Breakout game - looking for levels and brick styles
Hiya. I'm working on a DirectX-based Breakout game, and so far, it's coming along pretty nicely. Very dynamic in terms of images. The level editor I've written for it is equally dynamic, which I love more each time I use it..
Anyway, my post here is a simple request. If anybody gets bored or just wants to pitch in, I'm looking primarily for levels. If somebody wants to make new bricks, feel free to. The bricks are specifically dynamic... they have to be .gif images, and they have to follow the naming convention of the other bricks. The current system is simple:
brick{0}-{1}.gif
{0} = category
{1} = identifier
Right now there are 5 categories: regular, indestructable, concrete, bombs, and item bricks. For the editor to pick up any custom bricks, it has to be in one of those 5 categories, with the lowest number available in that category.
The maps themselves are saved as plain text but a custom extension, but I wouldn't recommend playing with the text... it'll probably break the editor, as it doesn't have any handling set up for broken maps. If you find any bugs in the editor, please send me a PM so I can get it resolved and updated quickly.
Thanks in advance to anybody who helps, and have fun!
UPDATES:
2/10/08 - fixed painting and moving mouse outside the app error.
Last edited by timeshifter; Feb 10th, 2008 at 02:54 PM.