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**Insert_Witty_Name** · 03-20-2007, 01:40 AM

Since this has already been front paged I thought I might as well start a discussion thread.

This is our entry to the NeoFlash competition (http://www.neoflash.com/).

(Originally posted by Grimfate126)

// ABOUT //

The aim of the game is to survive as long as you can in a dangerous asteroid field.

// CREDITS //

-- PROGRAMMERS --

Nikhil Dixit (Grimfate126)
David Perry (InsertWittyName)

-- MUSIC --

Abhoth

-- SPECIAL THANKS --

InsertWittyName's Phoenix Game Engine. It was used a lot throughout the game.
Anyone that contributed or tested.

The official site is: http://insomniac.0x89.org/

Here are some screens from the game:

Here is a video of the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FGZY_w7z2A

Also, here is the high scores table, so you can check how you rank worldwide:
http://insomniac.0x89.org/index.php?id=74

Here is the entire readme:
http://insomniac.0x89.org/index.php?id=71

And finally, the download link:
http://insomniac.0x89.org/index.php?id=73

**PSPJunkie_** · 03-20-2007, 02:50 AM

Good Job, IWN. You too, Grimfate. I didn't play the previous build (didn't have my psp), but I'll play this one when I get home from school.

**BlackShark** · 03-20-2007, 06:54 AM

neato, Ill check it out now.

**myschoo** · 03-20-2007, 07:11 AM

wow looks very good

nice job

**KKlicK** · 03-20-2007, 07:15 AM

Very slick. Nice polish overall. Music is top notch as well. The shooting is very nice as well. Excellent game. Props to IWN and Grimfate.

My only gripe is that the controls don't feel very fluid. They're smooth...but it just feels strange. Another minor annoyance is trying to determine where an asteroid is going to be when it gets closer to you. You can use up a lot of laser charge trying to hit it, and missing.

But overall, it's a top notch game.

EDIT: I've found a glitch. I won't repeat how to do it, since I've been able to replicate it twice now. My ship has dissapeared, and my score just keeps going,

EDIT2: Another glitch, the font in the game becomes undreadable after coming back from sleep mode.

I'm the king of Space Escape.

**matriculated** · 03-20-2007, 08:11 AM

Wow! This looks really great! It's like Space Harrier in outer space.

**Insert_Witty_Name** · 03-20-2007, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misterbeefy

Very slick. Nice polish overall. Music is top notch as well. The shooting is very nice as well. Excellent game. Props to IWN and Grimfate.

My only gripe is that the controls don't feel very fluid. They're smooth...but it just feels strange. Another minor annoyance is trying to determine where an asteroid is going to be when it gets closer to you. You can use up a lot of laser charge trying to hit it, and missing.

But overall, it's a top notch game.

EDIT: I've found a glitch. I won't repeat how to do it, since I've been able to replicate it twice now. My ship has dissapeared, and my score just keeps going,
EDIT2: Another glitch, the font in the game becomes undreadable after coming back from sleep mode.

I'm the king of Space Escape.

Thanks for the report. I've since been able to replicate this issue and will release a fixed version ASAP.

**KKlicK** · 03-20-2007, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insert_Witty_Name

Thanks for the report. I've since been able to replicate this issue and will release a fixed version ASAP.

But my high score will stay up there right? 40 million...

**Insert_Witty_Name** · 03-20-2007, 10:52 AM

I'd hope you'd do the right thing and delete your 'PlayerFile' once I'd fixed the bug

**KKlicK** · 03-20-2007, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insert_Witty_Name

I'd hope you'd do the right thing and delete your 'PlayerFile' once I'd fixed the bug

I didn't even know there was a 'PlayerFile'. Of course I'll delete it once the new release is out. No worries.

**JuniorSlick** · 03-20-2007, 12:28 PM

im #18 in the world rankings right now........great game GrimFate and IWN

**Grimfate126** · 03-20-2007, 01:09 PM

thanks for all the good complements.

bah, 40 mil? *gets psp*

have fun playing!

