Z-Tower NEW SIG GAME [Pirate]

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Mar 3, 2008 3:47 AM #87154
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HAHA, beat this!

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God damn it took me awhile to do that. :/


Lol you are so pro!!

But for serious

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Mar 3, 2008 5:12 AM #87195
Sorry everyone

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Mar 3, 2008 9:01 PM #87323
Awesome, you always make the best games, Pirate. How do you draw your pixel guys to achieve that retro look? You draw them in paint I'm assuming? Still its awesome and addicting like it always is.

Maybe I should make myself a sig game to >_>

But it'll have to wait till after the stairs collab.
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Mar 4, 2008 7:03 AM #87441
Cheesy there is a pixel art plug in for flash, that you can get.

Also, again pirate I am "attempting" to rip off your game again >_>.

I can get the platforms to load properly on the x axis but the y one is ****ign me up, also are the platforms moving in yours our is there a vcam on the character?
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Mar 4, 2008 7:38 AM #87448
HAH

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Pirate, damn you.
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Mar 4, 2008 8:02 AM #87450
I keep getting a glitch where I try to start off a jump before he hits the ground and then it locks up and I can't jump at all any more.


Also, where is this pixel plugin, give it to me.
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Mar 4, 2008 8:13 AM #87453
Yeah that happened to me a couple of times, but then I'd just use the superjump and hope I didn't need it any time soon
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Mar 4, 2008 8:41 AM #87457
Lol, ok.


Say, I feel the addition of extra life pickups would be in order. Maybe upgrades, like increased jump height, and faster super jump and panic recovery?

Idk.
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Mar 4, 2008 5:03 PM #87509
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Cheesy there is a pixel art plug in for flash, that you can get.

Also, again pirate I am "attempting" to rip off your game again >_>.

I can get the platforms to load properly on the x axis but the y one is ****ign me up, also are the platforms moving in yours our is there a vcam on the character?


I didn't use any fancy pixel art plugins, and I also don't draw my sprites in some other program like someone guessed. The pixel guy was drawn in flash, made out of a bunch of 1x1 pixel blocks. If you make sure that it's X and Y coordinates are always integer values (like, no decimals) the pixels will be crisp and not anti-aliased.

As for your question, I didn't use a V-cam or anything like that, I made it so that when the character reached a certain point on the screen, he hit an invisible boundary, and the rest of his jump power scrolled the platforms downwards instead. Fun fact: this was a nightmare to code, I wanted to rip my own face off and eat it from frustration.

Good luck :)

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Say, I feel the addition of extra life pickups would be in order. Maybe upgrades, like increased jump height, and faster super jump and panic recovery?

Idk.


I like that you're trying to make suggestions, but I think permanent powerups would ruin the game, making it exponentially easier as you progressed, instead of harder. Same with extra lives, they would make it too easy to get further in the game. It's supposed to be a minimalistic game of skill, and I don't want to complicate that by giving people any sort of advantage as the game gets harder. Whether you're at 1500 points (which I believe is bright pink, can't remember the order that I made the colours cycle) or that first red floor, you should be able to die just as easily.


Also I made a minor update to the game, detailed in the first post.
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Mar 4, 2008 6:06 PM #87519
I got to 105 :) nice game.
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^GAME SCREEN^ I thought I would die instantly but I guess I don't suck THAT bad.
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Mar 4, 2008 6:07 PM #87521
Damn. I tried to Super Jump, but I pressed Panic instead.

lololol. Fun game.

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Mar 4, 2008 6:13 PM #87524
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Damn. I tried to Super Jump, but I pressed Panic instead.

lololol. Fun game.

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90% of the time, that's how I end up dying too.

The panic button is a lifesaver in some situations, but when you hit it by accident, you're usually dead.
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Mar 4, 2008 7:01 PM #87543
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90% of the time, that's how I end up dying too.

The panic button is a lifesaver in some situations, but when you hit it by accident, you're usually dead.


You should make jump the spacebar it would be much easier.
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Mar 4, 2008 9:38 PM #87574
lol nice game man my top score 523 ive played your game every day i go on my pc for the last few days it ammense
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Mar 4, 2008 10:07 PM #87578
Thanks Pirate, I have an idea about it now >_>.

Also it is a nice game :D