"Chase-Me": a board game adoption

miko93 · Post by **miko93** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:17 pm

Hi there,

this is the project I'm currently working on. Chase-Me is a pc-adoption of the well-known (I think) german game "Mensch-aergere-dich-nicht" (maybe known as "don't worry" or "india" in other countries).

I'm pretty sure this has been done several times already. For me, though, it is a good option to get into the basics with irrlicht and other things (like milshape).
Before hitting the market with a global-busting uber-graphics online game (or whatever), of course.

There will/shall be 3 player modes: all computer (for the *real* lazy ones), human vs. computer and some online mode (play/chat with other people).
Well, we'll see how it turns out.

ETA: About 6 months (being a hobby programmer and such).

Cheers,
miko

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:25 pm

That looks interesting.
If I get this correct, you will move your peices on top of the circles?
i've never heard of this game, but the board layout looks kinda like sorry.

miko93 · Post by **miko93** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:41 pm

Yeah, the pieces move on top of the circles. The number of fields to move is determined by a dice.
My thing is intended to be a "3D-version" of the playfield (well, finally).

A pic of the original game here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch_%C3 ... dich_nicht

The British (and American?) call it Ludo, afaik.
http://boardgamecentral.com/games/ludo.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:18 am

Yeah in the UK we call it LUDO - also there is a very cool version that has been around fo years basically the same but with a cool dice in a glass in the middle - it's called FRUSTRATION by mbgames I think.

I actually planned on doing something similar to a FRUSTRATION homage - but shied away from legal problems

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:20 am

Anonymous wrote:Yeah in the UK we call it LUDO - also there is a very cool version that has been around fo years basically the same but with a cool dice in a glass in the middle - it's called FRUSTRATION by mbgames I think.

I actually planned on doing something similar to a FRUSTRATION homage - but shied away from legal problems

http://www.farscapegames.co.uk/ishop/10 ... cr438.html - frustration link . Of course it's not identical to ludo but it obviously took inspiration from it.

miko93 · Post by **miko93** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:09 pm

Update: A "test demo" and the complete source are now available here: http://www.computer.mikoweb.de/irrlicht3.php
Many things are (still) rather crappy, tho. Anyway - if someone wants to take a look: you're welcome.

Emil_halim · Post by **Emil_halim** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:23 pm

very nice old game, we called it LIDO Here in Egypt.

but sometimes when you move your player by dice and found an other one of your own players you have a double player in the same location and this will refuse other enamys from passing this location,so will you do this or not.

any way it is a very good old game, keep it up.

Unarekin · Post by **Unarekin** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:34 pm

Here in the States, that's generally known as Sorry. Or Parcheesi, as I believe Sorry is actually an adaptation of the former.. Or Trouble (Which is our version of Frustration -- with the die in a bubble in the middle), which is an over-simplified version of the both.

miko93 · Post by **miko93** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:20 pm

Thank you both for your input. I felt free to update informations on my site accordingly.

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but sometimes when you move your player by dice and found an other one of your own players you have a double player in the same location and this will refuse other enamys from passing this location

Whoa, I didn't even know about this variation of the rules. Seems a good thing to make gameplay more interesting. I feel it would get a bit boring when played according to the "standard rules" (read: the basic ones I know) only. Thx.

Armen138 · Post by **Armen138** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:45 pm

woot! mens erger je niet

that brings back memories

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:01 pm

tell me something miko93, throguh your screenshort (by the way the game looks very interesting) i found there are two buttons on the bottom

1) reset
2) roll

if i am right, i think its images in the buttons... i am tying to something similar like that but seems you have got the code for it... can u please show me the code as to how you have an image on the button.

Thanks very much

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:15 pm

can u please show me the code as to how you have an image on the button

Yeah, of course. Just check the link above ( http://www.computer.mikoweb.de/irrlicht3.php ).
The source of the "test demo" is available there. Hope this helps.

miko