I was going to post a video, but using fraps, I get all the screen grabbed including the parts you can't see, so it looks a bit of a mess. The people draw some nice funky patterns at the bottom though lol. I will probably have to go with a demo only, unless I can work out a way to get a decent vid.
Still, it is not in my opinion ready yet, although it is fairly playable, I have a few bugs to iron out (do they ever end? lol), and have to work on the graphics a little more. The main ship needs a bit more work, and the mothership is still very basic. I also need to decide on my level structure. At the moment it is just one level that gets progressively harder. I think I will be adding a few different layouts for more variety, but am leaving it till last as graphics are my most hated part of games making, well unless I have a bug I cannot fix in code lol. I am however getting to the stage where I need to get drawing to make much more progress. The game was paused for nearly 4 months because I had to draw men running lol. It took me about 2 hours in the end, but my animation skills in 2D are nonexistent and it was a chore.
Oh, D3D is a lot faster than DB's text commands, but, I have found once installed, even if you do not use it, you will have to include the required dll's anyway, when sending out any game made in DB. I could be wrong, but I have had several people who cannot test my projects, because those dll's were missing. I never thought to include them, because I never used one of the plug-ins commands. As you say, for the purposes of a menu screen sprites will suffice and simplify the process.
Thanks Hodgey, the graphics will be better when complete, not massively I doubt, they actually look better in motion (in the main lol), than they do in a screenshot. The main problem I have at the min is I did such a good job of the asteroids, the other graphics look bland
So will have to supe those up a little.
@baxslash, that sounds like complicated stuff, but useful. GPS use? That would indeed be very useful I'm sure for the right app. Netbook use though? Surely no netbooks support this as standard yet? Or do you mean AppGameKit?
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