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Message: 4781
Author: Alexandra
Date: 30/04/2005
Subject: Re: JSW64 has a web page
> http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Jsw/jsw64.htmlIt's cool that it's being 'officially' released. Maybe a 'feature
list' would be a good thing to have on the site?
I could pretty much reel that off now. I'll compare it to JSW48. I'm
sure there'll be some mistakes.
- Minimum of 8 cells per room
- Cell functions assignable per room in some versions
- Up to 32 (!) guardians per room
- New block types:
a) Conveyors in both direction in one room
b) Ramps in both directions in one room
c) Crumbling floor from MM
d) Trampoline (makes willy bounce up and down)
e) More than 1 air cell per room if required (handy for making rooms
which are part indoors and part outside)
f) Solar beam entry point (as in MM)
- New guardians
a) Horizontal guardians now available in fast and slow versions
b) Diagonal guardians (as in JSW128)
c) Skylab - falls down and crashes at regular horizontal intervals
d) Eugene - stops when he reaches a certain point, good for blocking
exits etc.
e) Switch - Willy flips it and it does stuff
f) Opening wall - Can open when a switch is flipped or some other
event such as a room being cleared of items, or a Eugene coming to
rest.
g) Guardian modifier - Can change the properties of a guardian, such
as it's bounds, when something happens in the room.
h) Stopper - Makes guardians appear, dissapear, freeze or start
moving, when something happens in the room.
i) Flashing guardians asin JSW128
- Settable per room
a) Willy's sprite
b) Willy's colour
c) Time limit
d) Portals from MM
e) Fall from death on/off
f) Bonus room (items give you an extra life)
g) Escalators (makes ramps pull you up or down)
h) Patch vector (bring your own code)
i) Each room has it's own guardian table - no more fretting over
guardian classes and instances!
j) Arrow colour and middle row bitmap settable.
- Others
a) Small amount of space for art screens which can be used in the top
or bottom half of a room.
b) I've probably missed some stuff.
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