Nickel Iron / HTML5 game written in... Object Pascal!

[Eric]

Could you rename it too in the February roundup as well? Sorry for the trouble...

[paul_nicholls]

Hey Eric,
I just searched for the new title "Nickle Iron" on the Google Market (play.google.com), and discovered that it is now compatible with my android tablet that it wasn't before...neat!

I wonder what changed?

cheers,
Paul

[Eric]

I wonder what changed?

I didn't change anything in the manifest.xml, maybe some glitch in the market that got solved during the transition to google play?

[paul_nicholls]

I didn't change anything in the manifest.xml, maybe some glitch in the market that got solved during the transition to google play?

Maybe...will never know I guess

[SilverWarior]

@Eric
Congratulations for your game being accepted by FireFox Marketplace.
http://www.delphifeeds.com/go/s/105380

[Darkhog]

While I appreciate effort you put into this game and general idea of making game with OP for android/HTML5, I must say this game is poor man's Missile Command version. It is fun to play around for few minutes but that's it. Some ideas to make it better for second version (and possibly make it mobile hit):

- Make it a cross between Asteroids and Missile command (Asteroid Command?). I.e. asteroids would split up into smaller ones, just like in original game of Asteroids, but you can't move your ship and has to deal with them Missile Command way
- Add (on later levels, when you're sure players are accustomed with controls) standard Missile Command stuff (ships that shoots missiles, missiles that splits up, etc.).
- Add bosses. In every 10 levels or so, there would be boss level. Boss would shoot asteroids or missiles, sometime both. You'll need to destroy those, but also shoot at boss to defeat it (which would have health bar). You could also shoot at asteroid/missile cannons so boss can shoot less or no amount of them.

[WILL]

This is good to see. Congrats! I up-voted you on DelphiFeeds.

Once I get Subject 33's first gameplay video I should write up a story about the first Object Pascal (Oxygene for Java) written game coming to the OUYA. Other than those couple of games that were made for the PGD Challenge mini-competitions, that's almost the breadth of the known games made with Oxygene. A capable games dev platform I should note!

I was working with Marc at RemObjects and Dr. Morrison creator of the Pascal Programming for Schools website project to setup his school, located in England, with a whole classroom full of Oxygene for Java to help get professional tools into the classroom for those learning Object Pascal. It also helps to grow the Pascal game programming culture as well. Plus I think the Students love the idea of being able to install their school (game) projects right onto their own Android devices so they can play them with their friends at their school.

I wonder what the take on Smart Mobile Studio would be in schools. Or if they would even be ready to support such a program.

[Eric]

Thanks!

While I appreciate effort you put into this game and general idea of making game with OP for android/HTML5, I must say this game is poor man's Missile Command version.

Yes I know, I haven't been able to find much time for it, nor for other games.
I suppose the next things I'll be doing will be global high-scores or leaderboards though. I had been trying Playtomic sometime ago, but their servers weren't very stable, and they went offline, and I haven't had time to investigate alternatives.

Other than those couple of games that were made for the PGD Challenge mini-competitions

Yep, not much activity on the Pascal gaming front. I guess right now the issue is being stuck between ready-to-use game engine on one side, and hardcore C/C++ engines on the other.

The new platforms could be an opportunity, though they're still small in terms of market.

FireFox OS phones out there are still counted in the thousandths as far as I can guess, though that could change given the various partnerships they announced, but at the moment everything is still up in the air.

I wonder what the take on Smart Mobile Studio would be in schools. Or if they would even be ready to support such a program.

IIRC Jorn mentioned something about a "for kids" version sometime ago, I can't speak for him, but it's probably more a question of time and opportunity - since you're involved in such, you know the logistics involved