Cemetech Contest #4

olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

I could add gravity to my "tilegame" and make it REALLY REALLY slow, instead of "REALLY slow" as it is today. Razz

TheStorm · NOU! Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 2375

Well my game has gravity with the acceleration of 1P/L.( 1 pixel per loop) Smile

I also have drag which can be increased to simulate wind.
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rivereye · Posted: 06 Jun 2007 04:47:50 pm Post subject:

man, seems like I am going to have some fun here.

As the guy edited his posts to combine them, I removed the extra ones now.
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Super Speler · Advanced Member Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 248

Yay, I finished half the level decompressor in school today.

Sting::Ray · Posted: 06 Jun 2007 05:55:43 pm Post subject:

Can't wait to see your entry! Smile

I like things with external levels.
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haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 02:21:33 pm Post subject:

BASIC or Assembly, you mean?
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elfprince13 · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 02:23:50 pm Post subject: Re: Cemetech Contest #4

bfr · Advanced Member Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 240

Hmmm...I wasn't originally wasn't going to enter, but...I might as well. I can submit a project I already started before the contest was announced, right?
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rivereye · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 03:10:04 pm Post subject:

the only problem is, I don't have access to an 86, so sorry there.

and bfr: it would be an advantage, I would prefer if you start on a new one.
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haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 03:27:45 pm Post subject:

That's not very fair though. Harrrierfalcon's been working on Metroid Pi for a while. Calc84maniac had been working on Project M a week before the contest started. Sure, it puts the rest of us at a disadvantage, but the whole point of the contest is to produce good games, right?
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olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

For everybody who not are sure what a game MUST contain to be a platformer, here is some info I found on Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game):

Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps. The most common unifying element to these games is a jump button, but there are exceptions; other jump mechanics include swinging from extendable arms, as in Ristar or Bionic Commando, or bouncing from springboards or trampolines, as in Alpha Waves. Games where jumping is automated completely, such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, fall outside of the genre.
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haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 03:35:32 pm Post subject:

Well, that's completely incorrect. Pitfall! is a classic retro platformer, and one in which jumps cannot be controlled in midair. The same goes for Mario Brothers.

Edit: Shame on BBcode! It wouldn't let me use a text caption for the [url] tag with "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall!". When just pasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall! alone, it leaves out the exclamation point.
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olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 03:56:12 pm Post subject:

Your modified definition still excludes this from being a platformer, but it actually is a platformer.
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olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 04:28:12 pm Post subject:

I'm still brainstorming for ideas. I'm just thankful that we have 'till the end of July.
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olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

Do you know if the objects in the game have to be ALL platforms, or can you make like a cave?
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