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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 04:55 Edited at: 30th Jan 2005 19:38
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Hi all,

A while back we decided to drop las6's really popular online highscore code (as seen in DUOtris) into DUO. Not content with that I decided to give it a major overhaul as well.

I've replaced 90% of the graphics (honest). The new graphics look very similar to the old as I wanted to keep the character of the original but are hopefully of a higher quality.

I've also replaced all the bullet and collision code with code I've devoped for our new "engine". This means it all runs noticably faster and the gameplay is even smoother (certainly on medium and lower spec PC's)

And to celebrate the increased speed I added a bit more motion blur and a new "Psycho" difficulty level. This was really just an excuse for me to throw more stuff around on the screen but it's turned out to be a real challenge for anyone that found the original too easy......I know there were a few (Hi Peter ). I could have really upped the action to push DBPro a bit harder but it would be totally unplayable.

Thanks again to AaronF for the music, las6 for the online code and graphical guidance, plus kenmo for additional playtesting.

For all those that missed the first version here's the original thread....
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=29481&b=5
....I was going to say compare the graphics but as I've used the same filename that thread shows the new ones as well.....heh, trust me they're better now.

Download Link:
http://www.binaryzoo.com/games/duo/index.htm

And the "has he really redone all the graphics?" screenie....


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Posted: 16th Jan 2005 05:01
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Seems very cool! Downloading now!!

Sorry for my English...
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I waste so much of my precious time on your games, Fog. Stop making them, and my life will be so much more...manageable!

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deceptivley simple .. clean lines .. and gameplay that blows the minde. and mouse and fingers.

Fog's got good fun down pat .

and probably one of the reasons my project has drawn on so long LOL

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Fog! Stop making such addective games!

must... stop... playing...

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Excellent . I only quit because I need to go to bed . And on that note, I got the top online score, but pressed escape (instead of purposely losing), and it didn't give me a chance to save my high score! GAH!

Otherwise, it's still as great as it first was . The winning combination - Shooting stuff, with things... and they explode! I'll certainly be trying to get that high score again .

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Noooooooo! I got the high score again! Plus level 90, and then I accidentally pressed the button on the side of my mouse along with the lmb, and it quit with "array subscript out of bounds on line 790" or something.

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Genuine V1 Quotes:

"It's hard to be original due to the vast array of games on the market today, but you've managed it."
BatVink

"...smooth (and i mean smoooooth) gameplay..."
Peter

"Why have baddie simply die when it can explode into a rainbow of colours."
Spooky

"I swore a few times when I saw what was coming towards me!"
Pincho

"I cranked up the effects to the full and can only say one thing...awesome!"
BatVink

"I'll just join the bandwagon...a marvelous game!"
Scion6

"Its a bit like playing chess when your drunk."
Aura

"Woot! woot! ::**Does dorky dance**:: booyah!"
Peter

Rumoured V2 Quotes:

"We may have found the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction."
Anonymous Government Spokesman
"More realistic physics than Half Life 2"
Professor Stephen Hawkings

"I now realise just how shallow all my own games really are."
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima

you're a very mad one, FOG...

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Quote: ""I now realise just how shallow all my own games really are."
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima"

..lol..

i was gone for the weekend so i didn't notice this...

don't worry soon i'll be on top of the score board...

[edit] ARG...noticed that when you load you're game it doesn't load the score!

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@Hamish McHaggis
Glad you enjoyed it

Appologies for the problem with the mouse. DUO uses a lot of old and TBH fairly laughable routines and the mouse code will have a seizure if you press a 4th button.....hey I was still learning Anyway thanks for pointing that out, I'll change it.

I also think allowing people to enter a name for a highscore when they press escape is reasonable. I'll add that as well.

@Ermes
lol. In this case I think I'll take being called mad as a compliment.

Anyway the V1 quotes were made by people here and on LLRGT so maybe they are really the mad ones.

The V2 quotes may well be fake....I'm not sure

@Peter
Quote: "ARG...noticed that when you load you're game it doesn't load the score!"

heh. Yeah that's to stop people loading a saved game repeatedly and flooding the board with their mega scores
This way any high scores must be set in one session without dying so are a better proof of ability.

You can still flood the highest level board though....have fun

@Everyone else who apparently wants us to stop making games
Err.........Nah Many thanks.

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Damn level 93 . It's so hard with all the blue things bouncing around.

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@Hammish McHaggis- heh...yeah, that's the one i only got past 3 times

[edit] BTW i will be on the high scores as "PKH" (heh...i got 3rd but i had a blank name )

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heehee i got 1st with 700,000,000+ (second is only 200,000,000+ so i got %350 more then second )

took me 1 hour and 23 mins (i played straight from level 10 to 90...on normal difficulty) i stopped because i had to go to bed...i'll try an do the entire game tomorrow when i have time lol

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I'm JRT on the high scores. I need to win!

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Hmm, I'm trying to get past the final levels, but it keeps randomly giving me "Sprite alpha value illegal at line xx", and quitting on levels 93 and 94.

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Quote: "Hmm, I'm trying to get past the final levels, but it keeps randomly giving me "Sprite alpha value illegal at line xx", and quitting on levels 93 and 94."

this has happened to me before also (though not with v1.2 yet) and i posted about it...

it seemed to happen when i got real low on health

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Looks like there's some serious competition for highest level going on between Hamish, Peter & the mysterious "mac".

