Super Winball - new vb game

[FinnPanther]

Hi!

I've just finished my newest piece of software, a game called Super Winball.

Super Winball 1.0

It is kind of a 3D-pong game, the goal is to make the ball go pass your opponent's (computer's) paddle. It is "3D" because the POV is 1st person (or 1st paddle, hehe).

Read the manual (in the game, Help -> View manual) before playing. The game is quite simple, so it's easy to learn.

The reason why this kind of game: I've been missing a game that I can play a minute or two if I have to wait for something a while... most games require at least 10 minutes to play, more if you wan't to make progress in them.

Comments appreciated.

Off-topic/PS. Check out my hardware mods if you pay a visit to my website

[Kevin_0011]

Pretty neat! Took me a few seconds to figure out what everything represented because if the player doesn't move the paddle, the ball never leaves the centre of the court...

Interesting idea too! Btw I totally agree with your idea about making a quick game!

[FinnPanther]

Originally posted by Kevin_0011
Pretty neat! Took me a few seconds to figure out what everything represented because if the player doesn't move the paddle, the ball never leaves the centre of the court...

Interesting idea too! Btw I totally agree with your idea about making a quick game!

Thanks for your comments.

BTW: if you put on HardCPU, the ball WILL leave the centre...

[NoteMe]

I had the same problem understanding how to get the ball from the center of the court, but once I understood how, I liked it very much. Nice one..

[FinnPanther]

Just added this to the manual:

If you don't have HardCPU on and you do nothing, the ball
won't leave the center of the game field. Just a hint for
the new players who wonder wth is going on :P


Hope people read it

Any opinions about music, playability etc... ?

[Sastraxi]

Your engine is good, but the flickering could easily be fixed, I think.

The game is awesome, BTW.

[FireSlash518]

Woa, very fun.

I noticed you used modules for music, Cool! I didnt think anyone else still used them besides me...

Where do you get your tracks from? I usually end up writng my own, which suck.... I can never find some good non-copyrighted ones, or ones where the author allows them to be used in publically distributed games.

[FinnPanther]

Originally posted by FireSlash518
Woa, very fun.

I noticed you used modules for music, Cool! I didnt think anyone else still used them besides me...

Where do you get your tracks from? I usually end up writng my own, which suck.... I can never find some good non-copyrighted ones, or ones where the author allows them to be used in publically distributed games.

Hehe, lol Did you read the manual? I made everything 100% myself, including the musics which I made with FastTracker 2.09.



Sastraxi:

Hmm... I'm using a picturebuffer that I then copy to the game screen with bitblt. And I'm using API calls to draw everything, I think it shouldn't cause flickering :O What cpu do you have?

[esmerelda]

Heh.

I use ModPlug Tracker to do mine.

[cyborg]

damn nice game!
but really hard!