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[György Straub]

201    Planets form’d of invisible matter.

With most of the functionality of my framework XRhodes completed, this is the perfect time to take it for a test drive. I had a very simple idea for a dead body, I only needed some blood -- this is where the above CPB meme jumps in.

It's an asteroids clone. It has invisible asteroids. It also has an evil fucking twist(ish).

What's done:
- most of the basics (shapes, particles, collision detection & handling, textrenderers), thanks to the framework
- most of the artwork (it's a particle)
- game logics (well) & HUD
- sounds (all organic and free range )
- transitions and effects
- joypad support
- splashscreen/logo and title
- highscore saving (and an online leaderboard would be nice, but I'm afraid it isn't gonna happen)
- gameplay balancing

What needs doing:
- bugfix (sadly, the mixer subsystem sucks at points)

DOWNLOADS:

OSX:

WIN32:

note: when the link images won't display, there's most likely a new version being uploaded - please try again later.

I'd like to port it to GP2X just for the sake of it - so watch out for that.

[György Straub]

an early screenie:

[captainbinky]

Heh, Lovecraft-inspired Asteroids? I like it! 

[awesty]

Invisible asteroids!?

This is madness!

[Melly]

Invisible asteroids!?

This is madness!

I won't do it... I promised myself I wouldn't!

[György Straub]

Invisible asteroids!?

This is madness!

it's going to be madness on crack.

[nayon]

Invisible asteroids!?

This is madness!

THIS.... IS.... SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

I won't do it... I promised myself I wouldn't!

Just for you :D

[Eclipse]

an early screenie:
http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr106/zyndor/screens/Pitchblackoids01.png

i can see invisible asteroids, me has the gift.

[nayon]

They're going to be MORE invisible, right? :D

[György Straub]

They're going to be MORE invisible, right? :D

yes, I've invisibilised them a bit further onward since that screenshot.

[pen]

This is doom 3 all over again 

[Eclipse]

let me... oh i got it, you can see your surrounding while shooting, right? if so, neat idea, if not.. i had a neat idea.

[György Straub]

let me... oh i got it, you can see your surrounding while shooting, right? if so, neat idea, if not.. i had a neat idea.

you had a neat idea.=) I'm just fooling around with light and darkness and alpha values.

[Eclipse]

try to turn the beam you shoot into your unique light source, so you need to shoot constantly to keep track of the asteroids 

[Chaoseed]

I can definitely envision someone obsessively shooting and trying to fill the screen with light, and going insane with stress. That's a Lovecraft story in the making right there.

[György Straub]

try to turn the beam you shoot into your unique light source, so you need to shoot constantly to keep track of the asteroids 

I've been experimenting with it but didn't work well. And there's another gameplay element which renders constant shooting quite a bad idea in most of the situations.

I can definitely envision someone obsessively shooting and trying to fill the screen with light, and going insane with stress. That's a Lovecraft story in the making right there.

awesome. :D for the above reasons, however, I aim to achieve player insanity in another way, tho.

but, you'll be able to see it for yourself as the final game will be posted within 48 hours (the OS X version should really be ready by tomorrow).

[Gainsworthy]

I can't wait to play this thing and discover your evil twist for myself. Sounds ominous.


EDIT: Highscore 1030! How's everyone else doing?

Hrmm, your twist is good. Makes an otherwise dull game rather frenetic.

[György Straub]

for the OSX downloadable, goto 10.

[György Straub]

thread pump - Win32 and OS X version downloadable.

[György Straub]

thread pump - Win32 and OS X versions available.