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Re: WIP - Pipe dream

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Harty123 wrote: I'm afraid a 2P mode is not really possible - I need too much additional tiles (pipes in other colour) for it.
I was referring to this from an earlier reponse:
Harty123 wrote: Yep its the same as in the NES version. But 2 player means here 2 player will not play at the same time. the game alternates between the both players. The player with the highest score will win...
Hence the ""beat that if you can" comment - ala handing the joypad to a mate after your turn so they can take their's.


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Hi,

this is a first playable demo of Pipe Dream.
pipes_WIP_2012-11-03.hex
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It works only in difficulty easy, no sound and with some bugs, but it gives an impression about the game.

-Harty
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Pretty nice work so far Harty...that game is harder than I thought! Very promising, keep it up. :mrgreen: Btw, can you refresh my memory on the goal of the game? Making pipes forever until one die for points?
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Hard! Just plain frick'n hard. :shock:
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uze6666 wrote:Pretty nice work so far Harty...that game is harder than I thought! Very promising, keep it up. :mrgreen: Btw, can you refresh my memory on the goal of the game? Making pipes forever until one die for points?
I keep it very close to the original NES game. This is an arcade game. In the later finished game we will have 3 difficulties (Easy, Medium and hard). And for every difficulty an own highscore...

Easy:
- no pumps, no reservoirs, no end point, no tunnels, no one way pipes

Medium:
- 1 pump, 1 reservoir, end point, no tunnels, no one way pipes

Hard:
- 2 pumps, 2 reservoirs, end point, 2 tunnels, one way pipes

For more information pls check this handbook about the NES game.

Cheers

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Playing a bit more, I noticed on my TV some characters on the left edge are clipped. Surely enough I'm probably the last guy out there with a CRT TV, but I tought you'd like to know. Not respecting the good ol' "safe frame" still can bites us! :lol:
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Btw, the graphics are really awesome. Really look retro with that shadow on the playing field and tiled background!
Hard! Just plain frick'n hard.
Gets much easier when you realize you can just swap pipe parts until you get what you need. That kills you score, but to get stated, that's a boon!
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uze6666 wrote:Playing a bit more, I noticed on my TV some characters on the left edge are clipped. Surely enough I'm probably the last guy out there with a CRT TV, but I tought you'd like to know. Not respecting the good ol' "safe frame" still can bites us! :lol:
There is only text in the actual demo at this place. In the finished game we won't have text there!

uze6666 wrote:Btw, the graphics are really awesome. Really look retro with that shadow on the playing field and tiled background!
:D But this is the original graphic from the NES game....
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But this is the original graphic from the NES game....
Sooo that why! :D
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Very cool and hard :D
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Awesome game so far!
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