[WaD] Arkanoid Ripoff: Balls of Steel

Post by **Xaser** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:09 pm

Ahaha, surprise! I got bored as hell on Sunday afternoon, so in that time I constructed a little map for another project of mine... but seeing as I've already spilled a tiny bit of info already, I might as well release this guy as a 'beta teaser' of sorts... I hereby present to you my Arkanoid Ripoff: Balls of Steel!

YES I RIPPED THE NAME

So... what the devil is it? As the above shot pretty much suggests, it's like a classic game of breakout... with a twist: The marine is the paddle, and the balls are rockets! Yeah, you've got to concentrate on healing yourself between hits as well (not too tough but you'd better not miss a step

). So yeah, this is just a little something stupid I came up with out of boredom, and its 'style' is a bit of a taste of things to come... No more spoilers though,

Anyway, this is still a 'beta', so if something screws up and your hard drive gets eaten, don't blame me.

And without further ado,

Cptschrodinger · Post by **Cptschrodinger** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:14 pm

Heh, awsome. And thanks for the warning that shadow warrior won't work with it.

Post by **Xaser** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:17 pm

Haha, warning: Textfilie may cause Attention Defecit HEY LETS GO RIDE BIKES!

Cptschrodinger · Post by **Cptschrodinger** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:18 pm

SOUNDS GREAT! Wheeeee!

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:20 pm

Crazy...but fun!

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:32 pm

Bug: Sometimes the megaspheres don't give the player anything when you grab them. This pretty much guarantees a game over, as the next rocket will to hit you will almost certainly kill you.

ggg · Post by **ggg** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:25 pm

Gah! Invasion of the animated avatars!
Well, at least they're not all anime.

Anyhow, this certainly is impressive for something you did "one boring afternoon."

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:29 pm

Heh, I think I'll use this to test the Mac port, and get the scripting going better. Looks amusing enough.

Post by **Nash** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:39 pm

This is fun, but it's a little difficult...

*goes and play some more*

Post by **Nash** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:45 pm

Sometimes the rocket doesn't bounce off and just continues to explode on the player repeatedly, making me lose a lot of health or the rocket simply going through me and making me lose a ball!

Post by **Bio Hazard** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:10 am

That's cool. There are a few bugs, but it's still cool.

DoomRater · Post by **DoomRater** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:52 am

HotWax wrote:Bug: Sometimes the megaspheres don't give the player anything when you grab them. This pretty much guarantees a game over, as the next rocket will to hit you will almost certainly kill you.

More like it leaves the player with 20 health.

May I make a suggestion? Give the player blast radius immunity. It'll help the player survive just a lil longer... and then you can throw Soul Spheres instead of Megaspeheres!

Project Shadowcat · Post by **Project Shadowcat** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:04 am

DoomRater wrote:May I make a suggestion? Give the player blast radius immunity. It'll help the player survive just a lil longer... and then you can throw Soul Spheres instead of Megaspeheres!

Problem with that one. Assuming rockets still do their 20*(rand(8)) damage, they can possibly overpower the Soulsphere.

Hobbs · Post by **Hobbs** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:49 pm

Balls of Steel is a pinball game

Post by **Ryan Cordell** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:19 pm

DoomerX wrote:Balls of Steel is a pinball game

Thank you General Obvious.