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Work in Progress / Miss Kitty Fantastico... demo and screens

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Aoneweb
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Posted: 24th Jun 2004 07:59
Not all DB programers are about money but this game demands reward.

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Posted: 30th Jun 2004 23:29
if you charge for your game then less people get to play it and therefore you are not as well known throughout the gaming community...(notice the people who have made commercial games tend to hide in holes?)


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Posted: 1st Jul 2004 06:56
Very cool man. I enjoyed playing.

Only problem I had was, in (say) the dungeon "crypt" places, if you stand in the middle and "jump" forward, I ended up off screen on the wall, and took a step and fell to my death =(

Same happened when I jumped onto the fence.

But great fun!

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Posted: 2nd Jul 2004 02:20
coooooooooooooool! i realy like this game, by the way, you can sell it, but if it is free, more people play it.
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Posted: 7th Jul 2004 00:30
Awwww that puddy cat is so damn cute, I know a lot of people who'll love this!.

Add as many levels as you can stand to make.


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Posted: 9th Jul 2004 18:56
must try this one later when I get home as I just noticed the thread. Miss Kitty Fantastico.. I was sure I heard that somewhere before.
Turns out I was right.

But isn't she..or it, dead? I remember some crossbow training accident involving Miss Kitty Fantastico...


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Posted: 9th Jul 2004 22:45
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Miss%20Kitty%20Fantastico

Missy Kitty Fantastico is Buffy's cat.


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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 10th Jul 2004 00:44
Yeah if you read to the bottom it appears to say exactly what Las remembered

Can't say was ever into Buffy much; you will have seen this game before though, as it was released 12months(ish) back in DBC.
Was a good game then and still is today

the silence from the creator hopefully means alot of new levels hehee

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@ZHence: Your link says it's willows cat.

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Holy frijoles, this thread is still alive!

MKF is Tara and Willow’s cat (technically Tara’s, but they share )… for the non-fanboys, she’s just a cute kitten that appeared in a few episodes of Buffy before unceremoniously disappearing, never to be mentioned again… until a couple years later when Dawn remarked about “accidentally” shooting Miss Kitty with a crossbow. But she is NOT dead. MKF is out saving the world in my game

My plan was to include the backstory to Miss Kitty as little prologue, similar to the comic book in Tito (because I haven’t stolen enough ideas from that game). There is actually a point to the kitten running around a cemetery being chased by undead bears, and more specific goals later on.

Quote: "the silence from the creator hopefully means alot of new levels hehee"

Yup, lots of stuff in work… and hopefully no one will be *cough* disappointed. I’m shooting for 50 levels to call it "complete"; have about 30 sketched out, only 15 built. I have no idea when I’ll release another update… still pulling hair on some serious new bugs. Hopefully it won’t be another year
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Posted: 10th Jul 2004 11:54
Oh, now I get it.


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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 16:35
WOW! Incredible game! very polished! It looks like a commercial game one would see on the PS2 for the younger crowds! Keep up the good work!
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 23:26
One of the DB games I enjoyed the most. Too bad there was an end.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2004 23:26
i see, i like!

NICE WORK!


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Posted: 18th Jul 2004 14:57
Lot's of fun.

I think it would be nice to have a feature where you can turn the cats direction without having to make him jump to another tile.

Unless that was done on purpose to make levels more challenging. I ran into a few places where I wanted to double jump but I couldn't because you can only jum in the direction that you are facing and there was no room to turn.

Besides rich's comment about inside the crypts, i Found that the headstones will allow the mr. Fantastico to wedge himself into the concrete if you perform a jump from the right side.

It would be nice to have an indicator when all coins are collected, i know you have the stars over the exit, but if the levels get bigger it may be a pain to get there only to find that there are 2 coins left. Now say you gop and find one stray, you culd come all the way b ack just to find out there must be another coin somewhere.

Other than that, nice work so far. I share the same sentiment as many of the other members. Can't wait for more goodies and levels.


