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[Farbs]

Huh. Putting the out-of-character screen up front is a pretty interesting idea. Thanks allen!

[TedPro]

Okay, time for a new challenge:
Spell your name with your ship. URL hackers and obsessive pilots are all welcome to attempt.

Done!  It's also a a ship that's nearly immune to damage, has full copy protection (but you need to repair the obstacle manually every once in a while), moves in any direction, is decently fast and maneuverable, and can wrap blurst shields around an enemy ship to "capture" the ship harmlessly, letting the pilot drag a menagerie of harmless captives around in the "blurst tangle" behind it.

This was fun to make. No URL hacking involved.

However, this ship is too huge to post a diagram, so I'll just have to do a big clunky link:

http://www.captainforever.com/captainsuccessor.php?cfe=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

[Farbs]

WOW
"Ted" isn't short for Theodore is it?

If anyone's interested I'm now blogging regularly about Captain Jameson. Apologies for the linkspam, but I figured some folks might want to know about it.

[TedPro]

WOW
"Ted" isn't short for Theodore is it?

If anyone's interested I'm now blogging regularly about Captain Jameson. Apologies for the linkspam, but I figured some folks might want to know about it.

Rad!  The blog looks really cool!

Ted is short for Theodore.  And Pro is short for a very long Greek last name.  But I think I might run out of screen space if I tried to spell it all out.

[TedPro]

Okay, made another weird vehicle. I call it the "Docking Authorization Denied":

http://www.captainforever.com/captainsuccessor.php?cfe=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

[Captain Pwner]

trust me man you wanan buy this. its real fun  

[moi]

 

[increpare]

farbs made a new game - Captain Foraxian

[Dustin Smith]

at first i was  but then i 

it reminded me to go play more captain successor though.

[Pineapple]

Why is it (c) 1990? And why does it say it's his first game? I am confused. How is this a new game?

[JMickle]

Why is it (c) 1990? And why does it say it's his first game? I am confused. How is this a new game?

its not true, its just faux-information in the same vein as the rest of his captain forever website is.

[MaloEspada]

haha, retro captain forever. that's cool!

it is also free.

i only got to the yellow-ship part, but it's definitely been fun.

[James Edward Smith]

A pretty funny joke, but too long and repetitive for how small of a gag it is.

Still, free though, and nice lowrez interpretations of all the Captain Forever stuff.

[XeroxCat]

how do the captain forever (1st one) URLs operate? structure wise?

[Melly]

The controls weren't always responsive. Sometimes I pressed a directional key and the ship didn't move in that direction immediately, even though the game runs perfectly smooth. Still fun little timewaster though.

[Farbs]

That's weird Melly. Maybe the CPU hogging synth routine is causing a ruckus on your system? It's hard to tell really. Sorry about that.

I'm never sure whether I should post CF updates to this thread or not. I'd feel a bit like I was pimping, which really isn't in the spirit of the forum. I guess I would be pimping too. I do really appreciate the feedbackin though.

This is Captain Farbs' first game, which is what the (c)1990 and note about it being a first game is about. Capt Farbs is the guy piloting the ship in Captain Forever, but thanks to all the free time he gets due to good folk like you flying his ship for him, he was able to make a videogame.

It's kind of half gag, half game I wanted to make because I hoped it'd be fun. I think Geothermal's right though that it gets a bit repetitive. After Captain Jameson launches I might (or might not) think about making a sequel.

[jotapeh]

farbs made a new game - Captain Foraxian

Perfect Galaga-like

[James Edward Smith]

I love that it's called Captain ForAXIAN and you called it a GALAGA homage.

[deathtotheweird]

not every one has played or even heard of galaxian. galaga is much more popular (i think)

[James Edward Smith]

Yeah, I like Galaga a lot more. It wasn't an amazing shmup, but it was one of the originals, it has a great, classic atmosphere that I can't help but love, and it has a little more depth than a lot of its contemporaries because of being able to rescue captured ships for DOUBLE SHOT POWER. PEW-PEW PEW-PEW PEW-PEW!

But the more varied and random nature of the enemies in this is definitely more reminiscent of Galaxian. Also the way the ship looks is sort of a similar, Captain Forever ship approximation of the Galaxian ship.