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Offline IronFist
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« on: July 06, 2001, 10:15:49 AM »
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/

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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2001, 10:38:13 AM »
Link don\'t work.
What is the game about?

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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2001, 10:39:14 AM »
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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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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2001, 10:40:43 AM »
Just my luck, it don\'t work for me. DOH!

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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2001, 11:08:28 AM »
dont work for me either :(
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2001, 11:16:26 AM »
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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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2001, 12:23:50 PM »
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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!


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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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2001, 12:41:09 PM »
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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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2001, 01:02:22 PM »
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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?

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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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2001, 03:14:34 PM »
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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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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2001, 03:22:34 PM »
It just went to a black screen then disappeared..... so I couldn\'t play it.... what\'s up with it?
.... take the skin and peel and back...

now doesn\'t it make you feel better?

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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2001, 05:24:54 PM »
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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

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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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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2001, 06:54:18 PM »
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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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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2001, 07:27:47 PM »
Come on Toxical, you can\'t be that old. :)
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2001, 07:36:28 PM »
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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