The Dumb Hijacker - Update 18. Mar V.0.7, 12th highest rated Arcade WIP in YOYO Options

[Micco]

<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>The dumb hijacker</span>

About:
The idea of the game is to hijack a plane and fly around the earth. You must avoid tons of different enemies and make them destroy themselves. You gain score for each destroyed enemy and automatically 1 point for each 5 seconds. The game is splitted to 2 min rounds and each round contains more enemies. Start playing and be the king of the highscore list!

File stuff:
Size: about 2mb
screen res. 800x600, no change
fullscreeen: fullscreeen and windowed
GM version: PRO

Playing the game:
Use up key to accelerate, down key to slow down and left and right to rotate plane. You gain 1 point every 5 seconds and 10-15 points for each destroyed enemy. You have limted petrol. Full is 2000X. You must take more gas at the airport/field, from the GAS stand. Hit ENTER to jump off plane

What is new in 0.7?
- intro
- menu fixes
- annoying bugs fixed

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Screenshots: From 0.2 (Not much different!)
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Tell me what you think, guys! It will help me making this game better.

This post has been edited by Micco: Mar 22 2008, 06:39 AM

[100michael]

downloading...seems...funny?

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Well,theres not a goal yet but it surely is fun. A tip if you have a lot of anoying planes behind you,slow down,and BOOM! Fatal crash!

Nice game

This post has been edited by 100michael: Sep 24 2007, 04:34 PM

[AC-426]

Sorry, no full sized screenies at the moment.

Grr... I wonder when YoYoGames will stop being so lame and start showing full-sized screenshots.
It can't possibly be a storage issue because the games are so much bigger than the images...

Aaanyway.. Dumb Hijacker. I think this game could become really fun!
It just needs a couple of things to make people play it for more than 2 minutes, like things to pick up (besides the gas), levels, etc.

I thought it was pretty cool that you could fly up so high, and I was hoping the stars would be visible. Maybe you should add the stars.

I wanna see more, Micco

[Micco]

Thanks for the replies, guys!

Aaanyway.. Dumb Hijacker. I think this game could become really fun!
It just needs a couple of things to make people play it for more than 2 minutes, like things to pick up (besides the gas), levels, etc.

The stars... Cool idea. I'll add 'em to the next update. I thnk I add a pickup for fixing your plane. Also more damage effects and enemies.

Nice game 

I think the update is done soonly.

[RayHam]

this is a great game
i liked it very much, but the fuel thing was kinda hard to get when in very high speed i discovered
but it's one of the best i ever have seen

[Micco]

this is a great game
i liked it very much, but the fuel thing was kinda hard to get when in very high speed i discovered 
but it's one of the best i ever have seen 

I know that the fuel is hard to get, but I'll give you a hint: Approach the station from the field(right) with medium-slow speed and fly horizontanally over the edge and grab the gas.
I will add that you might get extra gas or repairing when you destroy level 3 enemy.

[Micco]

Update has finally arrived! It contains the new level system: the game is now splitted to 5min rounds on the airspace on diffenrent countries. Also new enemy and fixes.

[AC-426]

Hey Micco

Just played the newest version.


Version 0.2

• It's still amusing.
• Good choice of music (When I played the first version it was on a computer without sound)
  And kudos for choosing mods over mp3 to keep the filesize low.
• Cool menu.
• First thing I did in this version was to go look for the stars, hehe.
  Dude, when I said stars I did not mean cartoon stars I meant simple non-moving dots of varied size/brightness.

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• I don't know about everyone else, but I think 5 minutes per round is way too long.
  I haven't seen any of the other levels yet
• It would be nice if there was a way to know when the edge of the room has been reached so I can turn the plane around earlier.
  You get killed pretty fast out there. Maybe you could add a mini-map or something?
• There's no way to fight back. I mean, the only way to destroy the enemy planes is to fly into them, right?
  But then again, this plane is for travelling, not combat.
• The time format. This isn't a huge problem or anything, but try to make the seconds go from 0 to 59, instead of 0 to 99.

This post has been edited by AC-426: Sep 29 2007, 07:14 PM

[Micco]

Hey Micco

Just played the newest version.


Version 0.2

• It's still amusing.
  
• Good choice of music (When I played the first version it was on a computer without sound)
  And kudos for choosing mods over mp3 to keep the filesize low.
  
• Cool menu.
  
• First thing I did in this version was to go look for the stars, hehe.
  Dude, when I said stars I did not mean cartoon stars I meant simple non-moving dots of varied size/brightness.

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• I don't know about everyone else, but I think 5 minutes per round is way too long.
  I haven't seen any of the other levels yet
  
• It would be nice if there was a way to know when the edge of the room has been reached so I can turn the plane around earlier.
  You get killed pretty fast out there. Maybe you could add a mini-map or something?
  
• There's no way to fight back. I mean, the only way to destroy the enemy planes is to fly into them, right?
  But then again, this plane is for travelling, not combat.
  
• The time format. This isn't a huge problem or anything, but try to make the seconds go from 0 to 59, instead of 0 to 99.

Thanks for comments, it really helped.
-The stars... Yeah I was lazy so made them with the crappy gm effect thingy
-The clock thing is a bug which I noticed after uploading the game. Will be fixed.
-you 're right. the rounds are too long. I think I change them to 2 min rounds.
-The room edge warning is a good idea!
-You can make the enemies crash on each other
-I might add a pickup on ground which gives you health
Btw, what's your best score?

