Annihilation - playtesters needed

Graham Humphrey · 01 April 2006, 12:40

I would post this in the main forum but I'd rather try here first, otherwise I'll probably get tons of responses from people I'll never hear from again.

Anyone willing to help playtest Annihilation? I'd probably need about 4 or 5 people ideally, with different setups to try the game on (it's AGA only), preferably real Amigas, but it's not essential.

I'm currently developing the game on an 040 with 34Mb RAM and OS3.0, so any setups other than that one will be fine, including just a bog-standard 1200.

Basically, I need feedback on what's good and bad, ideas for waves and bosses, bug reports etc. If anyone's interested please PM or e-mail me, and let me know if you want an ADF or "real" files. Thanks!

Marcuz · 02 April 2006, 13:57

i'm up i'm up i'm up

do you require it tested on winuae though? as that's the only one i currently have available

Graham Humphrey · 05 April 2006, 18:28

Cheers Marco, WinUAE would be good as well.

Marcuz · 05 April 2006, 18:44

oki post it on my mail address, when you are up to it

Graham Humphrey · 05 April 2006, 18:55

I'm sure you can wait until Saturday, haven't got a copy with me at the minute! Will definitely get it sorted for then.

Galahad/FLT · 07 April 2006, 00:47

Try me... [marco: edited email away, pending confirmation]

Graham Humphrey · 08 April 2006, 11:44

Thanks Galahad, it's on its way.

Marcuz · 08 April 2006, 16:33

maybe i'm dumb, but i've unarchived it and try to start it from a normal Bloodwych ClassicWB, and it doesn't start; no text line "trying to load etc..." on the menu bar, no memory using, no requester, nothing at all... have i done something wrong?

Graham Humphrey · 08 April 2006, 16:44

Did you copy the contents of the Fonts drawer to your Workbench partition's Fonts: directory? It won't start otherwise.

Marcuz · 08 April 2006, 20:30

yeah i did that, but nothing happens. i've tryed also with a bare workbench 3.0 hard disk, without success, so it's not a scalos problem

Graham Humphrey · 12 April 2006, 20:17

Very strange, what set-up are you using on WinUAE?

Marcuz · 12 April 2006, 20:20

i post the configuration:

Marcuz · 13 April 2006, 23:24

ok Graham sent me a file missing from the archive: the game works ok, there is some speed and audio perplexity i cannot further test as my pc may be the cause. the control is very good i think and some audio effect really neat. graphics need a major restyling. also i find it a little hard.
the power ups seems to come by randomly, i.e. not the same add-onn gets out from the same enemies wave each time. at least i think so, i wasn't able to kill all of the enemies of the waves often. this is a good thing however. the numbers display and text should be reworked also, i will do it if i can find the time.

z00mba · 23 June 2006, 12:31

I wouldn' t mind give it a go too.
I can test under UAE (and maybe my A1200/030 if it's not completly broken...)

Marcuz · 23 June 2006, 15:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by z00mba

I wouldn' t mind give it a go too.
I can test under UAE (and maybe my A1200/030 if it's not completly broken...)

the file i have is really old, i'm sure Graham will send your way a newer version when he logs in

DDNI · 23 June 2006, 20:17

Hi Graham, I would like to try it on three A1200s
One vanilla, one with 4mb ram expansion and 68881 fpu, one with Apollo 1240 25mhz MMU and 68882.

Graham Humphrey · 24 June 2006, 14:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

Hi Graham, I would like to try it on three A1200s
One vanilla, one with 4mb ram expansion and 68881 fpu, one with Apollo 1240 25mhz MMU and 68882.

Many thanks, that would be very helpful indeed. PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you a copy sometime next week. In the meantime you could always try the one-level demo on Aminet (game/demo/Annihilation.lha) and of course my latest game, a 2-5 player game called Tank Wars (game/2play/TankWars.lha) (Shameless plugs, I love 'em)

Smiley · 25 June 2006, 01:16

I have a A1200 with an apollo 040 @ 33mhz

If thats of any help

Graham Humphrey · 01 July 2006, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiley

I have a A1200 with an apollo 040 @ 33mhz

If thats of any help

That's exactly the system I have. You're still welcome to try it though, PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you a copy as soon as I can!

