Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: daniel@reichardt.ch (Daniel Hartmeier) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.mydemos Subject: Re: Rick Rangerous Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 17:46:00 GMT Organization: Reichardt Informatik AG Lines: 39 Message-ID: <3711390f.6773219@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <370c5c0f.865965@news.playstation.co.uk> <370E356D.A3BFE75@yaroze2000.freeserve.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-in-85.magnet.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Hello Tones, > Well wouldn't you know it!!!!!! I'm assuming by the name of your project > that it is similar to that old gem, 'Rick Dangerous' ? I was just > thinking the other day, "Wouldn't it be great if Rick Dangerous was > written for the Yaroze ?" (I'm sad like that, you see). I was desperately searching for some free sprite graphics that I could use (I'm a miserable graphics artist) when I found the SpriteLib archive. It contained (among others) a main character that instantly reminded me of good old Rick Dangerous. And yes, this was one of my favorite games on the Amiga. Ah, nostalgia! :-) > I might be jumping the gun here, but if it lives up to it's namesake I'll > be a happy chappy. I'm gonna check it out now.... Don't expect too much. Apart from the similar looking main character, the game is not really a Rick clone (but it's a 2D jump-and-run game). Even worse (if you are looking for a game that you can actually play through), it's more of a technical demo than a complete game. You can play some levels, though. If someone actually thinks that it's worth the effort, I could invest some more time to create a set of levels (with increasing difficulty, puzzles, level bosses, etc.) that are more playable than the current ones. I remember writing the code for a fireball-spitting dragon as an enemy, but I'm not sure whether I put it in one of the supplied levels. Let me know if you are interested, and I'll add it. Any feedback welcome! Regards, -- Daniel Hartmeier PGP 6A3A7409 ICQ# 12742482 "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."