Subject: Re: [stella] [Poll] What is everybody working on? From: "nj bloodline" <njbl00dline@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:16:12 -0400 |
Kinda sounds like the game Oink! by Activision. The big bad wolf trys to break through and you must throw bricks back to put the wall back together or something. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Dunn" <td629@xxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [stella] [Poll] What is everybody working on? > Hello All, > > I am new here, but I becoming very interested in vcs programming. > I'm still learning the basics, but I do have an idea for a game > for when I am ready to start it. I'll write a description below > if you want to read. I haven't checked out even close to all the > games out there, so I am curious if a game very similar to what > I'm thinking of already exists. > > Here it goes... > I will call it Bricklayer for now. > There is a large wall of bricks. They are in rows and columns. > Above the wall is a ledge. On it is your player. He can run > left and right along the wall. Along the bottom of the screen > run critters. As they run by the wall, they bite out bricks of > the wall. The height of the column that brick was taken from > goes down by one. When a column has no bricks left in it, game > over. > You try to kill the critters by shooting straight down at them > from the ledge. You can also repair the wall by climbing down > off the ledge to the bottom of a column of bricks, and then > hitting fire a certain number of times. The column will rise by > one brick. Of course while you are repairing, critters are > attacking the wall. Maybe you can still fire straight down while > repairing. > There will be different kinds of critters that attack the wall > in different ways. Maybe one critter goes fast to the top of a > column and then eats its way straight down. Maybe another zig- > zags its way through the blocks. > > What do you guys think? I'm still trying to come up with better > ideas, but I may go with this one. > > Thanks, > Tom > > --- cybergoth@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi there! > > > > Ok, I'm a bit late this time for the quaterly poll (Why didn't anybody remind > > me? :-)) > > > > So, since I need to update my database *g* what is the current stats of your > > VCS projects? > > > > Since 'QB' we had quite some projects seen in the works, > > like two new 'Rush Hours', Joes 'SCSISIDE' is almost done and > > 'Euchre', 'Plane' & my own 'Gunfight' are still in the works. > > > > Now, answer this: What else is cooking at the moment? > > > > How is Dino Eggs going tempest? > > What about 'The Core' or 'Life' Andrew? > > How is your animated missile game progressing Glenn? > > Anyone started Jumpman? > > Any progress yet on the Holy Grail (Space Invaders) side? > > Given the right 'Stichwort', which finished game will Eckhard > > pull next out of his magic hat? > > Are Erik, Bob or Piero already back in the productive > > business? > > > > Tell me please! I'm so damn curious! > > > > Greetings, > > Manuel > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mehr Geld? Die günstigsten Konditionen? > > http://www.nexgo.de/c/pub/redir.php/yo1 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > - > > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > - > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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