PGD Annual 2009 - Progress

[paul_nicholls]

@Paul, last night I was playing your game. I tough, lets give it a shot and I must say it looks nice. Only I have on "bug" to report. If all guns are destroyed you cannot shoot/defend the earth. When only 2 rocks/asteroids are flying around it takes a lot of time before they hit the earth. After 5 minutes I stopped the game. Maybe you could make a tiny fix or respawn some guns.

Hi NecroDOME, I must say your racing game is looking great - I can't wait to try it

Thanks for the 'beta test' and the report, very useful!

Hmm...yeah, I have noticed that sometimes the asteroids move slowly and it takes time for them to hit the earth or leave the screen.

I will try speeding up any asteroids remaining on the screen if you can't fire any more to see if this helps

Thanks again!

cheers,
Paul

[chronozphere]

Hey Paul,

I really like "TubeRunner". I just started to make a title image in photoshop. But I'm getting nowhere. I don't know how to fill the text with a gradient and make a bevel at the same time.. Aarrgh..

There are only a few day's left, and I don't think I can make it. Here's my todo list:

> Make HUD
> Add sounds (and make some sounds, most are done)
> Program the powerups (they don't do anything now)
> Make credits screen
> Add insert coin to menu
> Make highscores
> Make title-image
> Make AI
> Make player v.s player collision detection and response
> Tweak the whole thing

I don't think It's realistic to do all these things before sunday. It's causing me stress and I feel tired. On the other hand I want it to be finished (I'm soooo close ). Actually I feel like I have to finish this because otherwise there are too few final entries.

What should I do?

[chronozphere]

Okay... After taking a deep breath and some fiddling and trying I managed to make a nice arcade-ish title image.

[paul_nicholls]

Okay... After taking a deep breath and some fiddling and trying I managed to make a nice arcade-ish title image.

Very nice! I love it

cheers,
Paul

[paul_nicholls]

Hey Paul,

I really like "TubeRunner". I just started to make a title image in photoshop. But I'm getting nowhere. I don't know how to fill the text with a gradient and make a bevel at the same time.. Aarrgh..

There are only a few day's left, and I don't think I can make it. Here's my todo list:

> Make HUD
> Add sounds (and make some sounds, most are done)
> Program the powerups (they don't do anything now)
> Make credits screen
> Add insert coin to menu
> Make highscores
> Make title-image
> Make AI
> Make player v.s player collision detection and response
> Tweak the whole thing

I don't think It's realistic to do all these things before sunday. It's causing me stress and I feel tired. On the other hand I want it to be finished (I'm soooo close ). Actually I feel like I have to finish this because otherwise there are too few final entries.

What should I do?

Dang! how annoying to be so close to finishing your entry

hmm...what do to...

Sounds...you could try sfxr (http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html) which I used for my entry (except for music)...quick and simple for nice arcadish-like sounds

Insert coin is a must (in the rules).

Oops...I need to go get ready for work, sorry!
cheers,
Paul

[chronozphere]

Dang! how annoying to be so close to finishing your entry Sad

hmm...what do to...

Sounds...you could try sfxr (http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html) which I used for my entry (except for music)...quick and simple for nice arcadish-like sounds Smiley

Insert coin is a must (in the rules).

Oops...I need to go get ready for work, sorry!
cheers,
Paul

Okay.. Maybe there is still hope (considering the fact that I'm taking a day off next friday). Today I made:

> The title image
> The credits screen (Credits as in "who made this game").
> Two images (a coin and a wrench) which I'm going to use in my HUD.

Allthough these things were quite easier than say "making the AI", I'm happy with my progress. Hopefully I can keep myself at it.

[paul_nicholls]

You can do it!

cheers,
Paul

[Traveler]

Keep it up chronozphere! You've shown excellent progress so far. It would be a shame if you dropped out now

[chronozphere]

Okay.. Today I made (as planned) the "insert coin" mechanism and cheat-protected highscores. The latter may need to be tested a bit more, but I think it'll do the job.

[paul_nicholls]

Sounds like you are almost there!

There is one thing I have to add to mine - actually using the continues that I have coded in when a game has finished

cheers,
Paul