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MaNaR
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I've just finished a new build for my shooter game Kaisertal. You can download it from this website http://www.kaisertal.com. Just go to the downloads section and get it.

This new build features my ORS (Online Ranking System).
Check out the Ranking page to see the current top 9 shooters.

I challenge you to play the game and try to beat the current highscores!!

As always there will be all sorts of problems and bugs, post a reply or drop me an email if you run into any kind of issues.

Also I'm very interested to know what kind of average frame rates people get..

I hope you enjoy this update!
-=MaNaR=-
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Posted: 21st Oct 2005 02:02
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Very very cool! I played and played until I managed to get onto the highscore table

Can't wait to see more of this game, it's wonderful. No bugs that I could see - my only comment would be that I didn't know about the smart bomb until I read the text file (it should say in the game) and sometimes there were moments of real speed-up when very few objects on screen (like just a few coins falling, the game seemed to notch up another 20 fps and they fell down really fast!).

Want to see more of this

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Bizar Guy
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Wow! Stickied in just one post!!!
Awesome game, as in your last thread. But you should have the enemy list in the game as well as on your site, and I still think it's far too easy to die. You should have a shield upgrade that can take a hit or two as well as the three lives. You should also be able to get more lives somehow.
I did beat the demo, but it took me three tries, and I assume this is going to be the first stage of the final game.
Most of the game I got an fps of 49, but there were a few moments when it went down to 4 for a second.
Excellent game. Great work.

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Peter H
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i'll have to give it a go tomorrow... (if i start now i won't get any sleep)

looks pretty slick though

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Glad to see this game got attention second round out.


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MaNaR
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Thanks Richard, I'm glad you like it!

Bizar - You can earn extra lives by scoring enough points (10.000 for the 1st one)

I've cleaned up the high-score list just now so you can have fair go and get your name listed

For people who don't know it, press the Shift button to drop a bomb.
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Richard Davey
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You deleted my high score!!!

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MaNaR
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Posted: 21st Oct 2005 14:34 Edited at: 21st Oct 2005 15:21
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Your score wasn't on there any more, it was all RYU
So I decided to clean it
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The Nerd
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I got on the first place on the highscore!!!!
I rule!

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Freddy 007
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That was only because the Scoreboard was reset

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Sergey K
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yeah very nice game, very long also =]
(im second place in the score list)
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Steve Fash
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Great game mate...Could do with a stomping soundtrack durning play though

For game/demo music for YOUR PC productions visit:-www.futuredevelopments.org.uk
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MaNaR
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Thanks Fash, a friend of mine is a musician and he's working on some cool techno beats.

A new build will be available around Friday this week.
It will feature a player/ship select screen, new weapons and ... music!
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It Froze My computer While connecting...

If it didn't, I wouldn't hate this game...
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MaNaR
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Posted: 25th Oct 2005 11:38 Edited at: 25th Oct 2005 13:31
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Sorry Xenocythe!

I was hoping that wouldn't happen, but it did.
The problem is that someone shutdown the game while entering a name, and it doesn't like that! (yet)

I'll post a fixed build asap
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Hom level will game have in the end?
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MaNaR
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Posted: 25th Oct 2005 13:32 Edited at: 25th Oct 2005 13:33
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The final game will have about 6 levels in total.
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It's a great game, can't wait to try the next build.


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MaNaR
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Here you have a sneak-peek screenshot of level 2!

The level actually rotates around the player, which looks quite cool.
It's far from finished but feedback is welcome!

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Averaged 5-6 FPS, 16 top(yes my computer sucks bad), also when I go to the desktop and click back into the game i get a runtime error and then it crashes(once again, probably my crappy comp), very good looking game though.

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Posted: 2nd Nov 2005 02:39 Edited at: 2nd Nov 2005 02:40
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Quote: "The level actually rotates around the player, which looks quite cool."

You mean like in Nanostray?

Anyways, looks awesome. Very impressive. I love the shadows... can you see the players? 'cause that would be an awesome touch.

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Yes, rotates like in Nanostray and other shooters like Ray Crisis or Ikaruga.

There are shadow effects for the player fighter and for the enemies, but I forgot to turn them on when I made this screenshot
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Excellent game.
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MaNaR
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Hi, there is a new build online (#8) ready for download and testing!

Some of the new features :
- Fighter Select screen
- Music!
- Shield system
- Pause/Restart menu

Have fun!
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Oh man. I lost my ranking.


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Bizar Guy
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I love the new update, great job.

I had only one problem. At one point I crashed into a massive asteroid right in front of me, and when I was regenerated, I ended up inside the asteroid and thus died immeadiately, losing my last life.

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MaNaR
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Thanks Bizar Guy!

I'll fix this respawn problem as soon as i've found the solution
Maybe some raycasting to check if the respawn spot is safe..
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Let me tell you. You're game owns Nanostray- and that is one of my favorite space shooters ever.

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MaNaR
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Thanks Cian teh Animeblood!

A new version will be available soon, main updates:
- Huge performance increase
- Boss Attack mode with 1 boss functional
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For whoever interested; Build #9 is now online.

