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[deluksic]

This is my "fly the copter remake"

NOW WITH ONLINE HIGHSCORES! Check out the highscore list on my page.
There is also an In-game higscore preview when you die, first it tells you your distance, then the place you took



download link

Controls:

mouse press - go up
space - change color

When in start screen, click start button to play and options button to set color and sound (no sound for now).

Edited by deluksic, 13 May 2012 - 09:15 PM.

[kelson]

wiw the grafics ib this are realy good they just pop out and it really make the gameplay fun. however li really do think you need a score board so you can see your best distances.

[icuurd12b42]

It's actually pretty decent, nice graphical setup
But why do I die when I have a good shield barely scratching an asteroid type thing.

[deluksic]

Yes, i'm planning to make a score board, but for that you need an extra file.. maybe just a showing the score after playing it.

When you collide with an obstacle it explodes... that's how the game works.

[TheUltimate]

Whoa. That's actually pretty fun. The graphics are definitely great as they are, the physics are nice, and there seem to be lots of powerups.

Since you asked, here's some stuff you can add:
=== Make it speed up the longer you play. It doesn't seem to get any harder as you go along.
=== Put slopes along the edges that you have to avoid crashing into, instead of just straight lines so there's more variety

It's pretty good already. Hope you finish this.

[deluksic]

Thank you all for likes and nice words :D

Whoa. That's actually pretty fun. The graphics are definitely great as they are, the physics are nice, and there seem to be lots of powerups.

Since you asked, here's some stuff you can add:
=== Make it speed up the longer you play. It doesn't seem to get any harder as you go along.
=== Put slopes along the edges that you have to avoid crashing into, instead of just straight lines so there's more variety

It's pretty good already. Hope you finish this.

What do you mean not getting harder? tell me your best score

about the slopes, great idea, but a bit tricky right now

[Tobias(NL)]

Got to 541 on my first try. Pretty fancy, needs music, sound and a scoreboard (online highscore list perhaps?).
Maby adding some challenges and some other stuff to spice the game up.
Goodluck

[deluksic]

Got to 541 on my first try. Pretty fancy, needs music, sound and a scoreboard (online highscore list perhaps?).
Maby adding some challenges and some other stuff to spice the game up.
Goodluck

Wow thats good for the first try, my best score was 822 :D

An online highscore table? Never thought of that, probably complicated to implement...
Yes, sounds are my next priority

What kind of challenges do you suggest? What could i do with the bar on the bottom?

[Futhark]

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What kind of challenges do you suggest?
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For extra challenges later on down the level:

* Make the sides (up/down/asteroids/etc) repel or attract the vessel.

* And along those lines, how about adding blackholes that pull the vessel closer to them.

* Proximity mines.

* Alien bats lurking in the ceiling/top, and swoop in if you get too close to them (maybe they only bump you off-course but don't kill you).

[deluksic]

...
What kind of challenges do you suggest?
...

For extra challenges later on down the level:

* Make the sides (up/down/asteroids/etc) repel or attract the vessel.

* And along those lines, how about adding blackholes that pull the vessel closer to them.

* Proximity mines.

* Alien bats lurking in the ceiling/top, and swoop in if you get too close to them (maybe they only bump you off-course but don't kill you).

Those are some really interesting ideas, I think i'll make proximity mines right now! :D

Edited by deluksic, 13 May 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[deluksic]

Proximity mines added (Thnx Futhark for suggestion!), score showing and transitions added, ONLINE HIGHSCORES ADDED! (Thnx Tobias for suggestion!)

Anybody wants to play and test all these? thnx :D

Edited by deluksic, 13 May 2012 - 09:38 PM.

[Futhark]

Proximity mines added (Thnx Futhark for suggestion!)

Yay!

You're welcome, glad I could help (not that I really did anything )

score showing and transitions added

I only got a little over 200 points, and then it said "23th" ... I'm guessing that is supposed to be "23rd"?

EDIT:
And now I got close to 300, and it said "22th" ... (22nd ?)
Oh, and the reason why I died was that the obstacles created a dead-end :-(

EDIT2:
I see the obstacles "throb" slowly. How about adding larger ones that grow/shrink slower but they take up a larger portion of the screen compared to the smaller ones. That way when you're faced with them you kind of have to squeeze between them but have to gauge it correctly.

EDIT3:
Never mind, I was wrong. The obstacles don't pulsate, I was looking at the effects around the obstacles AND at the same time I had the gun which also made the obstacles shrink and disappear. But it would be cool to have obstacles that pulsate or grow and shrink so you would have to gauge the distance between two (or more) pulsating objects and make your escape between them.

EDIT4:
You know what ... I'm thoroughly confused ... it seems like some of the obstacles grow/shrink but not all of them???

EDIT6:
Ok, seeing as I've been so "obsessed" with things growing/shrinking. How about having power-ups that either shrink or grow your vessel. BUT if you grow, then the obstacles SHRINK (and stay SMALL for the duration of that power-up) and if you shrink, then the obstacles grow (and maybe there are more of them on-screen, and they only stay this way for the duration of the power-up).

EDIT7:
Hmmm, I notice that hitting the top or bottom doesn't take off any "health" ... in the grand scheme of things I'm ok with that (mainly because I am so terrible at this game) but how about if you do a check, something like "If player is touching either top or bottom for the length of two screen-widths then put a laser on-screen" (the exclamation mark laser) as that would force the player to move away toward the center of the screen-area.

There are instances where the player is forced to bump into either the top or bottom, so please don't implement damage (unless it's super-slow draining damage) for touching the top/bottom.

Edited by Futhark, 13 May 2012 - 11:07 PM.

[deluksic]

thnx for feedback :D

Oh, my! english is not my mothertongue but i should've seen that :facepalm:

Sry about the dead-end, too much randomization

I already tried making the player lose health while grinding top and bottom but that turned out to be stupid cuz i really made that grinding possible so you can relieve your hand for moments..

Shrinking/growing? well, its all random.. the rate, amount, rotations.. all that..

Shrinking/growing the vessel? Interesting idea, might give it a try! Maybe just shrinking so it would actually be usefull

EDIT: Anybody knows where could i find some good sounds for the game, and how could i speedup the loading time? (already loading larger images externaly)

Fixed the grammar

Edited by deluksic, 14 May 2012 - 12:05 AM.

[creators124]

take that 501!
woo!
1^st place baby!

anyway fun game I died at 501 meters, not as hard I don't under stand the lasers oh well anyways there's was a roadblock when I got that far, why?

[deluksic]

take that 501!
woo!
1^st place baby!

anyway fun game I died at 501 meters, not as hard I don't under stand the lasers oh well anyways there's was a roadblock when I got that far, why?

Yeah well, don't be so happy, i just cleared the tables so i can test my grammar (1st 2nd...)
Again sorry, randomization fail.. I have to do something about it...
btw my highest highscore was 823
currently 571, beat that!

Edited by deluksic, 14 May 2012 - 12:19 AM.

[Futhark]

685!

Yay! The highest I've had so far, and could have gone on for a bit were it not for a couple of beginner's mistakes (tsk, tsk!)

EDIT:
Oh, cool! I like the fact you can change the colours in the options menu (didn't check that out before).

Edited by Futhark, 14 May 2012 - 12:49 AM.