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Message: 3028
Author: soa1000
Date: 06/10/2002
Subject: Re: Finishing JSW games / Monstrum!
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@y..., andrewbroad
wrote:
> I have to say, if I compiled a list of my favourite JSW games,
impart
> Monstrum! would probably be very near the top. It's hugely
> atmospheric, very neatly put together technically, and its linear
> nature is a welcome departure from the branching factor of most JSW
> games (if only I had the hours to explore strangel properly! ;-( ).
> Rooms such as "Norman Crocodilidine" and "The True King of Ireland"
> go to show that even minimalistic, iconic rooms can sometimes
> a great atmosphere!
Linear JSW games are dangerous terrain. I made Time Hole linear for
reasons I can't fully explain, but mainly I wasn't as into genuine
rambling as I am now. Fortunately I got over that when I made Soul
Miner, which is greatly superior as a game. One of these days I'll
throw Time Hole out to the masses to remix and rework and see if they
can produce a more successful game
Speaking of Soul Miner, is everyone seeing the correct visual
effects? You should see the flashing guardians freaking out and
flashing (or even deforming) in weird patterns in Berk Straitweb, The
Lighthouse and Electrical Storm. Are they?
> > As soon as he starts running you know you've finished it anyway.
you
>
> No! You still have to control Willy to the bog! Although I can't
> think of any released JSW games which exploit this deliberately,
> can hold Willy back from his toilet-run by pressing right. This
could
> be used to avoid guardians, and is exploited in Goodnite
Mmmm,. Speaking of endings, Willy's New Hat sticks in my mind as the
> Luddite to avoid a horizontal pseudo-wraparound guardian, and these
> wraiths that keep appearing and disappearing (technically, they are
> instances of a vertical guardian with a velocity of 0).
only JSW game which doesn't end conventionally. Back when I was
producing a game based on Marilyn Manson's "triptych" of albums, I
had a fairly unique ending planned. I won't say what, since that
would spoil the surprise if I ever return to the project, but it
would have been a shock. John Elliott knows, but I trust him to keep
schtum ;)
Oh yeah, in Time Hole, there's a room which you see whilst travelling
from Into The Vortex to Decapitilla, where Willy walks down a
conveyor. Originally you only saw it coming the other way, but when
Willy is running to the toilet, he stops moving on conveyors
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