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robo cat
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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 03:55 Edited at: 19th Nov 2004 03:56
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Droid Master is my new project. Most of the basic gameplay engine is written and it promises to be innovative and original, yet still simple and fun to play. So far I've been working on a beautiful graphics engine, currently requiring NO shaders and will run on the slowest of computers. Anyway, enough talk, here are some screenies.

The player swimming through the water.


The player standing on the shore.


And before you look at the third screen shot and say it...No, it is not a Pikmin remake!


Any feedback is greatly appreciated, though theres not really much to comment on at the moment.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:08
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Does this count as feedback:
I cant see the images Hehe.. Does Freewebs allow hotlinking?

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:25 Edited at: 19th Nov 2004 04:26
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Hmm, should show up as it shows up for me. Here are the links for the pictures, they should work:

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_1.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_2.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_3.jpg

Not sure why you can't see them in my first post.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:27
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They'll show for you as they're probably in your cache..

Once I visited one of them and came back here, it showed it. If you go here and hit refresh, then its unlikely you'll see them. I think...

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:30
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Yeah, that makes sense. The links to them worked OK then?

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:31
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Looks okay, can't say much until more is revealed.

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 04:43
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I got to them eventually.. But a wierdety..

I dont THINK its my browser.. Every time I click the link it brings me back here.. I think that may be anothing hotlinking thing. If they detect a direct request of a file from another page other than a freewebs one, it'll shove them back where they came from?

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 05:02
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@Anime Blood I know theres not much to see at the moment. I posted them up as I found I work much better when people are watching my progress as it prevents me from giving up on the project (which I normally do)

@Nicholas Thompson Your probably right that its just freewebs not allowing the images to show up. If anyone else can't see them, you can view them properly by viewing them at my freewebs site.

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 05:54 Edited at: 19th Nov 2004 05:54
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<<<UPDATE>>>

I've added intelligent fish to the game. By intelligent I mean that they swim realisitically around the water, turn to avoid hitting walls, slide along the walls etc. They are also animated. I'll post a demo up soon so that you can see the game in motion.

This link is for the picture with the fish:
http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_4.jpg

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 07:39
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Hehe.. Those fish look like stuffed socks Hehe..

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Posted: 19th Nov 2004 18:27
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Enough screenshots...heres a demo:

[href]http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/Droid Master.zip[/href]

Controls:
arrow keys = move
shiftkey = center camera behind player
spacekey = use control field

The control field can be used to direct the droids, who look like a robotic version of you.

The droids are always moving forwards, you can point them away from you with the control field.

Feedback is mainly wanted about the graphical style, which is what my current focus is on.

Enjoy!

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 21:13
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Now both the player and the droids can ride the stuffed socks, er I mean fish:

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_5.jpg

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Looks a bit dark dont you think?
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Posted: 24th Nov 2004 02:39
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Quote: "Looks a bit dark dont you think?"


Thanks for the reply. I agree that it looked too dark so I've brightened it up.

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Posted: 24th Nov 2004 08:57
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I love those fish I agree it was a tad dark. 29 FPS is a bit low though.. What exactly is the objective of the game by the way?
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Posted: 24th Nov 2004 15:25 Edited at: 25th Nov 2004 00:26
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Quote: " I love those fish "


Thanks!

Quote: "29 FPS is a bit low"


Its locked at 30 and sometimes when you're hitting the frame rate the fps will say 29 or even 31. I know it is hitting the 30 as I've tried locking it at 60 and that worked fine, just ran too quickly. It can do 60 on this crappy 760MHz machine and I think thats fairly good with 100 fish.

Quote: "What exactly is the objective of the game"


The basic objective is simple. Guide as many of the 10 droids as you can to your ship. However, your droids are always moving forwards at a constant speed. You can bring up a control field, a ring around your player. Any droids in the control field will turn to face away from you. If a droid goes in the water then they die. I've made a simple version of this game before and it proved to be extremely addictive. This new version will hopefully have a professional publishable quality and some new gameplay features, such as riding fish.

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Posted: 25th Nov 2004 05:31
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That game sounds difficult =\

Ok with the framerate thing
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Posted: 25th Nov 2004 15:24
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Quote: " That game sounds difficult "


It is very difficult to get all 10 to the ship but you decide how many you think you can handle, say 3, and just concentrate on getting those 3 to the finish, ignoring the other 7. This makes the difficulty fit perfectly to whose playing.

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Posted: 26th Nov 2004 05:40
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<<<UPDATE>>>

I've got the basic game mechanics finished, droids die etc, and have made a simple, yet fun, level. Just got to add in a few minor details and I should have a playable (not just a tech demo) version up at the weekend. So far I'm really pleased with the game as I think it looks really nice in motion with gameplay to match.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2004 03:11
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<<<UPDATE>>>

Implemented a new control method allowing full control of the camera. Finished external level scripting language for storing levels. This will allow the player to edit levels or create their own (although I will probably make a nice level editor). An example of the scripting is shown below:



I think its fairly obvious how it works.

Made a grass and tree system so that they smoothly sway away from you when you touch them.

Demo should be out tommorrow provided that all goes well.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2004 22:03
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I've finally got a playable demo up:

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/Droid%20Master.zip

Heres a brief description:

Controls:
arrow keys = move
mouse = look around
left mouse button = bring up control field

The basic objective is simple. Guide as many of the 10 droids as you can to your ship. However, your droids are always moving forwards at a constant speed. You can bring up a control field, a ring around your player. Any droids in the control field will turn to face away from you. If a droid goes in the water then they die.

When you enter the ship yourself, you will be given a score and the game will restart.

Have fun and any feedback is greatly appreciated!

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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 04:50
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<<<UPDATE>>>

Work is beginning in a level editor. Once this is done I should be able to make lots of levels with ease.

Anyone tried the demo yet, as any feedback on the actual gameplay is greatly desired and appreciated. Plus, I reckon you'll have fun trying it out.

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Quote: "currently requiring NO shaders and will run on the slowest of computers."


Bah humbug! I want shaders! Now!

As for the actual demo, I am downloading it now. Freewebs is the slowest of the slow, however.

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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 06:43
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Quote: "Bah humbug! I want shaders! Now!"


Hehe I've tried to replicate a non-shader effect that I've seen in many big commercial games such as Pikmin 2 and Skies of Arcadia. Don't worry about the non-shadersness, I'm not just scrolling the UV mapping and it should look quite impressive in motion.

Quote: "Freewebs is the slowest of the slow"


Thanks for downloading it and sorry for how slow freewebs is When the filesize gets even larger I'll make sure I use a different host for the downloads.

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Anyone tried the game out yet?

I'm in great need of any feedback about gamplay, difficulty, visuals etc.

Heres the link again:

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/Droid%20Master.zip

Have fun!

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<<<UPDATE>>>

The game now has beautiful long grass. Its quite efficient as even my super slow pc can handle it and the distance the grass is viewable from is customizable.

Anyway, here's a screenie:

http://www.freewebs.com/robocatgames/droid_master_screen_6.jpg

The old demo is still available and any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Have fun!

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very nice game so far I just suggest make it brighter other then that the game is pretty cool


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Thanks for the feedback.

I had made the game brighter since the first 5 screenshots, but the addition of the grass had made it appear much darker. I think if I lighten the grass a lot then it should fix the darkness problem.

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