Yesss like it even more now. The level swap seems to have helped
(although I couldn't get past the Easter level before - I'm that bad),
and flashing the collectables in the right order has fixed two problems
in one. Good work for 3 days beta testing!
I'm getting itchy feet to get stuck in again myself now. Don't panic, I
always say this without ever doing anything about it... :)
Howard (=Tobermory)
On 01-Feb-12 00:36, Andrew Gillen wrote:
Hi Thomas
I originally intended to release the source, but then assumed no one
in their right mind would be interested. I don't have any objections
to still doing so, but you'll have to wait for me to get it cleaned
up. I will also remove the graphics and music data as I'd rather keep
those from the public.
Tonight I've also uploaded a new bug fixed version of the game. The
game features bonus levels that are accessed by grabbing the keys in a
specific order on each level, only on many levels it was not possible
to get them in the right order. I've also tweaked the running order
very slightly to move the Easter themed level slightly as feedback has
suggested this is much trickier than the level directly after (the
halloween one). There is also a couple of minor graphical tweaks here
and there, and finally to address the problem that the keys are not
always obvious I've inserted a nice little flash sequence that runs on
level startup.
I hope you enjoy the changes, and I look forward to hearing any more
feedback you might have.
Same place as before: http://www.joua.net
Cheers
Andrew
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From: "Thomas Harte" <tomh.retros...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:17 PM
To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no>
Subject: Re: New Game - "Dave Invaders"
I'm also going to out myself as a fan — though it took me about five
goes to get to the second screen! As a career non-finisher I also have
to agree with Andrew's comments on seeing a project through.
My only observation would be that sometimes the collectibles aren't
obvious because of the nice, detailed and colourful backgrounds. Is
there any way they could periodically do a little sparkle or
something?
And would attempting to prod you towards an open source release have
any effect?
On 28 January 2012 11:41, Andrew Collier <and...@intensity.org.uk>
wrote:
On 27 Jan 2012, at 13:49, Andrew Gillen wrote:
Hi folks
I've finished writing my first game for the SAM. In fact it is
pretty much the first game I've ever programmed in assembler
(certainly on the SAM anyway) . I've tinkered with various high
level languages over the years but have nothing to show for it.
Nice work! I particularly like the graphics. The Sam's 16 colours
can be a bit limiting and a lot of games have very sparse
backgrounds because of that, so it's great to see yours with lots of
detail and different themes.
Most especially though, congratulations for taking a project and
seeing it through until its released. I know from experience how
difficult this can be.
Andrew
