Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
Archive of the
Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Group
messages
|
|
|
|
|
Message: 6078
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 07/03/2007
Subject: Re: Goodnite Luddite and its unborn sequel
Daniel wrote:
>Well done! I have never played Goodnite Luddite on an emulator (sadly
>> But time is tight, because I completed Goodnite Luddite on my real
>> Spectrum in between nine and ten JSW-hours, then set the start-time
>> to 14:00 to give you ten JSW-hours! (snip)
>
> Time is not tight if you play saving and loading snapshots, or
> using the Rollback feature in ZX SPIN, and know where to go and
> what to do. I finished "GL" with a toilet time of 17.03, i.e. in
> just over three JSW-hours.
my routine of playing a MM/JSW game every Sunday has been stalled by
tennis- and other distractions), so I haven't even come close to such
a toilet-time.
> On a personal preference note - I am not very fond of rooms whereI believe black is by far the best background-colour for MM/JSW,
> the difficulty is increased by the visual difficulty of not seeing
> well (because of the choice of colours for the protagonist and the
> background). I prefer very difficult rooms but with good visibility.
although some variety is necessary for a good atmosphere (unlike
JSW II and JSW III). I've tended to go for too /much/ variety of
background-colour in the past. The original MM and JSW are probably
just about right.
> Otherwise, I was particularly impressed by the invalid arrowsWe Pretty has a simple example of an invalid arrow creating a hole
> creating moving platforms. This was first developed by Sendy
> in "strangel", wasn't it? (I haven't played it yet). They certainly
> deserve to be used again in other games.
through which you can fall ("T HEF A U LT Y LI N E" [47]),
but _strangel_ certainly took invalid-arrow technology to a new level!
Party Willy has a few examples too.
> And I look forward to the third game of the Kari KrisnikovaI wanted to release 3.AFRIKAAN in December 2005, to follow
> trilogy, whenever you decide to create it, Andrew!
1.WE PRETTY in December 1999 and 2.GOODNITE LUDDITE in December 2002.
But since that didn't happen, and my priorities have changed, I'm not
setting any release-dates for Afrikaan or any of my other MM/JSW
projects at this time.
Afrikaan the game isn't even started yet (apart from the Lifts-patch
and the vertical-conveyors patch, both of which are under
construction), but I have 53 "definitely" room-ideas and 34+n "maybe"
room-ideas (where n is the number of rooms in a maze of twisty little
passages).
Room-ideas include:
* TEMPLE OF THE FAITHLESS
* LETHARGIC APARTHEID
* POSTAL INTERPRETATION
* THE MAYOR'S ASCENSION
* CHYSAUSTER VILLAGE
* NEANDERTHALB
* TRANSIT OF VENUS
* SEND YOUR COLOUR-BLAZING GLASS
* SLOVAK ATTACK
* GROT P'DIABLE
* ESSENCE OF WASP
I have written the first diary-entry, and an 11K text-file of ideas
for the story. But the story is anything but coherent - just a bunch
of dreams, disconnected plotlines, character-names, and a struggle
between good and evil. It is more likely to be a journey than set in
a fixed place à la Goodnite Luddite. For me, the story is just as
important as the game.
Afrikaan may well be my "Contamination" - the long-awaited sequel
that doesn't arrive for years and years, while the fans' hopes fade.
Which fits the outer story perfectly, of course.
When I reach another era of my life in which I find myself devoting
copious time to MM/JSW editing, my first priority will be the
continuation of AMJT (era: the time between major tennis-tournaments).
I also have three minor MM/JSW projects up my sleeve (two of them are
Titbits; I would classify the third as a Released Game if I ever
gamma-released it, but although I'm five rooms into it, it's unlikely
that I would ever finish it).
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/download/
|
|
|