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Message: 3166
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 15/12/2002
Subject: Re: Platform One finished / ladders & lifts
rburrowsgc wrote:
>I'm pleased with how this game has developed since I last saw it -
> Platform One is a classic retro platformer in the style of JetSet
> Willy. It runs in a browser with Java, so no need to download it.
> Highscores are saved online (who will complete it first? :)
>
> Although I would've liked to put more rooms in, I'm quite pleased
> how it turned out. Collect all the coins to complete it.
>
> http://www.crater.themoon.co.uk/pf1.html
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> (PS: try going right, down, left, down, left :)
>
> Comments on style of play, bugs, suggestions welcomed.
more things to kill you, more and better rooms, &c.
I kept wanting a down-key for the ladders. Climbing up and down
ladders is a way that Spectrum JSW could be extended, but the lack of
such is even more obvious here.
Although MM/JSW are far and away the best platform-games I've ever
played, they do lack not only proper ladders, but also horizontal and
vertical lifts, which many other platform-games have. JSW II has
vertical lifts, Willy Takes a Trip has a horizontal lift of sorts, and
invalid arrows can simulate horizontal lifts to some extent.
I was surprised to top the high-score table after one rubbish go! ;-)
--
Andrew Broad
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/willy/
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