#26067 - lordmetroid - Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:37 pm
I have been working overtime ever since I heard about the compo, I'm just wondering... am I alone, who else are deving as we speak?
See: http://gba-contest.areta.org for more information about my progress!
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#26123 - Wriggler - Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:26 am
We've virtually finished our game, but we need to cut it down a bit in size to be ok for the compo. That said, there's a lot of polishing time between now and December!
Ben
#26132 - Lord Graga - Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:17 pm
I am starting out by writting a sprite handler in school ;)
#26143 - isildur - Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:26 pm
I'm working on something in my spare time. Having a full-time job doesn't leave much time for gba dev but I hope to be able to submit something.
#26160 - dagamer34 - Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:14 pm
I'm currently adjusting to my new school. I might start in 2 weeks. Though I just completed a demo. Check it out, it's on the main page. I need some feedback before I begin my game (as it is somewhat related in design).
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#26195 - Tetsuo - Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:27 am
I've joined Funkeejeffou in his quest to create a 3d futuristic racing game for the competition. With whatever time is left after my full-time job and Jeff's studies we are working hard on the game and have been making good progress.
#26218 - Wriggler - Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:57 pm
| Tetsuo wrote: |
| I've joined Funkeejeffou in his quest to create a 3d futuristic racing game for the competition. With whatever time is left after my full-time job and Jeff's studies we are working hard on the game and have been making good progress. |
Wow, that sounds great! Are you doing a mode 7 stylee racer, or a proper 3d polygonal beast?
Ben
#26231 - lordmetroid - Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:05 pm
3D polygonal beast with loops and stuff would be soo cool... if it utilise polygons I really am looking forward to see this game in action, hope you can finish it!
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#26260 - Tetsuo - Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:05 pm
A 3d polygonal beast it will be! We are not so much worried about being finished on time as we are of squeezing all of this fun into 512kb :)
#26268 - lordmetroid - Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:57 pm
I haven't found any problems getting all my data into a size useable for multibooting... on the contrary.
I would recommend making your race tracks from sections which you can add up like tiles, this will save memory!
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#27001 - chrisrothery - Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:17 pm
I'm still planning to enter, but I dot sidetracked into tools. I'm trying to write an internet explorer based tile/map editor, with visual studio style interface (drag/dock windows etc). Started out that ie would be quickest for me to write an editor in, and got carried away (docking windows is/will be generic, so useful to me for other stuff I'm doing).
If I get it finished before december, I've been wanting to write a linkup poker game for me & friends to play, so I'll be entering that (nobody yawn please!).
#27012 - ScottLininger - Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:57 pm
| chrisrothery wrote: |
| I'm still planning to enter, but I dot sidetracked into tools. I'm trying to write an internet explorer based tile/map editor, with visual studio style interface (drag/dock windows etc). Started out that ie would be quickest for me to write an editor in, and got carried away (docking windows is/will be generic, so useful to me for other stuff I'm doing). |
Chris,
I went down the exact same road and ran into major performance issues in IE when you start dealing with large numbers of tiles on the screen at once. So on a whim I moved the code over the Mozilla and the performance is MUCH faster. If you're dealing with something where you are displaying a few thousand GIFs or something, you may want to consider Mozilla.
-Scott
#27014 - chrisrothery - Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:06 pm
Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. Performance is/was the real worry for me as I've proved the ability to do all the individual tasks I wanted to do (select a tile, paste it in the map, flip it etc). That and feature bloat and never finishing it (like a previous c#/opengl attempt).
I did a proof of a screen full of tiles and it was ok but that's only 600 tiles (I don't create the img object unless there's a tile there so empty tiles in the map are free).
You guys'll be the 3rd (after my missus & my mum! lol!) to hear about it if I get happy enough with it to stick it up on my website.