P.S. @ misterbeefy, could you give me any specific tips on how to improve the controls? i cant change them otherwise. and the text issue is because it screws with the CLUT (IWN's engine uses it for fonts) Hopefully, he will fix it.

**KKlicK** · 03-20-2007, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimfate126

thanks for all the good complements.

bah, 40 mil? *gets psp*

have fun playing!

P.S. @ misterbeefy, could you give me any specific tips on how to improve the controls? i cant change them otherwise. and the text issue is because it screws with the CLUT (IWN's engine uses it for fonts) Hopefully, he will fix it.

The controls are actually fine now. They just seemed kind of akward at first. I love them.

**Grimfate126** · 03-20-2007, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misterbeefy

The controls are actually fine now. They just seemed kind of akward at first. I love them.

heh. *bi-polar* just kidding.

bah, 40 million is hard to beat. i can only get 20x multiplier.

**hallo007** · 03-20-2007, 01:49 PM

just released main to
doesnt matter yours is better , because I sended an app

(check sig)

**KKlicK** · 03-20-2007, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimfate126

heh. *bi-polar* just kidding.

bah, 40 million is hard to beat. i can only get 20x multiplier.

I only got x1. I'm that leet. ^_^

**Matter** · 03-20-2007, 02:15 PM

is it just me or does anyone else get the impression that it says 'Anal Score' when you die?

When the F and the I are close, it looks like an A. Just a heads up...

**Grimfate126** · 03-20-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matter

is it just me or does anyone else get the impression that it says 'Anal Score' when you die?

When the F and the I are close, it looks like an A. Just a heads up...

haha, i got that too. we might fix it, but i like it that way too. (KIDDING)

il talk to IWN about it.

**Anti-QuickJay** · 03-20-2007, 02:37 PM

Thank you for the awesome game!

**MexicanSnake** · 03-20-2007, 02:55 PM

All I can say is: WOW!! .

**SG57** · 03-20-2007, 03:01 PM

Nice!

I like it alot, my naem is P986 or somethin on the leader board, im like # 12 or somethin. (i never changed my PSPs nickname when i downgraded, so its not SG57).

2 gripes I have are:

the controls seem much to sensitive. You can jet across the screen as if jets were on the right of your ship, not the back :S

it gets much to fast. the asteroids dont even look as if there flying by you, rather just in the distnace, than in your face, than gone. maybe a limit? and when that limit is reached, to keep it interesting, add more asteroids/mines so it the difficulty doesnt plataue (did i spell that right?)

**Lukeson** · 03-20-2007, 03:10 PM

This is very very nice, reminds me of arcade-classics like Blazingstar...

**Grimfate126** · 03-20-2007, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SG57

Nice!

I like it alot, my naem is P986 or somethin on the leader board, im like # 12 or somethin. (i never changed my PSPs nickname when i downgraded, so its not SG57).

2 gripes I have are:

the controls seem much to sensitive. You can jet across the screen as if jets were on the right of your ship, not the back :S

it gets much to fast. the asteroids dont even look as if there flying by you, rather just in the distnace, than in your face, than gone. maybe a limit? and when that limit is reached, to keep it interesting, add more asteroids/mines so it the difficulty doesnt plataue (did i spell that right?)

heh. if shouldnt be hard to add in sestivitity. Ill add that in when i get the latest build from IWN. (mine is a week old

)

as for your second point, its doable, but most likely not now, as im still looking for bugs, and fixing them. maybe after the competition.

**Insert_Witty_Name** · 03-20-2007, 06:02 PM

The controls are responsive to how far you push the analog stick.

If you push it all way out to the range of it's direction, the ship will move fast.

Try being very precise with the analog.

**Spirit Hawk Leon** · 03-20-2007, 06:06 PM

Looks interesting, I'll try it out.

**SG57** · 03-20-2007, 07:12 PM

Yes, I know its pressure sensitive (if you will) but its still far too sensitive (atleast for my taste in games).

