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[FrozenCow]

First post and first game here on TIGSource.
After seeing the great cam-shots from dariusk (found here: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8970.45), I just had to try to create something alike!


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I have used the following assets in the project:
oryx - Characters/Monsters and items (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8970.0).
feeblethemighty - The SFRX sound pack (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8963.0).
Cosmic Fool - 4x4 font (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8780.0).

Thank you all! I also wanted to thank Sos for creating the Assembleech tool, without that I wouldn't have found dariusk's camshots and of course dariusk for the great camshots.

The game is just a simple shooter with waves of monsters trying to get to the left side of the screen. It is mostly created to try out the led-effects, so don't expect great gameplay. Hell, also don't expect a title-screen or menu or something. I can't say the led-effect is fully the way I wanted, since the 'uber-bright' leds are not yet the way I wanted (see the camshots of dariusk and you'll know what I mean), but all-in-all I'm quite happy with it.

Technical info: I've used C# with the Tao Framework. I've never used Tao before, so I wanted to try it out, this project seemed like a nice way of doing that.
The leds in the game are rendered once when the game starts. It uses OpenGL shaders, so you need relatively 'new' hardware/drivers.

EDIT: Since there is some trouble using OpenGL shaders, I've added a version that uses a pre-rendered led.png, so that the led texture doesn't have to be rendered realtime. This version should also work for machines supporting OpenGL 1.5.

[dariusk]

Holy shit! That's AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

I raise my glass to you, sir!

[FrozenCow]

Thanks man! Also for the idea

[dsilvers]

Miyamoto never had to wait for someone to make a game based on his Meggy art for publicity like this. 

[Crackerblocks]

Additional information: Could not load shader:Fragment shader failed to compile with the following errors:
ERROR: 0:5: '{' : syntax error parse error
ERROR: 1 compilation errors.  No code generated.

Crashes when I first run. Got this message when debugged the exe. Some kinda shader problem. I've never had any trouble running gl games before.

[FrozenCow]

Hmm, I haven't seen that one before. I have seen it crash before on computers with not so great hardware/opengl support, but I don't know if that resulted in the same error (it seems like a strange one). I'll test it here some more.

[J. R. Hill]

Man, once you get swarmed in this game it's all over.

[Kazerad]

LedsGetShooting has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.

This game looks super snazzy! Are you familiar with this error/a fix for it?

[falsion]

It crashes for me too. What a shame, I really wanted to try this.

[FrozenCow]

I've added a separate version (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/183064/LedsGetShooting_WOFGLF.zip). This one doesn't use shaders and it should work for you now.

[FrozenCow]

Man, once you get swarmed in this game it's all over.

Yes, the game was pretty short, so I cranked up the difficulty to make it a bit more interesting. It is very doable, but you'll have to use your grenades very efficiently.

[Xander]

I guess it doesn't need to be any longer to demonstrate what's cool about it. It's really quite sweet, and drew the attention of a passer by just a minute ago. Awesome work!

[FrozenCow]

Thanks, great to hear such motivating words!

[FungusTrooper]

I can't run it. Vista 64, it crashes on start with a generic error.

Description:
  Stopped working

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   CLR20r3
  Problem Signature 01:   ledsgetshooting.exe
  Problem Signature 02:   1.0.0.0
  Problem Signature 03:   4b4a3f9f
  Problem Signature 04:   LedsGetShooting
  Problem Signature 05:   1.0.0.0
  Problem Signature 06:   4b4a3f9f
  Problem Signature 07:   17e
  Problem Signature 08:   7e
  Problem Signature 09:   System.Exception
  OS Version:   6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   2057

[FrozenCow]

I can't run it. Vista 64, it crashes on start with a generic error.

Thanks for the report. I hope the issue is fixed in the just uploaded (recommended) version. Also added some little tweaks in this version with a better win led-effect and better error reporting (if it still crashes, check the Exception.txt file).

[Melly]

Tried it. It was fairly enjoyable, though it does get a bit repetitive. I love the graphical effect you created. Awesome stuff.

[Oddball]

Liked: The visuals are great. I especially liked the blood splatter.

Disliked: The game space is to confined. I'd have liked more room to manoeuvre. At one point I went completely off the bottom of the screen.

Conclusion: Good little time waster.

[Lunisneko]

M. O. A. R.

Beautiful. I especially like the geometry wars styled background kaboom effect. I think I speak for everyone when I say: make it moar.

[FrozenCow]

Thanks for all the motivating words! I really hope to do many more, looking forward to the next compo