[AC-426]

-you 're right. the rounds are too long. I think I change them to 2 min rounds.

2 min rounds would be great. And if people should complain that it's too short, then you could give the player a couple of choices before he starts playing. You know, like a skill level.

-The room edge warning is a good idea!

I'm glad you think so. I was afraid you'd say that it would make it too easy, hehe.
This is a serious problem for me because I keep thinking "Nah, I won't fly off the screen yet, I haven't been flying in this direction that long" then BAM! the view stops scrolling and I am shot out into nowhere trying desperately (and blindly) to turn the plane around before I lose all my health.
Especially when the ground is out of view.

-You can make the enemies crash on each other

Oh, I didn't notice that. I'll try it next time I got 20 of those buggers on my tail.

-I might add a pickup on ground which gives you health

Yes! I would really appreciate that because I'm really getting my ass kicked at around 3 min.

Btw, what's your best score?

Only around 500 What's your secret, man? You must have completed a couple of rounds, right?

[chrscool8]

Ha, this game is awesome. I couldn't stop playing it. =)

[Micco]

Ha, this game is awesome. I couldn't stop playing it. =)

Glad you like it! I suggest supporting

Only around 500  What's your secret, man?  You must have completed a couple of rounds, right?

Well, actually I suck. My score is only about 450

You know, like a skill level.

Maybe, maybe...

Some news:
- Minimap added! It shows you and the enemies in the view area.
- Clock is fixed

Those things and lots of other stuff will be in version 0.3 which is under developement. It won't take long until it's done!

[Micco]

Finally updated to 0.3!
The update includes:
- 2min rounds
- 2 new enemies
- Better menu quality
- Better tiles
- Repair pickup
- Clock glitch fixed
more info in 1st post.

[Dark team]

This is pretty good. I liked the idea with tricking enemies.

[AC-426]

Version 0.3

• I like the new warning when you get near the edge. The sound suits the game very well and it's kind of scary
• The 2 min rounds was a great improvement. I finally made it past the first level
  I hope you will make new areas, though. Maybe add buildings, trees, etc? That would be great (I only made it to Level 2, though. Maybe you've already added things like that).
• I couldn't find the repair pickups. Where are they?
  Suggestion: I don't know how it works at the moment since I never found them, but you could make the repair items pop up in random places and display an arrow near the plane that points towards the item. Only one item at a time, kind of like the Snake game.
• Could you please add a Pause key? In the previous versions I used the info page (F1) to pause the game (although the info page stayed on top of all other windows), but the info page was removed in version 0.3
• It would also be nice to have an altimeter and maybe a speedometer because at certain heights, where the surrounding sky texture is the same, I have no idea how fast I am moving/dropping.
  Besides, a speedometer would also add to the gameplay because the player would want to see how fast he can make it fly.
• I noticed that the enemy planes will sometimes spawn in the middle of the view which looks very strange.
• There is something not right about the thrusters. If I point the plane towards the ground and use the thrusters shouldn't the plane move a lot faster? It doesn't. (But I found out how to make it fly faster).

Keep up the good work, Micco.

[ravener]

hes got a point with the thrusters and speedometer also i think you shoul be allowed a wepon!!

This post has been edited by ravener: Oct 7 2007, 02:10 PM

[-Oakleaf-]

FINNISH POWER YAYYY

Nice game you got there. Only thing to complain is the gravity. I think it should affect the plane even when the up-key is held.

But hey, thats just me.

[Micco]

Thanks for comments!

I couldn't find the repair pickups. Where are they?

They should appear when you destroy some lvl 3 fighters and also they are on the right side of the map and in rounds 1 and up in the middle.

Could you please add a Pause key?

Good idea.

It would also be nice to have an altimeter and maybe a speedometer

Also good idea.

I noticed that the enemy planes will sometimes spawn in the middle of the view which looks very strange.

Well I was lazy so I did that that way

If I point the plane towards the ground and use the thrusters shouldn't the plane move a lot faster?

I'll fix that.

FINNISH POWER YAYYY

Finnair!

I also will add more stuff like building to the map.

[yauhui]

i couldnt find out what is the secret and i keep dying cos i forgot to refuel, and the gas is too difficult to reach (i always end up crashing the runway)

do i have to just fly around for 2 minutes?

EDIT: i found out a way to save on fuel. once you're in the air, let go of the thruster and when the plane starts to nose-dive, rotate the plane counter clockwise (left key) and the plane will glide in the air without using fuel only that when you press left, the plane will start to rise into the air and then the plane falls as it starts to loop. (wow, a plane can rise without fuel???) if so, just release the left key and when the plane descends again, press the left key, and so on.

This post has been edited by yauhui: Nov 25 2007, 09:21 AM

[Micco]

i couldnt find out what is the secret and i keep dying cos i forgot to refuel, and the gas is too difficult to reach (i always end up crashing the runway)

do i have to just fly around for 2 minutes?

EDIT: i found out a way to save on fuel. once you're in the air, let go of the thruster and when the plane starts to nose-dive, rotate the plane counter clockwise (left key) and the plane will glide in the air without using fuel only that when you press left, the plane will start to rise into the air and then the plane falls as it starts to loop. (wow, a plane can rise without fuel???) if so, just release the left key and when the plane descends again, press the left key, and so on.

That's the secret. The fly system is a bit dumb, so Fly system will be redone. I'm almost done with the update, but now I'm working on a game to the yoyo games winter competition.