13ghosts.

[Xphoenix]

No, then you lose...

Oh! You are stuck in some prison thing and you need to get out!

[frenchcalc1]

[AaroneusTheGreat]

hmm i really didnt think about that, i suppose i could add a little section of code and rewrite the level switching so that when you get caught you lose a life and start over the level and if you lose all your lives then you lose.

the reason i didnt really think about it was because the death-scene thing was really only a test to see if you could lose. I'm definately going to change it, it gets on my nerves when i have to test the game.

EDIT:
okay i just re-wrote the level switching code, i'm going to add lives tomorrow, which shouldnt be hard and wont take too long. then i'll handle the part about wether or not you're out of lives. and then i'll change the capture thing to just fade in and then fade out to your restart location. (i'm using ExtGraph's nifty fade in/out routines). :biggrin:

I fixed and added the charm thingy and finally made use of the timer that was just laying around in the program, and Re-wrote the glasses on and off indicator and locked door indicator to only show up on the hud for a moment or two, which makes it much less annoying. and i also cleaned up some graphics. so this thing is really shaping up nicely.

I started work on an 8th level today and that's where all these nifty features came from. Ideas just started coming.

Hopefully soon it wont just be a test level for all the new stuff, and become a full-blown level with new tasks and stuff.

Anywho, i have lots to do but it's late here in NC so i best lay off the keyboard tonight. I cant think perfectly straight right now anyways.

Just thought you'd like to know that i'm taking your suggestions to heart. Thanks for the tips.

[AaroneusTheGreat]

okay, i have the multiple lives thing working now. I just need to work out a couple of graphic problems. i'm going to use a death-transition. probably the dissolve thingy from one of the fat demos.

EDIT:
/From ReadMe;
MANY new features have been added. Nifty graphics improvements, improved speed. REDUCED file-size (decompressed)
New Death-Scene. Old Death thing still happens for now, I just didnt feel like changing that yet. I'll write something more in context
and equally if not more spooky for that part. (Read the forums if you dont understand this part, or play the game and you will);
Improved Level Switching and all kinds of other cool things./

NEW DEMO! plenty nifty graphics and gameplay improvements. Check it out. Test things for me if you please.

Please Let me know if this background i added is too disorientating. I thought it made the game a little creepier, but if it just confuses people i'll thinkup and draw a new one. Thanks.

:biggrin:

REVISED DEMO : [attachment=1548:attachment]

[AaroneusTheGreat]

Oh and btw suggestions are still welcome...

EDIT:
I noticed a minor glitch in the graphics handling in the demo i just posted. I fixed it and reposted the demo. Sorry to the one person who downloaded it before i could fix that... Yea it's all good now. On the demo before revision the 13 ghosts logo would dissapear and reappear alternating when you got killed.

[AaroneusTheGreat]

Screen Shots :biggrin:

[Xphoenix]

Very cool textures. This game is really starting to take shape.

[AaroneusTheGreat]

thanks, i think so too. i really didnt expect making a fat-powered game would be this easy. i figured it would be ridiculously complex, but most of the complex stuff you have to set up is taken care of by the engine.

[frenchcalc1]

Beautiful screenshots! I still can't believe this is all on the calc! The walls look great

[baorder54]

[frenchcalc1]

[AaroneusTheGreat]

yea it still amazes me that someone could figure it out in the first place. It's all based on geometry and trig. i think. it's about computing angles and scaling textures and objects in order to create a pseudo-3d world. The reason i say pseudo, is because in technical terms only the walls have three-d perspective and only due to scaling and math based on 90 degree angles. The voxel method of raycasting is one of the only true 3d examples of raycasting. I'm happy with this though. and i think that it's true 3d because if it walks like a duck quackes like a duck.. then it's a duck.

Btw Frenchcalc1 do you have an 89 emulator on the comp? because there are much better games than mine out there using the fat-engine. Oblivion and Corridor 99 for example. they have much more sophisticated use of raycasting, because of the ray-line calculations needed for projectile trajectory. Also they use more theatrical graphics, including transitions between levels and story-snippets inside the game.

[Weregoose]

Since this thread is about your project, you are free to make updates as they come
up, but please use an edit when a thought arises soon after submitting your posts.

Thank you.

[frenchcalc1]

[AaroneusTheGreat]

yes actually i added a few, the charm thingy and multiple keys. i dont know really what else i could add but i'm sure i'll think of something. have you played the game yet? if so what do you think would be a cool feature to add? Btw the newest demo is the one with the textures from the screenshot.

[baorder54]

[Xphoenix]

[TheStorm]

[Xphoenix]

But VTI doesn't detect .89u.

[frenchcalc1]