New Amiga game WIP - workname 'Chaos Guns'

[Predseda]

I am almost sure that blazewcp was downloaded from Aminet. Anyway, this is faus paix

Originally Posted by modrobert

I had the same problem as dlfrsilver to unpack the 'prefs' file from ChaosGunsDemo.lha, it is corrupt somehow.

Also, the included 'blazewcp' support file has the 'HappyNewYear 96' virus (checked with VirusZ).

Other than that the game was dead slow as expected on A1200 with ACA-1232 (68030 @ 33MHz), what language is it written in?

The game looks great, so I hope you manage to optimize it further.

Well, it's written in my own PowerD language (www.kuchinka.cz/powerd), but in testing environment it was about 5-10x faster under 030/50, i suppose, it's probably the badly written enemy control, as in testing evnironment, there was only about 15 enemies at once, while in the final demo there is... a lot more anyway, it will definetaly run much faster, then it runs now, there is still a lot to do

We are very sorry about the virus danger, the LHA archive is fixed now, ZIP archive has been deleted. Hope this won't happen again... anyway, the HNY96, is damn good piece of virus :P

Martin.

Originally Posted by modrobert

Hehe. Yes, maybe the virus slowed it down also.

If anyone need help removing it I found some good info here:

http://www.teyko.com/View.aspx?id=393&name=HNY96

The KillHappy removal tool also flagged blazewcp:



http://aminet.net/package/util/virus/killhappy

[davesade]

Oh my god, when we were talking about reviving true Amiga spirit, we definitely didn't meant this! Many apologies!

[modrobert]

Originally Posted by martinkuchinka

Well, it's written in my own PowerD language (www.kuchinka.cz/powerd), but in testing environment it was about 5-10x faster under 030/50, i suppose, it's probably the badly written enemy control, as in testing evnironment, there was only about 15 enemies at once, while in the final demo there is... a lot more anyway, it will definetaly run much faster, then it runs now, there is still a lot to do

Quick glance, looks like an interesting language. If needed, when development and feature creep settles, you could always do the time critical parts in assembler and link them in specifically for 68k (#ifdef 68k?). Plenty of that knowledge to tap in the awesome Coders. Asm / Hardware forum.

Originally Posted by davesade

Oh my god, when we were talking about reviving true Amiga spirit, we definitely didn't meant this! Many apologies!

No worries, it's part of the Amiga legacy. Hehe.

Originally Posted by modrobert

Quick glance, looks like an interesting language. If needed, when development and feature creep settles, you could always do the time critical parts in assembler and link them in specifically for 68k (#ifdef 68k?). Plenty of that knowledge to tap in the awesome Coders. Asm / Hardware forum.

Well, PowerD supports inline assembler, and main rendering parts are written in assembler. Length of the source code is over 300 kb, and over 10000 lines, but rendering itself isn't the biggest issue here... Unfortunately, with development of the game, the PowerD development itself stagnates for about a year. With new PowerD changes, also the engine should become faster and faster

[vitux]

Why the character can not walk during shooting the gun?
I do not like this idea.

[s2325]

Game have some negative comments on ppa.pl but I can not judge.

[Predseda]

Yup, but some are positive, which is... positive Thank you mailman for your comments there.

[davesade]

Originally Posted by vitux

Why the character can not walk during shooting the gun?
I do not like this idea.

It is similar concept to Hired Guns or Resident Evil if you wish, to create survival horror element. However, some characters will have ability to shoot while walking (hold direction on your joystick, then press and hold FIRE) - but not in this demo.

[vitux]

It looks very good.
I just wanted the character to walk while firing.

Understood, thanks.

[vitux]

Thanks for the second new demo

[davesade]

I got some sad news guys... MarK, our main and only coder, decided to leave our team. Project is not cancelled, only development has suddenly new direction. We are looking for new coder, we will appreciate any help on this matter. More details here:
http://www.chaosguns.com/2014/07/wev...-way-baby.html

[tolkien]

Very sad news. I hope you find a talented guy to continue the project. Good luck mate.

[Gzegzolka]

That's some sad news, I hope You will find someone to help in work. I have played v2 demo, it need some tweaking, but I'm sure You are on good way.

[vitux]

The same thing always happens, someone starts a project to work with a will and then decides to leave because this wasting years of his life.

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by vitux

The same thing always happens, someone starts a project to work with a will and then decides to leave because this wasting years of his life.

Some people just don't want to be stuck in the past anymore Sounds like a load of bull to me.

[Samurai_Crow]

Actually, I think this time it's family obligations. Similar to what I'd have if I was the sole coder.

[Tsak]

MarK did an amazing work and invested a huge amount of time helping us with the project but unfortunately life is not always easy.
Family and real life issues will always have priority over hobbies and that's something we have to bare with...

Still, the project is far from being canceled and we're currently exploring our options. Even without an immediate amiga coder in sight, development is on-going. Truth is that the game IS finishable even with this current unoptimised engine that MarK left.
But we'd like to see if we can find a new coder first, before deciding towards what direction we will move.
As I said, all options are on the table...and the trip continues