Although Peter has the highest score comfortably to himself..... for now

@Hamish & Peter
I've uploaded a new exe so if either of you good men could let me know if it's ok I'd appreciate it....then I'll upload it officially.

http://www.binaryzoo.com/misc/DUO.rar

-Fixed bug that caused a crash with 4-button mouse.
-Added ability to submit highscore even after quiting (ESC) game.
-Hopefully tracked down the cause of the "sprite alpha" crashes. Looks like it was my fault completely so you can rest assured I'll be giving myself a good kicking

Thanks.

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@fog: Do you get more points for you score if you play it with the graphics completely cranked up... Difficulty aswell, or is it just difficulty? Or not at all?



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the new version works fine for me fog...

Quote: "Do you get more points for you score if you play it with the graphics completely cranked up... "

lol you should it's so much harder...

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Well, the problems seem to be solved, but this game is turning into an obsession! It's become one of those annoying games that you repeatedly play the same bits over and over, getting angrier and more tired every time you get 5 seconds into the game and get smashed to bits! These last levels are such a jump in difficulty, I may have to give up soon before I put my fist through the monitor .

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@Merix
lol. No the amount of FX you have on doesn't effect your score.....nice thought though.
Only playing at a higher difficulty level will give you a higher score. Try playing through on Psycho level.....that shouldn't be too hard

@Peter
Thanks for testing that. Alpha problem finally solved by the looks of things.

@Hamish
lol. Yeah the last few levels are killers....quite literally.

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Quote: "Try playing through on Psycho level.....that shouldn't be too hard
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heh..i get stuck on level 26

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Wow, that was the funnest Dark Basic Game I think I have played. Really great Fx, awesome sounds, fast paced game. 2 Thumbs Up

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This game is immense. I loves it.


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@Peter
Heh yeah. Level 26 is hard even on the other difficulty settings. Note to self: More playtesting next time

@Odysseus & ReD_eYe
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

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I started playing it again and I am placed at #8 . I downloaded this game on my parents computer and let them have a go at it. ( They enjoyed it, actually they are still playing it )I think this is worth paying a little cash for. You should keep this up it is a great idea.

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To whoever was responsible many thanks for the sticky

@Odysseus.
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You should keep this up it is a great idea.
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Apart from any now unlikely bug fixes, this is pretty much the end of any work on DUO but we have a load of new ideas to try out for future projects.
Good score btw

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Thanks to Mike and vapournet.com my sites now back online.

Appologies to anyone that's been trying to download

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Nice, very very nice!

Cant stop playing it!

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heh, my sister walked by and was like

"oh, you're playing the circle game "



my score remains un-movable
(though somebody is getting close...i'll go put them out of they're misery *goes to play level 10-100*)

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hey ermes you forgot my quote

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@Mobiius
Thanks. You also win the award for most disturbing avatar

@Peter
Yep you're still top but i don't think you will be for much longer.

And you still haven't got to level 100 yet....maybe your sister should help you

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I have no idea what you're talking about

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patience my young padawan....patience

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Love it, despite me having the accuracy of chimp being electrocuted while playing.

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All the downloads we've had and you're score is still top. Respect

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Thanks. And just how accurate is an electrocuted chimp?

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Not very. Perhaps I should stop using optical mice on my bed.

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@fog:

Hi, you replied to my game on LLRGT - I don't think I've extended the same courtesy and given you any feedback on DUO though...

Well, it's easily the best 2D game I've played on DB. It's also in my top 3 all time DB fav's. Everything about it screams high quality, but actually, my favourite bit is when you end the game and it flashes white and says "Thankyou" - that was just the cherry on top of an excellent cake

Excellent work throughout, and strangely compelling

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Quote: "my favourite bit is when you end the game and it flashes white and says "Thankyou" - that was just the cherry on top of an excellent cake "

lol, yeah i forgot to mention that also...

it's extremely classy to have that at the end...don't remove it!

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Shows that there are people out there willing to put a little more effort into presentation.

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Hey thanks Drew. Always been impressed by your programs so I'm glad you liked it.


Heh the "Thanks" at the end was put in on the original DUO when I'd have been grateful if just one person had taken the time to download and play it (although I secretly hoped there would be about 10 )

Near 10,000 downloads last month though so I guess it's fair to say it did better than I could ever have hoped for.


As for the presentation thing. Well it obviously takes a little bit longer but it's hopefully worth the effort. If you've spent months on a project then why spoil it by avoiding a couple of extra days work on the presentation?

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whenever i try to run it i just get an illegal error in <unknown> ??? oh well,looks good n e way !

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WOW !!!!! THIS is probalbly---nay---THE most on-the-edge-can't-blink game I've ever played!!!!



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Hey!...somebody beat my score

*must reclaim my title*

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@GotStatic Studios
Sorry. Completely missed that post. Did you ever get it to run? My guess is it's a Windows ME issue.

@Carlitos
Thanks. Blinkings over-rated anyway

@Peter
Yeah, someone out there has played DUO even more than you have!

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@fog- yeah what's sad is that it took them so many tries to beat me

i got that high score the first time i decided to play through and get a high score

anyway haven't got a chance yet to try and get back my title but will probably try today...

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i think the first version was better.. in the first version, was much more fire types.. =]

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Thanks GogetaX.......but you're wrong

I haven't touched the weapons, other than changing the graphics, since the first version so there weren't more fire types

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