Presteroids

kayahr · 10:11 AM

See http://www.precentral.net/homebrew-apps/presteroids

biggnaa20 · 12/28/2009, 03:26 PM

Awesome! I have been waiting for an Asteroids game!

stung · 12/28/2009, 04:22 PM

Great work. Can't wait to see what the final product looks like. Initially, I was worried about having a difficult time controlling the ship using the keyboard, due to the keyboard's size. I was wrong. The controls are excellent.

simossoft · 12/28/2009, 04:27 PM

Nice Graphics. Are you using the Canvas for this ? I'am developing (or trying to do) and find the Canvas really fast enough for some nice 2D-Games, if you are using DrawImage at most in a well timed gameloop.
Your game would be nice with Acclerometer support. If you need some code for this (not really complicated) write here. I send you a code snippet on demand.

errade · 12/28/2009, 04:31 PM

Nice work

smilingn · 12/28/2009, 04:56 PM

thanks a lot for this awesome and funny game.
just one little question though: could you probably add a 'break'-button?

thanks either way for this awesome game!

**mamouton** · 12/28/2009, 06:34 PM

Cool game how do you stop the ship? Maybe adding brake or front rockets to slow it down.

Bujin · 12/28/2009, 06:49 PM

Terrific job!

Jonathan I Ezor · 12/28/2009, 06:51 PM

Love it so far! Add hyperspace and some flying saucers, along with sound, and it'll be even better! Thank you!

crxssi · 12/28/2009, 09:53 PM

Wow! Fantastic graphics and physics!!!! Even the little details like having a quick reverse thrust after a burn. Great job! Can't wait for sound!

Unfortunately, I am one of those people who have a horrible time with using the keyboard on games. GOD I wish Palm had put a 5way nav instead of that stupid, mostly useless "center" button.

crxssi · 12/28/2009, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamouton

Cool game how do you stop the ship? Maybe adding brake or front rockets to slow it down.

It is exactly like the original Asteroids. There are no brakes. To slow down, you have to turn around and apply forward thrust.

kayahr · 12/29/2009, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamouton

Cool game how do you stop the ship?

Rotate the ship and use the main thruster to brake.

Quote:

Maybe adding brake or front rockets to slow it down.

That would no longer be "Asteroids"-like. But because steering the ship on this tiny keyboard is more difficult then on the old game console or on a PC I already thought about it in form of "difficulty levels":

* Easy: The ship automatically uses maneuvering thrusters to stop the ship (Similar to the maneuvering thruster which is already implemented to stop rotation).

* Normal: Classic game play as it is implemented now.

* Hard: No automatic usage of maneuvering thrusters at all. So even the spin must be stopped manually.

What do you think about it?

kayahr · 12/29/2009, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simossoft

Nice Graphics. Are you using the Canvas for this ? I'am developing (or trying to do) and find the Canvas really fast enough for some nice 2D-Games, if you are using DrawImage at most in a well timed gameloop.

Yes, it's Canvas. The speed is "ok" I would say. I heard that it is not hardware-accelerated, so it's amazing that it is that fast WITHOUT acceleration. But unfortunatly it is buggy as hell. The transformations are messed up completely. Seems to be impossible to use the translate() and rotate() methods together. But that was not important for me because I do all the transformations myself. More of a concern was a bug with strokes. If you plan to write a game which draws many lines in Canvas, then forget it. It will freeze the game and even crash Luna sometimes. Because of that I had to use polygons for the laser shots and the explosion particles.

Quote:

Your game would be nice with Acclerometer support. If you need some code for this (not really complicated) write here. I send you a code snippet on demand.

An "IDEA" how you would control such a game with the accelerometer is more interesting then the actual code. Maybe you can explain your vision?

apfelnase · 12/29/2009, 10:22 AM

nice work and *twothumbsup* !!!

i am anxious for future versions.

Grabber5.0 · 12/29/2009, 10:25 AM

For an alpha version, it ROCKS! Nice job!

dbutters · 12/29/2009, 11:47 AM

lol thought it was a baseball game from the title... PreSTEROIDS...

Flak1969 · 12/29/2009, 12:51 PM

Boring? This is the best game that has come to web OS. I did not see a place to donate but please keep up the good work.

DavidJ · 01:27 PM

I'm looking forward to DL'ing one of my favorite games! Any chance of allowing the user to define the control keys in a future release? ie... spacebar to fire,

Thanks!

Update: I like it, I like it a lot!! The steering is akward for me, personally I prefer keys on each side of the keypad for steering such a A & L (or the back arrow) and "T" for thrust, and spacebar for firing, which I see is there! :-) So sounds, alien spaceships and hyperspace and it'd be anexact replica!

