A little something for the weekend?

Post by **RiK** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:32 pm 0

Cheerz - course you have to thank Jedburgh for the Bonios......

Dr. M · Post by **Dr. M** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:30 pm 0

BTW RiK, is the thing available for download at the start of this thread? (the new version, that is?)

Post by **RiK** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:37 pm 0

another version up within the next 10 miutes...

Dr. M · Post by **Dr. M** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:43 pm 0

Good-Oh, RiK

Post by **RiK** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:59 pm 0

Ok - llatest version is there now, mods include:

â€¢ Jedburghs request "Bonios of Doom" (from Sheep in Space...)
â€¢ Basic Power Ups
â€¢ Scanner
â€¢ Smart Bombs
â€¢ Shield
â€¢ Basic particle explosion (more to come)

Keys (will makes them user defined eventually)

Joystick
Button A - Shield (Use sparingly - take a while to recharge)
Button B - Fire Primary Weapon
Button C - Secondary Weapons (Only Smart Boms for now)

If you have shoulder buttons, they change the landscape scroll speed
Button 9 or 'P' to toggle particles on & off

Alien waves are still completely random, as is the BG. Will make the random waves a bit fairer though so they dont pop up mid-screen...

Dont be too harsh - only 2Â½ days in and counting...

MrsSnake · Post by **MrsSnake** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:37 am 0

What a great game RiK - bloody impressive for 2 and a bit days work

Post by **RiK** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:11 pm 0

Wife_Of_Snake wrote:What a great game RiK - bloody impressive for 2 and a bit days work

Cheerz me dear.....

Once I've got a few more bits of essential framework stuff in there I'll put a simple editor together so I can test out how it feels with properly planned levels etc. As it is the scrolling background already works from a map, but it is generated randomly at the mo. The map will also define *most* of the alien behaviours, although I'll prolly throw some random waves in once in a while for good measure.

When the map is working, that will mean I can also add in ground based aliens too which will make life a bit more interesting.

I want to make the map editor friendly enough that anyone can use it, then we can have some fun ....

Post by **RiK** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:47 pm 0

Llatest D/L is always at:

http://www.olpin.net/downloads/sftw/demo.zip

Elizian · Post by **Elizian** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 8:14 pm 0

Very nice Rik. Am I supposed to be able to create power-ups just by pressing the right shoulder button on my PS2 controller (using PSjoy i/f)?

For all the good it does me - I still get zapped when the wave appears mid-screen

Post by **RiK** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:34 pm 0

There are a couple of keys in there at the mo to let me spawn a power up (button 6) or an alien wave (button 10) at any time. They are useful as I can check things down quicker when I'm coding stuff.

Lots to do yet, but I think the first thing will be to tidy up the alien path data to ensure that you dont get this situation where thay kust pop-up in the middle of the screen.

I'll sort that tonight and post up and update later..

Dr. M · Post by **Dr. M** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:38 pm 0

RiK wrote:Lots to do yet, but I think the first thing will be to tidy up the alien path data to ensure that you dont get this situation where thay kust pop-up in the middle of the screen.

I'll sort that tonight and post up and update later..

I'll be looking forward to it.

I hate it when they suddenly appear in the middle of the screen, just where you are located.

Post by **RiK** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:43 pm 0

Well I did say it was all random for now didn't I.....

Dr. M · Post by **Dr. M** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:48 pm 0

Yep, you did

Post by **RiK** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 3:23 am 0

Okay, well I didn't actually do a lot tonight on account of feeling like shite all day with a stinking cold....

I did however tweak some of the alien paths so they are far less likely to just pop up on top of you, and also added a very basic hiscore table (you cant actually enter your name or anything yet and there is no loading or saving of the table).

Still, so far its still less that 3 days work and I havent got bored and started thinking about the next project yet so there is still hope for this one...

'course, I'm always on the lookout for interesting collaborations, so if anyone fancies working on a joint project give me a shout..

D/L @ http://www.olpin.net/downloads/sftw/demo.zip

Post by **RiK** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:52 pm 0

Llatest version saves the HST, if you get on there you can enter your name with the joystick, fire B to enter a character, A to delete, C to finish. Will make this somewhat more interesting at a later date...

D/L at the usual place...

http://www.olpin.net/downloads/sftw/demo.zip