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Super Nova
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2008 04:11 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2008 07:31
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This little game was inspired by an old game that I made (pong 4) a while back. My brother helped me design the gameplay and I think that its really quite addicting. Like pong 4 you use only the mouse, so its really easy to get the hang of. The game with souce code is attached. Heres a pic of the gameplay.



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keep the ball alive by activating the correct paddle.

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use the mouse to activate a paddle by placing the mouse over it

If anyone beats my hiscore please post it because Ill be impressed if you do...

EDIT: oops... meant to post this in the programming announcement thread, maybe a mod could move it for me... please

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BiggAdd
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2008 06:11
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Thats really smart. I only managed to get to 2700 something. didn't beat your score.

There be no source code yaaar

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Super Nova
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I included the bak file which has the source in it, 2700 something is really good though, thanks for playing.

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2008 08:22
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I don't know how I could possible get the source out of a .bak file

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create a new DBPro Project, open the .bak with WordPAD or NotePAD and copy'n'paste source code from NotePAD/WordPAD into your DBPro Project.

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or rename the .bak to .dba

???
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Quote: "create a new DBPro Project, open the .bak with WordPAD or NotePAD and copy'n'paste source code from NotePAD/WordPAD into your DBPro Project."

Cheers for the info! I really am a plebbert when it comes to programming.

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Quote: "Cheers for the info! I really am a plebbert when it comes to programming."


Even I knew that.


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So any of you others try it out? if so, what score did ya get?

Can a mod please move this thread to program announcements if that is indeed possible... sorry for the trouble.

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2008 00:51 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2008 00:51
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I tried it, and enjoyed it.
The graphics were simple, but I thought they worked.
My score was around 2.5k.
Perhaps the fact that you must hold the mouse over the box is part of what makes this game fun, but have you considered an "easy" mode, where you can move the mouse off the wall once it's selected?

Thanks for sharing your creation.


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Quote: "Perhaps the fact that you must hold the mouse over the box is part of what makes this game fun, but have you considered an "easy" mode, where you can move the mouse off the wall once it's selected?"

Yes, I have considered quite a few different ideas that could improve the gameplay, your idea being one. If I have time I can add some along with updating some other things such as the graphics. Speaking of which, what do you think would make a good background? At this point, anything would be better than the default blue backdrop, im sure, but maybe some retro squares or something?

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Thank you for playing

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2833. For some reason, it really likes to aim for those corners most of the time, so I can never tell which block to save.


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Quote: "For some reason, it really likes to aim for those corners most of the time, so I can never tell which block to save."

I know, sometimes this is a real pain, but its all part of the challenge. I am considering making an update which would possible make the game slightly easier, do you think the difficulty is too high or just right?

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Thats pretty cool, I got about 2400 or so. I actually didn't like using the mouse to select which paddle, I would have rather used the arrow keys. Pressing Left and Up for the Top left paddle and up for the top paddle, etc. Other than that, its pretty sweet. *Thumbs up*

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Quote: "I would have rather used the arrow keys."

Alrighty, I was thinking about doing that for people on laptops so I did, I updated the first post with the updated version. I tested it out a bit and the arrowkeys actually dont make it as easy as I thought it would.

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The new controls helped.

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2900 something, pretty fun, and I prefer using the mouse over arrow keys

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Way to go profit, I still do prefer the mouse though. With enough practice, im sure someone could get an insanely hiscore using the arrowkeys.

Thanks for playing everyone, Im really considering making a huge update to this with several different modes of play, maybe I could do the same with pong 4 and release a minigame type game.

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I got 3459 last night, but I was too tired to take a screenshot



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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 07:19 Edited at: 24th Feb 2008 07:20
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@da power pwnerer
Nice score! did you use the mouse or arrowkeys when you got that?

I have tomorrow off and im planning on making an update but I gotta sleep, be back tomorrow.

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