account on the website and Guru-Chela effect
Source: http://www.tankaar.com
