New Platform Game (Untitled) .05

DaveUnit · Post by **DaveUnit** » Dec 24, 2007 2:05

epic's unreal engine and valve's source engine have spawned several games that aren't similar to all the others.

but at least to me there's always a desire to have created your own engine rather than borrowed someone elses.

cha0s · Post by **cha0s** » Dec 24, 2007 2:15

Yeah, you don't have to create every object every programmer wants. What you need to do is create a robust system for registering and then operating on whatever objects the user implements.

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Dec 26, 2007 3:31

I changed the flipping code to this...

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Public Sub FlipIt (FS As Any Ptr,CS As Any Ptr,ByRef PE As _PlatEngine)

   DrawSprite (FS,0,0,CS)
   ScreenLock
   ScreenSync
   memcpy ScreenPtr,imgBytes(FS),ScreenWidth*ScreenHeight*2
   ScreenUnLock
               
End Sub

I am using just one video page now, locking it and copying the final composited image to it from a buffer image.

Could those who experienced shear or studder check to see if this cleared it up?

http://www.imakegames.com/platengine.zip

Thanks
-Vince

Dr_D · Post by **Dr_D** » Dec 26, 2007 3:40

that's quite a bit better on this end. it still has a little shear, but not nearly as bad as before.

1000101 · Post by **1000101** » Dec 26, 2007 4:21

It runs pretty smooth here, although the screensync should be *after* to memory copy and just before unlocking the screen.

print_s · Post by **print_s** » Jan 07, 2008 16:51

I noticed that if you have the wings near the end of the level , you can
go over the right-most wall and get stuck. Also mid-level there is a hole
that goes all the way down. Good place to go to the next level. I like the way
you use a real bitmap as the world map. Should make level creation easy.
Keep up the good work.

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Jan 07, 2008 17:01

print_s wrote:I noticed that if you have the wings near the end of the level , you can
go over the right-most wall and get stuck.

Shhhhh! That's the way to get to a secret level! :-0

DOH!

-Vince

ssjx · Post by **ssjx** » Jan 07, 2008 19:00

Hi,
I like the game, i get about 34fps (athlon xp2000).

Just curious, what is the freeimage.dll used for?

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Jan 07, 2008 19:23

I only use it for loading jpg. I plan to replace it with something else.

Cheers!
-Vince

dabooda · Post by **dabooda** » Jan 08, 2008 11:07

I get about 38-40 on my cheap 1.6ghz here. Not bad and the scrolling engine is quite nice. I get mild flickering and shuttering, but that is do to my weak system I am sure. Keep it up, this will become something pretty groovy if you keep going.

DaBooda out...

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Jan 11, 2008 2:07

I have updated the platform engine with some new features....

1. Non-collision entities
2. Layering of entities
3. Triggered entities
4. some bug fixes and tweaks

To test it out, get it here...

http://www.imakegames.com/platengine.zip 672kb Win32

Cheers!
-Vince

roook_ph · Post by **roook_ph** » Sep 29, 2009 6:53

I cant download are there any alternatives?

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Sep 29, 2009 14:06

Link fixed.

FYI: This project is dead.

-Vince

vdecampo · Post by **vdecampo** » Sep 29, 2009 16:03

Since I have no plans on completing this project, I am releasing the project to the community.

Download Complete Project (12Mb)

-Vince

1000101 · Post by **1000101** » Sep 29, 2009 23:39

I forgot about this. You can't abandon it, I haven't played a good platformer in a long time. :P

New Platform Game (Untitled) .05

runs smooth

Re: runs smooth