Maybe cut the sensitivity down to 1/3 of what it is. Also, as some have said, sleep mode makes 1 layer of the text printed anywhere (menu, pause, help, etc.) change to a dim (i wanna say random) color, making your eyes strain to read it. I know its been asnwered as to why it happens, im just saying its a pretty large bug (compared to others).

Also, how do you make the ship disappear? Move far left or what?

**d1ckies** · 03-20-2007, 09:29 PM

This is such an excellent game, probably my fave playable homebrew game. I'm at #30 for now but i haven't really tried to beat it.

EDIT: NUMBER 7!!!!

**Zettablade** · 03-20-2007, 09:42 PM

Wow, and this is still nothing compared to your psp pet thingy. xD
People really are suckers for 3d!

**Insert_Witty_Name** · 03-21-2007, 12:37 AM

Problems are fixed.

Same link as first post

Thanks for the reports.

**SG57** · 03-21-2007, 01:00 AM

Zetta - That PSPpet thing, you refering to Urble?

IWN - Now whens your Phoenix library coming out

Id like to check out your wifi-infrastructure networking.

03-20-2007, 02:50 AM	#2
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03-20-2007, 07:11 AM	#4
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03-20-2007, 07:15 AM	#5
KKlicK Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridin' With Urza Posts: 1,950 Trader Feedback: 0	Very slick. Nice polish overall. Music is top notch as well. The shooting is very nice as well. Excellent game. Props to IWN and Grimfate. My only gripe is that the controls don't feel very fluid. They're smooth...but it just feels strange. Another minor annoyance is trying to determine where an asteroid is going to be when it gets closer to you. You can use up a lot of laser charge trying to hit it, and missing. But overall, it's a top notch game. EDIT: I've found a glitch. I won't repeat how to do it, since I've been able to replicate it twice now. My ship has dissapeared, and my score just keeps going, EDIT2: Another glitch, the font in the game becomes undreadable after coming back from sleep mode. I'm the king of Space Escape. __________________ [CENTER][IMG]http://klick.ws/images/phil.png[/IMG] [SIZE="6"][B][U][COLOR="RED"]Most baddest mother***er alive.[/COLOR][/U][/B][/SIZE] [/CENTER] Last edited by KKlicK; 03-20-2007 at 08:43 AM..*

03-20-2007, 01:09 PM	#12
Grimfate126 Your Fate is Grim... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,269 Trader Feedback: 0	thanks for all the good complements. bah, 40 mil? gets psp have fun playing! P.S. @ misterbeefy, could you give me any specific tips on how to improve the controls? i cant change them otherwise. and the text issue is because it screws with the CLUT (IWN's engine uses it for fonts) Hopefully, he will fix it. __________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

03-20-2007, 02:55 PM	#20
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03-20-2007, 06:54 AM	#3
BlackShark QJ Gamer Silver Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pimp'en in the US F# Posts: 1,254 Trader Feedback: 0	neato, Ill check it out now. __________________ My PSP Dev Site NEWMy New BLOG!NEW NEWA video Worth Watching...NEW The Wentire Worls in two Sectors.... When did I get dev statz? Spoiler for my PSP homebrewReleases: Ace of Space V1\|PvP Pong Online\|PvP Pong v3 \| 3.03 BlackShark Custom Firmware (PvP Pong DL'ed well over 2403 times combined! get yours now!) Spoiler for Great Quotes: "No Snowflake in an Avalanche ever feels responsible....." - Fortune Cookie.

03-20-2007, 08:11 AM	#6
matriculated Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 508 Trader Feedback: 0	Wow! This looks really great! It's like Space Harrier in outer space.

03-20-2007, 10:52 AM	#9
Insert_Witty_Name Developer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,026 Trader Feedback: 0	I'd hope you'd do the right thing and delete your 'PlayerFile' once I'd fixed the bug

03-20-2007, 12:28 PM	#11
JuniorSlick Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: QueenZZ Posts: 365 Trader Feedback: 0	im #18 in the world rankings right now........great game GrimFate and IWN

03-20-2007, 01:49 PM	#15
hallo007 Heroes never die Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ........... Posts: 1,323 Trader Feedback: 0	just released main to doesnt matter yours is better , because I sended an app (check sig)

03-20-2007, 02:15 PM	#17
Matter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 248 Trader Feedback: 0	is it just me or does anyone else get the impression that it says 'Anal Score' when you die? When the F and the I are close, it looks like an A. Just a heads up...

