Working on TUIT epic battle game

Post by **Fleexy** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:42

I'm making a little game in Game Maker 7.0 that should replicate the feel of the final Keen/Mort battle. It's two-player, currently. Read more here.

Anybody else use GM7?

Post by **Ceilick** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:54

Cool idea

I suggest giving Keen an ability Mort doesnt have, since Mort has superior fire-power. The pogo stick for jumping higher is an obvious difference, but maybe there something else Keen can do.

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:05

I haven't played it yet, so I don't know if both of them can duck, but if they can't duck yet, then maybe Keen could while Mort couldn't, as another idea for Keen abilities.

StupidBunny · Post by **StupidBunny** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:30

Commander Keen has the power to reload to the last save point whenever he dies. And he can save whenever he wants. Also, Keen's best combo: G + F10

Genius314 · Post by **Genius314** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:04

StupidBunny wrote:Commander Keen has the power to reload to the last save point whenever he dies. And he can save whenever he wants. Also, Keen's best combo: G + F10

Ha. Imagine if enemies in games could reload *their* games. Every time you shoot one, you suddenly warp backwards several seconds.

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:17

Cool buddy, battle between Keen and Mort
excellent
i'm stay tuned ^^

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:50

I use Sphere and Python. Anything to have games work over several different platforms!

Your idea sounds nice. I just hope it will run in Wine when it gets released.

Genius314 · Post by **Genius314** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 15:17

DaVince wrote:Your idea sounds nice. I just hope it will run in Wine when it gets released.

Probably not... I've had trouble getting any GM games working in Wine.
I couldn't even get them working in an XP VirtualBox, though, so it might just be me.

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 16:49

My computer is having problems getting to Blogspot. Could you post a direct download link?

Post by **Fleexy** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 17:52

It's done!!

There are four versions to choose from (in seperate EXEs).
tuit.exe = Person (Mort) vs. Person (Keen)
tuit_k.exe = Computer (Mort) vs. Person (Keen)
tuit_m.exe = Person (Mort) vs. Computer (Keen)
tuit_w.exe = Computer (Mort) vs. Computer (Keen) <-- my favorite

The computer has a strange habit of walking backwards, don't know...

VS

Click on the VS.

Any compliments, comments, suggestions, or recommendations appreciated!

Have fun!!

F1 for help.

[size=0]Go Mort.[/size]

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 18:33

Very nice!
The firework effect for Mort's gun, though spectacular, could afford to be smaller.
Could you use the actual ducking sprite for Keen's ducking? Again with ducking, I ended up stuck partially inside a block after I ducked.
I like how the terrain fades with Mort's shots.
I know that Game Maker AI is a pain, but a) having Mort match my every move as we fall on top of each other is somewhat unnerving, and b) Mort often gets stuck in a jerky "trying to jump but hitting a block" sequence. Could those be fixed?

Post by **Fleexy** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 18:36

Do you think that cratering with Mort's shots might be better?

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 18:40

I didn't even think about that! You could just have different cratered sprites depending on the side hit for the block object, and when it's destroyed it could crumble into a handful of gray special effects.

Post by **Fleexy** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 19:33

OK, becuase it could be hit once from right, then left, I didn't think it would look to good to have the crater transfer sides. But, now the block get a hole through it when shot. I tried to fix the physics, but I really don't know how.

Same link as before.

Also, the physics are best in the main feature, Person vs. Person.

Post by **tulip** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 20:42

I tried a while till I figured out how to shoot. It's a lot too easy to toast the universe. Mort's gun should have a much longer loading time than keen's. And both should have a longer loading time anyway.