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Message: 4314

Author: john_elliott_uk

Date: 04/07/2004

Subject: Re: A short article about MM&JSW editing, comments?

 

In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, jet_visy wrote:

MM rooms are composed of fairly simple elements. You have four basic
block types:

Air - The background. No effect on Willy. If white, collects items
automatically, as the game checks if items touch white "ink".
Earth - The blocks Willy walks on. Cannot be walked thru sideways. In
Willy falls on earth block from too high, he dies.
Water - Can be walked on. Can be walked thru sideways. Falling death
also applies to this block type.
Fire - Kills Willy if touched from any direction.

True for JSW, but not for Manic Miner. MM also has:
* Crumbling floor blocks
* Secondary fire
* Secondary water
* Conveyors

These blocks can have any 8x8 graphic, and two colors, as they are
normal text characters redefined. Two blocks cannot have
the same pixel pattern, as this confuses the game engine and causes
strange things to happen

No; two blocks can't have the same colours. The pixel pattern isn't
that relevant.

There is also a special type of block, the conveyor, which is
defined as a line of blocks. The lenght and direction can very.

In JSW, this is the case. In Manic Miner, this refers to the
conveyor animation rather than the conveyor itself.

Jet Set Willy introduces a new special block type, the ramp. The
ramp can be walked up or down, and walked thru.

I'd mention that in JSW, you can only have 1 conveyor and 1 ramp per
room.

 

 

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