03-20-2007, 02:37 PM	#19
Anti-QuickJay lol Join Date: Aug 2006 Real First Name: Robert Location: Whittier, CA Just Played: Madden 10 Posts: 5,791 Trader Feedback: 0	Thank you for the awesome game!

03-20-2007, 03:01 PM	#21
SG57 words are stones in my <3 My Mood: Join Date: Jul 2005 Real First Name: Jordan Location: Spokane Just Played: LotRO Posts: 4,971 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice! I like it alot, my naem is P986 or somethin on the leader board, im like # 12 or somethin. (i never changed my PSPs nickname when i downgraded, so its not SG57). 2 gripes I have are: the controls seem much to sensitive. You can jet across the screen as if jets were on the right of your ship, not the back :S it gets much to fast. the asteroids dont even look as if there flying by you, rather just in the distnace, than in your face, than gone. maybe a limit? and when that limit is reached, to keep it interesting, add more asteroids/mines so it the difficulty doesnt plataue (did i spell that right?) __________________ ...at what speed must I live.. to be able to see you again?... Projects

03-20-2007, 03:10 PM	#22
Lukeson Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 216 Trader Feedback: 0	This is very very nice, reminds me of arcade-classics like Blazingstar...

03-20-2007, 06:02 PM	#24
Insert_Witty_Name Developer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,026 Trader Feedback: 0	The controls are responsive to how far you push the analog stick. If you push it all way out to the range of it's direction, the ship will move fast. Try being very precise with the analog.

03-20-2007, 06:06 PM	#25
Spirit Hawk Leon QJ Gamer Bronze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: My own little world... Posts: 1,571 Trader Feedback: 0	Looks interesting, I'll try it out. __________________ Spirit Hawk Leon Playstation Portable: Firmware: 5.00 m33-6/5.03 [1000 x2 /3000] I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me, because even if it's just for a moment, I know I've crossed your mind.

03-20-2007, 07:12 PM	#26
SG57 words are stones in my <3 My Mood: Join Date: Jul 2005 Real First Name: Jordan Location: Spokane Just Played: LotRO Posts: 4,971 Trader Feedback: 0	Yes, I know its pressure sensitive (if you will) but its still far too sensitive (atleast for my taste in games). Maybe cut the sensitivity down to 1/3 of what it is. Also, as some have said, sleep mode makes 1 layer of the text printed anywhere (menu, pause, help, etc.) change to a dim (i wanna say random) color, making your eyes strain to read it. I know its been asnwered as to why it happens, im just saying its a pretty large bug (compared to others). Also, how do you make the ship disappear? Move far left or what?

03-20-2007, 09:29 PM	#27
d1ckies Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 104 Trader Feedback: 0	This is such an excellent game, probably my fave playable homebrew game. I'm at #30 for now but i haven't really tried to beat it. EDIT: NUMBER 7!!!! Last edited by d1ckies; 03-20-2007 at 11:46 PM..

03-20-2007, 09:42 PM	#28
Zettablade Join Date: May 2006 Location: Programming or Farming Mudkips Posts: 657 Trader Feedback: 0	Wow, and this is still nothing compared to your psp pet thingy. xD People really are suckers for 3d! __________________ Current Project: Citrus

03-21-2007, 12:37 AM	#29
Insert_Witty_Name Developer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,026 Trader Feedback: 0	Problems are fixed. Same link as first post Thanks for the reports.

03-21-2007, 01:00 AM	#30
SG57 words are stones in my <3 My Mood: Join Date: Jul 2005 Real First Name: Jordan Location: Spokane Just Played: LotRO Posts: 4,971 Trader Feedback: 0	Zetta - That PSPpet thing, you refering to Urble? IWN - Now whens your Phoenix library coming out Id like to check out your wifi-infrastructure networking.

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