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Title: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on July 21, 2010, 12:10:59 pm
If you've tried all of Builderboy's incredible games, then at one point you've played Spider: http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/413/41359.html  It's a wonderful game and lots of fun, only it's a little slow.  Less than 24 hours ago I had the idea to port it in Axe, and, well, here it is.  The controls are self explanatory, and if you don't understand the gameplay, here's a link to the original readme: http://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/zipview?83plus/basic/games/puzzle/strategy/spider.zip;ReadMe.txt .  All my changes were:  There is no Angel Productions logo. :(  The cursor starts where the spider starts.  The high score system has been changed.  There's a pause feature (Press Mode).  Anyway, enjoy this quicker remake of an awesome game!  Let me know what you think!

(This was compiled in Axe 0.3.2 for Ion) ;D

Thank you Builderboy for making this awesome game! :D
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2010, 12:15:48 pm
Wow looks nice! I think I'll need to read the readme first, though, because I did not have time to check all of his games so I don't really understand what is going on at 100% XD (at first it reminded me of Pipe Dream :P)

Nice job ^^
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: calcdude84se on July 21, 2010, 12:17:06 pm
Cool! I'll have to try this, it looks awesome :)
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on July 21, 2010, 01:23:41 pm
=(

Quigibo, I have a problem.  If I try to compile this in Axe 0.3.3 it errors Bad Symbol at 65% First Pass.  Any ideas?  :(

Anyway, the version uploaded works, so quick, everyone, try it! ;D
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2010, 03:58:53 pm
Hmm weird, you would need to ask in the subforum. It could be a syntax change, tho.
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: Builderboy on July 21, 2010, 04:11:03 pm
Wow thats amazing Ztrumpet!  Thats an amazingly accurate remake, and a very fast and smooth version at that :D Heh and all the changes you made are good ones :] Congrats on the awesome remake!  And getting it finished in 24 hours, just like the original! :D So awesome
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: meishe91 on July 21, 2010, 04:11:08 pm
Nice port! Looks really cool.
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2010, 04:16:31 pm
I wonder if you'll put it in the download section adn ticalc.org?
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: calcdude84se on July 21, 2010, 04:20:19 pm
You should definitely do that. :)
Edit: 600th post!
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: willrandship on July 21, 2010, 04:30:52 pm
At first I thought it was just another pipe game...nice, but I've seen before. Then, I saw you changing the pipes while the spider was moving. Awesome! Did builderboy's do that too, or did you add it in the port?
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: calcdude84se on July 21, 2010, 04:32:50 pm
I'm pretty sure that that part's in both games, especially since it is the game's namesake (it is called spider :P)
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: Builderboy on July 21, 2010, 04:43:39 pm
Yep, that was in the basic version too :) The only thing he changed were the small things such as the logo, highscores, and the starting position of the cursor.
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: Quigibo on July 21, 2010, 05:12:06 pm
Oh yeah, I'm phasing out the single argument syntax of Output() because the compiler will automatically optimize that for you if the first 2 arguments are constants.  I haven't implemented the optimization yet but apparently I must have accidentally cut it out of 0.3.3, it was supposed to be a 0.4.0 change, my bad.

Awesome game though!  This is very enjoyable to play.  Can't believe you made it all in 24 hours :D
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: calcdude84se on July 21, 2010, 05:15:47 pm
Wouldn't it be nice to allow it though in case a variable is already correctly formatted? Just a thought.
The Game game is definitely good though.
Edit: Oops... :P
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2010, 06:03:15 pm
Quigibo nice, sounds like a good idea. Not that I really ever used Output, though, anyway ;D
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on July 21, 2010, 06:44:17 pm
Oh yeah, I'm phasing out the single argument syntax of Output() because the compiler will automatically optimize that for you if the first 2 arguments are constants.  I haven't implemented the optimization yet but apparently I must have accidentally cut it out of 0.3.3, it was supposed to be a 0.4.0 change, my bad.
Oh, okay.  That makes sense.  Thanks for letting me know. ;D

Thanks for the kind comments.  As for Ticalc, once I write a readme, it'll be up there... :D

Builderboy, I never knew you wrote it in under 24 hours.  Do tell the story about the makings of the game. ;D
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2010, 07:14:29 pm
I could write games fast, before, but when I managed something in 24 hours, it was uber mega simple x.x

Anything else (example, an old snake clone on graph screen with obstacles or a pac man clone in 2002) took me at least 2 or 3 days.
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 29, 2010, 01:44:32 am
I finally got to try it, after taking several minutes to figure out what was going on (even after reading the original readme x.x), and it was quite fun. I only tried easy so far, though (and got 84). Nice game :)

I think you should put it in the downloads section when you return.

EDIT Well the power of emulators have allowed the following screenshot :P
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on August 02, 2010, 11:53:01 am
lol, thanks DJ. ;D

Builderboy, I never knew you wrote it in under 24 hours.  Do tell the story about the makings of the game. ;D
*Bump*  Builder? :)
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on August 03, 2010, 01:58:03 pm
http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=539

Yea!  It's official.  It's also in ticalc's queue. :)
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: Hot_Dog on August 03, 2010, 02:00:04 pm
What an awesome looking game...I've always enjoyed the "pipe-connecting" games.  So does that blinking cursor at the beginning tell you where the spider is going to start?
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: ztrumpet on August 03, 2010, 02:08:04 pm
What an awesome looking game...I've always enjoyed the "pipe-connecting" games.  So does that blinking cursor at the beginning tell you where the spider is going to start?
Yup. =)
Title: Re: Spider (in Axe)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 04, 2010, 06:58:57 pm
Glad it's released! After you figure out how to play the game, it's awesome!