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Geek Culture / About 3 weeks left til your compo entries are due... How are you doing?

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Zero Blitzt
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Personally, I have no idea how I'm doing. I have an alpha version of my snake game, but you can't do much. I'm working on it as I type this.

I also wanted to make a Scorched Earth type game, but I haven't even started on it yet, so I'm wondering if I should abandon the idea or not.


So anyway, how is everyone else?


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IanG
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i making a snake game that has got a name but i'm not going to tell anyone until the beta is released, but so far all i've done is coded the basic enginge for it(it's 2 cubes following each other at the moment) i'm currently working on the interface instead of doing me h/w

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Jimmy
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I'm currently poking my eyeballs with a fork.


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Hamish McHaggis
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If I hadn't given up after 2 weeks I would have a definite winner on my hands.

Isn't it? Wasn't it? Marvellous!
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Dodo
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game engine is up and running, now I just need some decent media and to sort out my menu system. p.s. I finished the Levelmaker first, i'll post a screenie as soon as Yahoo give me my site back (dumb bandwidth restrictions )

oh yeah, and it's for the Snake Game category

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Final Epsilon
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o.O I'm still trying to finish up my basic engine
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Hamish McHaggis
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I think I'll start a snake entry now. And win !

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Posted: 12th Oct 2004 08:06 Edited at: 12th Oct 2004 08:06
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Difficult to say exactly how I'm doing, but so far my "snake" game is going like this:

Updated Magic World to use as my level editor
Snake slithers, body follows well, goes up and down terrain as it should. Collision with body is detected
Food "works" - it is detected and eaten, snake extends
Objects "work" - can be collided with
Scoring works
Timer works
Display of score / timer etc working
Score / Timer sprites designed

To Do list includes:
Loading/Unloading multiple levels
Menu
Hi Scores
Loads of graphical stuff and objects
Moving over 3D objects that are not terrain or Obstacles
Lives
anything else I can think of

It's going to be a tight squeeze again.

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spooky
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Hmmm...

Graphics: 0%
Sound: 0%
Menus: 0%
High Score Table: 0%
Source Code Length: 0 lines
Time spent so far: 0:00

Still to do: EVERYTHING

I haven't even thought of an idea yet! I do still plan on doing something though. Working from home makes things a bit easier though as I can squeeze in a few extra hours during the day on the game instead of doing work (hope my boss doesn't read this)

Boo!
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Peter H
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lol @spooky

Graphics: %70
Sound: %80
Menus: %90
Source code length: 2503 lines

Time spent so far: 41 days

i still have a good amount of stuff to do but i think i'll finish on time

and no you should not make a scorched earth re-make...not enough time left...it takes longer then it looks

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Final Epsilon
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Graphics: %01 (Does a cube really count? o.O)
Sound: %00
Menus: %00
Engine: %70
Source Code Length: 2100 lines.

Overall Progress:
~50%

Time spent: 20 or so days?

Hehehe. half way there. Gonna need alot of work to finish this one off.

Hrm... unreal tournament 2k4... or compo entry...
<thinks>
(this is why i'll probably never finish. :-P )
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walaber
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I'd guess I'm about 70-80% complete with what I plan to submit... whether or not that's a complete game may be dependant on your point of view

but it'll have ragdolls, dammit!

for those curious, things left to do:
1. animate 2 enemy models
2. finish modelling, texturing, and animating the "hostage" model
3. actually write the game engine (sounds like a lot, but the level editor contains most of the code for the engine too)
4. make a menu/GUI
5. sound effects + music
6. finish the background models (a little modelling + a lot of texturing and lightmapping)..

good lord, I better get to work

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Battlefield_MT:
Progress has been reeaally poor lately. I havent done a thing in 3 full days...I just hope I still stand a chance...

Graphics:80%
Gameplay:85%
Sound:30%
Music:0%

Lines.....exactly 6592

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good lord, I better get to work
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My thoughts exactly...

