   wizball
www.quasar3d.nl/wizball.zipFor the www.remakes.org remakes competion, I made a remake of wizball. It''s a platform game, with a bouncing, later flying ball. When the game starts, there is no colour in wizworld, because zark, the evil wizard has stolen it. The colour is captured in paint bubbles, flying all over wizworld. If you shoot a bubble, it changes into a drop, and you can use your cat, your faithful companion, to catch the falling drops. Some people said it didn''t run on their computer. I think this was because I didn''t check for available direct3d devices, but I just created one. Now I changed it, so that it chooses the best device available on the system, and so I think it should work on most computers now.So, will you please test it, and post here if it runs, how it runs, and what hardware/software(operator system, d3d version etc.) you have. And I would also like to now what you think about itMy Site
  Very impressive!Almost as fun as the original, which i must have wasted thousands of hours with.I think the wizard, the wizcat and the shots, should be made a little brighter/more colorful in order to stand out from the background more, but maybe that''s just me.;  Interesting. Very well done. It''s a little tough (I''ve never played wizball) but it looks amazing. I like the black and white contrast too. A menu screen, pause, and quit button would be nice, though (i didn''t see any in the readme).All in all, good job  When you find yourself in the company of a halfling and an ill-tempered Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon...;quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster  Very impressive!Almost as fun as the original, which i must have wasted thousands of hours with.I think the wizard, the wizcat and the shots, should be made a little brighter/more colorful in order to stand out from the background more, but maybe that''s just me. thanks. You are right about that. I will make the entities a bit brighter soon. I am glad it worked on your computer. What are your specs?quote:Original post by CyberSlag5k  Interesting. Very well done. It''s a little tough (I''ve never played wizball) but it looks amazing. I like the black and white contrast too. A menu screen, pause, and quit button would be nice, though (i didn''t see any in the readme).All in all, good job  When you find yourself in the company of a halfling and an ill-tempered Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon...  It''s only black and white in the beginning. When you have collected completed a colour, the world becomes more colourful I will make a menu screen and pause options soon. It isn''t really finished yet, but the competition ended the 31th of july, and I didn''t have time to do that, but I will add that soon.what specs do you have? My Site;quote:I am glad it worked on your computer. What are your specs?quote:Athlon 1GHz256MBWindows xp sp1Gforce2mx ;  It looks awesome, but as CyberSlag mentioned it needs a few screens to make it complete. And the fact it exits when you go gameover is a tad annoying too.The effects when you die are very nice, but what about adding a bit more color to the shots you fire? Perhaps a particle trail. That would really make it complete!Good job! I love it!   ______________________________"A computer is meant to be a big calculator, not a storage device"Struct.m33p.net;  I get an "setcooperativelevel error"...why is that? ;  I haven''t played the original before but this looks awesome. The graphics are fantastic. I suck at it tho  When I''m not so tired I will give it another go. Otherwise I might punch my computer. Or my cat.Harley.   BreakoutX;  GREAT JOB QUASAR!!!!Keep the good work pal!"Tonight we strike,there is thunder in the sky,together we'll fight,some of us will die,but they'll always remember that we've made a stand and many will die by hand!" - ManOwaR   [edited by - Mihail121 on August 4, 2003 8:40:33 AM]