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Posted: 22nd Jul 2004 13:39 Edited at: 22nd Jul 2004 13:44
Okay… I’ve updated the demo (http://skwirle.dbspot.com/files/MKF.zip), even though not as much done as I had hoped (and no kitten rescueage yet ). I ended up scrapping several levels that were just not any fun to play… so feedback on the newer levels would be greatly appreciated, especially if any of them strike you are boring, annoying, or somehow lacking in playability. I’m learning towards more “puzzles” even though it’s been a real bunny coming up with clever ideas that actually work.

Changes (to help you determine if you want to download, it’s almost up to 7MB zipped):
- First 6 levels haven’t changed much except for bug fixes and sound effects.
- Newer levels add things like stationary and shooting hazards and pushable boxes (with a surprise inside).
- Monster AI is slightly better… the wandering monsters will try to avoid each other and look for alternate paths. And in the last standard level included, the bear tries to chase you… but the path finding is still pretty simple.
- Added a menu with some video and sound options. The game auto-saves at the beginning of each level, so you can restart a level and/or continue the game later.
- Kitty can no longer jump. Mostly because I’m lazy and restricting player movement makes designing levels a lot easier. Might put it back as a “power-up” in later levels (yeah, power-ups are coming).
- Music: still sucks. Ignore it. I haven’t figured out what to do about the music yet.

My to-do list is still enormous, but I’d still like to hear about any bugs or problems or ideas for improvement. And thanks to everyone who’ve made suggestions so far!

Oops... forgot to mention, the update now has 13 levels total... 5 new ones plus 2 bonus levels.

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Posted: 22nd Jul 2004 22:03
Will download later today
(do you have the cat in any other format then .x? like oh say MS3D )


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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 04:58
It play great but when I got to the frist bounes level I got "File does not exist at 1737!!!"
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Quote: "It play great but when I got to the frist bounes level I got "File does not exist at 1737!!!" "

@Cavex: Could you delete the file Worlds\1\7\crumbles.txt and try again? Might be safer to delete everything and reinstall from the zip, a similar error might pop up later. I changed the level files, and it's reading an older version ( man, it took me a while to figure that one out).

Anybody else who downloaded the first demo: delete the original files before unzipping the new one... sorry about that!

Quote: "do you have the cat in any other format then .x? like oh say MS3D"

@Magellan Studios: How about 3DS or OBJ?
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 09:02
I LOVE that starting pic with willow and tara hugging miss kitty(willow is SOOOO000ooo HOT!!!). Did you draw it?

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Quote: "Manticore Night: Did you draw it?"

Only Fantastico. I cheated and scanned a cuddly pic of Willow and Tara from a Buffy comic and drew in their kitty. (My attempts to draw the girls by hand turn out amazingly bad)

@Magellan Studios: I emailed the 3DS version to your juno email... let me know if you can't import it.
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2004 13:11
I really like the way this game looks.
I had an idea as well, it's not directly related to this game, but would be a cool tie in
for people writing other games.

Quite often in movies actors and others make cameo appearances.

How about we make Kitty the dbpro/dbc cameo character for our own projects?
Could be a bit of fun and would also provide a nice community tie in.

What do you guys think? and real skwirle would you mind?

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Posted: 24th Jul 2004 06:25
a new release ???
cool
downloading it now

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Posted: 24th Jul 2004 06:56
Wow that was fun.

Don't think I'll ever beat that game with only 5 lives though.



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Posted: 24th Jul 2004 07:17
very cool!! i think there should be a way of gaining extra lives though

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Quote: "How about we make Kitty the dbpro/dbc cameo character for our own projects?"

Ok, I couldn't resist... (with apologies to bigbrother 2000 )
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hey thats pretty kwl real skwirle, thats inspired me to make Beware The Moon 2 lol

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Neato Torpedo...great work...

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Posted: 26th Jul 2004 12:23
Just thought you might want to know, my mom plays this game non-stop.

Fraggles where quite the scary lot...
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Wow. By saying that single phrase, I have single handedly killed this thread...

Fraggles where quite the scary lot...
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@spaghetti-LOL!

Quote: " I emailed the 3DS version to your juno email... let me know if you can't import it. "

i imported it into milkshape but it was a big mess(looked nothing like kitty)


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Quote: "my mom plays this game non-stop."

It fun for all ages!