Updates:
- Improved frame rate
- Boss Attack mode playable featuring 1 boss (not finished!)
- Expanded ranking list to 18 entries
- Date and Time added to the ranking list
- Random background picture for front/end interface
- New fighter models (still temporary)

You can get it on the Downloads section on this site http://www.kaisertal.com
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Very nice. I did have some problems though, at one point, when I was touching the bottom of the screen, I got killed for no apparent reason, and another time I destroyed an invisible object. Otherwise the game plays great, the new models are awesome, and the game overall feels more playable.
One thing that really bugged me was that I got pretty far and my score was quite high when I died, but when the game went to rank it, it said someone else was entering a score and I had to wait. Them after a time the game up and told me to try again later. I was annoyed, because my score was lost. I then played again, and the next time I tried to enter something in the high score list, someone was there again, and I once again told to try later.

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Yeah, some enemies that disappear at the bottom of the screen still fire backwards, if your ship is also at the bottom you can't see them firing at you.

That invisible thing you killed, where was it?

About the highscores, this problem only occurs if another player quits the game while entering a highscore, the server then keeps waiting until the player has finished typing (what never happens). And it probably has also something to do with connection problems with firewalls. But I'll look into it again!!
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Thanks for addressing my complaints. I think you should consider making the ships stop shooting as soon as they're off screen, and the invisible thing was in the asteroid field.

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great stuff m8, this is what it's all about. PURE ARCADE !!!

please add support for Xarcade professional controllers, is is basically an extension of the keyboard and is detected with the keystate() command.

up = numpad 8 = keystate(72)
down = numpad 2 = keystate(80)
left = numpad 4 = keystate(75)
right = numpad 6 = keystate(77)

fire 1 = left CTRL = keystate(29)
fire 2 = left ALT = keystate(56)
fire 3 = spacebar = keystate(57)
fire 4 = left SHIFT = keystate(42)
fire 5 = z = keystate(44)
fire 6 = x = keystate(45)
fire 7 = c = keystate(46)
fire 8 = 5 = keystate(6)

adding this would be sheer awesomness for those of us who have real arcade controllers.

thanks, Grant.

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Thanks Grant!

I have added support for the Xarcade professional controllers.
It will be available in the new build..
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Game has come along nicely since last time I played it.

Few annoyances;

1. Get same problem as Bizar Guy when you respawn inside huge asteroid after dying and so you lose another life straight away. Mainly happens when those spinny aliens appear who seem to be able to fly about behind the asteroid and fire at you. Not sure that should be allowed either!

2. Choice of keys is bad. On my keyboard it is impossible to move diagnally and fire at the same time. This is most infurating when trying to dodge lots of bullets. This is why most shooters use left ctrl or left shift as fire.

3. Font could do with upgrading a bit as it's really quite difficult to read. As main game graphics have been improved over previous versions I hope you will get around to the font.

Other than that the game is great!

I just got on high score table as No. 2

Boo!
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Teehee, i finally got around to downloading it

great game! i really like the look of it, and it's addicting to!

sorry spooky, i almost left you at No. 2 but i just couldn't pass up first place

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You were saying...

Boo!
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just wait till i get back from class.

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Wow I can't believe I missed this, esp as its stickied!

REALLY great game, I love it Very very playable I suck too bad to get on the highscore table tho


Details here:http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=66053&b=8
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MaNaR
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Thanks Spooky for the suggestions/comments!

1. Spawning inside the rocks has been fixed, won't happen again.
And those spinning enemies haven been removed there as well.

2. Left CTRL is now used as the fire key (instead of space bar)

3. About the font, i'm not sure how to fix this, it has something to do with sprite scaling. Some texts are scaled to 101% to make them readable but it doesn't work in all cases. I might change it to a different font.

These fixes and changes will be in the new build, which will be released soon.
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wow, really awesome game here. glad to see the in-the-rock spawn is fixed...
that got me once. i especially love to wavering plant-life that you have to destroy...it looks so cool.
keep it up,
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Awesome! I really like it. The online highscore is cool too.
I can't wait until the next demo with more levels!!!!!


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Cool game - ran at ~25fps on my laptop too (which only has 32MB built in ati graphics!)

Spawning inside the rocks happened to me - glad to see yo've got it fixed. And the online highscore table is very fun too.

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oops! didn't notice i wasn't highscore anymore...

one moment please...

[edit] that's more like it...

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Hey all!

The new build is finally ready for download!!

New features:
- Solid 60fps
- New bullet routines (faster and more accurate)
- Player doesn't spawn inside rocks anymore<br>
- Level 2 added (finish level 1, kill the boss, play level 2)
- New font (should be readable now)
- Support for Xarcade controllers
- Improved name entering for the highscore list
- And much more..

Thanks everybody for sending comments and feedback!!
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Woo Hoo!!! I'm at the top of the high score!!!!!!!!!!!!

Works great, my only complaint is thqat the first level now runs at 20fps for me, and the second at 2. This is anoying, as it was running at 50 fps before. Just so you know, I do meet the recomended reqierments on your website.

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yay! New level! Downloading...


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20fps? that is bizar, I tested it on multiple machines and it ran at 60fps each time

i did notice some slowdowns when other programs in the background were running though, maybe it is that?
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New build online (#11) (get it here : http://www.kaisertal.com)
- Enemy bullets now have the highest draw priority so they don't disappear behind explosions or player bullets.
- Some geometry fixes
- Player spawning fixed for level 2

And here are some new screenshots:

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