Code a game competition - Win £250

[Rooster]

Okay, I got my entry in. Hope it all still works.

http://www.syntaxbomb.com/index.php/topic,3301.msg4784.html#new

Cool little fun game, nice one

Thanks!

[col]

@Rooster
That's a cool twist on the original - I like it.

Phew!! 
I've just finished it - well as far as I can go within the time constraints My fingers feel like they are going to bleed haha.
Thanks guys, especially to Qube, for the inspirations.

Any bugs will surely be proof of its hand coded nature being whipped up within 2 weeks!!

The source code and exe is hosted on Github.com at https://github.com/davecamp/StarRoids
It's a windows build and requires DirectX11.

Oh... Please don't hold me responsible for mashing your keyboard 

[Qube]

Hi col, I've tried your game in Windows 7 ( DX 11 ) and Windows 10 ( DX 12 ) but both just flash up a window and quit - Is there anything else I need to install?

[muruba]

I've just finished it - well as far as I can go within the time constraints My fingers feel like they are going to bleed haha.
Thanks guys, especially to Qube, for the inspirations.

Looks good on my win 8! Nice sound

[muruba]

Okay, I got my entry in. Hope it all still works.

http://www.syntaxbomb.com/index.php/topic,3301.msg4784.html#new

Nice

[col]

but both just flash up a window and quit

I've added a try/catch which *should* popup a window if a 'throw' occurs in the game.

The usual culprit is not having DirectX11 installed
You can safely have it installed even if you have Dx12 already - it doesn't overwrite newer versions and all can be safely installed side by side.

If you can could make sure there is a d3dcompiler_47.dll and/or d3dcompiler_43.dll in your windows/system32.

Looks good on my win 8! Nice sound

Thanks!! Did you get passed Level 3 and pick up the bomb? - I'm interested to know what people think of the bomb effect - I spent a whole day ( maybe 2 ) just getting that to work 

[Rooster]

@col
Looks good, and thanks for the nice words.

@muruba
Thanks!

[Steve Elliott]

Looking forward to checking out the entries.   

I was on holiday for half the month and now I'm too busy with work.  Oh well, there's always next month's competition   

[Qube]

@col - Got your game to work \o/ - It dawned on me that I was using Windows via Parallels and that doesn't support DirectX 11 so once I tried it on my Surface Pro tablet all was running smooth - Great version, well done

[3DzForMe]

Still a ways to go.... how many days are left? I make it 2.15 ish:



@col, theres some polish in your game - well done, the initial splash screen draws you right in

[col]

@Qube
I thought it would be something simple hehe. Glad that it works!

the initial splash screen draws you right in

Yep... Literally 

Thankyou guys!

I wanted to put a high score table in there, and resolve a couple of bugs ( that happen under incredibly rare conditions ) and potential cheats/advantages that I know of... but never mind hehe.

My highest score is just under 80 thousand so far, it gets pretty hectic and the advantages can only be had early in the game hehe

Still a ways to go.... how many days are left? I make it 2.15 ish:

You can do it... we have faith in you 

I'm looking forward to playing the other entries too, quite exciting stuff 

[Qube]

Finally finished my entry, woot woot!

Comet Killer - July 2017 game competition

Hope you like it

[Rooster]

Finally finished my entry, woot woot!

Comet Killer - July 2017 game competition

Hope you like it

Well my laptop and router are having a spat. So I tried using Wine on Linux, and it works, except for the sound and the sluggishness.
I made it to level four, and it looks really pretty.
I'll have to wait to see how it plays though.

[Qube]

Rooster, I've created a Linux version just for you - Updated info in the Showcase post http://www.syntaxbomb.com/index.php/topic,3303.0.html

[Rooster]

Thanks again, works like a charm.
The game play is a lot harder now that I can't just sit and think my way out.