Very cool so far, Andrew. It looks great!!
I like the gravity affect. Very nice.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Towers" <mariofrog@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] Shadow Keep (new game)
>
> > Can you already give some explanations about the various items you have
> > to pick up? Or do they not work yet? And what is the goal of the game?
>
> There is only the key to pick up, and a couple of test items already
> in the player inventory. None of these can be used yet.
>
> At present the exact outcome of the game isn't defined, but I'm
> planning "keys and doors" style gameplay, whereby the player must
> first explore the game, discover where various items have been
> placed, and find the correct use for them in order to progress.
> The player can carry only two items at any one time, and can only
> drop items on item pads placed in various rooms.
>
> > BTW: The title screen displays only 260 lines.
>
> Fixed - thanks, I should've spotted that straight away. There are
> no other changes to the bin - I'm too tired to work on it now.
> I hope this isn't too much spam to post a new one.
>
> > Just one note: you should give a realistic "gravity" effect to the
> > player when he jumps
>
> I remember this style of floating down from a couple of the 8-bit
> games of this type I played years ago, so I just went with that.
> Would people prefer more realistic gravity? I need to round out
> the top of the jump anyway, the change from jumping to falling
> is far too immediate at the moment.
>
> > I notice that when the player touches a ladder he starts to decend
> > a little.
>
> Yes, my collision detection is a mixed bag. The ropes and ladders
> use the TIA collision registers so the player falls down until
> he touches the top rung of the ladder, which makes climbing off
> them a pain. I'm not sure what I can do about this - perhaps use
> a different collision method, or introduce a fudge at the top of
> ladders somehow.. I'll look into it.
>
> - M.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/
Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
