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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: IronFist on July 06, 2001, 10:15:49 AM
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This single computer multiplayer-only game is extremely fun to play! I was not able to finish it, but it is in great working condition. I was considering not releasing it at all because I didn\'t want to release it until it was finished, but I don\'t think I\'ll have a chance to add everything I want to it, so I guess it\'s done now. It has a fully functional level editor and a great multiplayer game. Try it out and tell me what you think:
Remember, it\'s for 2-4 players. Read the readmeFIRST.txt file to learn how to play.
BTW, its only 527 KB, so it won\'t take long to download even on a 56k. :) It should work on all Windows OSs.
http://www.geocities.com/irongames/
ironfistfaqs@hotmail.com
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Link don\'t work.
What is the game about?
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Originally posted by Toxical
Link don\'t work.
What is the game about?
The link worked two minutes ago! Try again!
(I\'ll play it in a little while and get back with a review. . . I\'m excited!)
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Just my luck, it don\'t work for me. DOH!
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dont work for me either :(
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Well, I got it and I think that it\'s a fun game! I like being Superman! Netwrok play would be so much fun! If you ever get around to doing that, make sure you add in a chat feature!
Rock on!
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Originally posted by Troglodyte
Well, I got it and I think that it\'s a fun game! I like being Superman! Netwrok play would be so much fun! If you ever get around to doing that, make sure you add in a chat feature!
Rock on!
I worked on Networking for a few months, but I could never get it to work how I wanted. That is why when I get older, I am going to be a console-only programmer. That way I\'ll save myself the trouble of getting different types of computers communicating with each other.
I wish I could finish the game, but I ran out of time. You would be surprise at how long it takes to program a game all by yourself. :)
And for all the people having problems downloading it, you have to right click and say "save target as." Geocities is stupid, so it won\'t work unless you do that.
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Hulk was cool, at least i hope that was Hulk :D
The power ups were cool :D
Is this your first game?
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Originally posted by Toxical
Hulk was cool, at least i hope that was Hulk :D
The power ups were cool :D
Is this your first game?
It was going to be a variation of Hulk, but I never finished putting the frames in. His animations suck, and he looks like crap, but he still works. :) Those frames were just place holders until I got the real Hulk in, but I never got that far. Notice how he turns into a normal person while he\'s climbing a latter. ;)
This is my first major game, but I did make a couple more between my first and second years of Computer Science class. My very first game was a horse racing gambling game. You chose a horse, placed money on it, and then they raced. The graphics were done in BGI (a very bad, very basic graphics engine.) The horses were just represented by different colored circles. :) It was actually pretty fun, but I lost the source and the EXE file (D\'oh! :)) I could probably make that game again in a day now, but back then it was a huge accomplishment. :)
After that, I made a game called Cat Mouse. You were a cat, and the object was to run around killing as many mice as possible. The blood effects were cool. :D At the same time, you had to dodge the dogs that were attacking you. It was a great concept, but it was very hard to do in BGI graphics. The mice, cat, and dogs were represented by a picture of their head that I drew in BGI and then saved it in the buffer. The AI was pretty crappy, and because it was in BGI and I didn\'t know anything about timers back then, there was frequent slowdown. But it was still a great game. Like my horse racing game, I lost the source code and the EXE file for this.
I used Allegro to write Sumasshu. It is by far the most challenging game I\'ve made. I redid the collision detection like 3 or 4 times, each time taking weeks and weeks to do, each time improving on the last. The CD is still a little buggy, and I was working on it yet again when I ran out of time on this game.
Thanks for the good feedback guys.
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Originally posted by IronFist
This is my first major game, but I did make a couple more between my first and second years of Computer Science class. My very first game was a horse racing gambling game. You chose a horse, placed money on it, and then they raced. The graphics were done in BGI (a very bad, very basic graphics engine.) The horses were just represented by different colored circles. :) It was actually pretty fun, but I lost the source and the EXE file (D\'oh! :)) I could probably make that game again in a day now, but back then it was a huge accomplishment. :)
Thanks for the good feedback guys.
BGI? :D yeah, i remember that stuff, you were a Borland user. :D
Keep at it IronFist, i\'m sure you will make it soon enugh, never give up. :D oh, yeah, and if you do make it, please put in a good word for me at your gaming company so that i could become a \'Paid\' Tester. :D
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It just went to a black screen then disappeared..... so I couldn\'t play it.... what\'s up with it?
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Originally posted by Toxical
BGI? :D yeah, i remember that stuff, you were a Borland user. :D
Keep at it IronFist, i\'m sure you will make it soon enugh, never give up. :D oh, yeah, and if you do make it, please put in a good word for me at your gaming company so that i could become a \'Paid\' Tester. :D
You actually want to be a video games tester?! After testing my own game for the past 8 months, I don\'t think I would be able to stand doing that.
