PANDEMIC - 4 level demo

[bobs]

I've put together a 4-level demo of the game I'm currently working on.

PANDEMIC is a follow-up to VIRUS, with more of an arcade feel with infinite ammo - 16K ZX81 required, and it has ZXpand joystick support.

Download it here - http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/pandemic_demo.zip - and let me know what you think?

Bob.

[RWAP]

It is addictive but I stuggle to get going once you open the first gate on the first level - soon get surrounded by spores, and then moving is very difficult - you can't shoot your way out.

How about having a handful of bombs which you could use to blow up all spores around you?

[bobs]

Interesting idea, although that is supposed to be any easy level, and so I'd be afraid that even with said bombs you'd probably not get very far before you'd used them all.

[RWAP]

Or you could have one bomb per level....

[sirmorris]

Excellent! I can't wait to try this. It will make a great test program for the sick ZXpands I have here!

[antoniovillena]

Good and addictive game. Thank you.

[bobs]

So what do others think of Rich's suggestion of adding bombs to the game?

[sirmorris]

my £0.01.

I think if you end up surrounded it means you haven't worked out how to complete the level properly..

Often it's better to have a really quick way to restart the level than to provide a mechanism to get out of a hole that could be avoided.

[RWAP]

I think my problem is that I try to play it using the keyboard rather than a joystick - always struggle with diaganols!

[bobs]

Thanks everybody - it's always good to know I'm not just doing this for myself!

So... Can I take it that the ZXpand joystick support works well, and that rather than bombs a restart-level would be useful?