----------------------------------- Delos Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:06 pm [Game] ~Star Catcher~ ----------------------------------- I've been a little bored the last week, what with studying for finals and all. Honestly, so much stress. Too much stress. So I made this. Funny, it's the first fully functional programme I've made in a long time. Ok, basic premise. Dodge 'asteroids' and catch 'stars'. Last as long as you can. Please read the ReadMe before you play. Have fun. - Delos ----------------------------------- jamonathin Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:09 am ----------------------------------- Pretty good! I like how its all Turing and no bmps. The only thing that was wrong with it was the screen limits were a little tall, and yeah it was a little hard to focus, but oh well. It was good though, keep it up. I guess the next edition to the game would be other levels and an opposing AI. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:38 pm ----------------------------------- Pretty cool, as soon as I figured out that you weren't supposed to hit the boxes (asteroids) too :) especially considering its pure Turing. One suggestion, the high score list (if thats what it is?) or something blink REALLY fast at the end of the game, so you cnat see it... ----------------------------------- Delos Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:27 pm ----------------------------------- @jamonathin What do you mean the 'screen limits were a little tall'? @[Gandalf] Did you read the ReadMe? :lol: As for the 'high scores list', I've updated the proggie...it seems that I selected "close run window on exit" when compiling... ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:44 pm ----------------------------------- Ya, lol I just noticed it after posting :). gahh!! too fast, too fast! Nice, high score: 15539 Time lasted: 154 seconds *edit* listen to that warning guys, trust me :shock: ----------------------------------- Delos Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:08 pm ----------------------------------- Ditto. 154.686 seconds 17217 points 339 stars 4 destroyed :shock: I'm seeing things now... Edit 164.03 seconds 22272 points 440 stars 3 destroyed Beat that! ----------------------------------- jamonathin Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:46 am ----------------------------------- It was just your setscreen limits. All the comps I go on, the pixel height isn't too large, and I just didn't know what was goin on at first, but then i saw that the screen (y-axis) was too tall. It's nothing to worry about. :wink: ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:02 am ----------------------------------- Very nice Delos. Nice, polished game. I like the idea of bullets going off at random angles. I'd play it again, but I don't want to over do it on my eyes. I really wish the asteroids didn't flash! +25 BITS ----------------------------------- Delos Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:56 am ----------------------------------- that? Keep in mind that if you shoot the asteroids, they stop flashing....hehehe. Post up your highscores. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 am ----------------------------------- Post up your highscores. Err, I think I collected about 170 stars, destroyed 48 of them (:lol: damn rookie pilot needs to learn how to shoot straight! [aah, the irony is that wouldn't have helped me!]), and maybe 8000 or so points? Don't quite remember. I'm scared to play it again! :lol: j/k ----------------------------------- Viper Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:44 am ----------------------------------- omg headache :( :( :( good game though try taking the white dots out it would make it more fun 2 play n cost less advil :lol: ----------------------------------- jamonathin Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:02 am ----------------------------------- There's nothin wrong with the stars, i think it's a pretty nice effect, and headache free. Try getting some prescription glasses. ----------------------------------- Delos Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:08 am ----------------------------------- Hmm...I'm surprised no one's said anything about the allusions/easter eggs yet... ----------------------------------- white_dragon Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:25 am ----------------------------------- lol agreed. wonder why nobody has mentioned it...... ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:24 pm ----------------------------------- What? Allusions/easter eggs? I didnt know there were any... All I managed to get in my attempts was a score of -471 :( ----------------------------------- Delos Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:25 pm ----------------------------------- Negative score...nice one there...:lol: Each time you start the game you get 1 of 3 possible openings. They all start the same: 3...2...1... followed by - Go! (Generic opening...nothing interesting) - GO!!! (The name of the 4th OP of Naruto...yes, it does have 3 exclamation marks in the name...[sigh].) - Let's Jam... (A reference to the opening lines of the OP of Bebop) ----------------------------------- Flikerator Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:37 pm ----------------------------------- Now about that source code....lolz ;) Just played, very good :) I only played to 100 seconds and I started tripping out and decided to stop :P ----------------------------------- Vertico Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:58 pm ----------------------------------- it was fun, but now my eyes are herting. i knew i should not have gone back for that second game. i did so bad im not even going to post my score. :cry: good game ----------------------------------- Delos Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:01 am ----------------------------------- Now about that source code....lolz ;) Just played, very good :) I only played to 100 seconds and I started tripping out and decided to stop :P What about the source code? You want to see it? Believe me, there's nothing amazing in it. The only areas of finesse that I can think of were constructed for the possibility of having a variable number of bullets on screen at a time. Basically, array elements were attached to boolean flags that dictated their activity, or lack thereof. If the case existed where all were active, but a call was still present, a new element was created, until a limit was reached. This method saved time in having to resort the array each run to designate activity. Yeah...it looked cool in debug mode, where the activity in each element was visualized :lol:. Time: 178.489 seconds Stars: 381 Stars destroyed: 3