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[Martin@Home]

Fantastic Game Muff ! Well done again M8.
I was on my way to work this morning and was listening to some bloke playing snake on and old Nokia er thing. The "bip" noises from it were really annoying and I took great satisfaction in firing up SP Invaders on full volume HA HA !

Great work dude... Asteroids next ??? Perfect for the spv keypad methinks !

                                    

[muff]

take that nokia dude

as for asteroids, not sure yet

I'm a big fan of the game, and have made lots of version of it over the years

wether it works on the SPV's screen is an issue that is stopping me

it is on the list of games to consider in the future though

muff

[Martin@Home]

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as for asteroids, not sure yet


wether it works on the SPV's screen is an issue that is stopping me


muff

Why wouldn't the SPV screen be suitable ?

[NederSoren]

ye.. why? it have bin done before??

[muff]

3 main factors make games on the SPV a consideration

physical screen size + screen aspect ratio + controls

an enjoyable game is the sum of lots of parts - playability is a huge part, and the size of the rocks on the screen, the pixels to object size ratio + the screen's aspect ratio are important in this - as is the control method

I'm a big believer that if a game doesn't work within the above limits, then it shouldn't be released (I've not release quake for the SPV because of these reasons)

I only said that I was unsure until I've done some testing, not that I won't develop it


muff

[Gorskar]

Top game muff!

One thing I noticed is that when you die while there is a mothership playing over it disappears when you start your next life. Does this happen in the original or not? I'm not sure.

[muff]

new version now up - see first post in thread for download

[Matt Whitfield]

Excellent - the latest version is much better Muff.  Nice one mate.

[vijay555]

I think i should just add: the Thumb is but 1/10 of what i can get up to with these fair digits.

Great work Muff, i love interactive product development! MoDaCo forever, bwah hah hah...

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[Mad ass]

nice one, a job well done

[akarno]

Thanks for the new version and including my suggestions.

This is turning out to be one of the best SPV games. I think it puts to shame some of the $12.99 offerings out there. Maybe thay have slightly better graphics, but you can't beat Space Invaders for playability.

[vijay555]

sssh, don't give him ideas!
i remember that thread a while back about paying for homebrew software. some of it is plainly better than the commercial offerings, but at the same time, commercial software supports the phone "commercialy".

In any case, people, keep churning out the homebrew code. there's more than a few commercial developers out there keeping an eye out on MoDaCo, so you never know where it might lead...

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[zubo]

Simply excellent, well done muff

[atho]

Thanks, very nice game  8)

[muff]

can I take it from the lack of reports since 0.04a that either that version is bug free (possible) or no-one cares enough to report them (more likely)??

if this is the case I'll make 1 more release with minor programming related changes, and then that'll be it.

if anyone has found bugs, speak now or forever hold your peace

[MoRFLeZ]

LoL!

Haven't had a single problem with this version! Of course I wouldn't recognize a bug if it jumped off the screen and bit me!

I'd just think it was a neat feature *wink*

[FrankyG]

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can I take it from the lack of reports since 0.04a that either that version is bug free (possible) or no-one cares enough to report them (more likely)??

Dunno if it's a bug or what, but when you die are you supposed to respawn on the extreme far left of the screen? Just that when you do, there's a good chance of being hit by an invader bomb. I can't remember whether this is true to the original or not, but thought I would mention it anyway. Great work, BTW.

FrankyG

[muff]

spawning on left: yes you did, and yes you sometimes died

just one of those tough things in life

[James]

this version working fine for me mate!

[cdrider]

Just downloaded this, cracking work done there mate.  Excellent game