Mario-Style Game with customizable levels

[beard0]

This is a game I made with the idea in mind that the levels would simply be 16 color bitmap files (that saved me making a level editor - who doesn't have paint?). The program interprets the level based on colour:
white - air
green - ladder
pink - bounce/spring
red - exit
other - ground
It is more explained in the readme...

[Delos]

Hmm...quite nice...quite nice...

I'm no big fan of the whatdotcolour collision detection, but for your design it works...

And editable levels! Good, good...

Suggestion: Add a Time.Delay () to the for loop that has the main Pic.Draws in it. This will make the game more managable for us w/ faster computers.

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[guruguru]

I like i like. Simple, but fun. I like the customizable levels!!! But.. I used my mouse the whole time and that automatically moves the character . Is that supposed to happen? And wow nice end scene!

[beard0]

guruguru wrote:

I used my mouse the whole time and that automatically moves the character . Is that supposed to happen

Yes, it is - I originally had that in there for when I was debugging, but then I thought I'd leave it in - Easier when you're trying to make sure part of a new level you're testing is possible, and when you're playing, you can either choose to cheat with it, or not!

[Delos]

Umm...
"...those that understand..."
Shouldn't that be "...those who understand..."?

[guruguru]

Shall we discuss English now? lol

Resorting to the all-powerful MS Word , they say that both work! Yay no argument! Personally, I think of 'who' as people, and 'that' better and it encompasses a greater range.

[Delta]

MS word doesn't pick up grammar mistakes too well. And the way I see it, it should be 'who'. MS word is much better at spell check tho
But ya anyways... I don't wanna get caught up in your grammatical error war. Toodles.

[Delta]

A couple things

I swear the second screen on Pink Rover is impossible to get past
If you want to slow down the speed of the game just hold 'esc' for about 3 seconds. But ya, second screen, impossible.

[guruguru]

Use the mouse !!!

[beard0]

Delta wrote:

I swear the second screen on Pink Rover is impossible to get past.

The pink "bouncers" are to make you think you use them - you don't actually. You have to use the ladder on the far right - you cant climb though unless both feet are on and you don't have enough room for that - jump out and up to the left, and then back in to the right to a position slightly higher on the ladder - repeat. (Holding up, right and left has the same effect)

[Delta]

I could do that... or... I could (I have) just edit the levels so there is a ladder straight to the door

[the_short1]

cool stuff... and having .bmp files for map was a good idea!

i was also able to move guy around with mouse... is that sposed to happen??
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cool little game!

[Boss_Duff]

OMG! MY GAME IS CALLED QUEST MASTER! what a coinkeedink. anyway. your game is pretty cool. although you can totally cheat and fly around using the mouse. nice concept. nice game.

[DanShadow]

That is great fun, nice game!

[JHDK]

keep it up man, nice.