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[lasttea999]

Platform Battle

The sequel to Platform Battle has its own thread! Visit the Platform Battle 2 development thread and try out a demo!

Platform Battle is a hotseat platformer game in which two players battle each other with different characters. We really would appreciate your input!

Recently we broke the one thousand play mark on YoYo Games. Thank you for your support, GMC!







Features:

• Two-player gameplay on one keyboard
• Eight characters
• Fifteen levels
• Original music

Please look beyond the lack of AI.
Made on Game Maker 5.3 (because that's what I started with; plus, I use Vista)

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Direct download: Click Here
A few more points to note:

• My friends and I (used to) come back again and again to play it.
• Another friend of mine played it with his little brother for an hour when he first played it.
• What feedback we have gotten has usually been positive.

Thank you very much for your time and effort!

Edit:

• It has been suggested time and time again that this game have AI in it. While I agree that that would make the game more fun, first of all, our programming probably isn't good enough for us to figure that kind of thing out, and second, I don't want this game to be enjoyed alone. Why? Because it's unhealthy. However, see below.
• We started the development of a sequel sometime around October or November of 2008 (at the time of this edit it was December 8, 2008). This announcement is more for record keeping than for anything else; however, suggestions are welcome! Those suggestions should be about things other than characters and levels (we will probably be developing our own characters and levels).
• In the sequel, we are hoping to add a level editor and online-play; however with the latter we may need lots of help...
• Thank you to samdamana for suggesting that we change the controls for Player 2's attack! In the sequel Player 2's attack will be, as he has suggested, executed with the ctrl key.

Edited by lasttea999, 31 October 2011 - 03:19 AM.

[lasttea999]

We would really appreciate a review or two. Try it with a friend - we're sure you'll like it.
This game has been a pretty good hit among my friends; it just needs some more online visibility, and reviews on YoYo Games are the perfect thing!

[Raszlo]

I don't use instant play and there is no download link...

[lasttea999]

I don't use instant play and there is no download link...

I'm not sure why that is... An earlier version (which is pretty much the same as the completed version) can be downloaded here, however.

[Raszlo]

I don't use instant play and there is no download link...

I'm not sure why that is... An earlier version (which is pretty much the same as the completed version) can be downloaded here, however.

I don't have possibility to play with anyone now, however I've checked if it is interesting enough to give it a try if such possibility appears
I must say it looks like a very nice game, graphics, fx and musics fits the style.
Levels (arenas?) looks ok, some have special features (well, could use more additional things, not just changes in design)
Characters have also various skills, but I can't say if they are well balanced, first impression is ok
I don't get why every player can select level, but only one is chosen (randomly?)

I can't rate it until I've tried it multiplayer, but I'm almost sure it will be over 6.5/10

[Nachician]

The game is quite good. It's well done, and it's very solid. Some characters are kind of unbalanced (the ones that throw little bombs are also kind of flawed because the opponent can go under a long platform and not get hit by the bombs, which will hit the platform). Other than that, the game is good, fun, I played it with my brother (4 matches). The music is good, but not great...

Good Job.

[TD Games]

On YYG go into <MY ACCOUNT> then <EDIT GAME> at the bottom of page, then <REVIEW GAME> i think, then set the game to <Standard>!

[lasttea999]

Thank you very, very much for your feedback!
I have to apologize - I'm not used to forums, and I realized just now that I committed something called "illegal bumping" earlier. I'm very sorry!
Also, thank you to the member who told me how to make a game download-able.

Edited by lasttea999, 08 September 2008 - 08:25 PM.

[lasttea999]

A member asked why both members choose a level when only one is selected to be played in.
You know how in any multiplayer game, you sometimes have to discuss with others what level you want? Well, with Platform Battle, each player submits a level they want, and after that, the game randomly picks one out of the two selection. This way, there's no hard feelings (hopefully).

[Ecstats]

Well this simple little game had me and my brother entertained for about forty minutes. It was pretty fun, but I don't think we'll be playing it anymore.

The gameplay was alright, just a tad too simple with only one attack and one special attack. Some of the special moves were quite original, like the one that could move on the ceiling (which was the best character by the way). Why is that whenever the egg-bird thing transforms into the bird its hp is set to 4, no matter if it was higher or lower before? Strange..
The game was rather unbalanced though. The guy with the gun was really crappy, I think his name was "Tommy." Also the slow moving robot thing didn't stand a chance against most of the other characters, although its homing missiles owned on the lava map.

[lasttea999]

Well this simple little game had me and my brother entertained for about forty minutes. It was pretty fun, but I don't think we'll be playing it anymore.

The gameplay was alright, just a tad too simple with only one attack and one special attack. Some of the special moves were quite original, like the one that could move on the ceiling (which was the best character by the way). Why is that whenever the egg-bird thing transforms into the bird its hp is set to 4, no matter if it was higher or lower before? Strange..
The game was rather unbalanced though. The guy with the gun was really crappy, I think his name was "Tommy." Also the slow moving robot thing didn't stand a chance against most of the other characters, although its homing missiles owned on the lava map.

Thank you for your feedback!
Fourty minutes is shorter than some of the big GM games, but it's still pretty good. The whole point of our game is that they're fourty minutes spent with another person. That you won't ever be playing it anymore makes me very sad indeed! Perhaps you and your brother are a bit older than the game's ideal player?
I feel that the game's simplicity is another one of its strong points. I have to admit, it's simpler than other video games, but this simplicity (especially the simplicity of the characters' hp), while the game requires more skill than, say, rock-paper-scissors, allows players to calculate the ensuing moves with what I can only describe as "strategic precision". I think players will know what I mean after a few rounds.

