ANN: new shmup released

zed · Post by **zed** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:00 pm

gidday i just released the first alpha version of a new small shmup ive developed
get it here
http://www.zedzeek.com/the_bounce/bounce.html

a question.
what already existing (classic or otherwise) shmup does it resemble, if any?

thanks zed

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:03 pm

http://shmups.system11.org/viewforum.php?f=9

we have a development forum for things like this.

welcome to shmups!. ^_^

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:35 am

captain ahar wrote:http://shmups.system11.org/viewforum.php?f=9

we have a development forum for things like this.

welcome to shmups!. ^_^

Too bad there is little to no interest in that section...

zed · Post by **zed** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:03 am

captain ahar wrote:http://shmups.system11.org/viewforum.php?f=9

we have a development forum for things like this.

welcome to shmups!. ^_^

cheers, well this is not really a developement question
basically im wanting to find out if a similar shmup has done before, as I dont wanna spend time working on an already made game

I figure the guys here would be diehard shmup lovers thus would be the most knowledgable ppl to ask

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:06 am

Most knowledgeable? Well, if you find your way here you must be some sort of fan.

I check the Development section whenever a new post goes into it. Too bad that's not very often.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:27 am

Well The game is very original and a good idea. If you worried about it being a clone game I don't think I've seen one like it. It does looka a bit like geometry wars with those shapes and blurring but overall it is another game compleatly.

OFFTOPIC:
Pirate did you like my games in the Dev threads?

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:42 am

Downloaded the game, have yet to try it, will after this post.

@Pixel_Outlaw:

Yeah, I heard about you at Shmupdev and downloaded Heavy Gun Blossom there. A little simple, but fun every now and then. I might have got another of your games there. Gun Ranger X, maybe? I got the final/latest version of GRX after I signed up here from the Dev section. Haven't tried your other one yet. Phantasia, or something? You pixel styled game. Like your stuff. Some nice simple freeware stuff. The kind of stuff I plan to make once I get some programming experience/skills.

EDIT: The game won't play when I activate the BASIC.exe file. An error shows up.

thenoble1 · Post by **thenoble1** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:50 am

I downloaded it and ran it. It encountered an error and shut down every time I tried. I think it may have something to do with the integrated graphics on my laptop.

Oh well, maybe a later version, or a workaround.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:06 pm

About the only games comparable are the Binary Zoo games "Duo" and perhaps "Mono".

zed · Post by **zed** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:44 pm

Ive tried duo + mono but cant really see a resemblence
true the graphics resemble it a bit (and geometry wars also)
Though the simple shapes Ive used are just placeholder graphics, Ill spend some more time later on making some proper graphics, but first I wanted to see if the basic idea was original or not to see wether its worth investing more time in the game

true it might not run on all computers (its quickly thrown together ~8hours work + looks it

) + requires an opengl2.0 graphics card (thus no intergrated unless its a new nvidia or ati one)

thanks for those that have tested it, zed