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[loopy268]

Ok so this is one of the only games that i am making in a long time so please, Nocturne and all, dont comment if you arent gonna play the game! Ok anyway...

POKE WARS!

My first game that is actually interesting!

Poke Wars is about poking all of the Pokes. Pokes are the creatures you have to poke to get to the boss. The first is the Dumb Poke, in the menu beside the text "Play". The second is the Medium Poke, the one under Dumb Poke. And the third one is Smart Poke, the one under Medium Poke. The idea is simple: poke the Pokes to get to the boss... easy.

DO NOT PRESS E, Press enter.

Pictures will come soon!

v1.0 Download link:
Direct

Upcoming Updates:
v1.5:
- making new levels.
- adding new Pokes: Genius Poke, and Insane Poke.
- adding new Boss Pokes: Mob Boss, and Boss... James Boss.
- improving enemy AI to make gameplay more challenging.

Old Updates

Spoiler

v1.0 Updates:
-created Pokes: Dumb Poke, Medium Poke, and Smart Poke.
-created Boss Poke: BossPoke.
-created one demo level.

Even Older

Spoiler

v0.5 Updates
-created AI
-added boss AI

My Highest Miss Points was -1! Whats yours?

Edited by loopy268, 03 July 2011 - 06:14 AM.

[TheUltimate]

Tried it, and your game's not bad. In fact, it's just short, sweet, and to the point.

Can you make a "You Win" screen or something? It seems rather complete now, as a 5-minute minigame, but with a 5-minute minigame, you need some kind of incentive to play it / play it more than once, and not feel like you wasted 4MB of bandwidth for this. Not saying it's wasted or anything since it's a WIP game, but some music (or some graphics) would enhance its entertainment value.

Some suggestions to make it more fun:
=== Subtract score for misses in the first level, it was boring once I discovered that it didn't happen.
=== Best of all, make a timer so that you can compare each other's times if you're planning on having people beat your high score.
=== Make the boss have some sort of additional threat other than "you lose points." Like, make it so you can only "poke" him when he's facing away from you, and make the mouse go flying away if he sees you poking him. Therefore, if you screw up, you waste time.

Just another thing, I've been looking through the WIP section recently, and man, do you have a LOT of games. Really, this is like the ninth game you've started in the past couple of weeks... Hope you're able to finish this one!

Rating: 3/5

◊ TheUltimate ◊

[loopy268]

Tried it, and your game's not bad. In fact, it's just short, sweet, and to the point.

Thanks for playing!!!

=== Subtract score for misses in the first level, it was boring once I discovered that it didn't happen.

Will do!

=== Best of all, make a timer so that you can compare each other's times if you're planning on having people beat your high score.

Ok, PROBLEM. i tried adding high scores but it wouldn't work... but ill try harder this time!

=== Make the boss have some sort of additional threat other than "you lose points." Like, make it so you can only "poke" him when he's facing away from you, and make the mouse go flying away if he sees you poking him. Therefore, if you screw up, you waste time.

Yeah, ill add that to!

Just another thing, I've been looking through the WIP section recently, and man, do you have a LOT of games. Really, this is like the ninth game you've started in the past couple of weeks... Hope you're able to finish this one!

Rating: 3/5

No worries, i WILL finish this one! I SWEAR. and thanks for the rating!

[TheUltimate]

"Thanks for playing!!!"
No prob. I just don't like seeing games that have no replies, since we all spent a long time trudging through all this programming and stuff... I went through like the last 5 pages of games. Hope I didn't miss any.

"Ok, PROBLEM. i tried adding high scores but it wouldn't work... but ill try harder this time!"
No, I mean doing high scores the way I do them: by posting them on my WIP page and linking to their games, since other people will come read that and look. (Btw what's your score (I mean time, I'm adding an end-of-level lives display in the next update) on mine?)

"No worries, i WILL finish this one! I SWEAR. and thanks for the rating!"
Er... you're welcome, but I noticed that that's exactly what you said for all your previous games... Anyhow, the most important thing about games is to enjoy creating them, so if you're doing that, it's good enough.