Rebel-CD32 · 11 November 2006, 17:09

I played this game through UAE. It ran fine, although it sometimes was too fast and sometimes slowed a bit. I'll burn it to a CD and test it on my CD32 soon.

It's hard though, maybe because the ship is fast or the controls too sensetive, but I'm not sure if that's because of UAE or not.

Good work though, I want to help get this game finished.

01 April 2006, 12:40	#1
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Annihilation - playtesters needed I would post this in the main forum but I'd rather try here first, otherwise I'll probably get tons of responses from people I'll never hear from again. Anyone willing to help playtest Annihilation? I'd probably need about 4 or 5 people ideally, with different setups to try the game on (it's AGA only), preferably real Amigas, but it's not essential. I'm currently developing the game on an 040 with 34Mb RAM and OS3.0, so any setups other than that one will be fine, including just a bog-standard 1200. Basically, I need feedback on what's good and bad, ideas for waves and bosses, bug reports etc. If anyone's interested please PM or e-mail me, and let me know if you want an ADF or "real" files. Thanks!

07 April 2006, 00:47	#6
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 9,018	Try me... [marco: edited email away, pending confirmation] Last edited by Marcuz; 21 June 2006 at 15:16.

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02 April 2006, 13:57	#2
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	i'm up i'm up i'm up do you require it tested on winuae though? as that's the only one i currently have available

05 April 2006, 18:28	#3
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Cheers Marco, WinUAE would be good as well.

05 April 2006, 18:44	#4
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	oki post it on my mail address, when you are up to it

05 April 2006, 18:55	#5
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	I'm sure you can wait until Saturday, haven't got a copy with me at the minute! Will definitely get it sorted for then.

08 April 2006, 11:44	#7
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Thanks Galahad, it's on its way.

08 April 2006, 16:33	#8
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	maybe i'm dumb, but i've unarchived it and try to start it from a normal Bloodwych ClassicWB, and it doesn't start; no text line "trying to load etc..." on the menu bar, no memory using, no requester, nothing at all... have i done something wrong?

08 April 2006, 16:44	#9
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Did you copy the contents of the Fonts drawer to your Workbench partition's Fonts: directory? It won't start otherwise.

08 April 2006, 20:30	#10
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	yeah i did that, but nothing happens. i've tryed also with a bare workbench 3.0 hard disk, without success, so it's not a scalos problem

12 April 2006, 20:17	#11
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Very strange, what set-up are you using on WinUAE?

13 April 2006, 23:24	#13
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	ok Graham sent me a file missing from the archive: the game works ok, there is some speed and audio perplexity i cannot further test as my pc may be the cause. the control is very good i think and some audio effect really neat. graphics need a major restyling. also i find it a little hard. the power ups seems to come by randomly, i.e. not the same add-onn gets out from the same enemies wave each time. at least i think so, i wasn't able to kill all of the enemies of the waves often. this is a good thing however. the numbers display and text should be reworked also, i will do it if i can find the time.

23 June 2006, 12:31	#14
z00mba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fr Age: 48 Posts: 185	I wouldn' t mind give it a go too. I can test under UAE (and maybe my A1200/030 if it's not completly broken...)

23 June 2006, 20:17	#16
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Hi Graham, I would like to try it on three A1200s One vanilla, one with 4mb ram expansion and 68881 fpu, one with Apollo 1240 25mhz MMU and 68882.

25 June 2006, 01:16	#18
Smiley Amiga-less! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,350	I have a A1200 with an apollo 040 @ 33mhz If thats of any help

11 November 2006, 17:09	#20
Rebel-CD32 Amiga will never die! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 532	I played this game through UAE. It ran fine, although it sometimes was too fast and sometimes slowed a bit. I'll burn it to a CD and test it on my CD32 soon. It's hard though, maybe because the ship is fast or the controls too sensetive, but I'm not sure if that's because of UAE or not. Good work though, I want to help get this game finished.

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