SS Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 It was really nice to be able to demo this game at the PC. Very fun and very addicting. Great game play. However, I did find that the changing playfield colors made the graphics a bit hard to see on the higher levels. Having never played the original, I don't know if this is unique to the 2600 version but I do know that I heard more than a few people exclaim "I can't see what I'm doing" (or something to that effect) when they got to level 7 or 8. Something that might want to be kept in mind. Otherwise, fantastic job and I can't wait to get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Thanks for the comments... The original does change background and foreground color as the game progresses. I too had the same gripe when I played it on my 2600. It didn't look too bad on the emulator. The A8 had 256 colors to play with where I have 128. I used the same formula used in the original to compute the colors but as you saw this didn't do well on Stella. I wanted to add a table for color look up but ultimately ran out of time I have since added this in and now the levels in question have a better coloring scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Count me among the Climber 5 addicts at Philly. I agree with that color scheme. Great to see it's fixed. Oh and I was able to make it up to level 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 Count me among the Climber 5 addicts at Philly. I agree with that color scheme. Great to see it's fixed. Oh and I was able to make it up to level 9. You were one of the guys that I was talking about. I didn't get anywhere near level 9! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuru Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hi DEBRO, I enjoyed playing your game at Philly. I think that it is addictive and has a great gameplay. The only 2 comments I have are the color scheme used for level 3 - kind of too bright in my opinion. Also, the change in difficulty between level 2 and 3 is pretty sharp. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but in level 3, there seem to be 2 or 3 vertical bars moving together at the same vertical line such, that it is neearly impossible to get through... As I didn't make it through level 3 I cannot comment of higher levels... Overall, my favorite 2600 homebrew so far, I'll definitely get a copy when available. OG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hi DEBRO,I enjoyed playing your game at Philly. I think that it is addictive and has a great gameplay. Thanks OG. The only 2 comments I have are the color scheme used for level 3 - kind of too bright in my opinion. Also, the change in difficulty between level 2 and 3 is pretty sharp. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but in level 3, there seem to be 2 or 3 vertical bars moving together at the same vertical line such, that it is neearly impossible to get through... What Are you sure you couldn't descend or ascend to another platform to "squeeze" by them? I thought I fixed this problem. Oh well, I guess it's back to the lab Thanks for the comments. When I get this little bug and some other issue ironed out I'll post another binary to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Climber 5 was one of the 'must see' titles for me, although it took BP to walk me through the first few levels @Dennis - Hurry up & finish it, will ya!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Climber 5 was one of the 'must see' titles for me, although it took BP to walk me through the first few levels @Dennis - Hurry up & finish it, will ya!? I second that. I only had a little bit of time to fiddle with it at the Classic, but it was very cool. I can't wait for the final release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Thanks for the interest. I got response back on the PAL timings thanks to good ole rasty (he's been really busy lately) and I'm buttoning up a few more things. I'm trying to make the game a little more fair After that I'll get cracking on scoring and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 I had no idea you were planning a PAL version, this makes me happy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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