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yerzmyey wrote:The screenshot looks good.

But how does it play...?

Regards,

Shaun.

Actually, I might do a tower-defence type game, if I can get the waves moving quickly enough that is. I might have to cut out the moving fire power as the maths involved might make things too sluggish due to too much being updated on the screen. I'm also going to have to think about how much game-pl...

The final version is uploaded - sorry for the public betas - this is due to a lack of testers, so I've needed to play the game to death.

By the way, if anyone is insane enough to score 9999 points, you complete the game.

Regards,

Shaun.

Keep going! There's only one way to become an expert - and that's hard work. C Thanks for the encouragement; hopefully, I'll never be an expert though. Programming the ZX81 is good because it means you have to focus on the game-play (it didn't work so well with Shoot, though I think the idea is the...

Hi Siggi,

Thanks for the information.

Alas, high resolution graphics aren't for me, and the character set provides pretty much everything I need anyway.

Regards,

Shaun.

Hi all, The two games I've written so far is part of a learning process, so if my games aren't very good then that doesn't matter, as it's the programming that I need more than anything else. Anyway, if I have time, I have another game fermenting in my head, or two... or three. It's between a platfo...

And so it is released. The game starts of at a very pedestrian pace and takes a while to get going (like Bounce). Also, you're choices control certain events in the game. Press the any key to start and it will affect the position of the second wormhole, press a different any key next time and it mig...

Name of Software: Shoot Shoot V1 (slightly improved (??) version) Shoot V1.10F (Final version) Shoot V1.11F (As bug-free as I'm going to get it) Author: Donkeysoft Release Date: 23/01/2012 (Public betas) 24/01/2012 (V1.10F and V1.11F) Requirements: 16K RAM Pack Description: It's a shooting-type game...

Okay, final stages now... any takers for play testing?

Thanks,

Shaun.

Hello Polomint,

I look forward to this version let me know when you have something playable and I'll give it a plug in Micro Mart.

Regards,

Shaun.