CannonBalls
My entry for the DarkBasic Retro Competition. It is based on Bust A Move (Puzzle bobble) which is basically a puzzle game (as the name suggests) where a little dinosaur thing fires balls at other balls in an attempt to make 3 or more of the same colour touch each other. If they do then they will disappear and any balls not attached to the top of the box will fall down. The game will hopefully be ready by the deadline but if not, I will fininsh the game and put it on the site anyway.News
19/02/03 - 3+ ball detection is working but un-attached ball detection skrews everything up, although it seems to be working in one way or another.
01/03/03 - The detection of balls not attached to the roof is now working and I can re-size the width of the column and make my own levels using the data command. The balls also flake away row by row, it looks really stylish, although I may have to fine tune it as it looks a mess in code.
12/03/03 - Ahhhhh..... crap! I don't think I'll get it finished in time, but I will post it up on the site when it is... and it'll be far better than it would be if I were to enter it into the comp (although I may still by some sort of mirical). Oh yeah, text messages (ready and continue?) and score systems working. Balls now turn grey when they get below a line, visuals are starting to improve and levels are now implimented. Still working on explosions of balls and a little pirate character (planning to have a cannonball theme).
30/3/03 - Nearly finished! I have implimented a level editor which is almost working perfectly. Now all I have to do is touch up the text messages, transitions and invent 100 levels in 4 days!!! I will probably have to omit music :( but add a few more sound effects.
3/4/03 - Game is available to download now. It's got an unfinished feel to it and it will be updated sometime.
5/4/03 - Smoke from cannon added, background added, other features like on fire per button press are added. The text is now sorted and there are no errors with the transitions between initials input and things. Fingers crossed that I will have everything sorted by Monday!
5/4/03 - Game is now complete, it may be going through a couple of changes but I will keep the retro comp version ready to download.
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