OK, Now What?
Next up, Countdown..
Or, it’s meant to be, but I can’t seem to get it started properly..
I’ve grabbed a batch of Carol’s letters and numbers, and I’ve got the vowel/consonant packs ready, the number solver’s working as it should, but so far, those bits haven’t come together to make a full game.. It’s just bits here and there.
Needs work, but with Xmas literally days away, I’m not sure that it’ll get any.
If it doesn’t turn up on Tuesday, assume I’m taking the week off, from AGameAWeek!!
Meanwhile, I’m planning to end the year with a nice big calender, with everything I made this year, all wrapped up, in nice big downloadable packages.. Well, maybe not big packages, but a list, none-the-less…
Next year, (2 weeks away!!) I’ve already got 2 major projects planned.
First is, obviously, a new JNKPlat.. 09 edition will happen, I’m just not sure when, or how, or what it’ll be like, or on what system(s) it’ll run. But it is planned.
As well as that, there’s a Turbo The Tortoise remake that I’d like to do. But again, I’m not sure what form it’ll take.
Right now I’m actually considering a completely different form than the original (Hisoft/Codemasters, C64/CPC/Speccy).. Take what was there, and.. tweak it.. A lot!!
But then, it’s not really a remake if I do that.. More of a reimagining.
*shrugs*
We’ll have to wait and see.
Anyway, that’s my current thoughts, and plans.
If you’d like to push me in any particular direction, or suggest any games, or whatever, stick ‘em in the comments. I’d love to hear some or your thoughts.
Comments
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 21, 2008 at 1:39 pm
a sidenote:
the weapons are pretty rare on my map on the weapon spwan spots.
can you fix that? (or explain what to do to have them spawn pretty often)?
on dragons meh map they appear exactly at the right time.
Comment from Jayenkai
Time December 21, 2008 at 2:51 pm
In the settings, on the right, flip through the tabs to find the right slider.. It’s called “Special Weapons” or something.. (can’t check right now, 1 PC’s crashed, the other’s playing up!!!)
And, as for Turbo..
I know that older-fatter looks good, but if I’m going to be making “Fast – TURBO”, and play around with the animations in my head.. I don’t think I could pull it off with older-fatter.. He looks too.. squishy!! ? I dunno.. Like I said, though, I’ve not really started it yet, so… We’ll see.
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 22, 2008 at 5:38 am
there is initial weapon (cap gun, spud gun, gun) and weapon upgrades.
initial weapon are the different weapons like flamethrower and weapon upgrades the collectable gold guns, right?
moreover i found a bug.
on the hi score screen it doenst show any longer the current place on each level. instead it shows the number of all hi score participants – 1.
and dragons meh map is no longer available…
when the AD2 (2nd Release) is unpacked in another directory away from the first release.
i did this because the game doesnt upload any scores anymore. it doesnt even ask me when i scored some points to enter my name.
so i decided to download the 2nd release again and unpack it in another directory to see if that will help.
it funtions again. but as said without the map.
Comment from Jayenkai
Time December 22, 2008 at 6:40 am
No highscore asking for you, either..
Seems rather odd..
…
You are taking into account the fact that you might not have actually got a highscore, aren’t you?
It only stores the 10 highest of your local highscores..
And, the Meh’s gone, because it’s off the 3-level highlighted list..
I suppose you want a pack of levels, now, don’t you?
The list is ever changing.. Every midnight US somewhere, sometime (shrugs.. It’s 7am here in the UK)
It’s 1 different level each day, along with the previous 2.. Those are all that download.
And since they’re chosen at random, I get no say…
Although it should pick newer levels, before repeating old ones..
And, as for the highscore screen.. It’s meant to show it correctly!! Your Position in the middle, and on the right, the topmost online score..
If that’s not happening, take a screenshot so’s I can figure out what’s happening!!?
Oh, and the super-weapons are in the Pickups tab, not the weapons one.. 
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 22, 2008 at 7:24 am
it prompts to the main menu after without the name entering option….even appears when theres no one else on the highsore list…
(after downloading the game again it works…)
but dont mind i think i have to format my whole system again anyways…or get a new machine (i think the mainboard or the power supply …few times a week the pc decides to power off instantly without warning. ;-D
heres a screenshot of the hi score thing.
…i havent meant in game
http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/84_157/138_122/ad2_scores.jpg
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 22, 2008 at 2:28 pm
well i im actually on the third place…and therefore im not on place 15…
Comment from Jayenkai
Time December 22, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Aaah, but the game doesn’t know that..
Imagine if I changed my ingame name to mosh, then gloated to my mates that I was in 1st position.. Not very fair..
So, instead, the game tracks your scores using a 32-bit number. Since you’ve changed your hiscore file, you’ve lost your number…
It’s like there’s a whole new AuthenticKaizen.
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 22, 2008 at 4:08 pm
sorry for my slow interpretation of that complex subject ;-D
Comment from AuthenticKaizen
Time December 21, 2008 at 1:33 pm
a calender… nice.
about turbo the turtoise. i recommend to create a big turtoise instead of a tall. (have seen that image in an older post…a big turtoise would be more friendly in that case)
a suggestion about AD2:
would be a nice feature if you could implement a zoom option in the editor, that way it would be more comfortable to make details.
made a map btw