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Coming Back Home (Beta 1)
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:26 pm
by Virion
I am currently doing a mini game with Irrlicht. It's called "Coming Back Home".
(name) is a cute alien who are going back to its home planet. But hey, there are lots of asteroid on his pathway! (name) has to dodge those asteroid to reach his home safely!
p/s. I haven't think of the name of the alien yet.
Early screenshot...
Will need a lot of helps from you all.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:29 pm
by Strong99
looks nice
what you think of kri'al or charles as name?
and if you dodge astroids how does he die/lose?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:57 pm
by Virion
strong99 wrote:looks nice
what you think of kri'al or charles as name?
and if you dodge astroids how does he die/lose?
Name... I have no idea for now. But it must sound cute haha.
The number of asteroid will getting more and more so he can't just dodge it! When an asteroid hits the alien the ship will damage and when 100% damaged it will BOOM!
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:12 pm
by rogerborg
It's a simple, clear concept, with an achievable execution. I like it.
With apologies to Michael Rennie (and Mathesar), how about "Klaatu" as a working-title name?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:45 pm
by MasterGod
How about "Noah" - its a name from the Jewish bible.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:06 pm
by ThomasW
Hey, the screenshot looks good! I like the planet.
I develop a similar game named DarkSkies.
Do you publish your source? Would be nice to share some ideas.
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:47 am
by Virion
ThomasW wrote:Hey, the screenshot looks good! I like the planet.
Thanks for the feedbacks. The planet is just a part of skybox which I made with Photoshop.
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:56 am
by Virion
MasterGod wrote:How about "Noah" - its a name from the Jewish bible.
Will I get cursed by someone for using this name on an alien?
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:51 pm
by MasterGod
I'm sure no one will have any problems..
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:18 pm
by Virion
Some updates:
I've used fly straight animators to make the potato-like asteroids to fly toward the alien. More to come.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:18 am
by dejai
How about Vengeance of Cuddles
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:41 pm
by Virion
Updates:
- Position-based collision system works now.
- Added health point to the alien.
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:20 pm
by fmx
seems to be coming along pretty well
Virion!
*thumbs up*
nice simple concept, perfectly suited visuals and gameplay
maybe the health display sould be a bar or a dial or something graphic?
or is it just the position of it at the top of the screen like that which is putting me off?
but yeah, keep it up!
Hope to see you complete it soon (so we can try it out for ourselves
)
btw, x-mas greets to y'all!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:44 pm
by dlangdev
it's coming along nicely
keep it up.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:32 pm
by Virion
maybe the health display sould be a bar or a dial or something graphic?
or is it just the position of it at the top of the screen like that which is putting me off?
Thanks for the suggestion. I've made one:
Anyway, I've found one problem when I doing the health bar. See below:
Initially, there was a 1-pixel-width artifact appearing on screen when the health bar was rendered. But I've checked everything: I selected that part in photoshop and pressed delete buttons several times to ensure nothing was there. Then, I also checked the size of the bar image, which is 256x32, fulfilled the 2^n size requirement. I don't know if this has something to do with Irrlicht or...
Anyway I've solved the problem by adding a rect clip to hide that 1-pixel-width artifact.