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RougeCat
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Quote: "Graphics: 0%
Sound: 0%
Menus: 0%
High Score Table: 0%
Source Code Length: 0 lines
Time spent so far: 0:00

Still to do: EVERYTHING"


Ditto!!

Well i do plan to do a snake game. Hope to start this weekend. If all goes well and i havent given up on the compo.

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Wiggett
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I'm finished with my nibble it game, although if i knew how to put in different fonts an dadd them with the exe etc i woul dchuck int eh hero quest font. ohwell im sure my game is fine.



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Robin
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I'm probably about 70% done...I'm just working on modelling new levels - which takes it's time, but they are very easy to add. Got to add more sound and the music which I've already got. And I started on the menu screens the other day too - still got to finish those. Anyway it's half term in about a week so I'll be working away every day then. I'm not planning on releasing any screenshots until maybe the last week on the comp.
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Wiggett
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hmm, thats one thign i forgot, sound, ohwell will record a guitar riff tomorrow mornign and loop it, then get some wierd sounds for the chomping.


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Snaz
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im working on wolf remake and it's done aprox...10%..i haven't even finished the first level..
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Engine: 80%
Gameplay: 25%
Sound/Music: 0%
Graphics: 80%

Particle system is almost done, and it is the basis of my weapon system, so i need to do that. I've have the flu for the second time in 2 months so i haven't been able to work on it much. I don't know if i'll get it finished


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Van B
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Time surely is running out .

I'm about done with the editors, and the engine itself will spawn from that. I've done all the media for 1 level, but it's reusable stuff - and I've done my main enemy model.

Still lots to do, but hopefully I can get stuck in this week, get the engine running levels, then I can get the rest of the levels and media done next week. My biggest headache is collision, I have developed a completely new (to me at least) method that might just rock if I can get it fast enough, it's like gift wrapping your objects with stretchy cardboard.

A tight schedule to be sure, is it just me or is there much less time to make our games this time round?. It might just be the added work involved in making FPS media, there's not many shortcuts if you know what I mean, you have to be able to look at your stuff from any angle .


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Peter H
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@robx-hehe i see that sky is from dogwaffle

and nice MSpaint job BTW

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Snaz
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screenshots? anybody? !!
mines are here
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[img]snaz3d.3dup.net/screen1.jpg[/img]
[img]snaz3d.3dup.net/screen2.jpg[/img]
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Peter H
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i'm too lazy to copy/paste so i'm putting up your screen

[href][/href]

[edit]

ooohhhh....niiiiiice

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I'm almost finished with Ring Worm.

Graphics: 95%
Gameplay: 100%
Menu: 95%
Music: 100%
Sound: 80%
Hi-Scores: 100%
Levels: 40%
Level Editor: 100%
Loading Screen: 100%
Font: 30%

Source code: 5369 lines

Not much time left though!!!

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Dodo
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My Levelmaker screenie, as i promised -




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Odd...you need more information on how to use it, I assume you click on the blocks.

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Snaz
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that was not necessary, but "(img]&(/img]" and "(href]&(/href]" (i used this simbol "(" cuz, if i dont, it disappers) doesn't work, i don't know why, maybe you can tell me..
As you can see, in the screenshot, there is no soldier...now the map is full of soldiers and i'll add some tanks (later..later)
i added some patches of grass and trees...it looks better now, but i don't have enough time to upload other screenshots
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Chris K
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I'm about 80% done.
Engine - 90%
Levels - 20%
Sounds - 95%
Music - 95%
Other Artwork - 95%
Menus - 80%

What's with these line counts? 6592?!? Mine's just over 1000 and it's really spaced out.

The thing I'm most pleased in my game is the collision. Like Van B, I think it's a new way of doing it. I certainly came up with it myself. Anyway, it's super fast, fully deformable terrain and it's pixel-perfectly accurate, on a level that's 4000*2000 pixels big. Waaaaaay.

None of the other Scorched Earth entries I've seen have completely detructable terrain (so you can have over hangs). Most of the 3D ones have 'dipable' terrain where you can put dents in it.