On the two mentioned "bad" characters (the guy with the gun and the robot): We've actually been getting similar feedback left and right. My friends and I can manage to compete well with them, but I suppose they are kind of hard to use. This is a finished game, however; I wonder what we can do.
By the way, the bird is a lot cooler if he sets himself to 4 HP. If he lost a certain number of HP, he'd either be too good or too bad depending on its HP at the time of its transformation.

[Dailyn_Game_maker_in_training]

Great game! I like the way all the graphics fit together so well. The characrters are good and their attacks are also quite good. A couple things i would like to see changed to make it better would be three or four ai levels so that you can have one player, and a level editor for the people like me who like to make their own levels. I was playing it for about an hour before i had tested all the levels so the game is fun. Oh and the only guys that seem quite unbalanced are the big robot and 'tommy' the gun guy. perfect example of this is that tommy can only fire three shots then has to stop yet the first guy (forgot his name) can throw bombs continuously. I love the bird ^^ Maybe a color or costume select would be in order? I like the way most of the secondary characters looked over how the player ones looked. Maybe a simple three color set up would be good? And my final suggestion would be change the attack button for player 1 from being '1' its kinda out of the way so a button like 'q' would be better.

[lasttea999]

Great game! I like the way all the graphics fit together so well. The characrters are good and their attacks are also quite good. A couple things i would like to see changed to make it better would be three or four ai levels so that you can have one player, and a level editor for the people like me who like to make their own levels. I was playing it for about an hour before i had tested all the levels so the game is fun. Oh and the only guys that seem quite unbalanced are the big robot and 'tommy' the gun guy. perfect example of this is that tommy can only fire three shots then has to stop yet the first guy (forgot his name) can throw bombs continuously. I love the bird ^^ Maybe a color or costume select would be in order? I like the way most of the secondary characters looked over how the player ones looked. Maybe a simple three color set up would be good? And my final suggestion would be change the attack button for player 1 from being '1' its kinda out of the way so a button like 'q' would be better.

Thank you for your feedback!
There are two things with AI. First, my friends and I aren't very good programmers. But the main thing is this:
I play video games OFTEN. I own many. But, that doesn't necessarily mean I approve of them. With this game the focus was not to make a game into which one person can become absorbed alone; rather, it was to make a game that two or more players can enjoy (along with each other's company) when they have nothing better to do, kind of like a board game. I'm pretty sure that AI would make this game a lot more fun and, to the GMC, "better", but I don't think it's fit for this game. That being said, my friends and I are hoping that we can add online play to a second game! We are pretty excited for that; I think we can figure the programming out. A level editor would also be awesome, but, again, we're not very good programmers!
I like the color motif we've got going; it's kind of like checkers. But it'd be cool to make your characters your favorite color or give them hats, or something.
Thanks again for all your feedback!

Edited by lasttea999, 15 September 2008 - 05:49 AM.

[lasttea999]

I know my record shows me to be a complete newbie, but this game really is made quite well. I need help giving it more visiblity; I think people would like it, if only they could be shown it. Can anyone please advise me in getting more YoYoGames reviews, and more replies on this forum topic?
I thank you in advance; I've heard people are discouraged to read a topic if the last person to post a reply is the topic starter.

Edited by lasttea999, 20 September 2008 - 06:49 PM.

[Ecstats]

Can anyone please advise me in getting more YoYoGames reviews, and more replies on this forum topic?

From what I've heard, and partly seen, is that this forum is not the best for getting any good replies, let alone constructive criticism or any type of review. This is the only forum I visit regularly though, so I don't know of any else that might be better.

I've heard people are discouraged to read a topic if the last person to post a reply is the topic starter.

Well personally I don't care who made the latest reply. However now you've got this reply here so maybe you should wait a little before answering it.

I'd also advice you to put up screenshots of the game here in the topic. The graphics are a bit simplistic, but they fit togheter and look rather nice I think.
The name "Platform Battle," while basically saying all there is to the game, is not a very original name, and might put off someone just having a quick look at the first page games.

Edited by Ecstats, 21 September 2008 - 12:30 AM.

[Tobias(NL)]

I kinda liked it man, and because I too make hotseat games, I thought it would be fair to reply here... since my project is getting boycotted all the time
but I liked the idea, gameplay was not special, except for that tommy guy and the anti-gravity guy.. very cool.
graphics were ok too!
good work.

Tobias

[lasttea999]

Thank you very much for your feedback, ladies and gentlemen!

Ecstats:

I'd also advice you to put up screenshots of the game here in the topic. The graphics are a bit simplistic, but they fit togheter and look rather nice I think.

Thanks! I've done that.

The name "Platform Battle," while basically saying all there is to the game, is not a very original name, and might put off someone just having a quick look at the first page games.

I suppose it is kind of dull, but I've kind of grown attached to it!

Tobias(NL):

I kinda liked it man, and because I too make hotseat games, I thought it would be fair to reply here... since my project is getting boycotted all the time

...Sorry, I'm a newbie; what's a hotseat game?
I got the impression that we should all support each other, though! Thanks!

Edited by lasttea999, 26 September 2008 - 02:48 AM.

[Tobias(NL)]

hotseat means multiplayer on one computer.
check my games out if you want, most of them are hotseat

[1310 Elite]

hotseat means multiplayer on one computer.
check my games out if you want, most of them are hotseat

Pretty cool game ya got there! =D

[lasttea999]

Uh... What's a "mirror"? Also, which one do you recommend?
My topic really isn't getting much attention. What am I doing wrong?