So there’s no maze yet, but I’m getting there. This is a screenshot of an initial grappling testbed. That’s the Asteroids ship transplanted into a world with gravity, and a rope attached. If the rope’s end touches a box (or any non-static physics object, actually), it will automatically attach, and the player can fly it…
So I’ve decided not to do a Game in a Week this week. Instead, I’m going to implement a third test harness game to be included in the main VectorStorm distribution.
That last screenshot was pretty subtle. Here’s one that’s downright garish. These are three boxes, rendered using a single overlay. Each box is rendered as ‘white’ in VectorStorm, but they’re all sitting under a single overlay that acts as a gradient from red to green, so the final colors that show on screen are between…
So one thing that I’ve learned from doing all these vector graphic games is that the black background is really tiresome after a while. Your screenshots end up looking dull and lifeless, and.. well.. a little monochromatic. In an effort to gently improve the visual appeal of VectorStorm games, I’ve added a new feature to…
Has anybody else noticed that both games I designed under crunch conditions (Petition Damsel and Muncher’s Labyrinth) have an invulnerable player and a time limit? I wonder what that says about me.. If you want to be technical, then Starshot also has no lives and a time limit. And while Asteroids does have traditional limited…