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Kimchee
06-03-2009, 07:47 PM
Okay this one is pretty simple, but I was always a sucker for space invaders.
http://www.unpracticalmath.com/Games/games_old_school_ALIEN_SHOOT_OUT_small.html
kkbbcute
06-04-2009, 06:43 AM
Feels really old school and remains true to the classic, but on your site, I'm not sure if that'll be a good thing. Because you should actually make the art style fit into your site, like you did for the snake esque like game before. The background could be a pirce of scrunched paper for example. Otherwise, classic gameplay is always fine, do try to add more variety, yup, that's about it. ;)
Kimchee
06-04-2009, 03:16 PM
Cool, again success in avoiding bugs! I am getting better at this programming thing.
About the style fitting the website, I could fit it to match the website better your right; however, old timers like me actually like the old style, even if it doesn't quite fit it. It makes us feel young again by reminding us that there are things out there that are actually older than us. It also give us a sense of... okay I am just really lazy and dont want to change the graphics lol :o
Not so fast saying you avoided all bugs. When I played, on the second level I managed to freeze all the invaders. They stopped moving back and forth and descending. I think what triggered it was I shot the last invader in the left-hand column at the last moment before they reached the left side of the screen.
Their movement did not restart when I went to level three or after losing a life.
kkbbcute
06-05-2009, 04:23 AM
Oh yeah, you could look to a game liike Chicken Invaders if you want to see how you could inject a different feel to an otherwise classic game. Basically, the enemies come out in all sorts of interesting ways, and you get some really cool powerups, I feel that those would really add a whole lot to the game.
Kimchee
06-05-2009, 10:04 AM
In regards to the bug, I would have never caught that. It happens only when you exactly hit the top left alien on the left right before they move down. I did a fix and wasn't able to reproduce the bug again, if you manage to get it to bug out again let me know.
I shot the last one on the right column just as it descended, and then it didn't turn around, so it kept going to the right until it descended a second time.
I notice your games have been getting less math oriented lately. At the very least, you could mention some math in regards to Space Invaders:
5 rows of 11 = 55 invaders in all
The last invader will move 55 times faster than the full group of invaders
How much faster will 6 invaders be compared to 9?
Invaders are spaced 8 steps from one to the next. If there are 11 columns of invaders, and it takes the full group 48 steps to cross the screen, how many steps wide is the screen?
How many steps would it take a single column to descend?
Since a single column of invaders would move faster than 11 columns but would have to travel farther before descending, would it descend faster or slower than 11 columns of invaders?
Kimchee
06-06-2009, 07:37 PM
In response to how the games are getting less math oriented, I don't want all the games to be math oriented. I just want some to be, while others will just be for fun.
However, your example of how to change the invaders game into a math problem was genius and I will use it somehow. And yes the right column does do that weird movement pattern, it will be fixed.
I started programming this game the same time that I programed the missile game and you can see that their are a lot of bugs in both. Hopefully the inkblot game (which I have yet to find a bug in) is indicative that I am improving and that this laundry list of bugs is only commentary on my earliest games.
Missile game and invaders game I started programming well before even the smiley game, it was kind of a way to learn how to program. :)
Kimchee
06-07-2009, 01:23 AM
I made a fix for the bug. Refresh your browser and see if it is still around.:)
tadster
06-07-2009, 05:17 AM
This game takes me back..very refreshing..very nice work Kimchee.
kkbbcute
06-07-2009, 05:30 AM
I could never spot the bug in the first place, and well, I still can't recreate the bug, so I suppose it's solved now. Anyway, I would say that despite all its shortcomings, is the best of all your games, the ink blot, the smiley, etc...
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