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From: "Kenny Millar" <yaroze@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: 'Invs', new version (zip attached: 25K) [long]
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:03:06 +0100
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"pal" <pal_news@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody, thank you for your encouragements, it's really good to know
> you like the game, and overall that you even bothered to play it! I will
> write my answers to all your comments together here so as not to clutter
> the thread. As you'll see, I'm looking forward for more advice!
>
> Everybody seems to prefer the previous graphics. I don't know how I'll
sort
> that out! I assume you all meant the sprites, but if you meant the
> explosions please let me know (I think I'll put a mix of the old and new
> ones. The new ones are more "fry them", the old ones cluttered the screen
> too much). Peter, you mentionned the bullets, do you mean the Player's or
> the Invs', or both? I feel the Invs' were not good, and the Player's were
> too big, what do you think?
>
> The old sprites and expls looked zoomed-in, as Matt pointed out, and I
> cannot go hi-res because of the trail effect which needs a whole
> screensized vram buffer.
>
> The fountain shot effect has no particular purpose, it's just for fun
> (though it might reveal useful in some special levels). I understand it's
a
> bit weird because at small angles it is definitely not smooth (but I
wanted
> that small angle as a hint so that you can guess that you can
> fountain-shoot). Please tell me if this is too disturbing...
>
> The angle is determined as you guessed John, but I don't think it makes
> targeting harder, rather easier actually, what do you think? The idea
> originated from the "last invader frustration" where you have just one
> invader left and have trouble getting rid of it, but finally this is
> already solved by the no-fire-limit. I prefer the angle randomized, what
do
> you others think?
>
> As John suggested I'm planning to make the invs a little darker depending
> on their state but I'm not sure about them being transparent... I might
> give it a try.
>
> Has anybody other than John experienced bombs low-visibility? I love the
> current dark blue bombs and on my tv they're just fine, and I would not be
> happy to change them but then, the game has to be playable ;)... Would it
> be unacceptable to warn the player on the title screen (eg "If you don't
> see the blue things here [...] please adjust your brightness/contrast
> settings")? (any Sony guys advice particularly welcome)
>
> Andy, I'm glad you noticed the trail messages! I was not sure as whether
to
> leave them, but as you liked them, they will stay there. Were you able to
> actually read them?
>
> Slowdown: I hope nobody experienced slowdowns in the non-buggy release, as
> I can't get any myself. John, you mentionned slowdown, was it that you
felt
> it or that you got a siocons message about it? Normally any slowdown is
> detected via a vsync callback function, so if there is no message I assume
> there is no real slowdown (note that wrong messages are issued when the
> game is paused and at the title screen). I did feel like there was
slowdown
> in waves 2/3 when the small invs come in place, but actually that's just
> because they're slow.
>
> Nobody complained about the font size in the title and pause screen... is
> it really ok or were you all assuming that it will change?
>
> Didn't you feel the game is too easy (ignoring the player's current
> invicibility, of course)? The invs don't have a chance to even attack when
> you're shooting fast enough (and I know you are, Jon!). Of course this
will
> change in later levels, but I'm already interested in your feelings, to
> help design the difficulty curve.
>
> Did anybody experience crashing, or error messages other than slowdown?
>
>
> pal
>