Happy New Year!

Yes,  I'm 13.5 hours late by the time I started writing this. :P

Great new year by the way, because it rained, lol.  As usual I didn't light up any firecrackers or fireworks, but I just watched our neighbor instead, who always has Judas belts and fountains every new year celebration.  My ears were ringing after the celebration ended, mainly due to those belts.  And for some reason, I think it was a smokier this year compared to the previous one, even though less people participated.

But really, I'm not "in" it as much as I used to, and now vacation's about to end.  We have to go to Tandang Sora High School on Monday to teach the kids stuff about computers, so I have to plan our lessons and division of labor tomorrow.

Oh yeah, new screen! :3

Yes, it looks MUCH nicer this time due to the background, which is moving, but can't be seen on a still.  I'm pleased the framerate only drops to at least 27FPS on an old Sempron processor when there's a lot of onscreen activity, so no holding back (yet)!

Hunted for a short while for some background audio, and I think I found two tentative tracks.

1. (link) X Teens (Supersteph54), for regular music loop.

2. (link) Infiltration (ParagonX9), for bosses.

Still tentative, but very good candidates for me right now (specially Infiltration).

~WolfAkela

Headache

Been working on the Flash the whole day.

Readded my copter enemies, then added a tank enemy.  It was a headache trying to debug the tank's aiming and shooting;  it involved localToGlobal and others, but got it fixed now.

Tomorrow, I'll improve the looks of the tank.  The code is getting so long it's giving me a headache just to stare at it.  WHY CAN'T I HAVE CODE COLLAPSE AT LEAST ;_;

Oh, and about the boomerang weapon "Crescent"...  finally decided on its movement.  It shoots out, travels a bit, then circles on the spot till it disappears, making it ideal for big and immobile enemies like tanks.  It was purely accidental;  the effect happened while I was messing around with the directional rotation conditionals and then I went "O_O" when I saw it.

Another pic included.  Looks hectic, doesn't it? XD

~Wolf Akela

Copter game -- Weapons complete

Weapons are now complete, and fully upgradeable too!  The list of upgradeables:

1.  Turret

 - Your main weapon.  Weak, but shoots and reloads fast.

2.  Armor

 - Upgrading this boosts your HP and repairs all damage.

3.  Missile

 - Long-range missile that deals a good amount of damage.

4.  Blastgun

 - Shoots a scatter shot that is deadly at close range.

5.  Cannon

 - Fires an extremely powerful shot that penetrates up to three times.  Very slow.

6.  Crescent

 - Slings a metallic boomerang that arcs, constantly dealing chip damage to everything it hits. (pic)

The strategy here is to decide if you should spread out your upgrades, or concentrate on one weapon to get its secret special bonus. 

Now, time to implement the new movement mechanics! :P   I might implement a shield system after I get enemies.

~Wolf Akela

Merry Christmas

Lol, been a while since I last made a post.  Some things happened in the meantime.

1.  New game

Some sort of copter game. ;p   It was actually somewhat playable a week ago, but I rebooted it to accomodate many design changes I wanted.  Been working for a few hours, and the current looks is the one below.  Sure it doesn't look as graphically good as the one above it, but I focused on the coding first.

2.  Palit Forum closed.

http://forum.palit.biz

I died a little inside.  It was fun posting there and I learned loads, but somehow I've got the feeling that Palit "curtailed redundancies in the human resource area" due to the current global recession (and Taiwan isn't exactly resisting it fine last I heard).  I hope admin's alright, he was a really nice guy who loved playing Fallout 3.  It was a shame;  the forum was actually really growing now,  mainly fueled by me and WhyPlayGame's determined news posting. XD

3.  Start of new sem.

Subjects:

Math55 -- Bitch.  The first exam was mind blowing (in a bad way).

Math157 -- Another bitch subject.  I think I did better in the first exam than 55.  I think.

CS145 -- I LOVE the subject.  I love it so much I already finished the MP a month before deadline, WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

CS192 -- Great, I'm the only one in our group who doesn't have a laptop. D:

Kom2 -- Dislike.  If I knew taking the subject meant doing a 25 page research paper, I would've just gone with 15 units this sem.  15 pages for Kas1 made me sick already.  Really wish I got a PanPil subject instead.  I'd rather have long readings.

LIS51 -- Free elective, and so that I could go inside the building where I would've shifted to a year ago. >_>   Nice subject, but awkward, because our prof Ma'am Iyra is very cheerful, but the class is totally devoid of *ANY* cheerful being. 

 

Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I won a Palit 9600GT Sonic

Wow, way to really brighten up my dark day! :D

I can't wait for it to arrive, as well as my computer upgrade so I can finally play DMC4 on the PC, and maxed out too! :D Thanks, Palit, you guys rock!

Also, been a veeeery long time since my last blog. Been totally busy with school. In fact, I should be studying right now. I still need to do my EEE8 probset, which is due tomorrow (*GASP*!). There really isn't any notable updates to my Flash game right now; just tweaked and had slighty improved animations and slightly changed mechanics (notably the charging of the gun). I have a lot of good ideas that I want to do, but sadly, it's October, which means it's the end of the sem, which means... EXAMS! PROBLEMS! PROJECTS! CRAMMING! Ruh roh

On a side note: Nintendo just announced DSi after denouncing the rumors. It's basically a DS Lite, with two cameras (0.3MP for video convos and 3MP for regular pics). Slightly different dimensions, and they completely took out the GBA slot. Not a real loss for me. I need to save up for one.

New Gameplay Vid

Just uploaded a new recording. :) This is supposed to be Mission 1, but still haven't bothered scripting the events, so I summon enemies at will. :p



Can anyone recommend a better recorder?

E3 2008: Summary

Time for a recap of E3 this year.

Microsoft
* Final Fantasy XIII announced for the X360.
* New trailers for Gears of War 2, Prince of Persia, Resident Evil 5, Guitar Hero World tour (multi), Wolfenstein , Red Alert 3 (multi) , Star Ocean 4 , Mirror's Edge
* Capcom announces Lost Planet: The Movie.
* MS announces Portal: Still Alive (XBLA)
* MS announces video streaming service with Netflix in the fall update, Avatars (like Miis for the Wii).



Nintendo
* New trailers for WiiMusic, Animal Crossing (Wii), WiiSport Resort
* Wii Motion Plus unveiled. An attachment to the WiiMote that is promised to ensure 1:1 response time.
* Capcom announces Dead Rising for the Wii.
* Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars for the DS announced.
* Castlevania: Judgement (Wii) to support online.

Sony
* Presents a (rather amusing) video presentation using LittleBigPlanet.
* New God of War 3, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Resistance: Retribution (PSP) trailers
* Patapon 2 and Loco Roco 2 officially announced (this was revealed in a Famitsu issue just days ago).
* Super Stardust Portable announced for the PSP (was available on the PS3), as well as Fat Princess for the PSN.
* Home delayed inevitably. LittleBigPlanet delayed to October 2008.
* Sony announces Greatest Hits releases of PS3 titles, priced at $29.99.
* MAG (Massive Action Game), a 256-player squad-based shooting game announced.
* Valkyria Chronicles mistaken for a PSP title. There is no announced Valkyria nor Valkyrie project for the PSP.