And what do you want me to say? "Um, there\'s this guy I know named Toxical, and he wants to test our games." I would just get weird looks and maybe even fired. :D
It just went to a black screen then disappeared..... so I couldn\'t play it.... what\'s up with it?
What OS are you using? And make sure that all of the unzipped files are in the same folder.
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Originally posted by IronFist
You actually want to be a video games tester?! After testing my own game for the past 8 months, I don\'t think I would be able to stand doing that.
And what do you want me to say? "Um, there\'s this guy I know named Toxical, and he wants to test our games." I would just get weird looks and maybe even fired. :D
What OS are you using? And make sure that all of the unzipped files are in the same folder.
Well since i play games all the time, I think i would enjoy testing, cause sooner or later the game would be ready, and I would like to have my name in the credits section :D yeah that righhhhhht :D
Besides, I’m too old and have been programming "Dreary" things to have any shot at doing game development at this point in my life. :D
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Come on Toxical, you can\'t be that old. :)
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Nah, not too old, 27 this month, :D Girl friends thinks I act 18 though :D
I have been programming for a long time,
first for fun, then to support my family. I did choose my profession, but i did not exactly choose a direction for it, it was either land any programming job, or lose the house. Not everyone is born with a silver spoon up their A$$. After years of doing the mundane, your brain gets used to either developing yet "Another Scripting" language + Interpreter" or doing some nasty links between mainframes, woooo how freakin\' exciting.
I don\'t regret it, but it would have been nice to pursue a different path. Now the job has gotten easy, and it pays the bills, so why change.
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I am really picky when choosing jobs. I won\'t get involved with the kind of programming you do, because I don\'t think I could stand that. I am only going to do video game programming.
It is going to be hard at first, because there are a lot of people who want to work for video game companies. I will probably either make a game by myself, and hopefully that will get me a job with a more famous company, or I will just form my own company when I get good enough. It\'s a little depressing thinking about how fast technology is moving. I have to learn so much in the next 5-10 years if I want to be successful. I think it will be worth it in the end though.
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I\'m gonna program games! (2004) If you have a company by then let me know! I\'ll join you!
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I won\'t even be out of college by then. :)
I made a website for the games I am programming. Right now, only Sumasshu is on it. But I\'ll probably have info on my new game before the end of August.
http://www.geocities.com/irongames
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Mainframes suck and so does COBOL. Give me a UNIX box any day.
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To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there\'s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other
:)
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Originally posted by TwIsTeD mEtAl
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there\'s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other
:)
ok, again, what does that mean? i dont get this guy...
and your name is Tom Oliphant!!!
time for me to tell the world!!!
ok, actually ill just go play your game..
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Its pretty fun, but why did you call it Jumpman?
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he called it jumpman?? the name of the game is Sumasshu.
and it kicks!!! i love this game! sure it will get boring over time, but i think they show alot of promise the particles exploding after you win is great...
but the hard thing will be when you try to go into 3d
keep me updated. im a fan.
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Originally posted by Falcon4
he called it jumpman?? the name of the game is Sumasshu.
and it kicks!!! i love this game! sure it will get boring over time, but i think they show alot[sic] of promise the particles exploding after you win is great...
but the hard thing will be when you try to go into 3d
keep me updated. im[sic] a fan.
We\'re overlooking the finer details, aren\'t we? The game was called Jumpman, but it was later re-named. I guess the proper question(s) should be:
Why did you call it Jumpman, why did you change it to Sumasshu, and why Sumasshu?
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I was originally going to call it Jumpman, but then I found out that there were already 2 old games with the name, Jumpman 1 and 2. :)
So I went through a lot of names just trying to figure out a good one, and I finally came upon Sumasshu. It is Japanese for "smash" in Katakana. I figured it fit my game nicely, and it had a certain ring to it that I liked, so I stuck with it.
I never replaced the Jumpman name on the title screen at the bottom, so it\'s a little confusing. :)
The reason I haven\'t gone back and fixed it is because my code is all mixed up. I usually make backups of old code before I do anything huge to my game. I was going to fix the collision detection one final time to make it perfect, so I made a backup of the old code. Unfortunately, there were so many backups, I lost track of it. :) I got very far on my new collision detection, and also added some things to the game to make it more balanced. (In the newer unfinished version, being hit by a block knocks out a certain amount of stars depending on how fast the block is moving.)
I wish I could finish the game, but I have moved onto an even better game. All I am going to say about it now is that it is a 2D fighting game that will kick some serious butt. I get excited just talking about it because I like the ideas I have for it so much. :) Like I said before, expect a beta version out by the end of August.
And yep, my name is Tom Oliphant. Tell everyone, because I want my name to be famous even before I go out into the real world of programming. It will make life a little easier for me. :)