@Magellan Studios: I think 3ds Max does some funked up stuff to the object axis on export… I loaded that 3DS model in DBC and the kitty’s legs were going every which way. I think it’s straightened out now… I’m emailing you my latest (push and death animations, too)… if it still doesn’t load, I’ll hunt around for a MS3D export plugin.

Also, I’ve made couple more models… low-poly and crude but cute. If anyone wants…


This is the cast of characters so far. Miss Kitty will get to rescue her friends (the Scrappies, since Buffy has her Scoobies) and guide them to safety… if I can fix some weird bugs in the AI code . And there will be terrifying new monsters, such as bunnies and tadpoles.
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hehe, that's funny! in my game the object is to rescue your friends! but it's more time-based...also my game stinks compared to yours...


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yeah, but I absolutely completely got that idea from somewhere else... *cough*

lol, I did pound my fist on the table when I saw all the moving platforms in Thunder Death Warrior. I've been working on this bitca for near a year and I don't have moving platforms yet!!!
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I forgot to mention that my mom was playing the demo from the first post. now that I downloaded the second demo, she won't get off her computer!!

Also, she was wondering..who are the names on the tombstones?

Fraggles where quite the scary lot...
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@skwirle What are you talking about? Those models are great!

Fraggles where quite the scary lot...
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Thanks, Sir Spaghetti Code (and Spaghetti Code's mom!)

The names on the headstones are people who died on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I've gotten up to season 3… A LOT of people died on Buffy). On the crypts are some of the show's writers.

Not that I’m obsessed or anything…
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Quote: " Not that I’m obsessed or anything…"


lol

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Lol!
Man, if you can keep somebody's mom stuck on the computer you have succeeded in making a game.

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Posted: 27th Jul 2004 18:30
Agreed.

Those are some nice models real skwirle. I'm still having fun playing your game to this point.(Something many games don't achieve )



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Posted: 27th Jul 2004 19:27
It real good game. I think at some point we need see some vapire cats.
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Posted: 27th Jul 2004 23:38 Edited at: 27th Jul 2004 23:40
@skwirle-are you using Nuclear Glory? if so i can give you the functions i have for moving platforms(real easy to use, one you call whenever you want to make one and the second you call every loop to update them)


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Posted: 28th Jul 2004 01:23
Holy Crap! skwirle that's amazing! I just played through to the end and I have to say that's one of the best, most polished games I've ever seenmade with DB, and I've been trying out people's games since DBC first came out. Beautiful! Keep up the good work. BTW... on my system, 40 fps gives the best gameplay... I tried cranking the speed up to 100 and it was smooth as silk (but way too fast to play) [AMD 1.3/1.0GB SDRAM/RADEON 9800 Pro]
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Gua-ahh-wawa?!?!??!

Ok seriously... I won't say anything other than start a company 'cause you'll make a ton of cash! Congratulations! That was fricken awesome! Like seriously.... for a moment I thought you stole that from a retail store and posted it on the net! You're gonna get far in life if you keep that up and go for programming!

Pie!
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@Magellan Studios: Appreciate the offer, but I’m not using any real collision detection… wrote sort of my own kludgy alternative in a desperate attempt to gain more FPS. Hence some of my problems

Thanks for the compliments... keep 'em coming . Except adding extra lives, no complaints on the level design?
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excellent game!, my xgf loves it as well. amazing to see something so complete.

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Posted: 30th Jul 2004 18:00 Edited at: 30th Jul 2004 18:02
finished all levels

REALLY REALLY EXCELLENT !!!!
the small photos in some areas about buffy, chance, ... cool
the "grrr...agrrr" we senn on Buffy TV series ending is also here in monsters !!!!

you game is one of my favourite DBPro games

Good work !!!

Can't wait for new levels

real skwirle, your new models are really excellent too !!! Hoping they'll be on the final game !!!!

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ehe !
My girl friend just seen something ...
You hide a Garden-dwarf in your game !!!


anotehr detail.
When you go out of a vault, sometimes monsters is just in front of the exit, so you lose 1 life... There are no way knowing if the monster is just in front of the vault entrance . You should make something to prevent this.

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gnome not dwarf! funny

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