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EVE: Downtime Madness 0.83 (Updated 7/3/08)

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Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:13:00 - [1] Edited by: Tarminic on 03/07/2008 17:27:56 What be this here thread, with its bountiful cornucopia of posts? I'm working on a top-down shooter (similar to the Raiden games), based on EVE Online. I want you to try it, formulate an opinion about it, and then tell me that opinion so I may improve my game. Also if there are any bugs/errors, let me know as well! I've heard of these supposed "video games," what does yours offer me? Good question grandpa! Allow me to expand on some of the game's features in an easy to digest (and pass) list! Campaign Mode Fight for one of the four empires! Currently this mode has 4 missions for the Gallente Federation. You are paid a set sum per mission plus a portion of the damage you cause, and you can use said money to purchase upgrades for subsequent missions. Levels: 8 Ships: 6 Goonswarm Mode Fight a never-ending swarm of Goons! You are beset on all sides by noobs in frigates and destroyers, and you must rely on your superior skills to survive as long as possible. Who knows though, your friends from BoB might be willing to offer you some assistance... Levels: 1 Ships: 3 Experimental Mode My eventual plan is to include over 35 playable ships, and to do that I need you to help me test them out and find out what works! Experimental mode exists so I (and you) can do exactly that! Levels: 1 Ships: ~14 Tutorial Learn to fly! This simple level takes you through the controls of the game and game mechanics. Levels: 2 Ships: 1 Complete List of Playable Ships Maulus, Tristan, Incursus, Vexor, Thorax, Celestis, Rifter, Vigil, Thrasher , Breacher, Slasher, Punisher, Executioner, Crucifier, Inquisitor Complete List of Enemies Kestrel, Condor, Merlin, Griffin, Atron, Ishkur, Tristan, Maulus, Breacher, Slasher, Rifter, Vigil, Executioner, Punisher, Crucifier, Inquisitor, Cormorant, Catalyst, Thrasher, Caracel, Thorax, Vexor, Celestis, Arbitrator, Maller, Omen, Badger 2, Blackbird, Ferox, Drake, Prophecy, Harbinger, Raven, Scorpion, Bhaalghorn Special Thanks Krats for contributing some awesome-looking sprites Chribba for EVE-Files and everything else he does Lance Fighter, Mothermoon, Nova Fox, and Blane Xero for their extensive testing and feeback efforts CCP for making a game worthy of an unofficial arcade-style spinoff How can I help, oh Great Forum Guru? Things I need: -Sounds for weapons, armor repair effects, explosions, etc. -Testing! -Historical Data -Bump this thread from remote, inhospitable pages that aren't the front page -Explosion animation effects -Screen backgrounds - high-resolution trinity screenshots you think would work well for the game -Ideas for new missions/game modes/general creative input UPDATE! I've had the current version done for almost a month but I was hesitant to release it simply because currently if there's a critical error I have no easy way to fix it, which makes me a sad panda. If you find and such bugs please let me know but understand that I won't be able to fix anything for at least a week. From this point forward I'll be releasing two different version of the game - one with music and one without. The reasoning is that the music is stored uncompressed and as such increases the size of the game dramatically. I'm working on a solution to this but I have no idea if and when it'll be ready, so for now I'll give you the option to download the game with our without music. Download Link Version 0.83 - With Music http://eve-files.com/dl/165498 Version 0.83 - Without Music http://eve-files.com/dl/165497
Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:14:00 - [2] Edited by: Tarminic on 03/07/2008 13:59:27 Edited by: Tarminic on 03/07/2008 13:57:39 New In Version 0.83 Graphics -Explosions have been added to the Gjallarhorn Doomsday Device Missile detonations -Player-generated laser effects have been improved slightly Sound and Music -Sound effects have been added for all weapons except lasers -Explosion sound effects have been added -Music has been added to an optional version of the game. The music constists of clips from two songs composed by Alienhand: --Hunting Stardust (Plays during missions) --Yellow Substance (Plays during menus) Ships and Missions -Mission 8 has been added to the game -Minmatar Ships now have a built-in speed bonus: all enemies will be drawn towards the bottom of the screen at a rate of two pixels per frame (approximately the speed at which a battlecruiser travels) User Interface -The sound and music volume buttons now function as intended New in version 0.81 Bug Fixes -A game-breaking bug relating to the appearance of ECM Jammers has been fixed -A bug at the start of Goonswarm Mode has been fixed -Fixed a bug that occurs when an Amarr ship picks up a certain booster -A bug that occasionally causes a second Ferox to spawn during mission 2 has been fixed Graphics -Electronic Warfare notifications will now have the correct color New in version 0.8 General -To combat lag caused in Mission 4, the number of mines have been reduced by 50% while mine range and firepower has been doubled -The method used to apply damage upgrades has been changed to reduce the power of multiple upgrades -Booster notifications will now expire after ten seconds. A new notification will be created 5 seconds before a booster effect expires User Interface -The following color themes have been added: --Caldari --Gallente --Minmatar --Amarr --Blood Raider --Guristas --Serpentis --Sansha's Nation -An options screen has been added where a custom color scheme could be chosen and audio settings can be changed -A button to return to the main menu has been added for the following screens --Select Campaign --Experimental --Goonswarm --Tutorial --Mission Briefing --Game Over Graphics -Explosions will be generated as flames appear on ships larger than cruisers -Additional sprites have been added for several structures -Upgrades that cannot be purchased will have a different background than those that can be purchased -Player drones will now properly explode on destruction -The Graphical Effect for ECM Jammers have been improved -The Amarr Armor Repair Icon has been updated to reflect the fact that they are fitted with dual armor repairers Missions -The railgun strike at the end of mission 7 has been improved to be more accurate and random -The support description for missions 3 and 5 should now be correct -Mission 5 has been modified to give players more time to destroy the first battleship -An option has been added to skip to mission number 6 or 7 Bug Fixes -A bug that resulted in boosters being re-activated after being obtained has been fixed -Boosters now last 30 seconds as was originally intended -An error with selecting the Vigil in Experimental mode has been resolved -Fixed a bug that resulted in weapons being more accurate while under the influence of Tracking Disruptors -Medium blaster bullets now have the appropriate sprite
Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:14:00 - [3] Edited by: Tarminic on 08/04/2008 13:09:47 Known Issues For v0.81 *Minor typos/spelling errors during some mission briefings
Admiral Pelleon Caldari White Shadow Imperium Conviction.	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:16:00 - [4] Tar it's actually pretty f'in good!
Khandara Seraphim StarHunt Systematic-Chaos	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:16:00 - [5] but does it come in pink?
Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:18:00 - [6] Originally by: Khandara Seraphim but does it come in pink? Sadly, this version does not come in pink. Future versions will come with cheats, however. You'll see.
Neroo Tal Minmatar Order of the Golden Dawn	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:18:00 - [7] Edited by: Neroo Tal on 10/12/2007 05:19:12 I demand to know where the "any" key is. Neroo Tal
d1v1n1ty	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:25:00 - [8] cute...are there instructions in game?
Neroo Tal Minmatar Order of the Golden Dawn	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:28:00 - [9] Sorry couldn't help myself, on that. Space to fire, arrow keys to move, check upper right to see specific intsructions ( ctrl to repair your armor for instance ). D for drone deplying R for drone recalling ( those are the only two I saw offhand ). Hope that helps. Neat game Tar.. oh.. you really should be allowed to go past the edges of the screen.
Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:32:00 - [10] Originally by: Neroo Tal Hope that helps. Neat game Tar.. oh.. you really should be allowed to go past the edges of the screen. I'll take a look at the code, but I think you can actually. My biggest problem is that as you get into bigger ships your range increases likewise, so I need to have a means for you to shoot at stuff offscreen. I was going to try to make it into this release, but the code for it was bugged so it was only usefull if the enemy was off the top of the screen. That's near the top of my list for features intended for the next release.
Erotic Irony 0bsession	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:48:00 - [11] trap thread
Tarminic Aliastra	Posted - 2007.12.10 05:59:00 - [12] Originally by: Erotic Irony trap thread If I was to destroy my reputation and get myself banned I could do better than this. Anyway, I'm going to bed as I have work in the morning. Until then give it a try and let me know how you feel. Hell, flame away if you like, I'm used to it.
Neroo Tal Minmatar Order of the Golden Dawn	Posted - 2007.12.10 06:07:00 - [13] Edited by: Neroo Tal on 10/12/2007 06:07:31 Sorry, meant should NOT be allowed to go past screen. Originally by: Tarminic I'll take a look at the code, but I think you can actually. My biggest problem is that as you get into bigger ships your range increases likewise, so I need to have a means for you to shoot at stuff offscreen. I was going to try to make it into this release, but the code for it was bugged so it was only usefull if the enemy was off the top of the screen. That's near the top of my list for features intended for the next release. Neroo Tal
hydraSlav Synergy Evolved	Posted - 2007.12.10 06:23:00 - [14] Edited by: hydraSlav on 10/12/2007 06:23:11 Its tougher than it looks Nice work Bug: you can move off the screen, and the enemies can't hit you Feature request: POWERUPS! Raiden games are always about mage powerups
Erotic Irony 0bsession	Posted - 2007.12.10 06:24:00 - [15] Originally by: Tarminic Originally by: Erotic Irony trap thread If I was to destroy my reputation and get myself banned I could do better than this. Anyway, I'm going to bed as I have work in the morning. Until then give it a try and let me know how you feel. Hell, flame away if you like, I'm used to it. do an ikaruga version and I'd be persuaded to try it ---_^
Verx Interis Amarr SkyNet. Cruor-Salax Legion	Posted - 2007.12.10 06:41:00 - [16] Ok I feel stupid but what do I do to choose my race? I've gotten past it a few time but I have yet to figure out how I did (I just started mashing random keyboard buttons).
