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[mojofltr]

I think the diamonds look great in that last video!

I can see no reason why First Star would reject the game. It's very brilliantly executed.

Cheers!

[tremoloman2006]

Andrew Davie, on Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:37 AM, said:

This video shows the "blue" diamonds in action, and also halfway-through, the "extra life" background shimmer effect.

Nice job Andy!

[Andrew Davie]

happymonster, on Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:50 AM, said:

That does look better. Can you try and make a video with the last gfx I posted in there instead? Just for a comparison..

[Albert]

I just watched both videos. At this time I think the blue-flavored "triangular" diamonds look better than the symmetrical diamonds. I think mainly this is because they stand out quite clearly from the boulders (in both shape and color now) and have a pretty distinctive shape. That's not to say I think anyone should stop trying to improve on them, though.

..Al

[Goochman]

Wow, wow, wow - Ill def put this on my Xmas 08 shopping list - though, as Andrew and Thomas have indicated that this 'engine TM' can do this and that suggests it could be used for other projcets - Any thoughts on the other projects?

[happymonster]

Thanks for posting that Andrew.

[potatohead]

The blue triangle shaped ones are excellent. I vote for those.

[Inky]

There have been some great homebrews, but I dont think Ive seen a project as exciting as this one.

[Mayhem]

Indeed... probably cos it falls in the category of "NFPS?!"...

[happymonster]

I wondered where this thread had disappeared too!

[happymonster]

The diamonds look much better in blue, regardless of the shape. I'm glad I could help contribute in some small way.

By the way Andrew, I noticed in this video:


That the boulder fall mechanics seem to be a bit wrong in the last part of the clip. They seem to move to the right off of a falling boulder? I thought in the originals they only bounced left or right of a stationary wall, diamond or boulder?

[supercat]

Albert, on Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:39 AM, said:

I just watched both videos. At this time I think the blue-flavored "triangular" diamonds look better than the symmetrical diamonds. I think mainly this is because they stand out quite clearly from the boulders (in both shape and color now) and have a pretty distinctive shape. That's not to say I think anyone should stop trying to improve on them, though.

IMHO, the diamonds should "shimmer". I'll discuss in the diary thread how that might be accomplished.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

This game is looking so awesome! I still can´t believe that this version is for the 2600!!!!
You guys are doing an excellent job on this one!!!!!

[Andrew Davie]

happymonster, on Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:50 AM, said:

The diamonds look much better in blue, regardless of the shape. I'm glad I could help contribute in some small way.

By the way Andrew, I noticed in this video:


That the boulder fall mechanics seem to be a bit wrong in the last part of the clip. They seem to move to the right off of a falling boulder? I thought in the originals they only bounced left or right of a stationary wall, diamond or boulder?

Yes, the boulder mechanics are currently a bit odd because the objects are not processed in the same order as in the original. This is a quirk of the techniques I use to get good speed out of the system, and not a permanent issue. There's a missing "sort" that I am currently working on which will fix this problem.

Cheers
A

[cosmosiss]

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