Typhoon 2001

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:11 pm 0

He sounds like a decent guy, here's hoping that this can be reconciled to the satisfaction of all parties. I'm sure it can, Jeff's a decent bloke too.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:16 pm 0

Well here's what i wrote him back:

"aw, hey, I should apologise too, I probably got a bit too down on the whole thing... I just had some bad experiences with remakes in the past and it's probably made me overly precious about the whole thing whereas I really shouldn't be. I appreciate that you're doing it because you like the game and you want to learn, and hey, the last thing I should be doing is to discourage anyone from learning }:-).

It's true that I am working on Space Giraffe which is my own evolution of the ideas in T2K, but I'm moving away from it being just "pure Tempest" and introducing some stuff which I think gives it its own identity without remaining too closely bound to its history, so I don't think there's any conflict in what we're each doing.

I really don't want you to have to shut down your work since it seems that you;re doing well and impressing a lot of people and that's really good going for such a short period of development!

So if you want to, do go ahead with my blessing and if I can help in some way let me know, I'd be happy to do a bit of play testing if time allows

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Cheers, and sorry for sounding like such a grump on the YakYak board, I didn't mean to imply that you should stop or that I was upset at you, it was just me being a bit too sensitive I think

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Muphex · Post by **Muphex** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:39 pm 0

Yak wrote:Well here's what i wrote him back:

"aw, hey, I should apologise too, I probably got a bit too down on the whole thing... I just had some bad experiences with remakes in the past and it's probably made me overly precious about the whole thing whereas I really shouldn't be. I appreciate that you're doing it because you like the game and you want to learn, and hey, the last thing I should be doing is to discourage anyone from learning }:-).

It's true that I am working on Space Giraffe which is my own evolution of the ideas in T2K, but I'm moving away from it being just "pure Tempest" and introducing some stuff which I think gives it its own identity without remaining too closely bound to its history, so I don't think there's any conflict in what we're each doing.

I really don't want you to have to shut down your work since it seems that you;re doing well and impressing a lot of people and that's really good going for such a short period of development!

So if you want to, do go ahead with my blessing and if I can help in some way let me know, I'd be happy to do a bit of play testing if time allows .

Cheers, and sorry for sounding like such a grump on the YakYak board, I didn't mean to imply that you should stop or that I was upset at you, it was just me being a bit too sensitive I think ."

Good man.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:43 pm 0

That's warmed the cockles of my heart. Nice one Jeff.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:47 pm 0

Aye, much kudos StinkyOx.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:58 pm 0

I love a story with a happy ending.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:15 pm 0

Yeah, that was great!

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:43 pm 0

It would be nice if he continued development - this was looking great, and although not quite "there" as regards Jeff's remakes of the game, was still very promising.

And yes, before anyone gets upset: I consider T2k et al "remakes" of the original arcade. I love them, just as I love his remakes of Defender and Robotron. Being fantastic games in their own right, the added "minterism" was just heavenly.

I don't take the term "remake" to be an insult, and I don't use it as such.

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:17 pm 0

Aww, I feel a group hug coming on

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:18 pm 0

Those were nice words Jeff.

Bill

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:38 am 0

Words cannot express how happy I am that you did that, Jeff. You disapproval here shut him down - I sometimes don't think you know the power you weild.

punkrulesok · Post by **punkrulesok** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:33 pm 0

I wish he'd put the DL link back up though, so I can have a go

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:31 pm 0

Try this:

http://www.kuto.de/forum/typhoon_rc1.zip

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:39 pm 0

And don't forget to press F3 in-game for a "unique" experience.

punkrulesok · Post by **punkrulesok** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:18 pm 0

ta, and will do