Krazy Bitsch	Posted - 2007.12.10 07:06:00 - [17] Edited by: Krazy Bitsch on 10/12/2007 07:12:02 give us a HINT as to how the fk to choose our race? oh wait, gallente is the ONLY fkin race it lets me choose. /me submits a bug report....btw this game sucks.
Verx Interis Amarr SkyNet. Cruor-Salax Legion	Posted - 2007.12.10 07:09:00 - [18] Originally by: Krazy Bitsch give us a HINT as to how the fk to choose our race? I think I figured it out actually. Double click on Gallente. You end up choosing Caldari, but you can't double click Caldari to choose it...
Krazy Bitsch	Posted - 2007.12.10 07:13:00 - [19] Originally by: Verx Interis Originally by: Krazy Bitsch give us a HINT as to how the fk to choose our race? I think I figured it out actually. Double click on Gallente. You end up choosing Caldari, but you can't double click Caldari to choose it... seems to me the only race u can pick is Gallente.....maybe a fix needs to be implemented to take care of this poor programming?
Anon Forumalt	Posted - 2007.12.10 07:42:00 - [20] Fun game! But I keep waiting for somebody to make a game that really IS eve online, but offline. Can't be all that hard to make a game in which a looping animation shows your ship flying forward with a gascloud background, while you click an enemy (on your overview), then click several circles for modules to shoot it. Repeatedly. You could even get bounties, and a completion reward, and buy better ships. Hell, you could go all out and have agent reputations and make an effective representation of what mission running in EVE online is like.
Zapatero E-ON	Posted - 2007.12.10 10:43:00 - [21] lol I <3 shmups Keep up the good work. The Holy Trinity of EVE is complete: EVE Premium, EVE Classic, EVE Retro A good top-down EVE-style game WITH ambulation (shameless plug: as featured in the latest issue) - Z
Vagablonde Minmatar Ouruboros Trading	Posted - 2007.12.10 10:58:00 - [22] with downtime fast approaching, this feels like a good time to bump this post.
Alakazam GREY COUNCIL THE R0NIN	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:04:00 - [23] is it possible to see some screenshots? there is NO way i'm running a unspecified application on my computer. keyloggers anyone? Tarminic, release source?
Vagablonde Minmatar Ouruboros Trading	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:13:00 - [24] completed. Just chose the drone ship and kinda do the benny hill across the screen till you go off at either side :D
ry ry StateCorp Huzzah Federation	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:15:00 - [25] Edited by: ry ry on 10/12/2007 11:28:11 Originally by: Alakazam is it possible to see some screenshots? there is NO way i'm running a unspecified application on my computer. keyloggers anyone? Tarminic, release source? don't run it then? i understand the internet is a popular source of keyloggers. you know what you have to do. edit. alakazam is probably a troll, but why do people always demand the source code to things like this? Alakazam, what makes you think you could pick a well coded keylogger out of an arbitrary piece of code? chances are it's download the actual logger from elsewhere to avoid anti-virus scanning it as an email attachment etc. would you then compile that code yourself, or just assume it's the same as the binary? or did you want somebody else to go theough the code, recompile, and make that available? what stops them from inserting a keylogger? etc. get a decent piece of AV software (freebie ones like avast/avg are nowhere near as good as their cheapskate users make out) and firewall the app. if you're super paranoid run it on a virtual machine, but for the love of god, stop demanding source code for everythig anybody ever posts.
Garia666 Amarr T.H.U.G L.I.F.E The Volition Cult	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:18:00 - [26] unexpected end of archive.
ry ry StateCorp Huzzah Federation	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:18:00 - [27] Edited by: ry ry on 10/12/2007 11:18:51 Quote: unexpected end of archive. OMG! keylogger! edit. the zipfile was corrupt, re-download it and it should be fine.
Vagablonde Minmatar Ouruboros Trading	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:21:00 - [28] Originally by: Alakazam is it possible to see some screenshots? there is NO way i'm running a unspecified application on my computer. keyloggers anyone? Tarminic, release source? considering ccpzorz know his detailz0rz he'd have to be a spaz0rz to realease...0rz a keylo0rz0rz on a forumz0rz becuz0rz he'd g0z0rz 2 jailz0rz zomgzillz0rzus rexz0rz (with added leetspeak)
Blane Xero Amarr The Firestorm Cartel	Posted - 2007.12.10 11:45:00 - [29] Couple of things i'd like to suggest (if you aren't already thinking of/adding in) * Rotate the ship, (Make evading missiles more fun and gun boats not having the torubl of having to stay in front of something to shoot it) * Make sure you give amarr some Oomph in this * Nerf Gallente! ohwait?
Cocoi Minmatar Subspace Anomaly	Posted - 2007.12.10 12:17:00 - [30] I demand a Mac-compatible version or I'll start throwing around class-action lawsuits like candy-laced acid stickers. Also, it deleted boot.ini! Seriously though, nice work, it runs fine in Wine

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