◊ TheUltimate ◊

Edited by TheUltimate, 02 July 2011 - 04:35 AM.

[loopy268]

Btw what's your score on mine?

Like -200 and somthin... It's so confusing!

Edited by loopy268, 02 July 2011 - 04:32 AM.

[loopy268]

BUMP.

[Awesomeness]

ANOTHER game?!?!?! Yikes! Don't you know when to stop?

So I tried it, and it's not bad actually. I see you've just started with something easy in order to actually finish a game. YAY! It'll be more entertaining once you add to it. (You ARE going to add to it, RIGHT?!?!)

Just... PLEASE don't use "jump to position" for your AI. Make them visibly move around instead of teleporting around the screen, so it's more fun and less annoying. Make them avoid the cursor or something. Speaking of the cursor, there was a slight delay when moving anywhere. Might wanna fix that.
Aaannnddd... It's already been mentioned, but GRAPHICS. Seriously. Just an abstract background off Google would be better than that shade of grey.

Another thing, those are not "Dumb," "Medium," and "Smart" Pokes. Those are "Superglued to Ground," "Allergic to Mouse Cursors," and "Rage Face on Ten Pounds of Sugar" Pokes. Just so you know.

Oh, and I beat your score. I know the secret to not losing points, and I'm NOT TELLING ANYONE! Ahahaha!

Spoiler

- Awesomeness

[loopy268]

Spoiler

!!!!! NICCE!

Another thing, those are not "Dumb," "Medium," and "Smart" Pokes. Those are "Superglued to Ground," "Allergic to Mouse Cursors," and "Rage Face on Ten Pounds of Sugar" Pokes.

Those are more accurate names! lol.

Speaking of the cursor, there was a slight delay when moving anywhere. Might wanna fix that.

Yeah, no problem.

You ARE going to add to it, RIGHT?!?!

Yep!! Sure will.

Edited by loopy268, 04 July 2011 - 05:28 AM.

[loopy268]

Bump? Addin ALOT more stuff, here's what:

Upcoming Updates:
v1.5:
- new levels.
- new Pokes: Genius Poke, and Insane Poke.
- new Boss Pokes: Mob Boss, and Boss... James Boss.
- improving enemy AI to make gameplay more challenging.
- changing high score stuff.
- custom loading screen.
- changing background.
- new "super-boss-that-controls-all-pokes" - Iron Pokeman.

Yeah! I'll cross out what I have made so far!

Thank you!

[loopy268]

ANOTHER game?!?!?! Yikes! Don't you know when to stop?

No, I apparently do not. lol

So I tried it, and it's not bad actually. I see you've just started with something easy in order to actually finish a game. YAY! It'll be more entertaining once you add to it. (You ARE going to add to it, RIGHT?!?!)

I am working on it now, now that I know more about GML and stuff.

Just... PLEASE don't use "jump to position" for your AI. For that poke, jump to position is going to stay, sorry. Make them visibly move around instead of teleporting around the screen, so it's more fun and less annoying. *hint hint* lol. Make them avoid the cursor or something. Speaking of the cursor, there was a slight delay when moving anywhere. Might wanna fix that. Fixed.
Aaannnddd... It's already been mentioned, but GRAPHICS. Seriously. Just an abstract background off Google would be better than that shade of grey. I am only changing the background graphics, just so you know.

Another thing, those are not "Dumb," "Medium," and "Smart" Pokes. Those are "Superglued to Ground," "Allergic to Mouse Cursors," and "Rage Face on Ten Pounds of Sugar" Pokes. Just so you know.

True, those ARE more accurate, but I like my names better

Oh, and I beat your score. I know the secret to not losing points, and I'm NOT TELLING ANYONE! Ahahaha!

Spoiler

To tell you the truth... I don't even know the secret... LOL

- Awesomeness

I am updating this game, but I'm using my newest account theepicgeno. Expect a new topic soon!!!

[theepicgeno]

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