Thanks again!

kayahr · 12/29/2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJ

I'm looking forward to DL'ing one of my favorite games! Any chance of allowing the user to define the control keys in a future release? ie... spacebar to fire,
Thanks!

Yes, I'm planning to do that.

chizler · 12/29/2009, 04:13 PM

Excellent game...now we just need the classic Galaga for the Pre!!

12/28/2009, 03:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
kayahr Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 92 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 50 Times in 14 Posts	Destroids See http://www.precentral.net/homebrew-apps/presteroids Last edited by kayahr; 02/14/2010 at 10:11 AM. Reason: Renamed app
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12/28/2009, 03:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
biggnaa20 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Washington DC Posts: 261 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 191 Thanked 37 Times in 27 Posts	Awesome! I have been waiting for an Asteroids game!
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12/28/2009, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
stung Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: on the internets Posts: 664 Likes Received: 14 Thanks: 84 Thanked 210 Times in 126 Posts	Great work. Can't wait to see what the final product looks like. Initially, I was worried about having a difficult time controlling the ship using the keyboard, due to the keyboard's size. I was wrong. The controls are excellent.
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12/28/2009, 04:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
simossoft Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 116 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 16 Thanked 23 Times in 17 Posts	Nice Nice Graphics. Are you using the Canvas for this ? I'am developing (or trying to do) and find the Canvas really fast enough for some nice 2D-Games, if you are using DrawImage at most in a well timed gameloop. Your game would be nice with Acclerometer support. If you need some code for this (not really complicated) write here. I send you a code snippet on demand.
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12/28/2009, 04:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
errade Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,609 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 383 Thanked 891 Times in 345 Posts	Nice work
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12/28/2009, 04:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
smilingn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	...not boring at all thanks a lot for this awesome and funny game. just one little question though: could you probably add a 'break'-button? thanks either way for this awesome game!
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12/28/2009, 06:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
mamouton Forum Leader Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,771 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 796 Thanked 1,165 Times in 801 Posts	Cool game how do you stop the ship? Maybe adding brake or front rockets to slow it down. __________________ My contributions to customizing the Palm Pre. Browser Mega Mix\|Email Mega Mix\|Additional Sync Days\| Disable Various Phone Sounds\|Priority Discard Buttons\| Sign up for SugarSync Get 500MB extra space Sign up for Dropbox Get 250MB extra space
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12/28/2009, 06:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Bujin Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: CT Posts: 1,686 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 212 Thanked 453 Times in 301 Posts	Terrific job!
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12/28/2009, 06:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jonathan I Ezor Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island, NY, USA Posts: 568 Likes Received: 16 Thanks: 285 Thanked 225 Times in 117 Posts	Love it so far! Add hyperspace and some flying saucers, along with sound, and it'll be even better! Thank you!
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12/28/2009, 09:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
crxssi Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA Posts: 319 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 62 Thanked 41 Times in 37 Posts	Wow! Fantastic graphics and physics!!!! Even the little details like having a quick reverse thrust after a burn. Great job! Can't wait for sound! Unfortunately, I am one of those people who have a horrible time with using the keyboard on games. GOD I wish Palm had put a 5way nav instead of that stupid, mostly useless "center" button. __________________ The power behind WebOS (and Android, and Maemo, and Google itself) is Linux!
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12/29/2009, 10:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
apfelnase Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	nice work and twothumbsup !!! i am anxious for future versions.
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12/29/2009, 10:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
Grabber5.0 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,741 Likes Received: 86 Thanks: 198 Thanked 362 Times in 291 Posts	For an alpha version, it ROCKS! Nice job!
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12/29/2009, 11:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
dbutters Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	lol thought it was a baseball game from the title... PreSTEROIDS...
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12/29/2009, 12:51 PM	#17 (permalink)
Flak1969 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 178 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 55 Thanked 49 Times in 33 Posts	Boring? This is the best game that has come to web OS. I did not see a place to donate but please keep up the good work.
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12/29/2009, 01:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
DavidJ Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Overland Park KS Posts: 253 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	I'm looking forward to DL'ing one of my favorite games! Any chance of allowing the user to define the control keys in a future release? ie... spacebar to fire, Thanks! Update: I like it, I like it a lot!! The steering is akward for me, personally I prefer keys on each side of the keypad for steering such a A & L (or the back arrow) and "T" for thrust, and spacebar for firing, which I see is there! :-) So sounds, alien spaceships and hyperspace and it'd be anexact replica! Thanks again! Last edited by DavidJ; 12/29/2009 at 01:27 PM.
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12/29/2009, 04:13 PM	#20 (permalink)
chizler Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 103 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Excellent game...now we just need the classic Galaga for the Pre!!
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