Try out this game I made!

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.

I\'m gonna program games!  (2004)  If you have a company by then let me know!  I\'ll join you!

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

Mainframes suck and so does COBOL.  Give me a UNIX box any day.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there\'s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other

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..

Its pretty fun, but why did you call it Jumpman?

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.

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?

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.