Hi Manuel!
> I think it's unfair, that there's an obstacle on the top
> section too. You have to wait until it moves away and
> then get in position again, before it reaches the right
> end.
That was there in the original. I know what you mean though. I remember doing the same thing when playing this on my A8 :)
> At least it shouldn't kill you, as long as it's not
> moving. Or you should shift the *finishing* dot a little
> to the right.
I do the collision to the ball before the collision to the players so you should be able to get the "dot" :) while the obstacle is stationary.
As I said though I am flexible. I'll consider removing the upper obstacle or moving the ball a little to the right :)
> I got the impression that not only the obstacle, but the
> players speed too increases on level 2, is that
> intentional?
Yeah, that's why the player can overshoot a ladder now. I plan on adding better speed increases in the future. Right now the level number represents the number of pixels the players are moved. Not very good :( but playable to get an idea.
> I attached a screenshot where I was killed - with _no_
> chance to escape!
Ha, ha. That has happend to me many times. I'll change the move count algorithm to offset that :) I really want to try this using an EPROM so I can get random numbers. The emulators (and I think the CC too) zero all RAM. I intentionally skipped the random number seeds to get a "true" random number when the game starts since Stella powers up in a random state.
> Other than that, the game reminds me a little of another
> title in the 2600 library called "Challenge".
I had never heard of that before. I just powered it up and you're right. I'm not familiar with Zeller games.
> Though so
> far I like your variant better.
Thanks.
> Then there's that particular "Jumpman" level, which has
> almost the same obstacles, maybe if you could add some
> bombs to collect and adopt the layout a little... :-)
Ha, ha ;)
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