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Work in Progress / Snails Beta -- Online Highscores!

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Peter H
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Posted: 16th Feb 2006 01:02 Edited at: 20th Feb 2006 16:01
Well, i have to leave soon, but i really wanted to get this out tonight!

This is a space invaders style game i've been making for the caiman compo, i'ts just about done, but i need some opinions on things like
difficulty level
level progression
the rate things move, do you think the slime should move faster? what about the snails? do the time limited bonuses run for about the right time?

and of course any other thoughts / critique

Screens!

Speed attack bonus-

Salt Gun-

Mortar-


Download:
6.82 MB .rar
8.68 MB .zip

Controls
Arrowkeys for moving left and right
spacebar to shoot!
1, 2, and 3 select slime, mortar, and saltgun respectively (the numbers above the numbers, NOT the numpad!)

umm... i forgot to take out a debug hotkey.. so if you press "0" then you will instantly die

-To do
sound effects & more music
tweak graphics & gameplay

also, there is a online highscore board

i would talk more but i really have to leave... like right now...

enjoy!

--Peter

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UFO
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Posted: 16th Feb 2006 01:03
Looks cool!!!
*Downloading*

I was waiting for a thread on this


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General Sephiro
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Posted: 16th Feb 2006 02:42 Edited at: 16th Feb 2006 02:48
just how long have you been working on this one, young peter

I remember seeing a screenie of this a while back in your website, nice friendly GUI, sadly the music stops playing after a while... should restart the music after every level or so a bit too easy difficulty wise =D, keep up the good work Peter

Peter H
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Posted: 16th Feb 2006 03:20
Thanks for trying it out guys!

i'm not done with the music and sound effects... i'm hoping to have it alternate between several different songs

anyhoo... i've been working on it only since the begining of this year... but i've been planning it longer then that

Quote: "a bit too easy difficulty wise "

ok, i'll make it a bit harder

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zzz
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Posted: 18th Feb 2006 14:20
I really liked this game!
Just the whole idea with snails is great!
Some improvements that you could do:
Let the user choose difficulty,easy,medium,hard.
Maybe you could add some nice details, like flowers, grass or other insects etc.
Remove the disturbing sound when you clear a level.
I know you´ve heard it before but, loop the music!

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Posted: 18th Feb 2006 14:47 Edited at: 18th Feb 2006 14:48
And here you go, do what ever you want with it...


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Peter H
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Posted: 19th Feb 2006 00:40
whoa! thanks!... i have a new version that i'll be uploading tonight or maybe tomorrow... with vastly improved gameplay, and sound effects....

and i'll try out that texture and see if it works nicely for an enemy snail color

Quote: "Remove the disturbing sound when you clear a level."

eheh... ok, i wasn't really attatched to it (it's supposed to be that beeping noise that some arcade games do when they tally up your score, but i couldn't find the right noise....

anyway, i'm a silent fan of your awesome game

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Posted: 19th Feb 2006 01:01
Cool Game!

I think it's fun!

And right now, I'm on the first place on the highscores aswell

-The Nerd

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Peter H
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Posted: 20th Feb 2006 15:59
heh, thanks for trying it out!

Massive update!

I've re-vamped the gameplay, making it faster paced and (IMHO) teh funner
i fixed a horrible bug that caused the game to slow down rapidly after the begining of each level (you may or may not have noticed it, but it took the FPS down from 60 to 15 on my computer... and now it stays at about 60 _
sound effects! now the game isn't quite so silent
a new bonus, "black plague" kills about half of the enemy... but it's a lot rarer then the other bonuses.. and you don't get many points from it
cheats! you can now type "cheat" then the name of the cheat... of course your score goes to zero here's the list

i also reduced the file size (even though i added stuff... ) i have no idea how i did this...

downloads same as above but i'll give them to you again
.Zip 8.68 MBs
.Rar 6.82 MBs

and because this version is so different i've erased the highscores ... i'm assuming ya'll will be honest enough not to submit scores with the old version

I might be able to use zzz's snail texture in the final version... but i think it might turn out to be a little too dark for this game

screen for fun: (all of these screens have been resized of course)



--Peter

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zzz
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Posted: 20th Feb 2006 17:01
Wow! They´re way faster know!

General Sephiro
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Posted: 24th Feb 2006 17:08
You planning on adding anything else to this project?

More weapons maybe???

Quote: "submit scores with the old version"
Would i ever do such a thing? (angel face)

Keep her going young peter xD

Peter H
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Posted: 25th Feb 2006 15:12 Edited at: 25th Feb 2006 15:14
Quote: "More weapons maybe??? "

AHH! the deadline is on the 28th... sooooo.. no...

only changes for the final version will be gameplay tweaks, and maybe music/sound effects tweaks/add-ons (and a different score board, because i don't trust ya'll )

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