Cemetech Contest #4

haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 04:35:15 pm Post subject:

Platformers, even in their origins, were never just all about platformers. Take Super Mario Brothers, for instance (different than Mario Brothers). It's other things, too, but it's still definitely a platformer. In my opinion, you always need to be able to die by jumping onto or into a death trap of some sort, though.
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olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

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haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 04:44:03 pm Post subject:

Err... platformers are usually side-view when 2D. They also usually have arcade-like gameplay, or possibly fast-paced and athletically challenging puzzles, like those in Sonic and Knuckles. Don't let me stop you, though. If you think you've got a platformer, go for it.

Well, I sure have my idea now! I'm excited.
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Pseudoprogrammer · Awesomesauce Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 890

Ive seen some good 3D platformers.

haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 05:45:24 pm Post subject:

So have I, but you aren't likely to see many on Z80s.
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Pseudoprogrammer · Awesomesauce Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 890

Thats what I plan to do, in basic *gasp*

haveacalc · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 05:50:58 pm Post subject:

I made a 3D BASIC maze game at one point in time using the pic vars. I hadn't seen anyone else do it yet, so it was original in my mind. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen (take a look at Wolfenstein, Gemini, or others), only that they aren't quite as common or practical to make as 2D things.
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Pseudoprogrammer · Awesomesauce Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 890

weeellll, mine is going to be 2D in a 3D environment.... my 3D maze game didnt use pic vars, it allows you to see 4 spaces into the distance which pic vars wouldnt allow.

baorder54 · Newbie Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 13 Location: San Diego

Calc84maniac made an actual 3d raycaster in basic. It gets *sigh* 1 frames per second.
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KermMartian · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 08:32:09 pm Post subject:

Pseudoprogrammer · Awesomesauce Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 890

'tis fun to put calc84's raycaster on low quality mode and run it through PTI's fast mode.

olav_nordmann · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 121

Empty, Too bad that you only can delete some of your messages...
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lafferjm · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 09:55:17 pm Post subject:

The levels seeing how the engine would only be used to make the levels playable.
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KermMartian · Posted: 07 Jun 2007 09:56:33 pm Post subject:

I would have said the engine - as long as you're representation as a sprite jumping around on platforms or objects, I'd say it's a platformer regardless of how said objects are arranged.
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Harq · Posted: 08 Jun 2007 11:38:44 am Post subject:

haveacalc · Posted: 08 Jun 2007 11:52:11 am Post subject:

No, Assembly makes things infinitely faster if you do them right, and sometimes even if you don't. Besides, it's raycasting.
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Harq · Posted: 08 Jun 2007 11:56:39 am Post subject:

Xphoenix · Posted: 08 Jun 2007 07:37:59 pm Post subject:

This is a popular thread.

Anyway, I hear that HF had to start his project over. Any comments?
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Harrierfalcon · Advanced Member Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 224

I've still got over 1.5 months. And now that I think about it, my idea wouldn't have much replay value, so I'll prolly do something else.
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Kllrnohj · $/=\$ PH34R |\/|3 Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 8189

I've seen real time raytracing done on three networked PS3s running Linux....

Biggest problem with raytracing is the current lack of GPU acceleration - all that untapped power pissed away.... (FYI: A modern GPU can do significantly more calculations per second than your CPU can)
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