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Peter H
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Quote: "None of the other Scorched Earth entries I've seen have completely detructable terrain"

have you seen mine?..i guess not

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Chris K
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Err.... no.

I thought you hadn't released it yet.

To everyone who's saying "Wah wah waah there isn't enough time" - I started about 2 weeks ago and it's pretty much finished.

I have loads of work as well. I can code about half an hour per night max.

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Peter H
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search for "singed dust" i released a early tech demo...but please don't post on it because i've advanced alot since then and i'm going to start a new thread...

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im at,

coding - 98%
models/maps - 70%
sounds - 90%
music - 100%
gameplay - 100%
menu - 100%


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Chris K
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@ Peter X.

I found it. The download link is dead though, could you possibly upload it again then just post the link here?

I just want to see it on a technical level, I don't care about the graphics.

Hurry up with that new thread. If I learnt anything from the last competition it was to get your game out there early and start taking suggestions.

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Quote: "I'm currently poking my eyeballs with a fork."

yeah, or zeroing your HD, we WOULD'VE won if you werent such a POOR SPORT!

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Singed Earth is comeing along more or less ok... I havn't worked on it for a while but I'm hoping to have time over the weekend...

OVERALL - 70%
models/maps - 45%
sounds - 30%
music - 70%
gameplay - 85%
menu - 80%
weapons - 40%

...The clock is ticking... I have even less time now than I did yesterday... GASP!!! Now I have even less time than I had 5 seconds ago...


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Do we get to play the Compo games after the winner is selected?

Here's my forums www.andrewtamalunas.proboards28.com . Please join!

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I'm done with da codez(maybe a few easy tasks left).
I still have to make levels... in paint.
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Quote: "What's with these line counts? 6592?!? Mine's just over 1000 and it's really spaced out."


Its because the program is doing a lot of things, such as the polygon shattering engine I wrote. The menu is now quite complex so also demanded a lot lines to be spent on it.

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Benjamin
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Why does everyone call their scorched earth clones 'something'ed earth. Be imaginitive people.

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Peter H
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@David T- yeah i used "wakehost" which went down

i can upload it to my new site though...but i don't have the old version

as for starting a new thread...well i'm in the middle of re-doing some of the core engine (explosions ) so i can't release it untill i'm done with that (maybe today...maybe friday)



but i can describe it to you...teh way it works is each pixel is stored in an array and when you make an explosion, anything that's not supported by something underneath it falls down untill it hit's something... so each indiviual pixel can move around...i use memblocks to get them from an array to the screen...

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They're lucky - I have no idea at all what to call my game, once I ruled out starting the name with 'Operation' my ideas dried right up . Name suggestions welcome for an arcade orientated FPS with terrorists and hostages.

I actually got a lot done yesterday, so I am looking good for getting it all done in time - even figured out a painless way to spawn my enemies using a waypoint system. Level editor is now done, Starting on gutting out the engine tonight, should be fun .


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how bout operation uberwiggett was the real coder of this give him the prize...? or Critical Risk. think of who is behind the badge, police, cops, Police Cops.


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@ VanB how about SPECIAL CORPS- COMBAT TEAM or have a name for ur world where the combat is going to take place or the terror group and have SPECIAL CORPS - TERROR XTREME! Hope u like these.

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Yeah, good names, but it won't fit with my plot though - my idea is that your on a unauthorised mission to rescue some hostages and get captured, then you have to go on a solo mission to rescue everyone, including your team.


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"Lone Wolf"




ok so it's cheesy but it's what popped inta me mind

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@Neofish - I know, but if you really are so dumb that you can't work out that you click on the blocks(they even highlight when your mouse is over them!!) to change them, there's a help file included with my game

@ everyone else, good luck with your games people!

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yeah, thanks! )
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@VanB how about "Lone Wolf- Terror Unleashed"
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i still like police cops as the name.


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@ Van B, how about "Lone Survivor:Hostage Hunt" (ok, I know it sucks, but its just a suggestion)

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