I just spent a few minutes playing on a Cuttle Cart with real paddles, and
have some comments:
- I agree with others that when your marble is moving it should do more than
remain a static, white sprite.
- While I think the animation on the right in single player mode is cool, it
is very distracting.
- When you fall off the edge, it would be nice if you could actually shrink
the marble to give it the effect that it fell off the edge.
- Can you add some kind of audible feedback as your time is about to run
out?
- I personally would put the START option on the bottom, instead of in
between the number of players and level.
Overall I think this is going to be a great game, especially when you are
playing against another person. However, it is going to take some practice
to control well with two paddles. I feel that people trying to play this at
CGE are going to be a bit aggravated, because you need to invest a little
time to associate one hand with up/down movement and the other with
left/right. It also didn't help that it's a bit cumbersome trying to hold
two paddles in your lap while playing.
Would it be possible to add TrakBall support?
..Al
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Paul Slocum
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:34 AM
> To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [stella] Marble Craze v0.90
>
>
> Well here's the latest version of Marble Craze. It's very close to being
> finished except for designing the levels and music. Currently there are
> two playable levels. If you have a Cuttle Cart and a set of paddles (or
> two) then please try it out. I'd love to get some feedback.
> Hope you like
> it! :o)
>
> The data structure for the levels is pretty flexible and will allow for
> some pretty interesting levels. I tried to illustrate this with the two
> levels I've put together so far. I'm planning on including about 20-25
> levels. Note that the first level in this version is a bit
> harder than the
> real first level will be.
>
>
> Controls:
> ---------
> Use a set of two paddles for each player. One paddle controls the
> horizontal movement and the other controls vertical. You will
> see two bars
> along the side of the screen show how hard you're pushing the marble.
>
> On the title screen, use the left player's horizontal paddle and
> button to
> change options and start the game. Game Reset will also start the game.
>
> During the game, Game Select will return to the title screen.
>
> Gameplay:
> ---------
> Player 1 uses the left side of the screen and player 2 uses the right
> side. If only 1 player is playing, the unused screen will
> display patterns.
>
> You start with three lives. If you fall off or run out of time,
> you lose a
> life. When you run out of time, if you have any lives left, you'll get
> another 15 seconds to attempt to complete the level.
>
> To complete a level, navigate to the finish line. The finish
> line will be
> the same color as the area you start in.
>
> Scattered throughout the levels are small white bars called Power
> Bars. When a power bar is on the screen, below your time display
> you will
> see a message suggesting what effect the power bar will have. Power bars
> can have a variety of effects including extra points, extra time, etc.
>
> Some levels will have walls around the path and will not allow
> you to fall
> off. These levels will display the word "WALLS" at the start of the
> level. On these levels you will bounce off the edges.
>
>
> -Paul
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