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March 11, 2012, 22:53
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

Here's a a WIP screenie of a platform based Tower Defense game I'm working on for the Pandora and pc -



I've got 10 cavemen "towers" done, with others in various states of completion and 7 (very early) dinos done so far.

The game is semi-playable (you can build and place towers and attack dinos, collect items etc. but you can't be killed or lose yet).

I've got a long way to go and a short time to get there - needs to be complete by the end of March!
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March 12, 2012, 09:33
Dennis
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2092 posts

That is a creepy deadline... Can't see the screenshot, unless I copy its URL.

The background reminds me of Zelda, for some strange reason. The red dino is just a prototype I presume?

Simple, but nice. :)
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Kwakkel
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March 12, 2012, 12:29
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

Quote:
Can't see the screenshot, unless I copy its URL.
Shouldn't have been a problem, but was. Sorted now I hope.

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The background reminds me of Zelda, for some strange reason.
It's the clouds that do it. They are loosely based on WindWaker's.

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The red dino is just a prototype I presume?

It's uncoloured and not animated at the moment, but the basic shape wo't change. I wanted an SD (Super Deformed) style look to the dinos.
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March 13, 2012, 15:53
Mezzmer
Square-theorist
792 posts

I would like to comment on your excellence... but I cannot see the screen.
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March 13, 2012, 16:09
Mezzmer
Square-theorist
792 posts

I've asked around, it's actually a 403 - forbidden error in some cases. It is your host's default. Try to enable that folder access? If you can't, it's that your host is no good for what you want it for.

[Edited on March 13, 2012 by Mezzmer]
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March 13, 2012, 21:12
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

How odd. I've never had a problem with other sites and I can see it from here (even after emptying my cache).

You can try downloading it from HERE

Dunno :S
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March 27, 2012, 12:12
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v … eature=youtu.be

Does the forum allow embedded YouTube vids?
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March 27, 2012, 13:34
Dennis
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2092 posts

Quoting rockford:
Does the forum allow embedded YouTube vids?


Nope.

It doesn't allow clicking on hyperlinks that open in a new window/tab either.


Is there a way to see how far the level has progressed, so you can become really frustrated and pull out all of your hair when you die right before the end of a level is reached?

Not that it is fun for a player, but it is fun to know your game does that to people. :laughcry:


Looks nice compact.
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Kwakkel
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March 27, 2012, 13:46
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

There's a level progression bar at the top left of the screen. It's still WIP but it does work.
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March 28, 2012, 16:15
Rincewind
programmer
1545 posts

Looks like fun, Rockford. I like dinosaurs and like dino-games. The dinosaurs look great. I don't know about whether collecting the green circles and bones is so much fun though, judging from the youtube video, it seems a bit out of place in a tower defense game.
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March 28, 2012, 18:17
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

Cheers. :)

The collecting doesn't ruin the game in Plants Vs Zombies and this (Dino Defense) isn't just a run of the mill TD game.

Hopefully others won't feel that it reduces the fun-factor, as the collection aspect is a major part of the game. Don't collect, can't build or improve your units/defences. Honestly (and hopefully) it adds a lot of strategy to the game and atmosphere too, as the player panics waiting for a soul sphere to appear so that you can buy an archer (or whatever) to shoot down a pterasaur etc. etc. Well, that's the plan anyway... :S
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April 3, 2012, 10:40
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

[EDIT] The game is a Pandora exclusive for now.

[Edited on April 13, 2012 by rockford]
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May 2, 2012, 11:30
rockford
Oldskool
94 posts

Just a heads up to say that I have now set up a web-page for DinoDefense - all updates for each platform will be posted there (currently for Pandora and Windows pc).

http://www.iprice.remakes.org/ … dino_index.html
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