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I don't like the appearance of the vertical text. If you don't want to use a 48-pixel kernel to splash the text horizontally, you might consider "zig"ging it.

How about a single 16-bit wide sprite representing a trophy with an R or G etched into it? I think that would look slicker.

I agree on the text - it's hard to read. I'm visiting relatives, my grandpa's having surgery in a couple hours and we're getting ready to head up to the hospital(4am is early ), and I wanted to post what I was able to do over the weekend.

 

I was planning to change it to the 48 wide graphic, but I think I like the trophy idea better.

I agree on the text - it's hard to read. I'm visiting relatives, my grandpa's having surgery in a couple hours and we're getting ready to head up to the hospital(4am is early ), and I wanted to post what I was able to do over the weekend.

 

I was planning to change it to the 48 wide graphic, but I think I like the trophy idea better.

 

You could even have a small trophy for each round, and big trophy for the game, and at the end you could show the big trophy and also all the little trophies won, so it would show how many rounds were won. Each small trophy could be a single sprite wide, so you could show up to 6 of them in a single row, while the game trophy could make use of 48-wide techniques to be maybe 24 bits wide...

 

...by the way, on the topic of the blog entry, how about an AI contest? Lots of us programmers would have fun writing AIs to play against.

Awesome, keep up the good work

 

This is going directly to my CC2 when I get home.

 

I hope I'm low enough on the list to get a Kroc Cart, I'd love to be able to play this on my 2600...

 

Hmmm, small trophies would be better than just a number, makes it that much more unique. And I'm really liking that AI idea... that would be interesting.

You could even have a small trophy for each round, and big trophy for the game, and at the end you could show the big trophy and also all the little trophies won, so it would show how many rounds were won. Each small trophy could be a single sprite wide, so you could show up to 6 of them in a single row, while the game trophy could make use of 48-wide techniques to be maybe 24 bits wide...

That's an idea - though I don't think it'll make it in time for the MGC as I'd rather get an animated dragon in place.

...by the way, on the topic of the blog entry, how about an AI contest? Lots of us programmers would have fun writing AIs to play against.

I dunno - I'm looking forward to the AI routines, just wanted to get things like the score and animated dragon working for MGC.

Awesome, keep up the good work

 

This is going directly to my CC2 when I get home.

Let me know if the the "shield/fireball" problem we talked about at your place has cleared up. I think I fixed, it but haven't had a lot of time to play test.